Blue Ridge and I were freshmen together

Oct 4, 2024
12:18:18pm

ItsALoveHate Walk-on

And he’s right, that was an amazing year to be a freshman. I grew up in the Midwest and BYU football was not on my radar at all in my youth. Became a fan in the fall of ‘96 and haven’t missed a game since outside of my mission.

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Author

Time

Where were you during these two events?

Archaea

11:53am

Heaven

Icelandic Cougar

11:53am

For both? You are a baby.

Archaea

11:56am

Indeed!

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

12:10pm

Or a tragic tale with a cool afterlife twist.

notaboy

12:16pm

Correctamundo

Icelandic Cougar

12:24pm

Right, but so were the rest of us. Where ACTUALLY were you?

All-American

2:13pm

#1) In Thailand listening on AFN radio. #2) watching live in Connecticut.

indocoug

11:55am

A. Probably freaking out of the possibility of coming to earth.

JohnnyC

11:57am

Same

YIsForBrigham

11:58am

In my head I switched the off with on in your B response, that was wild

Salami Karate

11:58am

Yikes!

SoBlueitHurts

3:04pm

A. Heaven B. Probably my dad’s friend’s house who had a huge satellite in his yard where we lived in California. They

RootieBoy

11:59am

A. Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic. B. On my couch in Everett WA

Tare

12:00pm

1) watching w/ a YSA group in a friend's basement. 2) mostly watching at home w/ 3 little kids.

Soupie

12:00pm

A) on the field, angels in the outfield style. B) at my cousins house screaming

RGGeemer

12:00pm

1. at the game 2. probably burping a new kid while watching on tv

CAPX

12:00pm

My answers exactly as yours

Phiburt

1:53pm

1. Saudi Arabia. 2. In the living room of any friend with ESPN.

Florwood

12:00pm

A. six and don't remember, B. In Dallas at the game, freshman year BYU

Blue Ridge

12:02pm

Blue Ridge and I were freshmen together

ItsALoveHate

12:18pm

RE: Where were you during these two events?

Goatnapper'96

12:03pm

Jack Murphy Stadium. Where did you sit?

Archaea

12:06pm

I believe I was above the end zone, towards the corner, of the opposite

Goatnapper'96

12:09pm

A. At home watching with family, B. Brazil Recife Mission (Caico, RN)

Still Blue

12:06pm

1) basement of my familial home. 2) Watching from my first home

fulano

12:06pm

I was at the Cotton Bowl sitting next to Sark's Family just by chance

cornellcoug

12:08pm

That's super cool.

Soupie

12:36pm

A. Went to the game B. At my parents' house watching the game

Mikey

12:08pm

A. On my mission, watching at a member's house. B. Washington DC,

Kilgore Trout

12:09pm

1. 2 yrs old. 2. Freshman in high school and I have no clue. My fanatic fandom started after I graduated high school.

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

12:09pm

Heaven

BaseCoug

12:09pm

1. Heaven 2. IDK I don't remember being 4

Perseguir

12:11pm

I love that there are fans of all different ages.

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

12:12pm

My parents hadn't even meet yet in 1997. My mom graduated high school in 1998

ProvoProwler

12:13pm

So you weren't even a twinkle

Archaea

12:14pm

I feel old.

Mitty

12:16pm

So YOU were the angel who tipped the ball in BYU's favor on both occasions. TY

CT98

1:41pm

A. At home, don't recall how much I watched. B. At home, watching and cheering.

Mitty

12:16pm

The Cotton Bowl kicked off at 9:30 AM Honolulu time. Why the rush to get to the

shoganai

12:16pm

You don't know my ex.

Archaea

12:24pm

A - attended a Christmas party with my wife, her employer, got home in time to

rmsenior

12:18pm

1. HS freshman, watched game but not huge BYU fan yet. 2. working in DC after undergrad. big Y fan watched from home

byujag

12:19pm

1. Heaven. 2...

BlueVU

12:21pm

1. Caleta Olivia, Argentina. Didn't get the news until Jan. 2. Watched the

BlueKarma

12:31pm

Caleta Olivia is super windy. You had to walk at an angle.

2FarGone

2:38pm

When were you there?

BlueKarma

4:03pm

1. Watching He-Man probably. 2. Dunno, newlywed with baby on the way.

Pro Logic

12:32pm

1. In bed asleep (toddler); 2. At friend’s condo in Snowbird

Yukon

12:33pm

A. At my parents watching on tv. B. At the Cotton Bowl with my new wife.

Plantagenet

12:33pm

She's a keeper.

Archaea

12:38pm

1 - Parents' house (Murray, UT) 2 - My own house (West Jordan, UT)

Belboz

12:48pm

1) In a Uterus 2) Home half watching, playing new N64 from Christmas, sledding.

seacougar

1:04pm

A. At stake center with 30 other friends. B. At home with my 17 yr old son.

Les IsMore

1:10pm

a)can't remember exactly, weird...b)in hotel room in Puerto Rico :). Why go

BlueTooth

1:18pm

1) don't recall as I was 7 - 2) In Argengina on my mission from 1996-1998

CoolB

1:18pm

RE: 1) don't recall as I was 7 - 2) In Argengina on my mission from 1996-1998

porl thompson

2:16pm

RE: 1) don't recall as I was 7 - 2) In Argengina on my mission from 1996-1998

BYUgeezer

3:38pm

A = sitting in my Cedar City family room watching my dad go absolutely nuts

CT98

1:37pm

A. Listening to the game on shortwave radio in our home in Santiago, Chile,

Japan Coug

1:43pm

A. I was 5 months old B. At the game in Dallas

leanmeanCoug

1:59pm

Same within months. Wow.

RoboKayne

3:48pm

1: Heaven. 2: the womb.

ZacSeljaas'Stache

2:12pm

What proof do you have that you came from heaven. Some of us believe you came

Archaea

2:14pm

A. ? B. Part member's house during Philly mission.

porl thompson

2:14pm

A. Watching on TV. B. At the Cotton Bowl (what a game!)

Frank Drebin

2:14pm

A- 6 years old in Wisconsin not even knowing BYU existed B- home over Christmas

WiCougarman

2:19pm

A) was only 6 years watched w/dad at neighbors house b) watching w/GF at home

cougar21

2:23pm

A. My grandparents house. B. Napoli, Italy.

PokeMAN

2:24pm

I was literally in the air between

deljdc

2:34pm

<< Deleted >>

Roadrunner70

2:55pm

Van Noy did not play in the Holiday Bowl in 84.

Archaea

2:56pm

A. Mauri in a Suite at the Marriott in Maui watching the game with multiple familes

crimedog

2:56pm

A. Waiting to come to earth. B. 8 year-old me screaming about the worst no-calls

SoBlueitHurts

3:03pm

1) At the game with Fam., still have program & ticket stub 2) Watching at home with Fan in Philly. Funny story at

CLCougar

3:05pm

I watched the Cotton Bowl in Philly as well. Well, a Philly suburb called Morton

porl thompson

3:12pm

I remember seeing a commotion

Archaea

3:18pm

A. Just recently conceived B. Cousins' house in CA

AFtotheNW

3:11pm

A. Jack Murphy. B, Watching live in Anchirage, AK.

Orem58thBall

3:40pm

1. A baby living on or near BYU campus. Didn't follow the team that year, but I

RoboKayne

3:40pm

1984.. I started that night with my dad...

Desertsherpa

3:40pm

Listening on the radio in Virginia to the bitter end! At my in laws in Mountain Green, UT watching the game live!

BYU Grounds

4:10pm

RE: Where were you during these two events?

MesaCougFan

4:11pm

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