It is NOT the Yale Y. It is the BYU Y.

Sep 17, 2019
2:41:21pm

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Since Saturday’s game is a whiteout, BYU will wear history-inspired retro white and royal uniforms, including a special throwback helmet design featuring the original block “Y” logo of the early eras of BYU athletics.

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https://byucougars.com/story/football/1290500/BYU-to-conduct-throwback-game-Saturday-at-LaVell-Edwards-Stadium

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It is NOT the Yale Y. It is the BYU Y.

westsidecoug

9/17/19 2:41pm

RE: It is NOT the Yale Y. It is the BYU Y.

scootsy

9/17/19 2:42pm

That block Y is the Y of my childhood. The Y on the mountain. The one I doodled

Cougarrr

9/17/19 2:44pm

FTR, that's the national championship Yale football team from 1900.

scootsy

9/17/19 2:46pm

And here is ours:

westsidecoug

9/17/19 2:52pm

man that looks good! where'd you find that picture?

Jwine09

9/17/19 2:55pm

Twitter

westsidecoug

9/17/19 3:03pm

I think you are wrong

Baron

9/17/19 2:43pm

I don't know how far back the Yale "Y" goes or if it had bearing on BYU, but it

westsidecoug

9/17/19 2:45pm

RE: It is NOT the Yale Y. It is the BYU Y.

riboflavin

9/17/19 2:44pm

wasn't there a lawsuit at some point...

Bluecougarjay

9/17/19 4:48pm

My cousin is head legal counsel for BYU and he told me about this once. I'll have to ask him again for the details, but

mvtoro

9/17/19 5:55pm

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East1999

9/17/19 2:45pm

It is a sweet retro look

MatthiasPhunkHausen

9/17/19 7:37pm

I love everything about this.

BlueVU

9/17/19 2:45pm

The uniforms aren't different though right? Just looks like

Mister P

9/17/19 2:48pm

But...new socks!

Cougarrr

9/17/19 2:52pm

Someone say new socks? -Socky G

Mister P

9/17/19 2:57pm

the pants look different, but the jerseys look like the normal away royals

Fallball

9/17/19 3:02pm

That would be awesome if they really painted the field/end zones like that.

SD-Y-FAN

9/17/19 2:51pm

They really are going to.

westsidecoug

9/17/19 2:53pm

Wish granted.

SD-Y-FAN

9/17/19 2:55pm

Just because BYU used it in the 70s or whenever doesn't make it not the Yale Y

Gustav

9/17/19 3:16pm

It's not an issue. Incidentally the blue and white "Y" suckers that Yale sells in their bookstore are made in Provo.

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