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Dec 16, 12:33am

Halftime report

RenoCoug

12:06am

Brewster Academy’s guards are very good defenders

RenoCoug

12:07am

Any way to watch?

Yes

12:10am

RE: Any way to watch?

cougfanblue

12:11am

Everybody saying we only need 4 teams is looking right so far tbh

YOHONOMOTO

Dec 21, 11:59pm

If Texas or tOSU beat a top 4 seed that argument fails

puntersarepeople

12:05am

I think you mean if any of the top 4-ranked teams are upset. The #3 and #4

Japan Coug

12:09am

Yeah that probably makes sense. Either way it’s a ridiculous argument to make

puntersarepeople

12:14am

“Burries it!”

CougarGuy84

Dec 21, 11:49pm

Pretty cool to see AJ and Utah Prep playing Donovan Mitchell's high school alma mater.

BackPacker All-American

Dec 21, 11:49pm

More like Elijah Crawford’s alma mater

provoprodigy

12:07am

Wish JJ would decommit and join AJ

CougarGuy84

Dec 21, 11:47pm

Too late. He already signed

cougfanblue

12:11am

Utah Prep Championship game starting now.

Tesla Coug Lord of the Manor

Dec 21, 11:34pm

AJ wearing a BYU shirt in warm ups

GfB

Dec 21, 11:37pm

Smoke!

Tesla Coug

Dec 21, 11:37pm

Oh cmon. There is no way a guy like that would ever go to BYU

TNT

Dec 21, 11:47pm

Also girl just mis-sang the anthem.

GfB

Dec 21, 11:37pm

Bit painful all the way around.

Soupie

Dec 21, 11:39pm

Just crawled out from under a rock. Retzlaff technically gets 2 additional years

Whosyourdaddy

Dec 21, 11:30pm

Not technically. Only applies to vandy qb right now.

GfB

Dec 21, 11:33pm

The case is still in going. It's a temporary injunction that currently

cougarfann888

Dec 21, 11:50pm

POLL: Which movie/scene requires the greater suspension of disbelief?

Mr. Rumsfield

Dec 21, 11:27pm

RE: POLL: Which movie/scene requires the greater suspension of disbelief?

cruoti

Dec 21, 11:28pm

Isn't Brock Harris still not committed? He sure reposts & follows a lot of BYU players & such. Hope we land him.

Soupie Grandma Sycamore

Dec 21, 11:20pm

2026 kid

GfB

Dec 21, 11:21pm

We got literally 1 grape in a clear plastic bag when my wife selected "1" grape

IntelCougar

Dec 21, 11:17pm

Which is why I never do grocery pickup. I absolutely would never want someone else picking my produce.

ManicBlue

Dec 21, 11:20pm

We do Walmart grocery pickup for everything but meat and produce and then go in

cougarfann888

Dec 21, 11:22pm

We do Walmart delivery and then go buy meat and produce at a non Walmart store

BYUheaven

Dec 21, 11:29pm

Can you say 1 lb, 1 box, or 1 bundle? Why did you say “1” grape?

GoodGuyGary1

Dec 21, 11:22pm

1 bunch

Crowgar

Dec 21, 11:26pm

That's the problem, you don't get to say. You choose grapes, then Qty.

Ted Lasso

Dec 21, 11:32pm

Was it a good grape? Do they choose wisely?

BYUheaven

Dec 21, 11:28pm

Slice the one grape up and share it

Cougrrrs Roll

Dec 21, 11:37pm

RE: Slice the one grape up and share it

Ted Lasso

Dec 21, 11:40pm

RE: We got literally 1 grape in a clear plastic bag when my wife selected "1" grape

GfB

Dec 21, 11:38pm

What did they charge you for the single grape?

Black Diamond Bay

12:01am

I don't care what some of you goobers think. A 12 team playoff is the best postseason we've ever had in college football

Mr. Belding All-American

Dec 21, 11:16pm

Who has said it's not?

TNT

Dec 21, 11:17pm

Lots of posts today

Mr. Belding

Dec 21, 11:18pm

It doesn’t need to be fewer, but it definitely doesn’t need to be more

Indy Coug

Dec 21, 11:19pm

16

PJMort

Dec 21, 11:32pm

Four more boring, one-sided blowouts with 4 no-hoper teams would be awesome!

Japan Coug

12:12am

Seems to me the seedings were right on given how the higher seed & home team won.

Soupie

Dec 21, 11:38pm

I think 8 would have been enough to figure out the national champ. 2nd or 3rd

wildwilderness

12:00am

3-7 are great, but 1, 2, and 8 are the real difference makers.

shimmy Grab the keys to the friggin’

Dec 21, 11:15pm

Dude is in great shape. I’ll take his advice

Texas_forever

Dec 21, 11:17pm

His worst day will be better than my best and the dude eats as clean as can be and works out a ton for sure.

shimmy

Dec 21, 11:19pm

It’s like with tv show intros. Most important characters first with the

DieHarder

Dec 21, 11:21pm

I unironically agree. Not so much that those things in and of themselves make

BaseCoug

12:02am

COUGAR. Chase, Our Unanimous Goat Apparently Returning.

Reasonable1

Dec 21, 11:03pm

Knew UT was going to lose as soon as I saw this

Gustav

Dec 21, 10:57pm

Funny, because it's true.

Black Diamond Bay

Dec 21, 10:59pm

RE: Knew UT was going to lose as soon as I saw this

vagabonder

Dec 21, 11:08pm

Woah. Is that Sam Ponder lady available?

TNT

Dec 21, 11:11pm

RE: Woah. Is that Sam Ponder lady available?

Mr. Belding

Dec 21, 11:18pm

That seems really unfair

TNT

Dec 21, 11:22pm

6 Tix for Arizona St. Game

J.Row

Dec 21, 10:55pm

I was just wondering. Is Chase Roberts coming back?

Plantagenet

Dec 21, 10:54pm

Can confirm. CRIB.

Reasonable1

Dec 21, 10:56pm

This is a very talented WR group for next season.

Soupie Grandma Sycamore

Dec 21, 10:53pm

Blog: BYU WR Chase Roberts Will Return For 2025 Season View

[KSL Sports]

Dec 21, 10:50pm

Gruden interview on Andy Reid

cakewarrior

Dec 21, 10:48pm

AJ is a finalist for the USA 5 on 5 male athlete of the year. Never heard of any

DieHarder

Dec 21, 10:46pm

Two future BYU players and some has-beens

Nikomedes

Dec 21, 10:57pm

POLL: Who will win the CFP?

Japan Coug

Dec 21, 10:36pm

Feels like almost any of these teams could, good to see

Projectoor

Dec 21, 10:46pm

Maybe Chase got that Kody Epps Mountain America Credit Union money…

rivercitycoug

Dec 21, 10:35pm

Please no. That's cursed Aztec gold (see epps, rising, nacua)

Crazy Joe Davola

Dec 21, 11:14pm

AJ and Utah Prep play in the championship game in 20 minutes…

CougarGuy84

Dec 21, 10:34pm

At the gym now

RenoCoug

Dec 21, 10:40pm

Don't you have to be a Utah Prep student to go?

TNT

Dec 21, 10:44pm

Only requirement is being handsome

RenoCoug

Dec 21, 10:46pm

They check that at the door? Ladies too?

TNT

Dec 21, 11:07pm

RE: They check that at the door? Ladies too?

IdahoCoug

Dec 21, 11:17pm

That's a little too painful in 2024

TNT

Dec 21, 11:18pm

RE: They check that at the door? Ladies too?

RenoCoug

12:09am

Counts me out…

CougarGuy84

Dec 21, 11:31pm

Are you playing Risk in the background?

TNT

Dec 21, 11:47pm

When does the game start?

Cougarman

Dec 21, 11:15pm

KVN with 1 more career sack than Ziggy, but also played in 64 more games. KVN

sparky

Dec 21, 10:32pm

Being a dedicated pass rusher is kind of the 2nd iteration of his career though

JollyGreenGiant

Dec 21, 10:42pm

He was too good in pass coverage. Same with Fred Warner. Too good in pass coverage to blitz him.

shimmy

Dec 21, 10:58pm

I heard Belichek once say he couldn't really scheme KVN into his defense, so the other 10 guys ran whatever the call was

unctoothman

Dec 21, 11:02pm

I wonder what Bill Belichick thought of him

kimdaddy35

Dec 21, 11:09pm

That's hilarious if true

TNT

Dec 21, 11:12pm

Woah. Ziggy had that many sacks? Seems like he was hurt all of the time

TNT

Dec 21, 11:12pm

He was a top pass rusher in the league and got hurt in the middle of his prime

puntersarepeople

Dec 21, 11:55pm

Chase is back. Does this assure a BYU playoff appearance next year?

Reasonable1

Dec 21, 10:29pm

Playoff guarantees work out great.

Disco Lemonade

Dec 21, 10:30pm

Maybe we can run the Big 12 next year. What does Gordon Monson say?

Japan Coug

Dec 21, 10:32pm

Lol. I'd rather eat gas station sushi than listen to or read El Gordo.

cowbellcoug

Dec 21, 10:38pm

Maybe Chase can squeak into 1280’s top 20 players next year;)

CougGolf

Dec 21, 10:41pm

Let’s not get carried away now!

Reasonable1

Dec 21, 10:55pm

One thing I realized back in 2016-2017 is that one off season can make a huge

Powerbait DPM

Dec 21, 10:42pm

And there was great happiness across the land and BYU relief societies.

Dr MoBYU All-American

Dec 21, 10:26pm

I was planning to watch a lot of college football today, but all the games were

Japan Coug

Dec 21, 10:26pm

Good thing there aren’t 16 teams, would be more blowouts

wildwilderness

12:10am

POLL: According to the depth chart, Cody Hagen should play the first half in Lassiter's place.

Undefeated

Dec 21, 10:25pm

I agree. What's the point of a depth chart?

Undefeated

Dec 21, 10:48pm

I think the CFP results today show that a good team at home is pretty much

Veep

Dec 21, 10:20pm

So, anyone have any idea what is happening with Chase Roberts?

Bob Vance All-American

Dec 21, 10:18pm

He’s in love. That’s what’s happened.

Forbidden Fruit

Dec 21, 10:25pm

He’s coming back to keep up his CFM podcast.

Yukon

Dec 21, 11:14pm

With Roberts back, I don’t think we need any WR pickups. He will bridge the gap

Veep

Dec 21, 10:18pm

LOL @ CFP odds

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Dec 21, 10:12pm

So it's anybody's to win. Awesome

Nikomedes

Dec 21, 10:18pm

That only adds up to 96.45%. Where's the missing 3.55%?

Hinta

Dec 21, 10:22pm

The house margin?

Indy Coug

Dec 21, 10:25pm

Of course!

Hinta

Dec 21, 10:27pm

Easy money to bet against Texas at those odds.

jvquarterback

Dec 21, 10:47pm

Well that kind of bet is literally impossible, but other than that sure.

shimmy

Dec 21, 11:00pm

The house will make a killing on stupid Texans.

jvquarterback

Dec 21, 11:05pm

Looks about right with 3 games to win.

garyfan

Dec 21, 11:55pm

Blog: BYU Star Wide Receiver Chase Roberts to Return for Senior Season View

[Cougs Daily]

Dec 21, 10:09pm

Roberts coming back is like a huge portal pick up only better. He knows our

gwalker

Dec 21, 10:04pm

And is a PROVEN success on a P4 team

Your Royal Blueness

Dec 21, 10:07pm

And more Come, Follow Me podcasts!

coug719

Dec 21, 10:15pm

Might be CRIB but Chase Roberts is back!

Probable Sacko All-American

Dec 21, 10:03pm

Article: BYU WR Chase Roberts announces his plans for next season View

[Deseret News] https://www.deseret.com/authors/ryan-mcdonald/

Dec 21, 10:02pm

This is huge. Now we need Etienne to return.

Reasonable1

Dec 21, 10:15pm

He has more eligibility?

Dark Forest Green

Dec 21, 10:51pm

A judge ruled a couple days ago that JUCO years don’t count against NCAA

Reasonable1

Dec 21, 10:54pm

Right, but I didn't know Etienne played JC.

Dark Forest Green

Dec 21, 11:01pm

NFL for Etienne. The judge's injunction only pertained to the Vanderbilt QB.

gopman

Dec 21, 11:09pm

He has high enough stock he could leave but coming back another year may be

puntersarepeople

12:12am

One of the top priorities in the offseason. They’d been working on this one very hard.

GoodBetterBestBYU

Dec 21, 10:19pm

Lines need a lot of help

TNT

Dec 21, 11:13pm

OL shouldn’t be a big worry if we get Gentry to commit

puntersarepeople

12:09am

As a college football purist, OSU and Oregon in the Rose Bowl just feels right.

DudeBro

Dec 21, 9:59pm

Meh. The bowl system sucks and has sucked. I'm glad it's been minimized.

IronPotato

Dec 21, 10:00pm

Except that it hasn’t been minimized. It’s the quarter finals of the CFP.

DudeBro

Dec 21, 10:06pm

Except for the Idaho Potato Bowl right?

ShellieCooper

Dec 21, 10:06pm

But no one cares about the Rose Bowl, it's just the Quarter Final (Round 2).

IronPotato

Dec 21, 10:09pm

If the game was being played anywhere else, very few people would complain that it wasn't at the Rose Bowl.

slappy

Dec 21, 10:14pm

BYU signee Jane Hedengren named HS XC Female Athlete of the Year.

TripleCrownCoug

Dec 21, 9:58pm

‘With that said’ is to the transfer portal as ‘Run it back’ is to coming back for another year.

TADOW Truly Addicted User

Dec 21, 9:57pm

Blog: WR Chase Roberts Announces Return to BYU for Senior Year View

[Vanquish the Foe] Robby McCombs

Dec 21, 9:55pm

In September, it was only Herbie and today it was just

AF Cougar

Dec 21, 9:51pm

These were the same guys going absolutely crazy over Michigan planting its flag

westsidecoug

Dec 21, 9:48pm

People are forgetting two things about the expanded playoff: 1. The seasons was

The Kavorka

Dec 21, 9:47pm

Agree on all of that. Made regular season great. We will have good playoff

johnnybyu

Dec 21, 9:50pm

as much as I hate to say it, really need Boise to win

franklyvulgar

Dec 21, 9:51pm

It's cool, but blowouts lose viewers fast. It's unfortunate the games couldn't..

Team Chaos

Dec 21, 9:52pm

they didn’t lose viewers for the old playoffs

FieroCoug

Dec 21, 10:00pm

The most viewed national championship game was also the first one in 2013.

Ski-U-Mah

12:13am

I think the playoff will get more competitive in the future as talent spreads

Cosmodiar

Dec 21, 9:54pm

There is potential for a ton of roster change this coming year.

Eddie

Dec 21, 10:04pm

Talent is consolidating, not spreading

Hazzard

Dec 21, 10:12pm

That’s not true IMO. There is much more parity than there was previously

puntersarepeople

Dec 21, 10:28pm

Home field advantage is huge!

coot20

Dec 21, 11:57pm

Ohio state end of game song is tune of “come ye children of the lord”

NanoFab Coug

Dec 21, 9:45pm

I remember noticing that many years ago, and found it amusing

Polecat

Dec 21, 9:59pm

I remember being pretty disoriented when I heard it at my first game 21 yrs ago

Buckeye

Dec 21, 10:04pm

And it has become a regular when I play the organ in sacrament meeting

Buckeye

Dec 21, 10:05pm

How about this for your answer….

BYU4eVeR

Dec 21, 10:19pm

I was at a Methodist church this week for a piano recital and saw a song with

CornfedCougar

Dec 21, 10:30pm

Just did a little research and the song written to the tune of “Spanish hymn”,

CornfedCougar

Dec 21, 10:37pm

My high school song has the same tune as Be Still My Soul

Mississippi

Dec 21, 11:04pm

That tune is Finlandia, which is an important Finnish national song

Ski-U-Mah

12:06am

CIB

AZPTCOUG

Dec 21, 9:44pm

CRIB

cambo

Dec 21, 10:05pm

CMFRIB

machete

Dec 21, 10:53pm

Mods!!!

Reasonable1

Dec 21, 10:58pm

Chase for one more year

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Dec 21, 9:44pm

CIB

Kolipoki

Dec 21, 9:46pm

Christmas came early!!!

Skeeziks

Dec 21, 9:46pm

Awesome! Now feed that man

cajuncoug

Dec 21, 9:48pm

Sweet, he needs double the targets next year

SayMyName

Dec 21, 9:50pm

RE: Chase for one more year

LaVellIfIKnow

Dec 21, 9:51pm

Let’s go! WR core will continue to be a strength.

NYCougz

Dec 21, 9:53pm

CFOMY

Reasonable1

Dec 21, 10:31pm

Best news yet for next year!

richvan

Dec 21, 11:34pm

Chase sends us some light on the darkest night of the year. 😙👌🏻

mvtoro

12:20am

Pretty sure I saw Born2Fish on the Provo River today.😀

Brisco All-American

Dec 21, 9:44pm

That Ohio state song sounds like “come ye children of the lord”

CougieMcCougFace

Dec 21, 9:42pm

Carmen Ohio uses the same notes, different words.

Avery

Dec 21, 9:44pm

TIL this too

Colorado

Dec 21, 10:17pm

I feel like we should all be cheering for BOISE ST and ASU. If they both lose

Stucoug83

Dec 21, 9:41pm

I'll be cheering for ASU. Boise can pound sand.

Methusaleh22

Dec 21, 9:42pm

Not Bsu. Their fans are insufferable and the mwc/pac12 should not be seen

BYU '80

Dec 21, 9:42pm

Asu needs to play well. That is very important for the big12.

idcougarfan

Dec 21, 9:43pm

Too bad their stud WR is out

dtownCoug

Dec 21, 11:23pm

This. ^^^ Narrative needs to be that Big 12 was massively undervalued and MW was

46in96

Dec 21, 9:57pm

Agreed will be cheering hard for both.

johnnybyu

Dec 21, 9:45pm

Never in my life will I cheer for Smurf turf gimmick losers

Mitty

Dec 21, 9:52pm

Definitely not Boise

CheeseburgerEddie

Dec 21, 9:54pm

That is probably true. But it will be hard for me to cheer for asu given that

Oompabluepaw

Dec 21, 9:59pm

Boise needs to get blown out.

2FarGone

Dec 21, 10:14pm

Not Boise. We don't need the MWC getting equated to B12. We want ASU to go deep

Bob Vance

Dec 21, 10:17pm

ASU yes. Boise nope.

LakeshowCougs

Dec 21, 11:11pm

Home playoff game experiment has been a massive failure. The seeding is so

OnEMoReTrY

Dec 21, 9:40pm

Nd absolutely deserved home field over Indiana

BYU '80

Dec 21, 9:41pm

Why? Didn't they only play 3 away games? Why reward that with more home games?

HandwovenBox

Dec 21, 10:42pm

Indiana played eight home games. ND had much better wins

BYU '80

Dec 21, 11:26pm

Logistically, home games make the most sense for Round 1.

cougarmeister

Dec 21, 9:43pm

It’s too impactful in college. March madness is all neutral courts and it’s

Duke Silver

Dec 21, 9:43pm

Didn't the games prove of these 8 teams, the home teams were properly selected?

Methusaleh22

Dec 21, 9:44pm

Flip the games to the other home field and see if the results are the same.

idcougarfan

Dec 21, 9:45pm

See if they flip by like 20/30 points?How much do you think home field is worth?

Methusaleh22

Dec 21, 11:29pm

How? If anything it proves home field is significant given today's results are

OnEMoReTrY

Dec 21, 9:45pm

You guys vastly overestimate the value of home field. Vegas has it at 3 points.

Methusaleh22

Dec 21, 11:30pm

Maybe when seeding fixed next season conf champs without a bye get home field

Rexy Coug

Dec 21, 9:46pm

I don't think ND, Big 10, and SEC want to give up home playoff games. I like

johnnybyu

Dec 21, 9:48pm

But SEC and B10 would presumably take away their byes. I guess the do want their

Rexy Coug

Dec 21, 10:09pm

What's wrong with conference champions getting a bye? They had to play an extra

OnEMoReTrY

Dec 21, 9:49pm

I just think there is already momentum to move away from auto byes for CCs

Rexy Coug

Dec 21, 10:08pm

I'm still waiting for a 24 team playoff with all conference champions getting

cougarfan84

Dec 21, 10:12pm

All conference champs is a nonstarter. Watching Jacksonville St play Alabama

Methusaleh22

Dec 21, 11:35pm

You play the CC to get in the CFP. Just like basketball.

Methusaleh22

Dec 21, 11:32pm

Who’s going to tell him about the NFL?

royal_blue

Dec 21, 9:47pm

Not a total disaster for CFP. They sold 400,000 tickets

Tare

Dec 21, 9:54pm

You can't make conclusions based on one year

SayMyName

Dec 21, 9:55pm

To early to make conclusions, but I wouldn't mind adjusting the seeding rules to

cougarfan84

Dec 21, 9:59pm

Straight seeding is better but that's a good compromise.

Methusaleh22

Dec 21, 11:37pm

I bet viewership was pretty good and it has been one year.

shimmy

Dec 21, 10:06pm

I have seen more buzz about football games this weekend than I have ever seen in

cougarfan84

Dec 21, 10:09pm

Not a downside. Expedites their demise.

Methusaleh22

Dec 21, 11:38pm

Nope. It's worked according to plan. That's what home field does... win games.

IronPotato

Dec 21, 11:54pm

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