Published on: 24th November, 2010
The BYU Cougars could really benefit this Saturday at Utah from solid play out of their corps of freshman tight ends. At a school that has churned out All-American caliber tight ends for decades, BYU has gotten very little production this season from this group. The one guy that looked like he ...Published on: 17th November, 2010
Jimmer Fredette is focused on becoming a more complete basketball player in his final season at BYU. For one thing, he has stated that he is committed to getting his teammates more involved offensively this year. In the first game of the season against Fresno State, Jimmer dished out eight assists to ...Published on: 8th November, 2010
A BYU victory this weekend against Colorado State in Fort Collins would go a long way towards the Cougars securing a bowl bid. At 4-5 the Cougars have three remaining games to get the two additional wins needed to reach bowl eligibility. Given BYU’s sudden improvement on the offensive end in their ...Published on: 2nd November, 2010
BYU has lost some of its national brand Beginning next season BYU football will once again be seen in homes across America on a regular basis. For five years the Cougar program has been relegated to obscurity because of the television contract of the Mountain West Conference. Despite four straight double-digit-win seasons from ...Published on: 16th October, 2010
Not surprisingly, the BYU Cougars struggled to score against the nation’s No. 1 defense in their 31-3 loss to the TCU Horned Frogs. The Cougars’ three points and 147 yards of total offense are record lows for a BYU offense under Bronco Mendenhall. The BYU defense, despite all of its injuries, played ...Published on: 12th October, 2010
The BYU offense played smash-mouth football in Saturday’s 24-21 win over San Diego State, rushing the ball 62 times for 271 yards. The question is, can they duplicate that kind of success against fourth-ranked TCU in Fort Worth this week? The Horned Frogs once again sport one of the top defenses in ...Published on: 7th October, 2010
If you thought the BYU Cougars had a tough early season schedule this year, just wait until next season. With BYU and Utah announcing Thursday that they will continue their rivalry in football in 2011-12 and men’s basketball through 2014, the BYU football Cougars find themselves playing three Top-25-caliber opponents from ...Published on: 5th October, 2010
It has been a dark few weeks in Provo, culminating this past weekend in an embarrassing loss to a 1-3 Utah State team, injuries to two more key players on defense, and the firing of defensive coordinator Jamie Hill. Lost among the despair and gloom in Cougar Town this week is ...Published on: 1st October, 2010
If you think that the BYU offense has been anemic so far this year, imagine where the Cougars would be without junior running back JJ Di Luigi. Of the 1,228 yards of total offense that BYU has managed to muster in their first four games, the diminutive Di Luigi has accounted ...Published on: 26th September, 2010
BYU's defense played well enough to win Saturday against Nevada, holding a Wolf Pack offense that averaged nearly 51 points a game to just 27. The Cougars offense was another story. Not surprisingly, true freshman quarterback Jake Heaps had his growing pains in this game. He completed 24 of 45 passes for 229 ...