Okay, this is going to be a short one. My last two blogs have been a little bit lengthy.
I know BYU football isn’t a category here — but hey, is there anything more intrinsic with the LDS family than BYU sports?
Today, my husband and I are going to check out the scrimmage that ends BYU’s Spring Football just before the Blue and White game takes place on Saturday. Why? Because we love BYU football. We’re excited for the year to come and the changes which took place in the coaching staff last year. We have a dear friend now on that coaching staff – we’ll leave it to you to figure out who – and find it an added pleasure that we can support him as well as enjoy ourselves.
So what is it about the satisfying smack of pads, the grunts and yells, the slap of the football into the waiting quarterback’s hands that gets me excited? I don’t know – it’s just too much fun. I’m a BYU Cougar from way back. Before that, I was a Ricks College Viking (Go pizza bombs!) and was into basketball. But when I came to BYU, it was football all the way. My first year was 1983 and Steve Young (who led the nation in passing accuracy and was No. 2 on the Heisman ballot that year) was at the helm of the Cougars. That was a great year with only one loss at the beginning of the season. Following was that legendary year that garnered the Cougars a national championship – Robbie Bosco captained the ship at that time. On and on, Ty Detmer (the memorable upset of the NCAA’s No. 1 Miami Hurricanes in 1990 and a Heisman winner), John Walsh (okay, he wasn’t my favorite), Steve Sarkisian (led the Cougars to their 14 and 1 record and a Cotton Bowl win), Brandon Doman (now BYU’s quarterback coach) – these are the names I remember. I love football and now I’m getting all excited about the fall season and it’s only March! Go Cougars!