The Utah-BYU football rivalry is about more than what happens on the field. Tension extends to debates over which team has the better fan base, the better mountain views and the better stadium experience. Drake Toll, host of the “Locked on Big 12″ podcast, weighed in on some of those off-field metrics during Monday’s episode of his show.

Desmond Howard, Lee Corso, even Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes and LSU gymnast Livvy Dunne predicted the No. 9 Cougars would leave Rice-Eccles Stadium with a W. Kirk Herbstreit, however, likes Utah to pull off the upset.

The biggest question facing the BYU football team as it trudged to the visiting locker room at Rice-Eccles Stadium at halftime of the rivalry game against Utah on Saturday night was what was going on with the Cougar defense?

Utah's Brandon Rose, who made his first career start last week against BYU, will undergo season-ending surgery on his lower leg, making him the third Utes QB lost for the season.

The Utah Utes (4-5, 1-5 Big 12) will enter their Week 12 matchup with the Colorado Buffaloes (7-2, 5-1 Big 12) having suffered a disappointing season marred by injuries. The injury bug has bitten the Utes again,

The Utah Utes have been perhaps the most disappointing team in the Big 12 this season. After jumping from the Pac-12 over the summer, the Utes were picked to win the conference at July’s media day. Media members thought veteran quarterback Cam Rising would propel the Utes to the conference championship and College Football Playoff.