Instead of looking at the box score and realizing that Utah blew a 21-10 lead and lost the Holy War 22-21 by not scoring a single point in the final two quarters of that game, Harlan blamed the outcome entirely on Big 12 officials.

Week 12 saw several exciting results in the Big Ten Conference. On Friday night, the Washington Huskies took care of the UCLA Bruins 31-19. The Oregon Ducks struggled against the Wisconsin Badgers in their 16-13 victory.