The Holy War 2009

The end of the football season means war in Utah. HOLY WAR that is. The rivalry between the University of Utah and BYU is like no other. There are so many competition it is not even funny. Blood drives, food drives, even ice cream eating competitions. It’s nice to know that even with all the bitter feelings some good things come out of it all. The battle began at three in the afternoon. There was even a U of U fan that dressed up as the Pope, which I thought was actually pretty creative. Anyway, it was a hard fought battle till the bitter end. We had this cool guy sitting in front of us giving us commentary the whole time. The best was when he announced that it was time for the Cougars to stick a dagger into the hearts of our fellow Utes. Figuratively speaking of course. In what was looking to be a repeat of our Freshmen Year, when the Cougars lost to the Utes in overtime, the dagger finally came on a pass to number 88, who ran it into the end zone in overtime to secure a victory for the Cougars.


At the end, all of the fans joined in the spoils of victory. It was so intense. I have never seen a field stormed before in person. It was pretty cool A momentous occasion and victory for BYU. I will certainly never forget it and neither will the Utes.


Max Hall continued the battle off of the field. He wasn’t shy about his feelings concerning the Utes. “I don't like Utah. In fact, I hate them. I hate everything about them. I hate their program, I hate their fans, I hate everything. So it felt really good to send those guys home," Hall continued. "They didn't deserve it. It was our turn, and our turn to win. We deserved it. We played as hard as we could tonight. And it felt really good, again, to send them home, to get them out of here, and so it is a game I will always remember. I think the whole university, their fans and their organization is classless. They threw beer on my family and stuff last year, and they did a whole bunch of nasty things, and I don't respect them, and they deserved to lose.” All I have to say is that if the shoe fits wear it.