Whittingham declines to talk about this year’s BYU team, but talks about rivalry as a whole

Utah coach Kyle Whittingham usually answers some questions about the Utes’ upcoming opponents in his weekly Monday morning press conference.

He didn’t this week.

Whittingham touched on the upcoming rivalry game between No. 23 Utah and No. 15 BYU in his opening statement by noting the statistical similarities between the two teams, but that was about the extent of his comments on the 2025 Cougars.

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“Between the two teams, there’s a lot of similarities statistically,” Whittingham said. “Both rushing for roughly the same amount, throwing for roughly the same amount, scoring roughly the same amount. Defensively, there’s a lot of simila