Archive for September, 2007

Rhiannon Potkey of the Salt Lake Tribune reported today that freshman wide receiver Ryan Kessman requested and received a release from his scholarship today. Kessman was one of six freshmen that were suspended yesterday for undisclosed team rules violations. Potkey’s report states that while BYU did not disclose the nature of Kessman’s violations, Ryan’s... More

BYU fans should well remember the results of the 3-3-5 defense when Bronco Mendenhall brought it from New Mexico in 2003. BYU defenses had lock-down performances against Georgia Tech (13 pts), New Mexico (7 pts), and Utah (3 pts, unbelievably in a loss). Unfortunately, the defense also got steam-rolled by Colorado State (58 pts),... More

News often comes in bunches and I don’t have time to address each one. Not only that, but it would be a very confusing post to talk about each one, so I figure to make the “Cougar Bites” a weekly column. I’ll try to keep you as current as possible with all the many... More

Quick—name five members of the BYU scout team. If you’re like most fans, you can name a dozen or so starters but don’t know more than a few scout team members. And even fewer people know what they give, and give up, for the team. I’m not going to list all the scout team members,... More

Coach Bronco Mendenhall was accosted after Friday’s 31-6 win by the world’s worst sideline reporter. He responded with the predictable “3 phases of the game” response then looked like he was going to head butt her after she asked if he was going to smile (Max Hall’s response that she needed to get a... More