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Does Nolan Keeney role like Taysom's at NO?

cypresstx

11:56am

No?

goblin

11:59am

No.

DieHarder

11:59am

The top recruits list on the bottom of BYU's 247 page is quite depressing. Not

SoBlueitHurts

11:56am

I think I might have just got a free MacBook

wannnacruise

11:53am

Video: BYU Football | 2025 Signing Day Press Conference | December 4, 2025 View

[BYU Cougars Video] BYU Cougars

11:53am

Hiking Boot Recommendation - Crispi Nevada?

Pinetree

11:51am

My view on the anti-Mormon chants at Providence

Iman23

11:50am

We are a publicly accepted group, but deep down, we are still not liked.

adog

11:53am

What other "groups" would you say ARE actively friendly to us? Honest question.

Yucatan

11:53am

it is socially acceptable to ridicule the LDS Church.

Count Cougar

11:55am

Didn’t the Pew Research people do a thing showing that Latterday Saints

DanSmith

11:55am

College kids. Taking what they know they can get away with. It's not like those chants keep reemerging in a vacuum.

SinkingQuffa

11:57am

Blog: Kalani Sitake, Chris Kemoeatu Named To Polynesian Football Hall Of Fame View

[KSL Sports] Mitch Harper

11:45am

I couldn’t hate him more

HimmerFredette

11:45am

Nothing says CFP-worthy like losing to not 1, but 2, 6-6 teams.

ldssdl

11:48am

I mean, those 6-6 teams are good. They beat Alabama after all

LeonMarek

11:50am

He is a Alabama fan and SEC stooge, so no surprise

acougfan

11:49am

That guy is over the top boorish

CLCougar

11:51am

Don’t hate just put pressure on the bull!

stonecougar

11:57am

Anything to make of Nolan Keeney being listed as Athlete and not QB?

Jesse Pinkman

11:45am

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Non-mo Coug

11:47am

Signing video also states that he could play a lot of positions

LosAlcoug

11:57am

Love this point. If SEC & B1G have always been so much stronger, why are so many new-comers winning? (mild lang)

Soupie Grandma Sycamore

11:44am

Utah would have won the BIG10 this year...

Coug

11:50am

Who is coming in off their mission this year

HimmerFredette

11:41am

Thomason

Ghost Pirate LeChuck

11:45am

Looks like:

Junior Deputy

11:51am

Video: BYU Signing Day conversation with three-star defensive tackle Kelepi Vete! View

[Give 'Em Hell, Brigham] Jeff Hansen

11:38am

the 105 roster man limit will be interesting for those going into the Portal..

1984coug

11:38am

Aren’t most of the 18 displaced players going to be walk-ons?

Junior Deputy

11:42am

It's looking more and more like scholarships will stay at 85. NCAA rules allow up to 105 scholarships

BYUMizzou

11:47am

But will they allow scholarships to be split as is done in other sports? So

Monomachos

11:51am

yes, it isn't scholarship = full ride from my understanding

1984coug

11:51am

Ah, didn’t know that.

Junior Deputy

11:51am

Title IX likely dictates staying at 85 scholarships

CameronG

11:53am

Depends. Is roller derby an NCAA sport?

BYUMizzou

11:56am

Roster limits are one way to to bring parity, reducing the limit to 105 will be

CameronG

11:43am

Hasn't always been cut down to 105 in the Fall?

Malacis

11:50am

4 Great Lower Bowl Tickets in Section 8 to Friday 12/20 Men's Bball Game

ItsALoveHate

11:35am

Which players that we signed today aren’t mission-first guys?

DieHarder

11:34am

Video: BYU Signing Day conversation with three-star tight end Blake Bryce! View

[Give 'Em Hell, Brigham] Jeff Hansen

11:31am

Trying to find a clip. Leading up to March madness, they had a few blind resumes. And all the analysts chose BYU.

rojo fire Playmaker

11:31am

One glaring omission on the signee list. Anyone know why Alai Kalaniuvalu hasn't

SoBlueitHurts

11:27am

Pssst.. They got rid of the NLI.

TheLost

11:38am

Please forgive my grievous sin... Whatever it is called it is not even binding

SoBlueitHurts

11:49am

Possibly because he's going on a mission first? I don't know anything other than I read somewhere that he's a mission

BYUMizzou

11:50am

I was assured he was signing today...but, I'm waiting to hear back from source to see what's up.

Jimo Dashen

11:55am

What is the news on Kalaniulavalu?

Archaea

11:26am

No news is good news.

Kdubb

11:48am

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11:24am

The one thing I will say is Sitake does more with less talent

PortlandCoug

11:22am

Because how many teams went undefeated?

Greg4BYU

11:28am

Dart and Milroy kept ole miss and bama from going undefeated as well

NYCougz

11:33am

Now, if we could recruit greater talent...it'd be even better

vabeachcoug

11:45am

New 105 players rule...so do we just carry 3 qbs and nearly hit the new number?

vabeachcoug

11:17am

Everybody will carry more than 3 QBs

mudpupper

11:23am

I think most teams will carry 4 QBs and an emergency QB as well.

dwhitebud

11:32am

BYU's secret weapon...just adapted his role from baseball to football.

crack

11:17am

I Went to the Providence Game Last Night...

darth_iroh

11:17am

I was stunned we were able to cut the game down to a 3 bucket game twice.

Kdubb

11:24am

Doesn't help when the other team is shooting lights out & hits 3 3's in a row.

Eddie

11:50am

They were lights out on hitting crucial 3's. Their #3 was money

CLCougar

11:55am

I guess I must have been lucky where I was sitting as I didn’t hear any of those chants—just people rooting for

hamaca

11:32am

They came from both sides of the basket multiple times.

VACOUGFAN

11:36am

I probably thought I was just hearing “Let’s go Friars”…and I probably need to get my ears checked.

hamaca

11:37am

They did "Let's go Friars" in between.

VACOUGFAN

11:40am

I didn't hear them either, but was more in the middle on the other side of midcourt. What did the BYU fan on the walkway

CLCougar

11:44am

The dude in the yellow jacket? I was wondering that too.

VACOUGFAN

11:56am

I don’t watch the NBA a lot but it seems to me they only involve 2-3 players

Bluforever

11:34am

Sad when fans think they have to be dicks to be intimidating rather than just

VACOUGFAN

11:37am

What irritated me was they were protesting obvious calls against them. Things were going swimmingly their way and they

CLCougar

11:49am

I was a fan of them as a kid. I had never gone to any games though.

VACOUGFAN

11:58am

NBA offenses kind of suck because

I'mBatman

11:41am

This has been my main concern since day 1 & I’ll say it again college b-ball &

HeyU

11:47am

Catchings is such a huge mis match for wings. Dude should be posting up almost

Chefcurry

11:50am

I don't think we'll see Catchings & Demin go 1-18 all that often this year.

Eddie

11:54am

Video: BYU Signing Day conversation with BIG TIME wide receiver Lamason Waller! View

[Give 'Em Hell, Brigham] Jeff Hansen

11:16am

Class of '25 - full breakdown of offers

mjmill All-American

11:13am

Tyler Payne having no P4 offers has to be related to the fact that he committed

Mjolnir

11:15am

He might be the most underrated player of this class. I’ve only seen highlights but seems like he has a great motor and

Zach Morris

11:34am

all 3stars. I remember being jealous that Bronco got almost all 3 stars

JimmyZ

11:17am

Kalaniuvalu is a 4-star. Corrected.

mjmill

11:18am

Only one DL? Are we trying to convert some of those DE's to DL?

Huge Manatee

11:23am

1 DL, 4 edge’s

mjmill

11:31am

Wall is likely to play DT. We lost another potential DT to UCLA a couple weeks

puntersarepeople

11:31am

Jackson Doman is a beast. His film is great. He's a steal with no P4 offers.

pinolero

11:28am

Isn't waller 4 star?

Preppy

11:32am

247 has him as 88 3-star. Composite rating is .8899 3-star. He’s just barely under 4-star

mjmill

11:35am

Video: BYU Signing Day conversation with three-star running back Cale Breslin! View

[Give 'Em Hell, Brigham] Jeff Hansen

11:09am

The narrative that "A-Rod can't recruit QBs" is demonstrably false, and it is

dYrtbYkerYder

11:02am

By the way, I was surprised to see the CB hate for A-Rod originated long before

dYrtbYkerYder

11:04am

Why do you assume Arod is hated? Feeling that someone is not getting the job

Hinta

11:26am

That part might be that he was not that good at Utah, not that he coached there.

SoBlueitHurts

11:32am

RE: The narrative that "A-Rod can't recruit QBs" is demonstrably false, and it is

Coug

11:06am

LOL at this quote

cougarmeister

11:08am

Mangum had one play he liked: roll right and throw

mudpupper

11:10am

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HRCougar

11:14am

Mangum was mostly good in 2015 in hindsight he should've followed Anae and Beck

CameronG

11:34am

In some ways yes, but even though I liked him I recognize that he had some

SoBlueitHurts

11:44am

I agree, he wasn't great but he was good for a freshman who didn't expect to

CameronG

11:49am

That’s a lot of effort to defend him. Agent? Wife? Gotta be someone close

Bluforever

11:14am

Wait, are you serious?

HRCougar

11:16am

If Zach loved Arod so much, why did he direct his brother to Utah because they

foofcoug

11:20am

His knowledge of how NFL teams ran their offense was the Jets....soo.....

LeonMarek

11:21am

I suspect Zach was just supporting his brother that wanted to go to Utah

letthewookieewin

11:28am

Thanks Mrs Rod.

Longseason

11:22am

I just looked in the QB cupboard and your write up doesn’t fit with what I saw.

WDaddy

11:26am

It is telling that the OP does not discuss the current QB room or situation. Worst QB situation at BYU

Baron

11:31am

And that's after fairly successful careers with Jaren and Zach. You'd think it would be easy to attract QBs with that

WDaddy

11:33am

I would say 2017 QB Room was worse but yeah it's not good now

CameronG

11:37am

Whole bunch of nothing here lol. That’s was some serious stretching to try to

kotacoug

11:42am

And why can't some just say that he's missed on some good ones too? Bad take

vabeachcoug

11:56am

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11:02am

On a road trip over Thanksgiving there was a left lane camper completely clueless to the chaos and devastation

Skeptical Optimist Truly Addicted User

11:00am

Total civilizational breakdown.

Abe Froman

11:07am

I actually saw UHP bust one of those last Friday

Buffalo

11:09am

Good, this needs to happen much more often.

delinquentcoug

11:10am

They should fight the ticket and claim to have grown up in a state where it’s not illegal

WDaddy

11:12am

Yes they should waste a ton of time and endure lots of aggravation so as to

delinquentcoug

11:16am

I've seen them busted twice while driving through Texas.

Mississippi

11:18am

I know a CBer that keeps getting tickets in Texas. Probably him.

WDaddy

11:35am

Remember when Signing day was kinda like a christmas

DataMouth

11:00am

This is the early signing day... not the national signing day (which is in Feb)

Trinity

11:12am

Well probably 90% of our recruits come during early signing day. The February

RH84025

11:31am

Some great statements about Taysom from NOLA writer:

robin

10:59am

That does not sound like a player planning to come back. Taysom is a legend!

Iman23

11:04am

And that quote from Taysom was actually made after his big game against

robin

11:07am

ChatGPT, please draw Taysom Hill as a unicorn in cleats

JimmyZ

11:07am

RE: ChatGPT, please draw Taysom Hill as a unicorn in cleats

benny1982

11:13am

it looks a little feminine. Can you butch him up a little?

JimmyZ

11:21am

JZ does have a type.

Baron

11:25am

So, BYU signed a 5'1" tall running back? Or did someone go all spinal-tap with the measurements on stonehenge?

Bob Vance Truly Addicted User

10:58am

5’11”

Archaea

11:00am

That's how you hit those gaps.

Great38

11:02am

RE: So, BYU signed a 5'1" tall running back? Or did someone go all spinal-tap

Peanut

11:02am

Good luck to those big guys trying to bend down to tackle the little fella.

Japan Coug

11:07am

5'11"

JimmyZ

11:08am

You guys are no fun. In other news, I finally had chocolate covered dark licorice. I owe you an apology.

Bob Vance

11:26am

Bob with that first taste

JimmyZ

11:27am

more like

Bob Vance

11:36am

Hey-oh. Little past my prime but I knew the day would come that I'd be a D1 player.

Soupie

11:36am

RE: Hey-oh. Little past my prime but I knew the day would come that I'd be a D1 player.

Bob Vance

11:40am

These guys REALLY don't like Dallin Hall and Egor on the floor at the same time.

IdahoCoug All-American

10:57am

That's just because Egor has looked markedly worse. But I don't think that has

rcbyufan

10:59am

Hall is there to help give Demin additional looks outside of being on ball.

LeonMarek

11:01am

They don't know much about this team, mostly just trying to drive traffic

Projectoor

11:05am

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[BYU Cougars Video] BYU Cougars

10:54am

Texas judge ruled yesterday that the Corporate Transparency Act is

Chester Copperpot

10:53am

Well this just saved me 15 mins this weekend

ordinary tri guy

10:57am

Ugh what a mess. BOI stuff is silly especially the penalties

Huge Manatee

10:58am

Yep, plus even the federal government said they have no plan or ability to

Chester Copperpot

11:00am

Doge?

1984coug

11:02am

I am hopeful of that. The CTA was a Trump law, so hopefully someone talks some

Chester Copperpot

11:03am

I'm going to keep filing them for my clients

oohYeah

10:59am

The appeal will have to come with an extension, but I can't see charging my

Chester Copperpot

11:03am

I filed the stupid reports because of the aggressive penalties, but it is a ridiculous

Skeptical Optimist

11:01am

I haven't followed it terribly close. How is this class shaping up compared to

UNLVcougar

10:53am

Nowadays the portal transfers are often more important

Archaea

11:02am

Toddlers are a different species

Icelandic Cougar

10:52am

But will the people of Cache Valley embrace Holly's dislike of Utah County?

Art Director

10:51am

People on here complaining about the use of TE's is getting old. I think we don't use the TE's as much as we used to

Nuke All-American

10:50am

All successful offenses use the TE, take a look around, the fact we targeted ours only twice, and he dropped both balls

ChinaFan

11:21am

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Hyrum in Houston

10:50am

The hero we need.

Longseason

10:49am

I don’t have clue about recruiting and signing day. The only thing that

Peanut

10:47am

Some of our best players had that exact profile so probably not a great take

ordinary tri guy

10:50am

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10:47am

In all of this, I'm reminded of an interview done with Retzlaff

LeonMarek

10:46am

I'd be curious to know how many times a player has been in the top 10 alley-oop

BGRTHNUMEGO

10:45am

I thought they’d have to move Trae, but they’ve built a good core around him

PHXSUNS31

10:56am

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10:40am

Some of you are massively underreacting to the chant last night

Gustav

10:39am

This but unironically

Still Blue

10:42am

How many kids on the team are even LDS?

ordinary tri guy

10:42am

9/16 by my count

Schultz is back

10:46am

So pretty much the starting 5 couldn’t care less.

ordinary tri guy

10:49am

Saunders and Hall have been regular starters ...

Schultz is back

10:52am

Well other than half the starting team could careless…nothing.

ordinary tri guy

10:58am

Players get heckled. Strong ones can ignore it.

Skeptical Optimist

10:44am

Words are violence!

Reasonable1

10:44am

RE: Some of you are massively underreacting to the chant last night

Tricky

10:47am

Just make this kind of stuff a technical by the crowd

Moab Rising

10:48am

BYU would have to lobby for that and they won't

Schultz is back

10:53am

It's not cool when you take young children to these events

Moab Rising

10:52am

I was thinking of the nice young BYU fan and her grandparents we were talking to

VACOUGFAN

11:52am

How many of our better players are even LDS this year, and would be affected by

Japan Coug

10:56am

Hall, Saunders, Knell, Baker. Plus Fous has been around long enough to see it

LeonMarek

10:58am

Wouldn’t surprise me if it affects the non-LDS teammates more if they get upset at the treatment of their

hamaca

11:25am

Sounds like the University officials handled it appropriately. Let's move on.

GMGlenn

11:13am

But what if I want to try my hand at gaining some reparations?

BYUMizzou

11:17am

Board name chec…… never mind

Cougar Jazz Fan

11:22am

Hey listen... I'm still in the area just over the border in Mass. Does anyone on CB have the authority to assign me

CLCougar

11:23am

I say go do it and see what happens.

hamaca

11:27am

I don't do this lightly, I want the assignment from someone who has the proper chops

CLCougar

11:40am

Not sure I have any chops, let alone proper ones. For that reason alone, better go up the chain of command.

hamaca

11:48am

I think you're underselling the reparation. Let's double the ticket sales AND

OldFogey

11:35am

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