My lasting impressions of Utah’s entry into the Pac-12 include the appearance by Tournament of Roses organizers at the news conference, followed a few months later by the release of the 2011 football schedule. The biggest takeaway was that in the rotation, the Utes wouldn’t have to play Stanford or Oregon in their first two seasons as conference members.
That response reflected the aura those programs had in the league at the time, and deservedly so.
As it turned out, the Utes beat Stanford in b...
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