Saints & Sports
Former BYU stars look forward to Y Quarterback Weekend
Editor's note: Eight former BYU All-American quarterbacks — Virgil Carter, Gifford Nielsen, Marc Wilson, Jim McMahon, Steve Young, Robbie Bosco, Ty Detmer and Steve Sarkisian — return to Provo on Friday and Saturday for Y Quarterback Weekend, a fundraising event to endow future quarterback...
Former BYU QBs to face off in NFL preseason game
Former BYU quarterbacks Max Hall and John Beck will likely play head-to-head in tonight’s sellout preseason matchup between Hall’s Arizona Cardinals and Beck’s Washington Redskins at University of Phoenix Stadium. The two Cougar greats, and good friends, will meet privately before the game either...
ESPN sings BYU's praises
There were two big elephants in the room at BYU's official independence party in LaVell Edwards Stadium on Tuesday. Without either one, the Cougars' bold move to explore going it alone in football would have been in vain. Who were the two whose weight dented the floor? LaVell Edwards and ESPN. ...
BYU football independence includes ESPN deal and Notre Dame series
Mormon Life says: After the press conference, it's all official now.
Brigham Young announced its football independence Wednesday afternoon and also disclosed it has a new eight-year contract with ESPN to broadcast home football games. ESPN has agreed that any BYU...
Thoughts on BYU’s decision, the WCC’s gain, the MWC’s loss and the WAC’s next move
Mormon Life says: This commentator is very opinionated about BYU's move.
A thunderous summer of off-the-field news continues … * We’ll hear more about this in the next 24 hours, but clearly BYU found a way to put together a football schedule for 2011 without the...
ESPN: BYU to go independant in football and join WCC in other sports
Mormon Life says: Looks like it is decided. All that needs to happen is the formal press conference tomorrow.
Brigham Young University will leave the Mountain West Conference for the 2011-12 season, go independent in football and join the West Coast Conference in all other sports, notably men's...
Will BYU Abandon Utah State To Try To Achieve Greater Religious Acceptance?
BYU to the WCC I have been scratching my head over this one. Reports are out that BYU is seriously considering joining the West Coast Conference for all sports over the Western Athletic Conference. The WCC is a collection of small religious privates. You may think you've never heard of them,...
Casper talks about golf and the gospel
The legendary golfer and LDS convert shared no shortage of stories Friday night. With 40 or so people scattered around the chapel, Billy Casper recounted how his father and uncle converted a New Mexico cow pasture into a mini three-hole course when he was 4; how he earned $4.50 a week as a caddy...
BYU Plans to Utilize Two QBs in 2010
BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall announced Friday that the Cougars plan to utilize a two-quarterback system in 2010 featuring junior Riley Nelson and freshman Jake Heaps. “We plan on playing both Riley and Jake at quarterback and feel both will be effective leading our team,” Mendenhall said....
BYU has long been owed bigger slice of pie
It would be in the Mountain West Conference's own self-interest to give BYU a bigger slice of the TV revenue pie. Because, without the Cougars, the pie is going to get a lot smaller. (As this is being written, we're still waiting to hear if BYU goes independent or stays in the MWC.) This is not...
Sources: BYU to remain in Mountain West Conference
The Mountain West Conference-BYU impasse could be resolved as soon as today, numerous sources said Wednesday, with all indications that the Cougars will remain in the MWC. The Provo, Utah, school doesn't have many alternatives since the Mountain West pulled the rug from under the Western...
Chicago Tribune: Roots in church, family keep Notre Dame's Te'o grounded
Outside the chapel walls on the first Sunday of August, there is little more than sunlight and a tinny thrum of cicadas. A moderate crowd filters into the parking lots and then through the doors for the 9 a.m. service at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They're quiet and happy....
BYU, Texas agree to home-and-home football series
BYU and Texas announced Friday morning that the Cougars and Longhorns have agreed to a home-and-home football series for 2013 and 2014. Texas will visit LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo in 2013 while BYU will travel to Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Tex., in 2014 "We are exited to...
Everything you ever wanted to read about BYU’s (rumored) move to independence and the WAC
Mormon Life says: I'll be updating this page as more news/commentary rolls in.
Okay, just in case you need to get caught up on the drama that is BYU sports right now...yesterday, rumors flew that BYU is leaving the Mountain West Conference and going independent in football and...
Ryon Bingham's Cornhusker conversion
The man with massive arms and tree-trunk legs was finishing his second helping of barbecue ribs when his wife asked the question. "Ryon, are you done eating?" "Honey, what kind of silly question is that? Of course I am not done eating," he said, smiling through the red sauce. The Southern...
