Morgan Scalley knows you’ve likely seen the video.

In the past, and probably again this week.

In 2004, during his senior year at Utah, Scalley was filmed telling his teammates he hated BYU “with a passion.”

“I know that’s probably going around the internet right now what I said my senior year,” Scalley said this week.

He’s right. It has made the rounds. But there’s a sense that he’d shake his head at his younger self.

Now, as Utah’s head coach, he’s trying to turn down the heat of the rivalry that has seemed to grow more and more toxic.

“At the end of the day, it’s mine and [BYU head coach Kalani Sitake’s] hope that this thing can be more civil,” Scalley said. “The hatred, the toxicity that is spewed — from both sides — to me, it’s not good for the rivalry.”

It helps that he has some pretty good friends who will be wearing blue this weekend. That includes Sitake, who Scalley worked under when Sitake was defensive coordinator at Utah.

“There’s tons of respect on both sides, and I mean I have a lot of love for Utah and for their head coach and for the people there,” Sitake said. “Those are still my friends, and I would not be in this position if it weren’t for that school.”

Sitake pointed out he’s far from the only one who has connections to both universities.

“That’s how this rivalry goes,” he said. “There’s a lot of crossover. I know there are a lot of people that go to undergrad here at BYU and then go up to the U and do their post-grad stuff. And there are all these families there where one went to Utah, one went to BYU, and that’s what makes it fun.

“But I think we could keep it focused on fun and enjoyment, and really appreciate where we’re at.”

The rivalry has long had religious undertones, given that BYU is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Both Sitake and Scalley are Latter-day Saints, and many of their assistants and players are members of the church.

Scalley would like to see that element of the rivalry go away.

“I think we make too much of that,” Scalley said of the religious ties. “There are young men playing on both teams that aren’t LDS, and there are fans that aren’t LDS.

“At the end of the day, does God care who wins this game? No. Does he care about people? Yeah, and so I think we can be better to each other in that realm.”

With the No. 3 Utes set to face their in-state rival Saturday at 10 a.m. MST in Salt Lake City, Scalley made a point of asking fans to turn down the temperature this week.

“What makes it great is that it’s competitive,” Scalley said. “Look at us, we’re in one state within 30 minutes of each other, and we’re both sitting here ranked in the top 10. That’s awesome.”