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Dec 26, 2024
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Beggar
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1981 holiday bowl is the first game I have memories of live
I have been hooked ever since. Went to the first game at the expanded Cougar Stadium next year just to see the Cougars drop a shootout to AFA.
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What BYU sport moment galvanized your fandom... I'll start....
Adrielle
Board Misanthrope
12/26/24 9:13am
Miami 1990
SJS
12/26/24 9:15am
Yeah. I was there. Still the greatest game I've ever been to. The atmosphere in that stadium that day...
Adrielle
12/26/24 9:16am
Some ward friends had cable and we were all over at their house watching it. First BYU game I knew what was
BYU Tar Heel
12/26/24 9:38am
I was 12 years old and watched by myself. Had very little understanding of what BYU football was.. but I got hooked too.
SJS
12/26/24 10:56am
Same. I was there. Incredible game. Electric.
Still Blue
12/26/24 9:49am
We experienced it from the MTC lol
JodyGenessy
12/26/24 10:14am
Same. I cleaned up on a lot of candy bar bets at school the following Monday.
UNLVcougar
12/26/24 11:08am
90 Miami, I was 10 years old. I had watched games with my dad before and knew
Tuskaloosa Cougar
12/26/24 12:57pm
The entire 1996 season. But bookended by A&M and then the cotton bowl
RGGeemer
12/26/24 9:15am
Same.
The Dark Knight
12/26/24 9:37am
Ditto, I was a young impressionable 15 year old. That season hooked me for life.
JC6
12/26/24 10:00am
I was a young impressionable 8 year old 🙂 so much fun.
RGGeemer
12/26/24 10:55am
Awesome to relive that experience through your son. Full circle moment. So cool!
JC6
12/26/24 11:04am
Going to the Mtn. West Championship in Vegas against Wyoming. We were about
Penske Material
12/26/24 9:16am
WAC?
RGGeemer
12/26/24 9:16am
Yes, my bad. We were still the WAC at that point. Aging myself, but it was also
Penske Material
12/26/24 9:17am
1980 Miracle Bowl
Indy Coug
12/26/24 9:16am
I was there. My mom wanted to leave but my dad said never.!! Been a great ride so far
kerm
12/26/24 9:33am
My first live BYU game. Fan for life
Tare
12/26/24 9:41am
I was more of an NFL fan until that night.
Belboz
12/26/24 10:26am
Mine as well,sitting in my home on Long Island, watching that game unfold made me a Cougar fan and I wanted to learn
Islandercoug
12/26/24 10:45am
I was 10 in 2001. When Doman pitched that ball to Staley and he took it for a TD
DanSmith
12/26/24 9:18am
That's awesome.
Adrielle
12/26/24 9:21am
2001 was mine too. My brother was attending BYU and was home for
Chefcurry
12/26/24 9:24am
I was at that game. Right before my mission. You're a young'n
Mr. Belding
12/26/24 9:25am
You're both young. I was 34.
Adrielle
12/26/24 9:30am
RE: You're both young. I was 34.
Mr. Belding
12/26/24 9:50am
Same for me. That was the moment.
royal_blue
12/26/24 9:42am
This was it for me too. I was 9 and I was at the game. It was awesome!
ChiCityCoug
12/26/24 10:11am
M&M bowl
deja-blu
12/26/24 9:19am
Being born.
paulb
12/26/24 9:20am
Marc Wilson 1979
Sea Chicken
12/26/24 9:20am
Going onto the field as a nine year old after we smoked Rice 49-0 in 1996.
Junior Deputy
12/26/24 9:21am
I was there that day as well as a 13 year old. Got a mini helmet signed by
dfudge
12/26/24 11:33am
Do you remember why we were on the field? We killed them and they weren’t good,
Junior Deputy
12/26/24 11:53am
It was senior day. We also pitched a shutout 49-0. Rice had a chance at a field
dfudge
12/27/24 12:30pm
The Gifford Nielson era.
BYU71
12/26/24 9:22am
Mine was the 1984 season…
PortlandCoug
12/26/24 9:23am
I was 7 and the first game that I recall ever watching was the 84 Holiday Bowl
BLUEGRENADE
12/26/24 11:49am
Not sure on the exact moment but it was Ty Detmer.
Mr. Belding
12/26/24 9:24am
I didn't grow up in Utah my dad was a casual fan but we didn't have any way to
cougarfann888
12/26/24 9:25am
This is kind of why I didn't become a BYU fan until I was 13...
Adrielle
12/26/24 9:28am
Conference championship in 1974. Coming from a high school that never won
kmcougar
12/26/24 9:25am
October 10th 1942
TN_Coug
12/26/24 9:26am
Galvanized? Probably Ainge in 78-79
Archaea
12/26/24 9:27am
1997 opening day. First college football game.
Cougarclaw
12/26/24 9:30am
Well, it wasn't the dismal 1976 homecoming game against Wyoming, but the entire season did the trick
Underhill
12/26/24 9:33am
My dad was a fan, but we didn't go to any games. But it was in 2006 that I
TheNerd
12/26/24 9:35am
Utah 2021 really started it
HimmerFredette
12/26/24 9:35am
Beck to Harline in 2006. I still get chills.
LegitCoug
12/26/24 9:35am
Utah 1942
foofcoug
12/26/24 9:36am
Steve Young catching the halfback pass in the 1983 Holiday Bowl.
CougFan4EverEver
12/26/24 9:36am
SDSU 2003. I was about 10 and my dad promised me BYU would eventually win again that week.
WP17
12/26/24 9:37am
Same. I was a fan of BYU before but that Holiday Bowl at age 11…
Refugee
12/26/24 9:37am
The 1974 season - WAC Champs
Rocketman
12/26/24 9:38am
1974 season
BYURider
12/26/24 9:38am
1974 conference championship and first bowl game
Greg4BYU
12/26/24 9:41am
BYU was ranked in the top 20 in 1974 also! Got up to 17th before bowl game.
BYURider
12/26/24 9:49am
The entire 2006 season for me. After Beck to Harline I was hooked for life
CougarEat
12/26/24 9:41am
1988 Freedom Bowl.
Spiff
12/26/24 9:43am
Sept. 14 1985. First game attended. Only went because of free tickets. Thumped Washington by like 30. Hooked ever since.
Hank Rearden
12/26/24 9:51am
I was at that game
Sea Chicken
12/26/24 6:15pm
1979 Holiday Bowl, yes it was a loss, but I became a fan that date!
cougarobgon
12/26/24 9:51am
Doman beating Utah in 2000 in LaVell’s last game.
LittleTex
12/26/24 10:00am
BYU basketball 2010-11 with Jimmer Fredette. That solidified my fandom.
Schrodizzy
12/26/24 10:19am
1980 Miracle Bowl
BP4byu
12/26/24 10:24am
Harvey Unga for football and Jimmer’s senior season for basketball.
LOLzzz
12/26/24 10:24am
Oh you youngsters, it was March 1951 when little BYU beat the BB powers in NIT
Pickleball Bill
12/26/24 10:25am
11/25/2006. BYU Utah. Was 6 years old. Up until that point, BYU FB was fun
TheMediator
12/26/24 10:51am
The aftermath of the 1980 Holiday Bowl
Peter Venkman
12/26/24 10:56am
Working for BYU Grounds at Cougar Stadium, Fall 1991 & watching Detmer play
cougarmeister
12/26/24 11:14am
Having lunch with Gifford Nielson as a 10 year old.
Orem58thBall
12/26/24 11:20am
Considering I'm currently a young teen, I'd probably have to go with Coastal
Tanner767
12/26/24 11:57am
2015 vs Nebraska
Cjwildboy
12/26/24 12:06pm
2015 Hail Mary vs Nebraska
Cjwildboy
12/26/24 12:07pm
I’d have to say a tie between the Miracle Bowl and the Miami game.
DizzyDean
12/26/24 12:17pm
Ty Detmer
Nittany Cougar
12/26/24 12:23pm
Probably my first game in person at Cougar Stadium ('93 vs AFA)...
Ray Shoesmith
12/26/24 12:24pm
Stacy Corley vs AFA. 1st ever in person BYU game.
TADOW
12/26/24 12:38pm
Kaipo McGuire and Sark 96 season and cotton bowl.
Dr MoBYU
12/26/24 1:10pm
Kaipo McGuire. Now that's a name I haven't heard of in quite a while.
DazeofBlue
12/26/24 1:26pm
Man could take a hit!
Dr MoBYU
12/26/24 4:05pm
ALSO the Miracle Bowl
BubbaCoug
12/26/24 1:17pm
Miracle Bowl and Danny Ainge game winner in the sweet 16.
gwalker
12/26/24 1:17pm
I had felt generally BYU adjacent for most of my life but what really hooked
Resurgens
12/26/24 1:19pm
Steve Young and I were talking one time just before it was his turn to come down
King of Y
12/26/24 1:30pm
Sounds like a story...
BubbaCoug
12/26/24 1:55pm
Danny Ange driving through five Notre Dame players in the Sweet 16 🏀
44C
12/26/24 1:57pm
Watching BYU get embarrassed by FSU in my non-member friend's basement
NacoCoug
12/26/24 2:00pm
Steve Sarkisian in 1996. . . Then further annealed with Jimmermania!
Zoobieman
12/26/24 2:03pm
The game was in timeout, and beautiful Cougarettes started walking out…1984 too
Mabuhay Coug
12/26/24 2:07pm
The 59-0 game against UCLA in 2008. I was a freshman at BYU at the time.
ldssdl
12/26/24 2:15pm
BYU 47-#17 Texas 6. First live game 1988. That season was had some beatdowns
NYC and Japan
12/26/24 2:23pm
1966 BYU vs Texas Western (UTEP). Virgil Carter threw for 510 yards & ran for
ptcougr
12/26/24 2:27pm
Grandpa? Is that you?
andrewg3
12/26/24 2:42pm
Could be a G Grandpa if my sons got married soon after their missions.
ptcougr
12/26/24 2:59pm
1980 Holiday Bowl
BlueLine
12/26/24 2:36pm
Parents took me to Holiday Bowl to watch Detmer. My fandom cemented despite loss
Herewego
12/26/24 2:36pm
Texas A&M 1996
andrewg3
12/26/24 2:41pm
1981 holiday bowl is the first game I have memories of live
Beggar
12/26/24 3:04pm
I was born... it was all BYU for me after that! 🙂
Accipiter
12/27/24 1:30pm
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