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Fifty lead-pipe locks at Saturday's Las Vegas Bowl:

1. Joe Williams will rush for more than 100 yards, often finding space in the back of BYU's defense.

2. Bronson Kaufusi will get two sacks.

3. Mitch Matthews will unfold and climb an extension ladder to catch a few balls over the head of a more diminutive Utah defensive back.

4. Somebody will start something.

5. Kalani Sitake will move into the second stage of assembling his BYU coaching staff.

6. Travis Wilson will have a Kent Tekulve-submarine-style pass batted down.

7. National love for the Utah-BYU rivalry will grow.

8. Tanner Mangum will roll right to avoid pressure — at least 10 times.

9. Somebody named Squally Canada will run the ball for BYU for the first time.

10. Utah's press coverage will cause Mangum to look indecisive at times.

11. BYU will struggle to run the football, but occasionally see some daylight.

12. Somebody will bring up Devontae Booker — and wonder what might have been.

13. Most people will forget what Jamaal Williams could have done for the Cougar offense this season had he not withdrawn from school.

14. For the final time as BYU's head coach, Bronco Mendenhall will use a gloriously clunky term in the postgame, such as "higher level of execution," "position mastery," or "collectiveconsciousnessofeffortandcompetitivespirit." He'll also say how proud he is of his players and their effort and, in his heart, be grateful that he no longer has to concern himself with BYU's honor code.

15. Mendenhall will look stoic on the sideline, trying not to bust out laughing while thinking about the $3.25 mil he's getting from Virginia.

16. Tom Hackett will flip the field — a minimum of three times.

17. Hackett will roll a ball out inside the 20-yard line.

18. Between Hackett and Jonny Linehan, a game of Australian Rules Football will break out.

19. There will be at least three flags thrown for personal fouls or unsportsmanlike conducts.

20. Kyle Whittingham will get so angry at one point, his head will rotate and the individual parts of his face — his eyes, his nose, his mouth — will separate, rattle and jangle, and smoke will blow out of his ears like a steam-shovel, a la a bad cartoon from the '70s.

21. Blue will outnumber red in the stands.

22. A Pac-12 snob in the crowd will incorrectly declare to the guy bobbing his head next to him, "The Utes have nothing to win in this game, only something to lose."

23. Britain Covey will try, but won't quite be himself.

24. Travis Tuiloma will be more valuable than most fans realize.

25. Gionni Paul will pick a ball off, pick up a fumble or cause one.

26. Andy Phillips will be automatic, kicking at least two field goals.

27. Chris Hill will wish the Utes could be playing Michigan.

28. Wilson will have double-digit rushing attempts.

29. Afterward, however the game turns out, Mendenhall and Whittingham still won't like each other.

30. Somebody will compare Sam Boyd Stadium to an Erector Set.

31. A fight will break out, either in the stands or on the field — maybe both.

32. The moniker "Holy War" will be used a thousand times, and after every single usage, a lot of people will cringe, wishing a better moniker could be found.

33. Utah's defense will try to replicate what Michigan's did to rattle BYU's freshman quarterback, with some — but not the same level of — success.

34. Mangum, who averaged 255 passing yards per game, will have to get more than that for the Cougars to have any shot at winning.

35. A major special-teams play will have a huge impact on the game.

36. A record-setting capacity crowd will file through the turnstiles and into the seats.

37. Algie Brown will score a touchdown.

38. The names Lenny Gomes and Max Hall and Austin Collie will be spoken a hundred times, but nobody will pour fictional beer on anybody and nobody will be pumping anybody's gas and nobody will gain any advantage by living right on and off the field.

39. Wilson will score his final touchdown as a Ute.

40. Kai Nacua will get an interception.

41. Trevor Samson will kick at least one field goal.

42. Somebody will wonder what ever happened to the tight end position at BYU, remembering fondly back to a time before BYU coaches started switching defensive linemen over to an offensive position second in glory in the Cougar tradition only to quarterback.

43. Senior wide receiver Devon Blackmon will catch his first touchdown pass as a Cougar.

44. Somebody will punch somebody in the tenders.

45. If healthy, Kenneth Scott will put up a notable performance.

46. Just for old times sake, Robert Anae will suspiciously ask a reporter: "What's the purpose of your question?"

47. The margin in the game will be tight.

48. Tom Holmoe will do his best to hide himself away.

49. Utah will win — for the fifth straight time.

50. As always, at least half of these guesses will be wrong.

GORDON MONSON hosts "The Big Show" with Spence Checketts weekdays from 3-7 p.m. on 97.5 FM and 1280 AM The Zone. Twitter: @GordonMonson.