Utah and BYU will continue to play in at least football and basketball, starting in 2011.
Football
Football games will be 9/17/2011 in Provo and 9/15/2012 in Salt Lake. Both are Saturday games. I would envision both will be broadcast on ESPN, though the Pac 10 does not have any signed contracts for the 2012 season, so the one in SLC may wind up on either the Fox or a yet-to-be-created Pac 10 Network.
Utah had to cancel/postpone a game in the 4-year series they had with Boise State. I am not sure how that one will shake out. My guess is that the first game of the series at Boise State will just get moved to the end of the series instead of the beginning, but I have no confirmation on that.
This is the 6th home game on the schedule for BYU for 2011 and 10th game total, out of 13 possible games (they play at Hawaii and can, therefore, play 13 regular season games: currently, BYU fans are probably cringing at the thought of 13 games in a season...). It is the 4th road game on the schedule for 2012 and 8th game scheduled.
Basketball
BYU and Utah will play only once a year for the next four years, starting in 2011. The first game will be at the Huntsman Center on December 10th, 2011. The next three years will alternate locations: Provo, Salt Lake, Provo. Until Utah gets back to playing .500 ball though, I am not sure their fans really care about this one.
Who cares about the rivalry. It has been one sided most of the time; football for BYU, basketball for Utah.
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