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Former BYU Coach LaVell Edwards Is Dead At 86
Former BYU coach LaVell Edwards died Thursday at the age of 86 after suffering complications following a broken hip, according to the Provo Daily Herald, which spoke with Edwards’s wife, Patti....
BYU Commits Crime Against Football With Incredibly Futile Fake Punt
Almost had it fellas!...
BYU Pick-Six A Masterful Display Of Avoiding Tackles
Fred Warner picked off a Brett Rypien pass and returned it 59 yards to give BYU its first touchdown of the night against Boise State, and he did so with so much flair it required a lengthy replay review—one that, eventually, upheld the play....
Report: ESPN, Fox Willing To Pay To Nix Big 12 Expansion
A new report indicates the insufferable Big 12 expansion saga will mercifully be coming to end within the next three days. ...
What The Hell
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These Korean Announcers Are Excited As Hell About Byung-ho Park's Huge Dingers
The Twins lost the first nine games of the regular season, then won four in a row, and finally lost again today to the Brewers. Their scoring has (obviously) increased greatly during their run of newfound competence, and their rookie first baseman Byung-ho Park has been at the center of it all. He’s...
Baseball Is Back And Thank Fucking God
At last, the death-gods have released their cold, icy grip on the United States; the trees are green, the birds are singing, and our greatest sport has returned. While there’s just too much to keep track of in terms of who’s where and what’s what and who’s going to do what and such—FiveThirtyEight, ...
Utah Lineman To BYU At Las Vegas Bowl Welcome Dinner: "You’re A Dirty Team"
One of the more entertaining bowl games will take place on Saturday, when in-state foes Utah and BYU meet-up in the Las Vegas Bowl for the Holy War in Sin City. Besides the natural rivalry, there is also the element of BYU’s conduct at play. There was the brawl with Memphis during last season’s bowl...
BYU's Nick Emery Ejected For Throwing A Cheap Shot To The Face
BYU freshman Nick Emery was assessed a flagrant fouled two and tossed from tonight’s rivalry game against Utah, after he socked Brandon Taylor with no apparent provocation. As Taylor lay on the floor holding his face, Emery stared him down:...
BYU Forced To Call Time Out After Quarterback Goes Missing
Tanner Mangum has been a hero for the Cougars this season, but the BYU quarterback was missing in action late in the first half against Fresno State today after officials extended the period by a few seconds. BYU was forced to call a time out until their signal-caller could be located—which he was, ...
BYU Wins Again Thanks To Fourth Down Desperation Pass
Last week, BYU’s Tanner Mangum hurled a hail mary to beat Nebraska. Tonight, he did it again—connecting with Mitchell Juergens in the end zone on fourth down to defeat the 20th-ranked Boise State Broncos....
BYU's At It Again
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BYU Beats Nebraska With Hail Mary
Mitch Mathews hauled in a 42-yard hail mary from Tanner Mangum on the final play of the game to stun a Cornhuskers crowd in Lincoln and give BYU a 33-28 win over the Cornhuskers....
Video: BYU Football Recruit Shot In Arm Outside School
Police say BYU football recruit Charles West was shot in the arm outside of a Texas middle school Sunday night. Via D Magazine, video of the shooting has surfaced on YouTube, showing West running away as the shooter fires six shots....
Rugby Player Catches Dog Catching Rabbit
This is like a month old, but you’ll forgive me for not keeping up on New Zealand’s regional rugby union leagues....
BYU's Kyle Collinsworth Throws Assist Through Teammate's Legs
BYU beat Portland 84-70 tonight to advance to the WCC Tournament finals, and the star of the show was Kyle Collinsworth. With a line of 13 points, 14 rebounds, and 11 assists, Collinsworth picked up the sixth triple-double of his career, tying the NCAA record for most career triple-doubles held by s...
An Actual Video Of 6-Foot-7, 410-Pound Motekiai Langi Playing "Football"
Yesterday I wrote that there was no video available of BYU’s newest recruit, Motekiai Langi, from the island nation of Tonga. As it turns out there is a very short video of Langi playing something resembling football at a Tuhulu football camp. It doesn’t show much, but the “light on his feet” com...
BYU Signs 6'7", 410 lbs. Hulk Based On Two Year Old Pickup BBall Game
The most intriguing news out of signing day—at least for those who find tracking every tiny movement a bit weird—was that a 6'7", 410 pound manchild signed a letter of intent to play football at BYU. The problem was, nobody knew jack shit about Motekiai Langi. No grainy highlight reel, no photos of ...
Double-OT Miami Beach Bowl Ends In All-Out Fight Between BYU & Memphis
It's a Monday afternoon, and thus time for college football live from an MLB stadium. Today's Miami Beach Bowl between BYU and Memphis may have been this season's most exciting football game—Memphis hit a 55-yarder to stay alive and then grabbed a game-ending interception to seal a 55-48 win—but it'...
This Football Player's Just Headbutting His Teammates Without A Helmet!
This is Memphis's junior tight end, Alan Cross. Alan's pumped! Hell yea! Maybe you should utilize some chill though, Alan. It's just the Miami Beach Bowl....