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Wisconsin, BYU add games to football agreement
Salt Lake Tribune
Provo • Two of the most successful college football programs in the country the past five years — BYU and Wisconsin — have agreed to a two-game series that calls for a 2017 game to be played at Provo's LaVell Edwards Stadium and a 2018 game to be

 

Badgers football: BYU slate set
Wisconsin State Journal
UW-Madison added a home-and-home series with Brigham Young to go with the previously announced game in 2013. The Badgers will make their first trip to Provo, Utah, in 2017. In 2018, BYU will play in Madison. The previously announced game between

 

OSU set to deal with 'Ziggy,' BYU defense
Bend Bulletin
PROVO, Utah — He grew up in Ghana, goes by “Ziggy" and actually tried out for the Brigham Young University basketball team. Yet the guy with a 39-inch vertical jump instead has been wreaking havoc on the football field for a BYU defense ranked fifth

 

BYU receives JC offensive line commit
Deseret News (blog)
Louis fell in love with BYU while on a visit there this past June. “I loved the feel of the place and all the people I met at BYU,” said Louis. “I immediately felt welcomed there and knew it was where I need to go to school and where I should play

 

Jason Jones of The Sacramento Bee: "Aggression" was the buzzword for Jimmer Fredette during the offseason. The Kings wanted to see the guard rebound from a rookie season in which he looked timid offensively.

 

BYU football: Hoffman enjoys more success
Salt Lake Tribune
"Cody is so much further along as a player and a young man in our program," BYU offensive coordinator Brandon Doman said prior to Saturday's 1:30 p.m. kickoff at LaVell Edwards Stadium. "Last year, he was just finding his way. We knew he was a good

 

BYU's Nelson doesn't envy new OSU QB Vaz, and Cougars add games to 2017 ...
Salt Lake Tribune (blog)
BYU quarterback Riley Nelson says he is glad he is not in the same position that Oregon State junior quarterback Cody Vaz is in. With starting OSU quarterback Sean Mannion out with a knee injury, Vaz will make his first college start on Saturday when

 

BYU women's volleyball; Cougars remain unbeaten at home
Deseret News
PROVO, Utah – The BYU women's volleyball team remained unbeaten at home defeating Portland 3-0 (25-22, 25-12, 25-12) Thursday. With the win, the Cougars improved to 6-0 on Elaine Michaelis Court. The Cougars pushed their record to 17-1 overall and

 

Campus roundup: No. 5 BYU women's soccer team beats San Francisco
Deseret News
After a scoreless first half, BYU (12-1-1, 1-0-1 WCC) came out of the break and immediately put pressure on the San Francisco defense, scoring the first goal of the game 18 seconds into the period. Michele Murphy scored the goal, her sixth of the season

 

Torry McTyer, Athlete From Cathedral, Commits To Cal

(California Golden Blogs (blog) Dad is former BYU player Tim McTyer
After a lull in recruiting, the Bears have landed their next commitment in the 2013 recruiting class. Cathedral athlete Torry ... McTyer is not too well known on the recruiting circuit yet (only Scout currently has him ranked as of this point). What is

 

Monson: Defense is now the name of BYU's game
Salt Lake Tribune
9 in sacks, and No. 12 in pass defense. By BYU standards, that kind of showing blows past historical, straight to ridiculous. The Cougars are giving up just 8.8 points a game — that number would be even lower if BYU's offense hadn't served up scoring

 

Nate's Notes: Why has BYU lost 10 in a row to Utah, TCU and BSU?
ksl.com
The proliferation of sports-talk shows, blogs and even fantasy football is evidence of our desire to weigh in on what we see. This blog itself is an outlet for me to share my thoughts on BYU football. Which brings me back to the questions posed above

 

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Former Mormon missionary's solo-act causes a stir
Houston Chronicle (blog)
Andrew Hendrickson, a commenter at BroadwayWorld.com, compared Fales to Judas and Tracy Hall Jr. of Brigham Young University, where Fales went to school, said, “Mr. Fales has his brief moment of fame because there are people in this world who

 

Man arrested in string of athletic dept. burglaries, including BYU, UVU
Deseret News
Investigators also believe he's responsible for a recent burglary at BYU's athletic department where flat screen TVs, headphones, keys, athletic clothing and a camera were taken, Sprague said. In addition, Faust currently has felony arrest warrants in