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BYU unimpressive in win over Houston
0BYU’s win over 18.5 point underdog Houston was rather lackluster. With BYU up 23-0, it looked like things were playing out as they should have. BYU was in total control and then a fluke strip/fumble and subsequent Hail Mary kind of turned the tide. I would …
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BYU Cougars Crush Texas – Now What?
After an impressive showing against Texas, here are the biggest questions for the remainder of the season: Does Texas suck or are the Cougs really that good? Texas is a bit dysfunctional but they will still probably go 8-4 on the year – or better. …
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BYU Team Rankings for Past 40 Years
Adam Mangum of Vanquish the Foe has done a great series this summer in which he’s ranked every BYU football team of the last 40 years. It’s a great read and he’s done his homework. He backs up all his rankings with thorough stats, lists of star …
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BYU Football: Bronco Has a Talent Retention and Development Problem
You might have seen recently that BYU running back Josh “Juice” Quezada has decided to transfer. BYU running back Josh Quezada will transfer Quezada had a solid freshman year and then was plagued by injuries last year. The other thing that plagued him was Bronco …
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BYU Football 2012 Schedule
Cougar fans need not worry about the BYU Football 2012 schedule being full of bad games. As mentioned last week here on purplemountainhaze, the November portion of the schedule is still rather weak. However, BYU has what I consider to be 7 or 8 really entertaining match-ups this year. …
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Utah Football Demolishes Offices to Make Way for New Facility
Fun link here to Sports Mashup and Kevin Graham. He’s got some great video of Utah head football coach, Kyle Whittingham, going to town on the old football facilities. Utah Football Coach Kyle Whittingham Demolishes a Building The new facility will certainly up the ante …
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What will BYU Basketball look like in 2012-13?
Good read hear from Brett Richens of Deeps Shades Of Blue. He breaks the team down, player by player: BYU Hoops: Looking Ahead to Next Season
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BYU and Utah 2012 Football Schedules
I work with several guys who grew up in the South, still live there, attended SEC schools, and are absolute football fanatics. They like to tell me there are 3 seasons in that part of the country – Football season, recruiting season and spring football. We …
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BYU Basketball Early Departure from NCAA Tournament
The Cougars bowed out of the NCAA tournament in a blow-out loss to Marquette this past Thursday. Their performance in the game was reminiscent of many a tournament games past. With the exception of Jimmer’s Jr. and Sr. seasons – BYU has mostly been a …
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BYU Football to Play at Nebraska in 2015
Exciting news for BYU Football fans! The Cougars will travel to Lincoln, Nebraska to play the Cornhuskers in the first game of the 2015 season. Here are the details from Jay Drew of the Salt Lake Tribune: BYU Football: Cougars will play at Nebraska in …
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