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Oct 21, 2021
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cougarmikey
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I went to every game this season and sat on the 4th row as it was fairly empty
Tony Ingle should have had an opportunity to revive that program.
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So, what was the deal with BYU's 1-25 team in 96-97? Did they lose a few
Thrill
10/21/21 5:07pm
Was that the year they canned Roger Reid during the season?
Don_Juan_El_Guapo
10/21/21 5:08pm
Yes.
Thrill
10/21/21 5:09pm
This was part of it
borncougar
10/21/21 5:08pm
Ruffner was 26?! That’s an old college player even by our standards
Kevin Arnold
10/21/21 10:57pm
Also We lost Bradley post mission to the NBA
YzGuise
10/22/21 9:37am
ball didnt go in the hoop
panacablue
10/21/21 5:08pm
This is so true of that team. It was the worst shooting team of all time.
Bluforever
10/21/21 5:27pm
ball didn't go in the hoop.
Punk Philosopher
10/21/21 8:25pm
There are topics of which we don't discuss
zephyr
10/21/21 5:09pm
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JOPE
10/21/21 5:11pm
We were relying on this guy as our #1 option. Hope that clears it up
LiveCoug
10/21/21 5:11pm
Jeff Campbell, one of the most awesome former players ever. He had to endure
osbooks
10/21/21 5:17pm
Averaged 12 points a game and was easily the leading scorer
JOPE
10/21/21 5:18pm
I thought he was over 15 ppg?
LiveCoug
10/21/21 5:22pm
You are correct, I think the next closest was eight something
JOPE
10/21/21 5:25pm
Agreed. Campbell was a great guy and very athletic.
wok your dog
10/21/21 9:34pm
Matt Montague was probably the best player on that team. Fantastic passer.
ochobeeguy
10/21/21 6:38pm
He was a big time HS player in Alabama. While on my mission in AL, we would have
Jagger
10/21/21 7:13pm
Where I served as well! Great mission!!
Tuskaloosa Cougar
10/21/21 9:03pm
Looks like a bald Nicolas Cage in that picture.
Kavorka
10/21/21 10:33pm
That’s redundant
Dr MoBYU
10/22/21 11:16am
Reid had made a comment that Burgess had disappointed LDS people everywhere by
OU Cougar
10/21/21 5:13pm
I remember turning past the victory bell outside the MC as a student listening to KSL as it was announced that
IdahoCoug
10/21/21 5:32pm
RE: I remember turning past the victory bell outside the MC as a student
Mid90sCosmo
10/21/21 6:47pm
Athletically challenged. Only dunker on team was Campbell, who looked like he
BDAWG
10/21/21 7:35pm
At the home game against Utah that year I got picked to do a fan contest where
IdahoCoug
10/21/21 9:12pm
I remember those contests. They never seemed to even try to hide the fact that
CougarScrub
10/21/21 9:27pm
That was me!!!
Mid90sCosmo
10/22/21 8:48am
Brown and Moala both came over and played bball once football was done.
wok your dog
10/21/21 9:36pm
. . . but still beat Utah State.
squidmark
10/21/21 5:36pm
I remember the effort level actually being pretty good. But the talent…
CougarScrub
10/21/21 9:28pm
Randy Reid had already graduated and Robbie was on a mission that season.
wok your dog
10/21/21 9:39pm
Our best player was caught forging checks and never played college ball again.
gwalker
10/21/21 5:17pm
That was a big part of it, but we were gonna suck bigtime regardless.
SinkingQuffa
10/21/21 5:24pm
Some of my favorite Aggie smack talk is that they were the “1” in “1-25”.
cougfanblue
10/21/21 5:21pm
Made it all worth it!
DiamondMo
10/21/21 9:04pm
That season the FB team scored more points against Rice than the Bball team did
fan_byu
10/21/21 5:44pm
The one game that we did win that year was against USU
HiLife
10/21/21 5:47pm
And they weren't close to our easiest opponent that year.
SinkingQuffa
10/21/21 5:54pm
Wasn’t the 1 win over Utah State?
Six Foot Seven
10/21/21 5:51pm
Even in our darkest hour, we still beat USU.
NorthwestCoug
10/21/21 6:24pm
They had 7 freshman AND 2 football players on the team
ProvoSoprano
10/21/21 6:38pm
Brown and Moala from the FB team
fan_byu
10/21/21 8:31pm
Our best player didn't play. Byron Ruffner.
cosmohio
10/21/21 6:42pm
Shawn Bradley also indirectly contributed to that mess
HiLife
10/21/21 7:23pm
Then the Burgess recruiting comments made by Reid, his firing, and Robbie Reid
jreid191
10/21/21 11:30pm
Funny that 14-1 football and 1-25 basketball came in the same season
STL
10/21/21 7:12pm
Attended every single game that year and loved it. Half the fun was wondering
sparky
10/21/21 7:43pm
I remember watching every televised game with my dad. Pain.
Bluedarts
10/21/21 9:42pm
Same. I was 11 then, but I loved it. That's why people should always take their kids to games no matter what the macro
mokelembembe
10/22/21 7:54am
The Arizona game was two years later.
Jeffacka
10/22/21 8:13am
Thank heavens for Lance Archibald or it would have been 0-26.
wok your dog
10/21/21 9:32pm
That was a great 3 pt shot from the corner
goofball
10/21/21 10:56pm
I went to every game this season and sat on the 4th row as it was fairly empty
cougarmikey
10/21/21 10:15pm
Not sure if actually true, but I was told baseball players would beat the …
Joe Banks
10/21/21 11:06pm
Reid was fired and they had to recruit two players from the football team
Bobmarleyjr
10/21/21 11:15pm
Yep, John Moala and Tyrone Brown
HiLife
10/21/21 11:19pm
Ingles didn't HAVE to do that
SinkingQuffa
10/22/21 7:16am
Johnsen and Burgess were in the next class
donnerstag
10/22/21 7:20am
I did conflate two, didn't I?
SinkingQuffa
10/22/21 1:00pm
It was by far the least talented roster in modern program history
donnerstag
10/22/21 1:54am
This is the best answer ^^^^^^^
deljdc
10/22/21 5:55am
And a football player started iirc
Dr MoBYU
10/22/21 1:14pm
I was attending BYU at the time. If I remember correctly
filovirus
10/22/21 10:47am
Not correct. I was a season ticket holder
AT Cougar
10/22/21 1:20pm
A lot of of that freshman team were my friends- we all lived together in Budge Hall 3rd floor
Cougs1
10/22/21 2:08pm
We were in the same ward then. I was on the 2nd floor.
ProvoSoprano
10/22/21 9:13pm
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