Eddie Wide News

Max Hall's second touchdown pass Saturday lifted 15th-ranked Brigham Young to a 26-23 Mountain West Conference overtime win over No.

There's a well-worn sports cliche - "That's why they play the game ..." - that gets thrown around whenever a surprising upset takes place.

Once again, a football game between BYU and Utah came down to an incredible finish.

Nov. 28, 2009 at 10:43 p.m. sudden death? BYU won the toss, they would have won the game the same... Cougs Nov.

Well, here it is. Although the outcome of this game doesn't promise a winner to the BCS or a conference championship, it should be producing just as much hype as recent rivalry games.

In the only game this week pitting two Top-25 programs against each other, the 18th-ranked BYU Cougars entertain the 22nd- ranked Utah Utes in Mountain West Conference action in Provo on Saturday afternoon.

During his brief tenure as Utah's offensive coordinator under Urban Meyer, UNLV head coach Mike Sanford witnessed extreme ends of the spectrum in games between BYU and Utah.

As usual, there are plenty of divided households and other ties when Utah and BYU square off.

For Shaky Smithson, his first season at Utah up until Saturday had been, well, shaky.

The Utah football team put together its best offensive half of the season Saturday against San Diego State in racing to a 38-0 halftime lead at Rice-Eccles Stadium.

After his team held off UNLV 42-35 last season in Provo, Utah, Brigham Young football coach Bronco Mendenhall, while sharing an elevator ride to the press box with reporters, remarked how much the Rebels had improved.

With their six-game win streak having recently ended, the 23rd-ranked Utah Utes now turn their attention to the San Diego State Aztecs and the Mountain West Conference challenge that lies before them at Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City this weekend.

Utah linebacker Stevenson Sylvester #10 late during the loss to TCU. TCU defeated Utah 55-28 to stay undefeated and keep their BCS-busting hopes alive.

TCU coach Gary Patterson immediately reminded everybody that the No. 4 Horned Frogs still have games left to play, making the expected 'we're not done' comments.

FORT WORTH, Texas - It's billed as the "Cowtown Showdown." Saturday night's game between fourth-ranked TCU and No.

Utah freshman Jordan Wynn still hasn't played a whole game. Wynn didn't have to finish his first start, passing for 297 yards and two touchdowns before resting in the fourth quarter as the 17th-ranked Utes beat winless New Mexico 45-14 Saturday night.

TCU coach Gary Patterson acknowledges that last year's 13-10 loss at Utah was a heartbreaker.

Cole Morgan ran for a touchdown and threw for another as Central Washington beat Western Oregon, 20-6, in Monmouth, Ore., on Saturday for the Wildcats' first unbeaten regular season since 2002.

TCU moved up to No. 4 in both polls, while the Utes moved up to No. 14 in the Coaches' Poll... New QB leads Utah over New Mexico 45-14 Jordan Wynn passed for 297 yards and two touchdowns in his first college start and Eddie Wide... GAME BLOG: Utah 45, New Mexico 14 No.

Jereme Brooks and Eddie Wide scored late touchdowns Saturday, helping 19th-ranked Utah record a 22-10 MWC win over upset-minded Wyoming.