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Fan support lands BYU's Van Noy on the cover of football preview magazine
If you are a BYU football fan, you have probably heard by now that Brigham Young Cougars linebacker Kyle Van Noy will grace one of the 11 covers of Phil Steele's 2013 College Football Preview magazine. What you probably have not heard is why Mr. Steele and his team decided to put Van Noy on the cover.Van Noy will appear in an inset box on the Pac-12 cover with the three other...
Brett Thompson -- BYU's next great tight end?
Going back over 30 years, outstanding tight end play has gone almost hand-in-hand with outstanding quarterback play for the Brigham Young Cougars. Dennis Pitta caught a touchdown in the most recent Super Bowl, and Gordon Hudson was inducted into the college football hall of fame less than five years ago. However, as BYU fans have waited the last three years for the next great quarterback...
Wildcats to consider more games in Phoenix market
PHOENIX -- Last month, Arizona announced a three-game football series with Brigham Young University that included a neutral site game at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale in 2016, and UA athletic director Greg Byrne said Thursday the Wildcats could keep coming back if the game goes well.
"If it works well, we'll give it another try," Byrne said. "It'...
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BYU Football: Cougars name Taysom Hill starting QB
Though absent from BYU’s spring game because of precautionary measures, Taysom Hill was believed to be the Cougars’ starting quarterback for 2013.
Unless something changes in preseason camp, that’s going to be the case. BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall named Hill the team’s starting quarterback, ahead of Ammon Olsen.
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Fred Warner: BYU’s Defense to Gain Lightning Linebacker
The Brigham Young Cougars defense was ranked no. 3 in the nation for the 2012 campaign. A defense led by Ezekiel Ansah and Kyle Van Noy not only shut down opposing teams’ run game with ferocity but also was a driving factor in BYU’s offense in many instances. A new linebacking recruit hopes to add his name to the growing legacy of Cougar defenders.New recruit Fred Warner is a...
BYU 79, Southern Miss. 62
Tyler Haws scored 25 points, Brock Zylstra added 23 and BYU cruised to a 79-62 victory over Southern Mississippi in the NIT quarterfinals on Wednesday night.
BYU (24-11) went on an 11-0 run early in the first half and never trailed again, leading by double digits the entire second half. Zylstra drilled five 3-pointers in the first half and the Cougars shot 11 of 27 (40.7 percent...
Via AP on Fox
March 27, 2013
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Video: Craig Cusick hits buzzer-beater just hours after learning dad has cancer
Earlier in the day on Tuesday, BYU Cougars guard Craig Cusick received troubling news, that his father was diagnosed with cancer. While Cusick is probably still dealing with the situation internally, he didn’t let it keep him from competing Tuesday night in a game against Utah State. Cusick even found a momentary reprieve when he came up with a last second shot: “As a player...
BYU LB Van Noy opts to return for senior year
Brigham Young will have playmaking linebacker Kyle Van Noy back for another season.
The school announced Monday that Van Noy will not declare early for the NFL draft but instead return for his senior season.
The 6-foot-3, 235-pound Van Noy says he wants to ''finish what I started.''
He led BYU's No. 3-ranked defense with 13 sacks, 22 tackles for loss, eight...
Via AP on Fox
December 31, 2012
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BYU coaches fortunate that Lark is a senior
For the better part of three seasons, the quarterback position has been unsettled for the Brigham Young Cougars. Quarterback play has often been inconsistent, which caused Bronco Mendenhall and the BYU offensive coaching staff to face a lot of heat from fans and in the media. These problems are expected to end next year with Taysom Hill as the heir apparent to the quarterback position...
CFB Rumors: BYU Cougars Coaches Take Blame For Losing QB Taysom Hill For Season
The BYU Cougars turned to quarterback Taysom Hill to help them pick up a few wins while Riley Nelson recovers from a back injury, but after what the BYU coaching staff is saying is their fault, Hill will now be lost for the rest of 2012 after suffering a season ending knee injury on the third to last play of the Cougars’ 6-3 win over the Utah State Aggies on Saturday.BYU head coach...
BYU's Collinsworth says ankle surgery ends career
Brigham Young sophomore forward Chris Collinsworth will have career-ending microfracture ankle surgery.
Basketball coach Dave Rose announced the news in a statement issued by the school Monday.
Collinsworth said it was time to move on, considering this is the third straight year he has had surgery.
Collinsworth's BYU career began in 2007-08 when he played 35 games and started...
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September 17, 2012
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BYU holder J.D. Falslev celebrates missed game-tying field goal (Video)
In probably one of the most bizarre ending in college football history, the Utah Utes held onto beat the BYU Cougars by the score of 24-21 despite a fan-penalty nearly sending the game to overtime.
After a missed field goal by BYU kicker Justin Sorensen from 51 yards out appeared to end the game, Utah fans ran onto the field and got called for a fifteen yard penalty which...
BYU Football: Did you know? (Kyle Van Noy’s National Rankings)
The 2011 season saw Brigham Young Cougars linebacker Kyle Van Noy emerge as the playmaker of the Cougar defense. He showed great versatility by piling up strong numbers in several different statistical categories. Did you know that Kyle Van Noy ranked in the top 50 of five different statistical categories in 2011?Those five categories were: tackles-for-loss, forced fumbles, punt...
Kings’ Jimmer Fredette Plans To Shoot And Shoot And Oh Yeah Shoot Some More
Watching Jimmer Fredette last year, you noticed a recurring theme – extreme passiveness. While there were moments when Fredette showed flashes of what made him so great at BYU, for the most part, the season was filled with the former Cougar star walking on eggshells, not wanting to step on the toes of established players [...]
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