BYU

Okay, the football season is officially over for us Y fans. Happily, we were able to end the season with a bang, although it helps when you play a punching bag instead of a real team. That’s right, UTEP. I called you a punching bag. Don’t take it personally–your QB was hobbled, and you had the misfortune of playing what turned out to be an underrated BYU team. It happens to the best of us. When I take a step back and look at the season as a whole, I’m pretty pleased–something I didn’t think I’d be able to say […]

So it’s official now: BYU is leaving the Mountain West and becoming independent in football, joining the West Coast Conference in most other sports. I’ve read a lot of analysis about this, and I’ve thought a fair bit, and I have to say that overall, I’m very happy with the decision. Here are the pros and cons, as I see them: Pros More control over our direction We get out of that lousy mtn. channel. Seriously–how hard has it been to find BYU games these days? They’re on one of like four different channels. When you do finally find one,

Once upon a time, there were eight brothers. We’ll call them the Mountaineers. The Mountaineer brothers didn’t get along particularly well–especially the two oldest (Brigham and Udell), who were constantly bickering and taunting each other. Brigham was pretty much a priss, always telling the others what they should be doing. Udell, on the other hand, thought of himself as a bad boy. A loner. A rebel. Which was all fine and good, except for the fact that he was about as “bad” as a teddy bear. Put Brigham in a leather jacket, and you had Udell. Put Udell in a

Why can’t you play when it actually counts? Why? Why! WHY!!!!! That is all I have the desire to post today.