the game being played. Playing Wagner and playing Utah are not the same thing, so preparing for them as if they were is a ridiculous notion.

It's one thing to do coach-speak and say such a thing, but it's an entirely different thing to actually go out and be mentally unprepared for a rivalry game. That's exactly what I saw from Bronco teams, even since he started coaching. BYU won games almost exclusively based on their personnel being awesome... and that's it. Whit out-coached Bronco EVERY time. 2006 shouldn't have been close... 2009 either. 2011 was a complete joke, etc., etc.