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Nov 8, 2024
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1999

Deseret News

Flashback Friday: Remember when a BYU fan and Utah cheerleader got in a fist fight?

Football games between BYU and the University of Utah are always intense. But things got wilder than normal in 1999

https://www.deseret.com/2022/9/9/23304521/byu-utah-football-rivalry-cheerleader-fan-fight/

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Who else was at the game in Provo where a kid jumped from the stands to tackle a Utah male cheerleader only to have the

cheezedawg Properly rated

Nov 8, 11:14am

Coog4Life

Nov 8, 11:15am

Happened right in front of me. Blame on both sides!! Cheerleader was egging

Tio

Nov 8, 11:22am

True, I was also right there.

JamDownSouth

Nov 8, 1:04pm

Brandon got banned for two years, conveniently, since he had his mission call

Jimmy Rocket

Nov 9, 8:24am

We must’ve been right next to each other. I was wearing blue a hat and jacket.

Nittany Cougar

Nov 8, 2:13pm

😆 I was like 5 rows up in a tan BYU shirt, Navy BYU hat, and 1 foam finger. 😉

Tio

Nov 8, 4:05pm

Yep, was in South endzone.

Swickit

Nov 8, 3:03pm

Weird I was there and remember it in the north. It was south though?

Dr MoBYU

Nov 8, 4:04pm

North

Tio

Nov 8, 4:10pm

Thank you.

Dr MoBYU

Nov 8, 4:36pm

My dumb post was unclear. “I” was in SEZ

Swickit

Nov 8, 9:57pm

That was my first rivalry game to attend in-person

Crowd Factor

Nov 8, 11:15am

Same.

Spiff

Nov 8, 11:35am

I think for me too. Sat on the other end of the stadium so I didn't know the

federer

Nov 8, 1:50pm

Me too. I was in the stands that he jumped from.

chivo

Nov 8, 3:24pm

Same. Freshman year

CommodoreCoug

Nov 8, 4:41pm

Yep!

BYUlum

Nov 8, 11:16am

I was there. -the cheerleader was running the

Swish

Nov 8, 11:16am

My seat was in that corner so it happened in front of me.

cheezedawg

Nov 8, 11:17am

eh.....

TheHop

Nov 8, 11:17am

It happened right after a Ute score. That's why they were running the flag around in the end zone...

Coug

Nov 8, 11:20am

Maybe the only time I can remember BYU fans uniting with Utah against another

spoxjox

Nov 8, 11:21am

Ute cheerleader may have been immature but the BYU fan committed criminal

Tricky

Nov 8, 11:25am

I recall the fan was not a student and had a mission call already but hadn’t left for the MTC yet

cheezedawg

Nov 8, 11:32am

yep

airwolf

Nov 8, 12:35pm

He was one row in front of me, with a group of friends.

Celeritas

Nov 8, 4:15pm

The only video I could find

cheezedawg

Nov 8, 11:17am

The TV announcer spoke of all the fights in the stands. How many were there?

Ripliancum

Nov 8, 3:06pm

I think that was Goatnapper or Grapevine

Ron Mexico

Nov 8, 11:17am

The fan was Tdawg Coug.

Madam Pattirini

Nov 8, 11:27am

The ironic thing from that situation is the male cheerleader ended up at BYU and

gwalker

Nov 8, 11:17am

I didn't realize that...

Cougarclaw

Nov 8, 11:29am

The cheerleader and the fan both ended up in Provo and even hung out a few times

autonomous

Nov 8, 11:40am

Haha that's awesome. Is there a news article about that?

federer

Nov 8, 2:05pm

No, he’s an old friend. Was with him right after the game.

autonomous

Nov 8, 2:43pm

The cheerleader or the fan?

BYUHawk

Nov 8, 4:58pm

The fan

autonomous

Nov 9, 7:49am

Happened right in front of me...

Coug

Nov 8, 11:17am

I was

TheHop

Nov 8, 11:17am

I was there. That 53 yd FG from Yergensen to win it would have been good from 60

Captain Stubing

Nov 8, 11:17am

Wrong game.

cosmohio

Nov 8, 1:24pm

They say mind is the first to go, but I think it is the knees first.

Captain Stubing

Nov 8, 4:27pm

That was '93.

Carnac

Nov 8, 5:50pm

GangstaLean

Nov 8, 11:21am

I was there on the first row. The BYU fan, Brandon Perry, was in my

BYULAWGUY

Nov 8, 11:21am

I think the ute cheerleader was Tokolosh.

Pollster

Nov 8, 11:22am

Happened right in front of me

RGGeemer

Nov 8, 11:24am

Same here.

IntelCougar

Nov 8, 2:46pm

Same

krosshair

Nov 8, 5:30pm

I was in the South end zone.

sethj250

Nov 8, 11:25am

The attack was in the north end zone wasn't it?

Spiff

Nov 8, 11:36am

Yes, about the middle of the North EZ.

DizzyDean

Nov 8, 11:39am

Yes. That doesn't change the fact that I was in the South end zone.

sethj250

Nov 8, 11:48am

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crablegs

Nov 8, 1:41pm

I was in the North EZ but up pretty high.

PokeMAN

Nov 8, 11:58am

I was there.

DizzyDean

Nov 8, 11:33am

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe the younger brother of the fan ended up having his own altercation...

cougfanblue

Nov 8, 11:38am

Yes, same family. Bummer for that family.

NYC and Japan

Nov 8, 11:54am

It was the New Jersey culture he picked up on his mission.

Ripliancum

Nov 8, 3:14pm

Correct me if I'm wrong, I remember that that attacker was banned from campus...

cosmos son

Nov 8, 12:03pm

My seats are in the north end zone. It happened right below me.

Belboz

Nov 8, 12:08pm

Yes, I was there in North end zone and watched it happen in front of me.

DwigtA2RM

Nov 8, 3:13pm

Good ol Billy Priddis.

Idacoug

Nov 8, 12:09pm

Yep I was there

DavisCoCoug

Nov 8, 12:21pm

WB Coug

Nov 8, 12:29pm

Me.

VDUB_COUG

Nov 8, 12:32pm

Indeed

Haysom Till

Nov 8, 12:33pm

Qhall

Nov 8, 12:49pm

🙋‍♂️

cajuncoug

Nov 8, 12:58pm

I was a witness

nybyblue

Nov 8, 1:03pm

I was there!

shaggy

Nov 8, 1:03pm

The kid was in the MTC with me. He was almost prevented from going on his

Big Wally D

Nov 8, 1:05pm

Something tells me he didn’t jump…

DizzyDean

Nov 8, 1:10pm

I was there in the North end zone about 8 rows up.

JB2JH

Nov 8, 1:09pm

Me. I watched the whole thing unfold. Was it dumb of the BYU fan? Yes. But I got

CougarScrub

Nov 8, 1:20pm

Me! Sitting right above the Yewt section in the NW end zone.

cosmohio

Nov 8, 1:21pm

I saw it too. Luke Staley and Brandon Doman won us that game!

DCCougFan

Nov 8, 1:33pm

RE: I saw it too. Luke Staley and Brandon Doman won us that game!

DizzyDean

Nov 8, 2:43pm

RE: I saw it too. Luke Staley and Brandon Doman won us that game!

Carnac

Nov 8, 5:53pm

I was there very close. The cheerleader was no joke

crablegs

Nov 8, 1:37pm

I know the cheerleader's family. He is a really good guy.

BlueLine

Nov 8, 1:39pm

First one there to break up the pummeling.

NearFall

Nov 8, 1:39pm

I was there. Was worried the fan would be hurt badly. Took some blows.

AZcougLawyer

Nov 8, 1:39pm

Yep. Was in the opposite endzone and saw the whole thing from afar.

Socrates Johnson

Nov 8, 1:45pm

It was surreal to watch, and the cheerleader transferred to BYU

dixdog

Nov 8, 1:58pm

If more people realized that's what it took to get a transfer from UU to BYU it

Ripliancum

Nov 8, 3:12pm

I hope it wasn't the ute cheerleader with the pom poms that beat him up.

BlueFever

Nov 8, 2:14pm

SFarkus

Nov 8, 2:42pm

Sounds like many of us were sitting right next to each other. Reunion!

Happy As Larry

Nov 8, 2:47pm

I was at that game as well. The scariest part about the whole situation was that

osbooks

Nov 8, 2:48pm

It’s a core memory! Portal NN section 132 east stands! Found out I’m related

TheAirForceCoug

Nov 8, 2:48pm

The kid that did it was/is a great guy but would do ANYTHING when dared.

autonomous

Nov 8, 2:49pm

Happened right in front of me.

Garn

Nov 8, 2:52pm

We were there!

ninja math

Nov 8, 3:02pm

What year was that?

BYUvermont

Nov 8, 3:08pm

1999

azcougar30

Nov 8, 3:57pm

I was in the north endzone. The BYU fan was a moron, but that Ute cheerleader

westsidecoug

Nov 8, 3:16pm

RE: Who else was at the game in Provo where a kid jumped from the stands to

PatriotCoug86

Nov 8, 3:29pm

The poor kid didn't even get a chance to land any blows. Massive beat down.

RenoCoug

Nov 8, 3:45pm

🙋‍♂️

PROBcoug

Nov 8, 3:51pm

I was 9 or 10 rows up from that

BlackBart

Nov 8, 4:05pm

I was there in that side

Your Royal Blueness

Nov 8, 4:13pm

Happened right below me.

Carnac

Nov 8, 5:49pm

Kind of amazing how many of us were right there.

cheezedawg

Nov 8, 6:00pm

I think the middle of the NEZ got a very good view of it, so there are probably

Carnac

Nov 8, 6:02pm

Yah, like all 100,000 people in the stadium that day are on this thread.

azcougar30

Nov 8, 8:10pm

I was there and it gave me a sick feeling watching people fight. I was a

Polecat

Nov 8, 6:24pm

Yup, I was a senior at BYU

Burton162

Nov 8, 6:32pm

I was there--it was crazy

cougardog

Nov 8, 7:09pm

Right in front of me.

Cougstreak

Nov 8, 7:56pm

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