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Utah's Cam Rising fanned the flames of a rivalry's fire this week.
Perennial Utah quarterback Cam Rising said, when asked the other day about playing the BYU Cougars in the Big 12 this coming season, that he wants to “whup their a--.”Ah, the gloriousness of not just playing college football, but being really good at it, being good at talking about it, being good at throwing shade at an in-state rival.
No. That’s not what they said. They, many of them anyway, said they wanted Rising to do anatomically impossible things to himself. Some even reveled in Rising’s injuries of the past and hoped for more of the same for the quarterback in his future, particularly a very specific day in his future — Nov. 9 — when the Cougars and Utes line up to play each other at Rice-Eccles Stadium.
The way I figure it, what Rising said was not an insult, nor any kind of affront. It was just a competitive dude, a gifted, successful competitive dude, telling the truth about how he and likely a great multitude of his teammates and coaches feel about facing BYU. That sentiment has pretty much always been there in the Ute locker room and in the Cougars’ room, too.
Too many fans get caught up in that, and, unfortunately, that’s just the way it’s always been. Pity. You can’t concurrently respect your rival while hating on them. You can concurrently respect your rival while wanting to whup ’em.I’m not even sure I can get away with repeating that A-word in a Tribune column, but here’s to making the attempt at complete candor. Rising’s use of it is: 1) direct, 2) representative of the way the Utes feel, and 3) true.
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