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Top-ranked North Carolina needed a fine finish to avoid becoming the second Eastern power in two days to get hustled out of Vegas by Brigham Young. Tyler Hansbrough scored 21 points, Wayne Ellington hit a key 3-pointer with 2:06 left and the Tar Heels made a late surge for a 73-63 victory over BYU on Saturday night in the final of the Las Vegas Invitational. Complete Story...
Playing with a sprained shoulder, Max Hall had one final chance to save BYU against rival Utah. All he had to do was convert on fourth-and-18 from his own 12 with barely a minute remaining. Hall scrambled to his right to buy a little time, then threw the ball as far as he could — right to teammate Austin Collie for a 49-yard gain.
Brigham Young's two stars were more than the Cardinals could handle playing without two stars of their own. Jonathan Tavernari scored a career-high 29 points, Trent Plaisted added 21 points and 12 rebounds and BYU capitalized on No. 6 Louisville's injuries and weariness for a 78-76 victory Friday night.
Jonathan Tavernari hit five 3-pointers while scoring a career-best 29 points, and Brigham Young capitalized on No. 6 Louisville's injuries and weariness for a 78-76 victory Friday night in the Las Vegas Invitational.
The Brigham Young players leaped and bounded off the court to a chorus of boos from the Air Force student section. It was the precise sound the Cougars wanted to hear. BYU knocked off No. 25 Air Force 62-58 on Tuesday night, ending the Falcons' 30-game winning streak at Clune Arena.
Brigham Young quarterback John Beck stood on the podium above a throng of blue-clad fans so dense the green field below them was barely visible. After five years of frustration and a decade of postseason futility, BYU finally had something to celebrate.
Just beating Utah for the first time in five years would have been gratifying for No. 21 Brigham Young. Winning the way the Cougars did made it a classic. John Beck scrambled away from trouble and threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Jonny Harline with no time remaining to rally BYU to a 33-31 win over Utah on Saturday.
After going nearly five years as an unranked team, Brigham Young made an emphatic return to the Top 25. The Cougars gained 454 yards against the top-rated defense in the Mountain West Conference and clinched a share of the league title by routing Wyoming 55-7 Thursday night. BYU can win the championship outright with one more win.
Just in case some people saw the movie and wanted to know the story behind it.
The Ducks open the season with games versus Houston and then at Michigan on a jam-packed second Saturday. It could get interesting in Eugene if Bellotti and the Green and Gold don't perform. This is definitely something to keep an eye on.
The invitation extended to Vice President Dick Cheney to be the commencement speaker at Brigham Young University has set off a rare, continuing protest at the Mormon university, one of the nation s most conservative.
PROVO, Utah, April 10 — The invitation extended to Vice President Dick Cheney to be the commencement speaker at Brigham Young University has set off a rare, continuing protest at the Mormon university, one of the nation's most conservative.
PROVO, Utah, April 10 — The invitation extended to Vice President Dick Cheney to be the commencement speaker at Brigham Young University has set off a rare, continuing protest at the Mormon university, one of the nation's most conservative.
Just one year after finally getting it right …
Given the chance, I'd watch the Super Bowl with the Rev. Jerry Falwell, who knows about Baal and ball. Twenty years ago, in Lynchburg, Virginia, at a Liberty University Flames game, Dr. Falwell told me: "Jesus was no sissy. He was tough, he was a he-man.
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