I can't believe athletics 100 years ago were dramatically different than today

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Dec 16, 2024
5:01:55pm

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=jDX-1vl4An0&t=20s

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Originally posted on Dec 16, 2024 at 5:01:55pm

Message modified by Indy Coug on Dec 16, 2024 at 5:02:33pm

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Indy Coug

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Author

Time

Is this real?

McMax

4:36pm

Are you talking about the 1-0 victory over Nephi HS?

kimdaddy35

4:38pm

Yea

McMax

4:40pm

Good stuff. My favorite was the January 12th simultaneous games with Colorado College and LDSU.

kimdaddy35

4:45pm

1-0 I believe the the official score of a forfeited game

Indy Coug

5:03pm

Real, and spectacular

Blueto

4:39pm

BYU didn't start out as a university.

Plantagenet

4:42pm

It was Brigham Young Academy, and then they separated to BYU and BY High School. That’s likely who these games were

RootieBoy

4:46pm

They played each other, apparently. These two prior schedules -

Eddie

5:43pm

I refuse to believe that Nephi High School gave BYU a better game than utah

HouseDeeking

4:43pm

Probably a forfeit

Non-mo Coug

4:44pm

Nephi HS didn't show up to their own gym? That is rough. Also forfeit games are 20-0

kimdaddy35

4:46pm

I think it's 2-0, and I don't think it was a hard-and-fast rule back then.

SoCalCoug

6:02pm

They likely don't have record of the actual score but know that BYU won.

jackcrack7

4:45pm

Deseret News reported on it. There is a link in the other thread.

ryebrye

6:16pm

I love the old pics of BYU's gym...like this one...

mokelembembe

4:55pm

Still more fans than Utah has at their games.

RootieBoy

4:57pm

One huge spotlight in the corner of the gym and no overhead lights. That's how night games were played. 😉

SierraCoug

5:56pm

I can't believe athletics 100 years ago were dramatically different than today

Indy Coug

5:01pm

Score was wrong

foofcoug

5:17pm

Thanks for linking to that. I didn't spend 5 minutes in newspapers.com just to

ryebrye

6:15pm

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