Steaming over a defensive holding call against the Utes on BYU’s final possession, Harlan marched into the press room and declared, “I have been an athletic director for 12 years. This game was absolutely stolen from us. We won this game. Someone else stole it from us!”

Utah athletic director Mark Harlan blasted Big 12 officials for a controversial defensive holding call in the Utes' 22-21 loss to rival No. 9 BYU. The call occurred on what appeared to be a game-clinching fourth-down sack for the Utes with 1:30 to go in the game.

Much of the BYU football team was still on the field at Rice-Eccles Stadium celebrating a miraculous 22-21 win against rival Utah late Saturday night when Utes athletics director Mark Harlan made a surprise appearance at the postgame news conference.