League media days are not for breaking news or in-depth breakdowns of strategy. Instead, every team in undefeated, every program dominated offseason training and league officials herald the start of what they believe be the best season ever. If all of that is true, then the Monster Energy ...
Texas Tech is again undefeated halfway through the regular season. The Red Raiders have just gotten to 6-0 a bit differently a year after they won their first Big 12 Conference championship and made the College Football Playoff. Not all of their wins have been lopsided this time, though the ...
Daily Herald sports writers Darnell Dickson and Brandon Gurney debate and pontificate on the hot BYU sports topics of the week. 1. What is your most memorable moment from the BYU-Notre Dame experience? DICKSON: The entire day was something unique and special, for sure. The game itself felt ...
As an independent contractor that writes mostly for the Daily Herald, I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to cover a lot of BYU football games over the years. But with Notre Dame, not only was there a premium on finding seats in the stadium, the same for the press box. My wife and I bought ...
Each week of the college football season the Daily Herald's Darnell Dickson takes a deep dive into the Big 12: What happened and what's up next with the league's 16 teams. 1. No. 2 BYU (6-0, 3-0) Last results: Quarterback Bear Bachmeier accounted for all four BYU touchdowns (two rushing, ...
With No. 1 recruit AJ Dybantsa in the house, expectations for last year's BYU men's basketball team were through the roof. Dybantsa led the country in scoring (25.5 points per game) but the Cougars — picked No. 8 in the Associated Press Preseason Poll — fell short of those high hopes, ...
Just when you thought the SEC and Big Ten were the biggest and baddest conferences in the land, along comes the Big 12 with three teams in the top 10 of The Associated Press Top 25 and the ACC with the No. 1 team. Five of the top seven teams lost Saturday, the most on one day in a regular ...
If BYU head coach Kalani Sitake is excited about his team rising to No. 2 in the AP poll after Saturday’s 28-21 upset of Notre Dame, he’s keeping it hidden inside. Deep, deep inside. “Nope, never cared about it (the rankings) before,” Sitake said during Monday’s news conference. ...
When considering national scope, coupled with the rounding validation that Saturday's 28-24 win over No. 2-ranked Notre Dame provided, it's hard to overstate the moment's significance. And BYU players and coach Kalani Sitake made no pretense otherwise. Following a hearty postgame ...
Here’s what’s going on inside Darnell’s head in the aftermath of the biggest BYU home football win in school history. What this amazing, incredible, emotional moment really needs is perspective. I can hear you all now. “OK, Boomer. What a buzzkill. Can’t you just rush the field, ...
