BYU football: Old rivals will square off for first time in 12 years

By Jeff Call, Deseret News

Published: Sunday, Dec. 12 2010 10:53 p.m. MST

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For decades, from the mid-1960s through the late 1990s, BYU and UTEP played on a regular basis as members of the Western Athletic Conference.

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SLCWatch

Salt Lake City, UT

Lavell Edwards will always be the consummate gentleman. I remember the 25 of 27 days. It was a very one sided rivalry for Utep. Mike Price was ever the funny guy among the Utah college and Universities. He was missed when he left Weber State. More..

8:17 a.m. Dec. 13, 2010
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TrueBlue

Orem, UT

afro14

"Hmm... lack of comments = lack of interest?"

Lack of comments simply means BYU fans don't expect UTEP to be a serious challenge, ala New Mexico, UNLV, CSU and Wyoming.

That doesn't mean Bronco won't More..

3:03 p.m. Dec. 13, 2010
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TheSpiker

Alpine, UT

It's not much of a game, but it did get me a laugh at church when I announced that the ward Chirstmas breakfast/party would be done by 10:30 Saturday so we would be able to catch all of the "exciting New Mexico Bowl".

Go Cougs!

10:05 a.m. Dec. 13, 2010
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Jeff Call has been a sportswriter for the Deseret News since 1997. He is the BYU beat writer and has been covering Cougar sports since 1993, when he served as sports editor at the Daily Universe. Call has written several more ..

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