This article was first published in theCougar Insiders newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each week. The opener is upon Cougar Town on Saturday when the Cougars host FCS Portland State, which lost to FCS-ranked Tarleton State 42-0 last Saturday. Just how much can we learn from this game where Kalani Sitake’s team is heavily favored …
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BYU’s women’s cross-country is the best team in the nation. At least, that is the expectation for the upcoming season. The Cougars are ranked No. 1 overall in the 2025 NCAA Division I women’s cross-country national coaches’ preseason poll. BYU isn’t just No. 1 overall, though. The Cougars were a unanimous choice in the top spot. Why? A wealth of …
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The 19th-ranked BYU Cougars soccer team grabbed a massive upset victory Saturday night at home, beating the 4th-ranked UCLA Bruins 1-0. Ellie Walbruch connected on a penalty kick in the 14th minute, and the Cougar defense staved off a potent Bruins attack the rest of the way as BYU moved to 2-0-1 on the young season. UCLA goalkeeper Daphne Nakfoor …
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This article was first published in the Cougar Insiders newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each week. Bear Bachmeier has a nice ramp to begin his college career at BYU. As the first true freshman starter to begin a season in Provo, he’ll have two winnable games at home and a Big 12 schedule that many …
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PROVO — In naming freshman Bear Bachmeier as the starting quarterback, BYU offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick on Tuesday said the decision didn’t surprise the team. Same here. To anybody listening and reading several columns in this space, it was no surprise at all. “In practice he’s proven he deserves it,” Roderick said. “I think everybody out here has watched it …
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BYU is handing over the reigns to a true freshman as Bear Bachmeier will be BYU’s starting Quarterback, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel. An early enrollee at Stanford in January, Bear transferred with his brother, Tiger, in May after Stanford fired head coach Troy Taylor. Bear won the starting job over returnees McCae Hillstead and Treyson Bourquet. The race became …
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BYU is naming Bear Bachmeier as the starting quarterback, sources told ESPN, which will make him the first true freshman in school history to start an opener for BYU. Bachmeier, who will wear No. 47, will debut against Portland State on Aug. 30. He takes over the quarterback job on a team that went 11-2 last season and blew out …
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On Tuesday, BYU wrapped up the second week of Fall Camp. The Cougars will take one day off for a team bonding activity on Wednesday. They will return to the practice field on Thursday. While BYU heads into the final week of Fall Camp, let’s look back at our top three takeaways from week two. The battle for the starting …
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The BYU football program is entering the second week of Fall Camp. With one week down and only two weeks to go before BYU transitions from camp to game prep, week two of Fall Camp will be really important. Here are three objectives for BYU in week two. BYU has a true three-way quarterback battle on its hands. BYU has …
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Cougars starting quarterback competition is filled with players of all different sizes PublishedAugust 1, 2025 2:49 PM EDT•UpdatedAugust 1, 2025 2:49 PM EDT Facebook Twitter Email Copy Link As we’ve seen in college football over the years, it doesn’t matter the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog. For BYU quarterback …
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