http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner en-us Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:24:32 -0700 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:34:41 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m11d16-BYU-football-a-trainers-perspective?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner Kevin Morrisphoto by Mark A. Philbrick/BYUBronco Mendenhall. Max Hall. Harvey Unga.These names pop up often in media coverage and discussions of BYU football, but what about the folks behind the scenes who help keep the Cougar football machine runnin... College football BYU football BYU athletics Cougar sports Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:34:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m11d16-BYU-football-a-trainers-perspective?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m10d26-BYU-football-rewind-Top-3-Cougar-teams-of-all-time?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner For awhile, BYU football fans were talking national championship, BCS busting and running the table in relation to the 2009 Cougar squad. Following the season-opening win over then No. 3 Oklahoma, the feeling was this year’s team was going t... College football BYU football BYU athletics Cougar sports BYU football tradition BYU athletic tradition Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:43:29 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m10d26-BYU-football-rewind-Top-3-Cougar-teams-of-all-time?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d24-BYUCSU-preview-Five-questions-with-CSU-Rams-Examiner-Rich-Kurtzman?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner  As BYU heads into Mountain West Conference play against Colorado State this Saturday, Colorado State Rams Examiner Rich Kurtzman and I did a little five-question volley in preparation for the upcoming game.Go here to see Rich’s answers to... College football Game previews BYU football BYU athletics Cougar sports Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:41:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d24-BYUCSU-preview-Five-questions-with-CSU-Rams-Examiner-Rich-Kurtzman?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d21-BYUFSU-A-look-on-the-bright-side?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner  There are some positives that can be gleaned from Florida State’s 54-28 drubbing of BYU on Saturday night; we just need to look at it from the right perspective.A whole host of over-used idioms come to mind in regards to the Cougars&rsquo... College football BYU football BYU athletics Cougar sports Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:26:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d21-BYUFSU-A-look-on-the-bright-side?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d19-Why-oh-why-OBrien?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner The Davey O'Brien AwardBYU quarterbacks have won the prestigious Davey O’Brien Award four times, the most of any school. Can you name them and the years they won before I reveal them at the end of this article?Since 2007, the O’Brien Awar... College football BYU football Cougar sports BYU football tradition BYU athletic tradition Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:15:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d19-Why-oh-why-OBrien?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d18-Five-questions-BYUFSU?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner Florida State Seminoles logoFlorida State Seminoles Examiner Corey Dowlar and I discussed the upcoming game between FSU and BYU earlier this week.We decided to exchange five questions in regards to each others teams to see if we could shed some light... College football Game previews BYU football BYU athletics Cougar sports Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:49:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d18-Five-questions-BYUFSU?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d14-BYUTulane-big-win-over-little-opponent?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner  As impressed as I was with BYU’s season-opening win over Oklahoma, I was not overly impressed with the Cougars’ lopsided 54-3 win over Tulane this past Saturday.I mean, how impressed can one really be about a win over a team that pu... College football Game previews BYU football Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:14:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d14-BYUTulane-big-win-over-little-opponent?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d12-Ranking-the-BCS-enough-already?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner How much stock can we put in the AP polls at this stage of the season? Probably not much, but it’s really the only way we have of gauging things right now.Until the BCS starts releasing its rankings in October, the AP poll gets the spotlight an... College football BYU football BYU athletics Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:22:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d12-Ranking-the-BCS-enough-already?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d11-BYU-football-will-the-Cougars-repeat-the-feat?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner I hate to be the one to sound the alarm, but don’t look now; BYU could be headed for something really big this season.In the days since BYU’s historic win over No. 3 Oklahoma, there has been a lot of talk about where the 2009 team ranks a... College football BYU football BYU athletics Cougar sports BYU football tradition BYU athletic tradition Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:10:02 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d11-BYU-football-will-the-Cougars-repeat-the-feat?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d6-BYUOU-Wow?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner What else is there to say besides, “wow!”?BYU’s 14-13 win over No. 3 Oklahoma not only surprised the college football world, it turned it on its ear.One of the pre-season front runners for the national title was outplayed, out hustl... College football BYU football Cougar sports BYU football tradition BYU athletic tradition Sun, 06 Sep 2009 02:08:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d6-BYUOU-Wow?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d5-Five-questions-BYUOklahoma?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner  Game day is finally here. BYU-Oklahoma. The brand-new Cowboys Stadium. National audience. The stage is set, which team will come out on top?By now, nearly every aspect of training camp and preseason preparations have been reported on, dissected... College football Game previews BYU football BYU athletics BYU football tradition BYU athletic tradition Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:34:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d5-Five-questions-BYUOklahoma?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d4-BYUOU-Tale-of-the-tape?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner Heading into the long-anticipated BYU-Oklahoma match up in Arlington, Tex., 2008 stats may shed some light on what is in store for Saturday night’s game.Going off those numbers, there are some interesting trends that could indicate the Sooners ... College football Game previews BYU football BYU athletics Cougar sports Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:00:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d4-BYUOU-Tale-of-the-tape?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Twas-just-days-before-Texas?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner ‘Twas just days before Texas, and all through the land,BYU fans were hoping, and hoping quite grand,That their team would upset a mighty big foe:The Sooners from the state that begins with an O.The Cougs were huddled near the foot of the Y,Plan... College football Game previews BYU football BYU athletics Cougar sports Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:54:24 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m9d1-Twas-just-days-before-Texas?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m8d31-Pseudo-Bono-on-BYU-football?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner AP photoU2 front man Bono has penned some of the most memorable rock lyrics of all time during his band’s 30-year existence. “One,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday,” “Elevation,” “I Will Follow.” These are... College football Game previews BYU football BYU athletics Cougar sports Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:01:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m8d31-Pseudo-Bono-on-BYU-football?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m8d24-True-home-colors?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner BYU home (and/or road) football jersey(image courtesy FootballFanatics.com)An off season rule change could affect BYU football fans’ game-watching experience in 2009.The rule change in question allows for a visiting team to wear its colored hom... BYU football BYU athletics Cougar sports BYU football tradition Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:43:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m8d24-True-home-colors?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m8d17-BYU-Victory-Bell-101-Do-you-hear-what-I-hear?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner BYU Photo If you listen closely, there is a bell that can be heard somewhere on the BYU campus following each Cougar football and basketball home victory.To be exact, that bell is the BYU Victory Bell and is located at the southwest corner of the Ma... College football BYU football BYU athletics Cougar sports BYU basketball College basketball BYU football tradition BYU athletic tradition Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:27:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m8d17-BYU-Victory-Bell-101-Do-you-hear-what-I-hear?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m8d7-BYU-football-2009-heres-how-it-will-go?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner We live in an era of instant information and short attention spans. Because of short…Hey, you! Don’t skim over this part to get to the good stuff. It’s all good stuff.As I was saying, because of short attention spans and the tenden... College football Game previews BYU football Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:28:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m8d7-BYU-football-2009-heres-how-it-will-go?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Cougar-Fight-Song-101-Where-did-that-song-come-from?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner Most Cougar fans have sung or at least heard the oft-used BYU fight song at Cougar sporting events. But what do you really know about its history?It’s one thing to know and sing a song’s lyrics, but to truly know a song, you need to under... BYU athletics Cougar sports BYU athletic tradition Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:59:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Cougar-Fight-Song-101-Where-did-that-song-come-from?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m7d18-Vote-now-for-the-greatest-BYU-sports-moment-ever?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner  The nominations are in and the top five BYU sports moments are available to vote on.The poll (located at the bottom of this article) will run from now until July 31, with the winner to be spotlighted in a future article.The candidates:BYU footb... BYU athletics Cougar sports BYU athletic tradition Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:15:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m7d18-Vote-now-for-the-greatest-BYU-sports-moment-ever?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Cosmo-101-Why-is-BYUs-mascot-the-Cougar?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner Cosmo the Cougar/BYU Photo In 1923, Eugene L. Roberts, BYU faculty member and athletic coach, chose the cougar as the official mascot for BYU athletics.Roberts chose the cougar because it was native to Utah and because it embodied traits he hoped BY... Cougar sports BYU athletic tradition Cosmo Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:32:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7372-BYU-Cougars-Examiner~y2009m7d15-Cosmo-101-Why-is-BYUs-mascot-the-Cougar?cid=exrss-BYU-Cougars-Examiner