When the contract was signed in May 2015 as part of a home-and-home series, it was a way for Utah to bolster its nonconference schedule.
Eight years later, after a wild and tumultuous round of conference realignment, Utah accepted an invitation with Arizona, Arizona State and Colorado to join the Big 12 Conference.For Yormark, the heavy lifting was done and he could rest easy after a nearly year-long effort to bring the so-called Four Corner schools into the Big 12's fold. On Saturday, it was an opportunity to see the fruit of his labors take shape.
Yormark helped salvage a sinking ship of a Big 12 that was worried about its future with the loss of Oklahoma and Texas, and went to work to bolster its membership with the addition of eight teams when it was all said and done. The plan worked and the Big 12 found stable ground.
"We consider lots of different factors, but I think the rivalry between BYU and Utah is fantastic, and I think it's gonna play out nationally," Yorkmark said. "Our TV partners love it, and I think it's very additive to the conference and the makeup of our football programs." "What they've done athletically and academically — premier institution — the rivalry that they bring with BYU, I think, was something that was something exciting for not only us but our TV partners," Yormark said. "But I think for me, it was not one school in particular, I think it was the combination of the four schools and what they could bring and the value they bring to the conference, which I think is tremendous.
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