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American running back Myles Gaskin (9) dives into the end zone as he is tackled by Marcus Strong of Washington in the third quarter of a college football game on Friday, November 23, 2018, at Pullman, Washington. (Joshua Bessex / The Tribune News via AP)
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah will face Washington in the Pac-12 championship game at 6 pm Friday (FOX) at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The Huskies (9-3, 7-2) won the North Division with a 28-15 win over Washington State during a snowy night in Pullman.
The result is not very good news for Utes (8-3, 6-3). They have just one goal against Washington. Utah's only win in the series was a 34-23 decision in Seattle in 2015.
Earlier this season, the Huskies defeated the Utes 21-7 at the Rice-Eccles Stadium. Myles Gaskin ran for 143 yards and a touchdown at the September 15th meeting. Utah has returned the ball three times in defeat.
"We had a few chances but we could not capitalize," Whittingham said at the time. "When you play such a good team, you better value those opportunities."
After Friday's Apple Cup, Chris Petersen, Washington coach, told FOX Sports he wanted to think about the game against Utah in about three hours.
"They have a good team and we had the chance to go at the beginning of the season," said Petersen. "But very different teams now, so late in the season."
RIVALRY DOWN SOUS: "No idea, buddy, no idea." Mitch Wishnowsky inhabitants of his native Australia know the game of rivalry between Utah and BYU.
However, Wishnowsky did not take long to become familiar with his arrival in the Utes.
"You learn rivalry pretty quickly," said Wishnowsky. "You see things on Twitter that BYU fans write, things like that. No one likes to lose against them. "
First things first: Although the BYU game only counts for pride in terms of ramifications for Utah, it's still important for the Utes – even with the title game Pac-12 looming.
"I think there is a little more to do just because of the rivalry," said the center. Lo Falemaka. "But, yes, definitely another game we want to take care of."
linebacker Cody Barton made it clear that the Utes did not look to the future.
"We put everything we have in the BYU game," he said.
BONUS POINTS: Six of Utah's seven consecutive victories on BYU had 24 points. . . The Utes made 89 tackles for the loss and 31 sacks this season. . . The senior Utah class, playing their last game at the Rice-Eccles stadium, is 34-16.
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