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Inevitable College Football Playoff Expansion is a me vs me proposition
I'm about to do an interview with a fictional character named Bob who believes college football used to be perfect and that college football playoff expansion i
99 days until BYU football: DT Vai Fetuli (No. 99) joined the LDS church during his redshirt season last year
During his redshirt season last year, Vai Fetuli appeared in just three games. But off the field he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, supported by his teammates and coaches.
BYU basketball's center goes international with 7'5" center prospect from China
With every passing day, BYU basketball's hunt for a Power Four-caliber starting center (of which the roster currently has zero) becomes a little more dire. Despite being in connection with most high-caliber center prospects in the transfer portal, BYU end
Big 12 Conference wants to return to 20-game hoops schedule, lean on its own strength
The Big 12 Conference distinguished itself as the strongest league in all of college basketball last season. When a BYU basketball team led by three All-Big 12 selections and the potential number-one overall pick, AJ Dybantsa, is the 10th seed in your lea
BYU's Kevin Young shares more details from Rob Wright's transfer portal escapades
When Rob Wright III hit the transfer portal soon after the Cougars' early exit from the NCAA Tournament, BYU basketball was hit hard. Already tasked with the monumental chore of finding replacements for Richie Saunders and AJ Dybantsa, Kevin Young's progr
Bad news for 'Vampire Cougs' as 4 BYU football games receive official airtimes
Being a winning football team is both a blessing and a curse for BYU football, a program whose slightly-above average history and lack of a conference affiliation in recent years had typically shoved the Cougars to the 8:15 PM MT timeslot. So much so, tha
BYU's freshman star Bruce Branch III will suit up for Team USA this summer
BYU basketball has a great one in incoming freshman Bruce Branch III. A player with the wingspan of a hawk, the defensive tenacity of a huntsman spider, and the drive to push BYU basketball forward from the disappointing season they just endured, it's no
Kevin O'Connor believes BYU basketball's second draftee is severely underrated
Sure, AJ Dybantsa is going to gather the most headlines among BYU basketball alumni in the upcoming NBA Draft, but maybe we should be giving more attention to Richie Saunders, his teammate floating around in the range of the second round.
BYU's tepid transfer 3-point specialist is transferring a step down to the SoCon
Tyler Mrus did not have a good season with BYU basketball. A player who was brought in as a 38% three-point sniper with the Idaho Vandals never quite found his rhythm in Provo among the increased tempo and athleticism found in the nation's toughest colleg
Texas Tech's Brendan Sorsby denied eligibility, opens the path for BYU in the Big 12
Texas Tech, the reigning Big 12 Conference champions and odds-on favorites to run it back in 2026 with back-to-back league titles, is officially without their starting quarterback with news releasing that Cincinnati transfer Brendan Sorsby would not be gr
BYU football is wrestling with Texas, Penn State for this 2027 three-star athlete
The third highly-coveted athlete to list BYU football as one of their top destinations, Jeovanni Henley is making waves as he's choosing between BYU, Texas, Penn State, Washington, and (somehow, I'm not surprised) Cal-Berkeley. He's set to officially anno
BYU football has a new recruiting rival, and I can't make any sense of it
Maybe it's the curse of coming away with All-ACC linebacker and California standout Cade Uluave through the transfer portal, but BYU football can't seem to shake Cal-Berkeley in the hunt for 2027 recruits.
BYU football is a coin flip away from landing this 2027 four-star athlete
BYU football just can't stay out of talented players' list of top schools, as another four-star athlete has narrowed down his destination selections to just two programs: BYU and Cal. Meet Elyjah Staples, a four-star beast out of Los Angeles, California (
BYU football has been out-recruiting their Big 12 peers for decades before joining
For decades, BYU football has garnered a reputation for doing more with less. Despite its rigid honor code, which has stood as an obstacle for non-LDS recruits since the BYU athletic department's creation, the Cougars have managed to field remarkably comp
BYU's top-rated freshman undergoes preseason wrist surgery, recovery time uncertain
BYU's incoming 4-star freshman signee, Dean Rueckert, recently posted on Instagram that he underwent minor wrist surgery with the caption, "Just a minor wrist injury, but surgery went well! Small setback, but I will be back very soon! All part of God's pl
BYU football is a top school in the battle for elite top-50 inside offensive lineman
BYU football is at the receiving end of so much good news in the world of recruiting that my fingers may just fly off in a desperate attempt to type up enough update articles to simply keep my head above water.
Second-rated ATH in 2027 class, LDS recruit, sets official visit with BYU Football
Bode Sparrow, a Kaysville, Utah, native and the highest-rated recruit in the state of Utah's class of 2027, is narrowing his recruiting search, and BYU football has officially made the cut. Slipping into the final four of his twenty-seven offers from acro
Another talented LDS QB from Ryder Lyons' high school is targeting BYU football
Ryder Lyons is the biggest quarterback recruit in the history of BYU football. A five-star LDS gunslinger out of the Golden State narrowed down his search between the Cougars and the USC Trojans -- not dissimilar to the recruiting battle for Davis High Sc
3 BYU wide receivers ready to step up and break out with Cody Hagen's retirement
Without warning, BYU football lost one of its core wide receivers with the announcement that Cody Hagen, a junior wide-out and former high school track champion in Utah, would be retiring from the game of football after struggling to rehabilitate and reco
A BYU football wide receiver just retired right before a potential breakout season
In the anticipation of the upcoming BYU football season, I looked to the inevitable absence of senior wide receiver Chase Roberts and wondered which receivers would step up to fill the void and serve open looks to sophomore quarterback Bear Bachmeier in 2
Will AJ Dybantsa's dud against Darryn Peterson and Kansas come back to haunt him?
The race to the number-one pick in the NBA Draft has come down to the two players we all knew it would. Bumping shoulders as the pair turns the final corner, BYU's AJ Dybantsa and Kansas' Darryn Peterson are sprinting down the final stretch. But has this
MLB's official social media accounts highlight 'fresh' BYU baseball uniforms
BYU baseball is enjoying its best season in the Big 12 Conference. Though they finished just 9th in the league by the end of the regular season, the BYU Cougars managed to mercy rule Texas Tech in the first round of the baseball championship, only to fall
BYU football finally leapfrogs Texas Tech in this Big 12 football power ranking
BYU football hit its head on the ceiling of the Big 12 Conference twice over the past two seasons, and is getting really sick of being the second team to the summit. On the negative end of a four-way tie for first place in 2024, the team was forced to com
This surprise prospect challenges BYU's AJ Dybantsa for number-one NBA Draft pick
For months, the conversation for the number-one NBA Draft pick has boiled down to two contenders: BYU's AJ Dybantsa and Kansas' Darryn Peterson. Two players who jockeyed for the first spot all season long managed to separate from the pack on account of th
Highly recruited D-Lineman commits to BYU football over Alabama, Oregon, Michigan
BYU football is on some sort of roll right now along the recruiting path, as heavily recruited defensive lineman Maa'imoa Havili (better known as Moa) just announced his commitment to Kalani Sitake's program over offers from giants like Alabama, Oregon,
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