Hi everybody.

I can’t speak for Peter, but after the whole episode surrounding Cruiser and the emotions that accompanied it, I was totally burned up. Consumed. I definitely didn’t have any drive to pump up the complete non-story that spring practice turned out to be.

So I just put it down for a while. With no apologies. I needed time to figure out how I felt about the situation and what I wanted to do about it.

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Now that the Cougar Legion Store has been open for a few days, we wanted to hear from you Legionnaires about the gear. Your feedback is important to us, so please take a few minutes, if you can, and let us know what you like or dislike about the design, products and/or the store itself.

One question we have in particular is whether it’s a good idea to have the web address on the shirts or not (currently they are without it), though we certainly welcome any other feedback about the shirts as well.

Thanks, everybody!

We just wanted to let everyone know to check the site tomorrow before the game for any last-minute analysis and developments, and again after the game. I’ll be keeping a running diary of the action that will be posted as fast as I can spell-check it and push it live.

FOR FANS ATTENDING THE GAME: We invite you all to email us some pictures from inside the Rose Bowl, if your phone has that capability. I’ll post them along with the diary immediately after the game. Send your pictures to cougarlegion@gmail.com.

Everybody have a great time tomorrow! If you’re traveling to the game, stay safe on the roads!

OK, I thought I’d hang it up for the summer, but I just can’t, dangit!

I’m liking the football recruiting news that I’m seeing these days. It hasn’t taken long for recruits to see that BYU is on a huge upswing right now and that they better get on board if they want to be a part of the magic coming in the next few years.

Some random stuff:

A few weeks ago, I was on vacation with my wife and daughter in Mesa, AZ. We went down for my buddy Jake’s graduation from ASU. Jake had a party at his house that night and I got to meet Max Hall’s dad, who greeted me by asking if I was Shirts (sweet!). Somebody tipped him off to the blog and he was wondering who the heck I was. Anyway, we got to talking and it turns out that the Halls lived about 5 houses down from me while I lived there! Crazy, huh? The reason I never knew them personally was that Max is seven years younger than me–he would have been 10 when I graduated from high school and moved to Utah. They totally remembered my little sister that came over to play, though.

On the same trip, I grabbed me a used copy of NCAA 07 for the PS2 (I can’t stand buying games new). Been having fun reliving what should have been an undefeated football season last year (thanks again, Justin Robinson). Playing the game has done two things for me. First, it’s tiding me over very well during the dog days of no football. Second, it’s totally priming me for the coming season. That’s right, I’m getting more excited for the coming season without having the “I can’t wait any longer!” feeling that usually comes with it. I don’t know if that makes sense, but it’s a fantastic state of mind that I highly recommend. Get out your video games and feast, friends!

I also have a question to put to any of you who might be web-tech-savvy: I’m looking for a good hosting provider and have a few companies that I’m looking at. If any of you out there have had any experience with a web hosting company that you’d recommend, let me know.

Now that I know I can’t stay away from the site, start checking in on a weekly basis for news and opinions on recruiting and other BYU sports happenings. I’ve got a good interview in the works, so stay tuned…

Now that BYU sports (that I care about) have concluded for the academic year, there’s nothing to write about. I don’t want to be like everyone else right now and scrounge for a football story having to do with the Dolphins liking John Beck or other puff pieces. I think for now it’s best to shut ‘er down for a few months and come back strong in August.

If all goes according to plan, we’ll have a brand new site up and running sometime in mid-to-late July. When that happens, I hope to set up a redirect to the new site so we don’t lose anybody in the transition. You’ll know what the new site URL will be then.

Everybody enjoy the summer!