today I realized something.
Colorado got a pretty bad deal out of this imagined rivalry. I don't like to think of Colorado as a rival to Nebraska (that would be Oklahoma). But Colorado and Nebraska used to play every year on the Friday after Thanksgiving. It was one of those games that was always on national TV. Pretty much Colorado's biggest game every year, and certainly the one with the most eyeballs and media attention.
They have to feel like they got a big downgrade in this respect with Utah.