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No. 6 Utah accepted an invitation to the Allstate Sugar Bowl against No. 4 Alabama on Jan. 2. Tickets went on sale Sunday night after the Utes held their Bowl Championship Series Selection party at Rice-Eccles Tower.

Four years removed from stomping an out-of-place Pittsburgh team in the Fiesta Bowl, the Utes are back in the Bowl Championship Series. This time the go-around won't be as easy.

Kalani Sitake's promotion to U defensive coordinator was announced minutes after head coach Kyle Whittingham spoke about Utah's selection to play against No. 4 Alabama in New Orleans.

Defensive coordinator Gary Andersen, who has been with the Utes since 2005, has accepted the head coaching position at Utah State.

Quarterback Brian Johnson was named Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year, Louie Sakoda was named MWC Special Teams Player of the Year and Kyle Whittingham was named the league's Coach of the Year as Utah cleaned up nicely in the conference's year-end awards.

Who has the edge in the glorious upcoming holy war of the Utah Utes vs. the BYU Cougars?

Whether they've been in Salt Lake City for five years, four years or just two years, 19 seniors will bid Rice-Eccles Stadium adieu Saturday after one of the biggest games in Utah history.

Doctors have been prescribing sunny vacations to people for years. Turns out warm San Diego was just what the doctor ordered for the U football team's offense, but for very different reasons.

One has statistics that other quarterbacks only dream of. The other leads an undefeated team with the inside track to a Bowl Championship Series game.