powered by Google  
  Track your favorite teams and players.
Free membership, Register Now
Already a member, Log In
 

College Football Sports News
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Home   Fantasy     NFL  |  MLB  |  NBA  |  NHL  |  College FB  |  College BK  |  Golf  |  More CBS College | MaxPreps | Mobile | Shop  
College Football Home | Scoreboard | Standings | Schedules | Stats | Teams | Players | Rankings | Video | SEC Live | Recruiting
  BYU Cougars logo

Register to Customize or Login

BYU Cougars
Location: Provo, Utah | Founded: 1875 | Enrollment: 34,067 | Colors: Blue, White and Tan | Stadium: LaVell Edwards
Capacity: 64,045 | Coach: Bronco Mendenhall

Record: (7-2, 4-1 Mountain West)
Team Page Team Report ScheduleStatsRosterAlumni Trackerbyucougars.com
 

It's Not Too Late - Get a chance to win the $10,000 Grand Prize with FREE Fantasy Basketball!

 
Cougars report: Strategy and personnel
 

The Sports Xchange
 
 
Strategy and personnel · Inside slant · Notes, quotes
 

 

BOWL BREAKDOWN
Brigham Young vs. UCLA, Las Vegas Bowl, Dec. 22 -- The Cougars are making their third Las Vegas Bowl appearance in as many years, all under third-year coach Bronco Mendenhall. The underdog Cougars put a scare into California in 2005 before dominating Oregon 38-8 last season. The Bruins are making their third Las Vegas Bowl appearance in the last six seasons, beating New Mexico in 2002 and losing to Wyoming in 2004. UCLA is just 1-3 under coach Karl Dorrell in bowl games, the lone win coming in the 2005 Sun Bowl.

PLAYERS TO WATCH
RB Harvey Unga has rushed for 1,211 yards and 13 TDs this season and could have a huge impact in the rematch against the Bruins. He's also third on the team with 41 receptions for 629 yards and four scores and will give the Cougars a dimension they didn't know they had the first time the teams met.

QB Max Hall could be the MWC Offensive Player of the Year after passing for 3,617 yards this season. He had 24 TDs and just 12 interception, and he developed the ability to engineer drives at critical times for the Cougars down the stretch, including an 80-yarder in just less than a minute for the game-winning touchdown against Utah on Nov. 24.

FS Kellen Fowler started the season as a fourth-stringer but has kept the BYU defense from falling off after injuries depleted the position. In the Las Vegas Bowl, Fowler will go up against as athletically gifted wide receivers as he has seen all season.

DE Jan Jorgensen has turned in a monster sophomore season, recording 12 sacks and 18 tackles for losses. For the year, he's risen to third on the team with 73 tackles and will be key in slowing UCLA's offense.

ROSTER REPORT
QB Max Hall is close to 100 percent recovered from a grade-three shoulder separation suffered against Wyoming on Nov. 17.

RB Harvey Unga's practice time for the bowl game has been limited because of a sprained ankle, but his time off is only precautionary.

Backup OL Jason Speredon will miss the bowl game because of a torn ACL he suffered in the regular-season finale against San Diego State on Dec. 1. Speredon had surgery on Dec. 6

Copyright (C) 2007 The Sports Xchange. All Rights Reserved.

 
 

BYU Cougars Message Board
Reputation:93
Level:All-Star
Since:Oct 2, 2008

October 26, 2009 10:33 am
After being destroyed again, at home, are you folks ready to concede that a 3 or 4 loss season is what BYU fans need to expect this year?  BYU beats the bad teams in the Mtn. West  (SDSU, UNLV, etc.) and WAC (Utah State), but put them up against a quality opponent and they not only lose, but lose big!  As I told you weeks ago, 3 or 4 losses for BYU is likely, as Air Force and U ...(more)
Reputation:99
Level:Superstar
Since:Nov 17, 2006

November 3, 2009 11:29 am
Having a bye week on the heels of getting spanked by TCU leaves way too much time to reflect on how surprising this season has been.  Normally, sitting at 6-2 would not sound bad eight weeks in, but the two losses have been pretty good beat downs.  The Cougars did themselves and the conference good by going to Texas and beating Oklahoma right out of the gate.  The drawback was that ...(more)
Reputation:94
Level:All-Star
Since:Nov 18, 2006

November 8, 2009 12:48 am
1) Max Hall: 2nd best pass rating for a single game in the history of BYU. Didn't catch the stat, but the #1 was Detmer against Utah in the early 90's he had a game with a rating of 280 or something. I don't have the exact stat, but Max's performance today was the 2nd best rating for a single game in our team's history. Think about BYU's prolifice QB history - Steve Young, Steve Sarkesian, Jim McM ...(more)
Reputation:81
Level:All-Star
Since:Mar 17, 2008

November 8, 2009 9:55 pm
Before we get started, this post is for BYU IF they win out, and go to the Las Vegas bowl. If we lose, then its a different situation.

Lets say BYU goes 10-2 on the season, and TCU goes 12-0, going to a BCS game. BYU would be in 2nd place, putting them most likely into the Vegas bowl. We would then face a Pac-10 team, usually around the 4-5 pick or place. Since the Pac-10 has been bea
...(more)
Reputation:99
Level:Superstar
Since:Jan 22, 2009

October 25, 2009 5:43 pm
I know this topic comes up at least once a year, but what are your current thoughts about Bronco?  I can't stand him (yes, I'm a Ute fan, but I respected Lavell Edwards, so it's not just blind hatred).  As at least a handful of you feel, I cannot stand his lack of emotion.  All night long, whenever he was on camera, you could never tell if you were winning, getting blown out.  ...(more)
Reputation:96
Level:Superstar
Since:Mar 17, 2008

November 3, 2009 6:39 pm

Okay after an embassing loss to Tcu last week's winner was.....................mccuisinart
!!!!!!!!!!!! congrats.
This week the cougars are in Wyoming which is an ugly place to play, but after a loss to Tcu the cougs are going to want to get revenge. I think that Unga has another terrific game 125 + 2 Tds. Hall doesnt throw any interceptions, but only 1 Td and about 225-250 yards. Defen ...(more)

Reputation:94
Level:All-Star
Since:Dec 18, 2006

October 24, 2009 5:29 pm
Reading this forecast scares me.

QB Max Hall -- Hall hasn't thrown an interception the last two games. He's fired a total of three in the last two years against TCU and has generally been flustered by its overall speed. Staying on his game, taking care of the ball and running at prudent times -- and not getting hurt doing it -- will ultimately tell a lot of the story of how BYU ends up. ...(more)

Reputation:97
Level:Superstar
Since:Oct 31, 2006

October 6, 2009 8:10 pm
Well im really tired of Max forcing throws. Not that im not a fan of him, I just think he needs to go to his obvious reeds and stop going to pitta on hail mary throws for nothing. Thats not the hall we are used to seeing. A lot of people have thrown him under the bus but thats not what im trying to do here. Hall has proved to be one of the best quarter backs in byu history. That is saying a whole ...(more)
Reputation:95
Level:Superstar
Since:Mar 19, 2008

October 23, 2009 7:16 pm
I'm really worried about the game this week.  I know there's a lot of fuss going around about Hall throwing too many ints, and that's a problem, but he's still a very good QB and does a very good generally good job.  For all his bad throws he makes twice as many throws that make me say "wow how did he get that in there!?" 

That's not the main issue going into
...(more)
Reputation:97
Level:Superstar
Since:Mar 21, 2009

June 25, 2009 2:45 pm
I am going to three games at BYU this year the Florida St, TCU, and Utah games.  Does BYU have any tailgate parties before games that don't mind who comes?  I had a freind that tried to find one last year he said it was hard to find and when he did find one they got pissed at him for trying to join in.  I have a fourteen year old that is a die hard BYU fan, even though I try and con ...(more)
Reputation:94
Level:All-Star
Since:Nov 18, 2006

October 25, 2009 12:54 pm
(POLL) Polls should be out in about an hour. After getting bust to pieces by TCU yesterday, how will the pollsters deal with us?

I'm guessing we land around 23 or 24. Utah will stay idle, don't see much change in TCU either, as all the other teams ahead of them won.
Reputation:97
Level:Superstar
Since:Oct 31, 2006

October 7, 2009 2:09 pm
(POLL) Well just ehen you think the team is going on the up & up, we get yet another blow. As of today Shiloah Te'o is no longer a BYU Cougar. Bronco kicked him off the team for undisclosed reasons. Basically he didnt do his part to be a team player and conduct himself in a manner that he should have. Players know they cant do certain things at BYU, if you cant "hold to the rod" than dont come to BYU ...(more)
Reputation:96
Level:Superstar
Since:Mar 17, 2008

October 19, 2009 6:27 pm

Okay after a struggle in san diego this week's winner is..................Goallthings SD!!!!!!!!!! Congrats.
We all know who we are playing this week. I actually think that the Sdsu game was a good game to set Byu up for Tcu. It wont be anywhere close to the Tcu game, but it helps keep the team's head in the games to come. I think in order for Byu to win this game they are going to have t ...(more)

Reputation:97
Level:Superstar
Since:Dec 20, 2006

October 14, 2009 7:45 pm
My friends and I have been doing weekly broadcasts of the BYU games on justin.tv for those who don't have access to The Mtn. And since we all know the commentators on that channel are terrible and know absolutely nothing about BYU, we've also taken it upon ourselves to do our own commentary. We are all BYU students so we actually have some idea of what we're talking about.

If anyone
...(more)
Reputation:94
Level:All-Star
Since:Sep 26, 2007

October 23, 2009 4:48 pm
I promised my wives I would take them to the game this weekend but I haven't been able to find any tickets.  I need 5 tickets for all of us.  Can anyone help me out?

Also, I set up a pool for the 4 of them where the one who picks the most games against the spread this weekend gets to sleep with me one week straight.  It should be a fun weekend with the big game and the co
...(more)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
College Fantasy Football