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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Big Blue Bash

This post is all about BYU Football and Cougar greats, past and present. If you’re not a Cougar fan, there is no need to read any further! But if you are, you are in store for a great treat.

Every year (for the past 4 years) 2 weeks before the season begins the SLC chapter of the Cougar Club puts on a big event called the Big Blue Bash. It is an awesome event. They have light refreshments and invite past and current Cougars to sign autographs and speak. Sara and I have gone for the last 3 years and talked to such greats as: Bryan Kehl, Eric Drage, Coach Lamb, Max Hall, Austin Collie, Reno Mahe, and many more. This year they had Scott Johnson, Andrew George, Coach Anae, and Ty Detmer.

For those of you who have read my personal history, you know that my surgeries and difficulties were during the days that Ty Detmer played, and the team made such a fantastic effort to reach out to me and make me feel a part of them. I will never forget it. As such, Ty Detmer has become something of a hero/icon to me, and it was a special treat to meet him again and talk to him, even just a little bit, about those days.

The guys had some great thing to talk about this time, and we really enjoyed our time there. Without further ado then, here is the media…

The Big Blue Bash, put on by the SLC Cougar Club

Andrew George #88 signing autographs, he was tied for 2nd on the team in touchdowns last year with 6

Ty Detmer signing autographs

Me, Sara, Ty

Me, Scott Johnson, Sara

Sara gets scolded by Coach Anae for audibling out of a running play

This is the new shirt I got for the event, I think it’s wicked awesome!

They usually have items that you can bid on while you’re there, for example this poster was autographed by Michael Reed, Bryan Kehl, David Nixon, and Sete Aulai. Sara had to have it, and we got it really cheap!

If you’ve never gone before, I urge you to go! To give you a little taste of what it’s like I have a few video clips from the speakers…

This is Andrew George telling a few humorous stories

Scott Johnson tells responds to Andrew George’s story

Greg Wrubell introduces Ty Detmer and tells a story about him

Ty Detmer talks a little about his time at BYU and in the NFL.

Labels: Big Blue Bash, Bryan Kehl, Cougar Club, Ty Detmer

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Monday, August 13, 2007

Big Blue Bash

I attended the Big Blue Bash tonight, held in Salt Lake City at the Sheraton Hotel. The evening began with Blaine Fowler doing some random Cougar Trivia while everyone got in, got some food, and had a chance to meet with Max Hall and Paul Tidwell at one table and Brian Kehl and Eric Drage at another table.

I met first with Max Hall and Paul Tidwell. I asked how the offense was going to do this year and coach Tidwell immediately said that only Max Hall could answer that. Max said the offense was going to be good. I asked him how many points they would average this year. Hall replied at least 24. I went on to ask him what defensive squad would be his biggest challenge this year. Without a moments hesitation he said BYUs was the toughest defense he was going to have to play against this year.

Later I spoke with Eric Drage and Bryan Kehl. I was amazed at how affiable Drage was and he and I spoke for several minutes. He's very invested in the program and in Bronco. I almost asked him if he was Cruiser. As for Kehl I asked him how many points per game his defense was going to give up, and he responded 10 with a twinkle in his eye. I went on to ask him which team they play this year would provide the best offense. He said, "UCLA is going to have a good offense, and so will Utah. Nah, the best offense we will face this year will be whichever BCS school we play in a BCS Bowl game in January."

The best part is, later that night when Kehl was speaking to the assembled Cougar faithful, he recounted our conversation. Everyone cheered his comments of playing in a BCS Bowl this year.

The program went on to include speeches by Greg Wrubell, Tom Holmoe, Blaine Fowler, Paul Tidwell, Eric Drage, James Dye, Max Hall and Bryan Kehl. They played video highlights between each speaker, mainly of the Utah game. They also showed the 'wear blue' commercial, as well as a new 2 minute video of Bronco speaking to students urging them to give their best always.

Labels: Cougar Club, Football

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