SALT LAKE CITY — There’s a Utah Ute banner on the wall, but on autumn Saturdays, the rear dining room at Legends Pub and Grill is Nebraska Cornhuskers football turf.

“Normally this holds about 125,” explained Bo Green, president of Utahns For Nebraska, “and, if we’re having a good year, we’ll pack it every Saturday.”

“We played Notre Dame in 2001,” he added, “and I think we had over 500 people here.”

Before kickoff, Green leads the Nebraska revelers in a chant of “Go big red!” And he reminds them that there’s a raffle for prizes, including a Jim Beam decanter in the shape of a Cornhusker football and helmet. The money goes to a scholarship fund.

Green and his fellow Nebraska fans have met in the same location – it’s changed names and owners over the decades – since 1999. That’s a coupl

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