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Above, BYU's Harvey Unga. Provo 12/15/09 Las Vegas>> The most-decorated running back, and leading rusher, in BYU football history is 22 years old, lives in the basement of his parents' modest Orem home, drives a slightly beat-up 2006 Mazda 6 "that gets me from A to B," and is just a class or two and an internship away from earning his degree in ...

Harvey Unga could be playing his last college game in Sam Boyd Stadium when the Cougars and Oregon State meet on Tuesday.

BYU quarterbacks coach Brandon Doman remembers watching Max Hall during a Thursday night scrimmage in 2006, when Hall was redshirting.

Which is the max, Max? Somehow, a few football games are seared on the mind deeper than others.

With his team in the Las Vegas Bowl for the fifth consecutive season, BYU's fifth-year coach Bronco Mendenhall is excited about the opportunity for a better performance in this year's trip to Sam Boyd Stadium.

BYU tight end Dennis Pitta will find out tonight if he is the recipient of the 2009 John Mackey Award.

Lost in the shuffle of Saturday's rivalry game between BYU and Utah was the milestone reached by Dennis Pitta, who quietly goes about his business as the best tight end in the country.

BYU tight end Andrew George scores the winning touchdown of the game during overtime in the BYU Utah game at Lavell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah, Saturday, November 28, 2009.

This was my 25th BYU-Utah football game since joining the staff here at ABC 4. I've seen plenty more of the rivalry games growing up in Springville.

Now that Max Hall has calmed down from his rant following BYU's win over Utah Saturday night and apologized for indirectly disparaging everyone from Brigham Young himself on down to current LDS President Thomas S. Monson, I have a confession.

Max Hall threw a 25-yard touchdown pass in overtime to Andrew George to give No.

I didn't grow up in the BYU-Utah rivalry, and I admit when I moved here back in 2005, I knew very little about it.

Brigham Young's Dennis Pitta #32 runs past Colorado State's Elijah-Blu Smith #22 during the first half of the game at Lavell Edwards stadium Saturday September 26, 2009.

In the world of college football, there are games and then there are Big Games. Ever wonder who's behind the scenes to ensure they go on without a hitch? Call them game savers.

Something's got to give when BYU and Utah square off Saturday at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

NFL coaches often preach patience, especially with rookies. Making the transition from college to pro can be just as demanding mentally as it is physically, but year after year, rookies across the NFL emerge as key contributors.

It is time to proclaim the unspoken obvious. BYU senior Dennis Pitta is the best tight end ever at a school that's produced a metric ton of them over the years.

BYU senior tight end Dennis Pitta says he was too young to remember Chad Lewis when he starred for the Cougars in the mid-1990s. But he did follow Lewis' National Football League career as a Pro Bowl performer with the Philadelphia Eagles.

One thing BYU learned this week is to give Harvey Unga the football. Unga was a one-man wrecking crew against the weak UNLV defense.A Unga ended up with 149 yards on the ground, with almost all of those yards coming in the first half.A What was most impressive about Unga was his speed.A For the first time this season, Unga looked like he was ...

Rookie Wide Receiver Scores Two Touchdowns in Division Win It was Austin Collie's turn to shine Sunday night, and the rookie wide receiver took advantage of every opportunity his veteran quarterback presented him.