Earliest memories are Ainge vs. ND and Mac vs. SMU.

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Jul 19, 2018
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WizeGuise

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Messages

Author

Time

When did you become a Cougars fan?

saturdaysarebetter

7/19/18 11:19am

1974 or 75. They year we went to Fiesta Bowl with Sheide at QB

fulano

7/19/18 11:19am

you are so lucky. What a great time to become a cougar fan

PKCoug

7/19/18 11:55am

I vaugely remember this. 8 yrs old at the time.

Orem58thBall

7/19/18 3:47pm

Ditto!

Fervent Cougar

7/19/18 9:39pm

The year I was born and the year the Cougars beat UU for the very first time.

Real G Man

7/19/18 11:20am

The year was 1942 if anyone is interested.

Real G Man

7/19/18 3:33pm

Our WWII noncombatants were better than theirs?

bluegato

7/19/18 6:00pm

October 16, 1875.

Metallicat

7/19/18 11:20am

2011. Still waiting to beat Utah.

26769coug

7/19/18 11:21am

*When you're 80 and someone asks "what's it like as a fan, seeing BYU beat Utah"

Tokolosh

7/19/18 11:25am

RE: *When you're 80 and someone asks "what's it like as a fan, seeing BYU beat

Martin Van Nostrand

7/19/18 11:27am

RE: *When you're 80 and someone asks "what's it like as a fan, seeing BYU beat

Tokolosh

7/19/18 11:28am

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Cretin

7/19/18 11:31am

RE: Shut your filthy mouth

Tokolosh

7/19/18 11:32am

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Cretin

7/19/18 11:37am

I'll spare you the image... well maybe I won't.

Tokolosh

7/19/18 11:40am

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CougarsFanSince80s

7/19/18 4:45pm

RE: *When you're 80 and someone asks "what's it like as a fan, seeing BYU beat

Frank Castiglione

7/19/18 11:33am

I never said it would be easy, I only said it would be worth it.

BYU I Bleed Blue

7/19/18 12:52pm

I'm 66

schofim

7/19/18 6:36pm

SouthernBlueBlood

7/19/18 11:22am

I remember watching BYU play AFA in 1983 or 1984 on tv with my Dad and Uncle

Wedgetail

7/19/18 11:25am

My dad (a U grad) was the manager at the Orem Macey's and got free tickets

perkelator

7/19/18 11:25am

1983- A great year to start.

Ghost

7/19/18 1:20pm

Oops, should be on OP.

Ghost

7/19/18 1:20pm

~2001

Martin Van Nostrand

7/19/18 11:26am

earliest games I remember seeing with my dad were in 1981.. I was 8

Saxa

7/19/18 11:28am

1996 is my earliest memory

SUAVO

7/19/18 11:28am

~2005

Revolution

7/19/18 11:29am

When I went to my first game as a kid; Miami 1990

Extra Biscuits

7/19/18 11:31am

1970 - when we went to take my oldest sister to school

Y-Zag

7/19/18 11:32am

Dad started to take me to games in the early 80s. Steve Young also talked to the

CougarAndMerlin

7/19/18 11:37am

1983. It was good timing.

Carnac

7/19/18 11:39am

1971 when BYU came to play Tulsa.

Sooner Cougar

7/19/18 11:44am

Danny Ainge's freshman year

Freddie Cougar

7/19/18 11:45am

Sept 8, 1988. First game I saw live.

Gil Buckman

7/19/18 11:49am

zephyr

7/19/18 11:57am

Earliest memories are Ainge vs. ND and Mac vs. SMU.

WizeGuise

7/19/18 12:04pm

Sept 1973

Nat Gas Man

7/19/18 12:12pm

Here's the first game I remember going to.

StarMan

7/19/18 12:16pm

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Hawk in the 303

7/19/18 12:23pm

probably 1979... something like that.

Belboz

7/19/18 12:24pm

Probably in the pre-existence

buffgato

7/19/18 12:27pm

You were one of the noble ones apparently.

WizeGuise

7/19/18 12:45pm

Lol... that would be noble AND great ones

CLCougar

7/19/18 5:40pm

Fact: Some of the noble and great ones (D&C 156)

jrifkin48

7/19/18 9:10pm

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MaxxPower

7/19/18 1:12pm

1964 or s

67Regent

7/19/18 1:19pm

1964 or 65. My brother was here on a track sc

67Regent

7/19/18 1:20pm

Sorry, fat fingers. He was on track scholarship.

67Regent

7/19/18 1:27pm

Ever since I can remember. I was a fan before but the night the Miracle Bowl happened stands out as my earliest memory

Refugee

7/19/18 1:56pm

Attended '79 SDSU game as a kid and Marc Wilson's 1st 6 passes were touchdowns.

cosmohio

7/19/18 1:59pm

For me, it had to be the 1996 season.

Byu_1988

7/19/18 2:07pm

1965

gymrat

7/19/18 3:27pm

Same, Virgil Carter and Phill Odle in football and Dick Nemelka in basketball

dratax

7/19/18 3:37pm

RE: Same, Virgil Carter and Phill Odle in football and Dick Nemelka in

Odle88

8/10/18 6:56am

RE: 1965

Odle88

8/10/18 6:52am

1990, Detmer's Heisman year. I was 10 and became enthralled with Ty and BYU.

WanderingCougar

7/19/18 3:54pm

My parents potty trained me by telling me Steve Young goes in the big boy potty.

BigEasyCougar

7/19/18 4:21pm

RE: My parents potty trained me by telling me Steve Young goes in the big boy

saturdaysarebetter

7/19/18 4:25pm

1984, I was 5 yrs old at the time, that is when

CougarsFanSince80s

7/19/18 4:49pm

1982, freshman at BYU and got a job as an usher in the stadium, AWESOME !!!

airwolf

7/19/18 5:13pm

1980. We could go to the byu merit badge powwow

OU Cougar

7/19/18 5:14pm

Yes those pow wows were awesome.

Orem58thBall

7/19/18 10:07pm

1981 Year I graduated from HS - never reached that high again.

JadedCougar

7/19/18 5:30pm

Danny Ainge and Miracle bowl.

JadedCougar

7/19/18 5:31pm

My first game I attended was the ‘93 holiday bowl against Ohio state

D.T. Survivor

7/19/18 6:19pm

I was there, too. Should have beaten the #9 team in the country. * Sigh *.

cosmohio

7/19/18 7:09pm

So close. I remember that and a bunch of really obnoxious OSU fans behind us

D.T. Survivor

7/19/18 10:20pm

I don't know why I remember this, but we sat right behind a General Authority.

cosmohio

7/23/18 2:00pm

1987... when I signed my letter of intent.

boxydutch

7/19/18 6:41pm

I thought it was just part of my commitment with the 66.667% vote

Q-grr

7/19/18 7:43pm

2009

Resurgens

7/19/18 7:49pm

Uncle took me to the SDSU game at LES with Marshall Faulk.

Gerald-DeGroot

7/19/18 8:33pm

1996. Was stationed in Germany

tjngirlz

7/19/18 9:17pm

Around 2003 after I married my wife.

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