Rivalry games are very important, yes. But should't be more important than games that affect conference championship. Utah wants win over BYU more than conference. Seems like that has always been the case. What did Dres say? Let me post again:
@TonyParksZone Dres,"We always circled the BYU game. We talked about wanting to win every game, but knew we better not......lose that game."
Better not have lost the Colorado game over losing to BYU for a chance at title game.