Terrell Cole made a big tackle on the screen pass that puts Alabama at third-and-8 with little time left and Alabama all out of timeouts. Utah gets a personal foul call after time expired resulting in better field position for the second half. Utah gets the football to start the second. Marquis Maze was the guilty party.

Outland Trophy winner and projected top five pick Andre Smith was suspended for the Jan. 2 Sugar Bowl by Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban after Saban said Smith had violated unspecified team rules.

Utah is coming off of an avenging road win against UC-Irvine 60-52 and looks to take a big win against a top 25 team into the new year.

Utah's athletic director, Chris Hill, announced on Monday that Whittingham and Utah have agreed to a new contract that will pay the 15-year coach $6 million over the next five years.

For Utah, New Years Eve will be a chance to rest from the last true practice before the Sugar Bowl.

Two days away from the biggest game in Utah history, the 12-0 Utes were the main attraction at the Louisiana Superdome.

Whipple and Warburton both put up career highs and the Utes got their second straight victory over a Pac-10 opponent, beating USC 87-77.

After taking a final exam on Friday morning, Tim DeChristopher said he did not expect to end up bidding on and winning more than $1.7 million worth of oil and drilling rights to land in Southern Utah.

Passengers, including a U employee, intervened when a homeless man assaulted a woman on a TRAX train Thursday.

Luka Drca, the Runnin' Utes starting point guard, has been suspended for two games for intentionally tripping Oklahoma center Blake Griffin in the second half of Saturday's Ute loss.