oh wow, that's a fantastic story! I was only 14 but I wanted to go so bad...

Oct 18, 2024
3:17:58pm

BlueTooth All-American

Pretty sure my grandparents were there, but I don't remember for sure. They went to the Holiday Bowl several times though - that's the closest I came to seeing that game in person 🙂

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Extremely well-written ESPN article comparing 1984 and 2024 BYU

Trackster

Oct 18, 6:54am

Fantastic article.

kccougar

Oct 18, 7:28am

Finally… I’ve been waiting for that article for 40 years

PortlandCoug

Oct 18, 7:38am

great article! Hard to imagine how incredible it would be to repeat the feat, 40

BlueTooth

Oct 18, 7:50am

Connelly is probably the best guy ESPN has now

Gustav

Oct 18, 8:07am

Brought back so many memories. It was so fun listening every Sunday morning to

SJBLUE

Oct 18, 8:19am

The Barry Switzer sewage treatment plant in Midvale😅.

Trackster

Oct 18, 8:23am

I did a little googling to confirm. See here...

kccougar

Oct 18, 8:27am

All of Salt Lake County's mayors voted for that? I'm not sure you'd even get all

Schultz is back

Oct 18, 8:37am

The years between 1978 and 1992 are why ute fans hate BYU so much to this day

Knight-who-says-ni

Oct 18, 8:55am

That's even better. Not the sewage treatment plant, but the sewage lagoon...

Hoosier Cougar

Oct 18, 9:03am

The mayor who proposed it, Dennis Randall, taught gov classes at Alta

Stan Podolak

Oct 18, 1:15pm

where is it??? i hope theres still signage up

CrashMcLarson

Oct 18, 9:44am

Very good article.

Benfica1

Oct 18, 9:01am

Enjoyed it very much. Thank you

Cougarpride

Oct 18, 9:35am

I'm tearing up here! Best read in 40 years!

KikmCougs

Oct 18, 10:38am

Every 40 years. Can't wait til 2064!

Eggguy

Oct 18, 10:58am

I was at Officer Basic Course Lawton Oklahoma in 1984 I put a huge sign in my

Huck

Oct 18, 10:59am

This might be the best ESPN article ever written.

ninja math

Oct 18, 11:26am

That’s honestly one of the best sports pieces I’ve ever read.

NonmormonYfan89

Oct 18, 12:03pm

I was a missionary in the south in 1984. Got a lot of discussions as a result of BYU football.

Knight-who-says-ni

Oct 18, 12:11pm

Moses wandered in the desert for 40 years. This could mean something...

JupiterJones

Oct 18, 12:23pm

Last line of the article, 1984, last time Vanderbilt beat Alabama, until 2024.

rmsenior

Oct 18, 12:29pm

Still waiting for the 30 for 30 on 1984 team

zerome4sooners

Oct 18, 1:35pm

The night before that Holiday Bowl with Michigan I was sitting in my Campus Plaza apartment

Mozey

Oct 18, 2:02pm

I was 9 years old and my Dad purchased season tickets for the first time in 1984

Trackster

Oct 18, 2:32pm

oh wow, that's a fantastic story! I was only 14 but I wanted to go so bad...

BlueTooth

Oct 18, 3:17pm

I’m not sure why, but I got tears in my eyes from reading that article. And I

TriForce

Oct 18, 4:48pm

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