The end of the 2012 football season was a sigh of relief for Cougar fans, for a few different reasons. Reasons that I’ve already written about in the recent past regarding the plague that was the Riley Nelson era of BYU Football. Nelson recently came clean to the local media regarding his back injury in [...]
Trading One Scapegoat For Another
I could begin with plenty of redundant statements about BYU’s offense the last two years under Brandon Doman, particularly the recently completed 2012 season. Without elaborating too much, it was terrible. Absolutely terrible. It also made a gut wrenching appearance into the BYU record books. The worst offensive performance since the 2003 3-0 Holy War [...]
Bronco’s Time Has Come
BYU head football coach Bronco Mendenhall began his head coaching career at BYU with a bright future. He led the Cougar football program to a bowl game every season he’s been at the helm, including three consecutive bowl victories, something LaVell Edwards never did. There have been many memorable games from this team under Mendenhall’s [...]
BYU’s Nelson Out For Season?
TornBySports has received information this morning from a source close to the BYU football program that senior quarterback Riley Nelson’s football playing career is over. The source also said that an official announcement from BYU could be made soon. The injury to Nelson’s back that caused him to sit the entire game against Hawaii, has supposedly been present since the Weber State game and [...]
Week 3 Helmet Sticker and Top 25 Poll
I hope it’s okay to give a helmet sticker award to a player on a losing team, because that’s what I’m about to do. This weeks recognized player goes to Cal’s Brendan Bigelow. He carried the ball four times for 160 yards and a pair of touchdowns. You read that correctly. Four carries. that’s an [...]
Early NBA/Jazz Primer
Football season is underway. The baseball playoff races are starting to take shape. What does this mean? We are just over a month and a half away from basketball season to begin. The first complete 82 game year since last seasons lockout. Cougars, Utes and Aggie fans, the Jazz aren’t too far from taking the [...]
Week 2 Helmet Sticker and Top 25 Poll
Week two of the college football season had much excitement with plenty of upsets all over the country. Several ranked teams fell and some were shockers. My week two helmet sticker goes to Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks junior quarterback Kolton Browning. The Sun Belt representing Warhawks traveled to Little Rock, in their token early season SEC road [...]
Game Preview: BYU vs. Weber State
BYU lived up to it’s slogan, “Tradition, Spirit, Honor” as they won yet again another football season opener last week, routing the Washington State Cougars 30-6. Senior quarterback Riley Nelson threw for just under 300 yards as the offense was near perfect, punting only twice in ten possessions. Star wide receiver Cody Hoffman left the [...]
Top 25 Poll & Week 1 Helmet Sticker
Week one was full of surprising upsets, impressive debuts and disappointing beginnings to the 2012 season. Regardless of which of those categories your rooting interest falls under, college football has begun and it is the best time of year. Helmet Sticker My week one helmet sticker goes to Michigan State running back Le’Veon Bell. The [...]
BYU vs. Washington State: Game Preview
This season’s opening match-up is one of many debuts. BYU alumn, Washington State head coach, Mike Leach, returns to Provo in his first game as the Cougars head coach. Leach hasn’t coached since 2009 after a drama filled close to his career in Lubbock as the Texas Tech Red Raiders’ head coach. Coach Leach lauds [...]











