I was at that game. Matheny threw a punch right out in the open

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Feb 14, 2020
7:52:24am

Brigham All-American

I was at that game. Matheny threw a punch right out in the open

He and Cheesman were running down the court together.

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Were You There in '77? I can't remember BYU getting into any major fights.

2/14/20 7:09am

RE: Were You There in '77? I can't remember BYU getting into any major fights.

rggee

2/14/20 7:17am

That's about how I remember it. I was there.

CougarThug

2/14/20 7:32am

I was at that game. Matheny threw a punch right out in the open

Brigham

2/14/20 7:52am

And the year before, one of the yewt cheerleaders hit one of our players.

UCLACoug

2/14/20 8:12am

Roberts and Trumbo played in 78

Uncle Bluto

2/14/20 8:47am

Their first season at BYU was 78-79. The game I am describing was played 76-77

2/14/20 8:53am

Thx

Uncle Bluto

2/14/20 8:59am

69-70 I had a 4:00a.m. job that included cleaning the visiting team locker room

dratax

2/14/20 8:57am

I was there.

DizzyDean

2/14/20 9:13am

Matheny stayed in the game and won it for the Utes on a last second put back...

Greg4BYU

2/14/20 10:48am

I must have misremembered the ending, other than that the utes won. I could have

2/14/20 10:58am

BYU was not good that year.

DizzyDean

2/14/20 11:45am

Yep. It was Jeff Judkins who shot the ball right before the buzzer...

UCLACoug

2/14/20 11:48am

I just looked at the BYU 1976-1977 schedule. BYU lost to Utah 54-67 that year

2/17/20 6:00am

Jan 24, 1976

rggee

2/17/20 9:35am

Then that's not the one where Buster Matheny took a swipe at Cheesman. I was in

2/17/20 9:50am

mrphotogenic is right. I must have conflated the two games in my memory...

Greg4BYU

2/17/20 1:36pm

Thanks for the insight and the memories.

2/17/20 4:34pm

Terrible ending of his life

Elvis

2/14/20 11:05am

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