Ah...you are reminding me of the Greatest Bowl Comeback Ever? 1980 Holiday Bowl:

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Dec 5, 2022
7:00:01pm

84 natlchamps All-American

BYU vs. SMU. And here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b55Tn_YbLK8

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Originally posted on Dec 5, 2022 at 7:00:01pm

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I am 24 and have never seen BYU Football do better than win a Vegas Bowl...

Cougs4Lfe

12/5/22 5:05pm

I’m 38 and I can’t remember the last good bowl game Byu won. 1996?

maxpowers

12/5/22 5:08pm

yep but I did thoroughly enjoy the vegas beat down of Oregon. That was fun.

Don Carlton

12/5/22 5:09pm

It was, but not necessarily a big bowl with any real consequences. Last good

Bluforever

12/5/22 5:11pm

Oh it had very real consequences between me and my in-laws in Eugene.

crack

12/5/22 5:13pm

I loved that game but that was a long time ago! What year was that? 06?

stgeorgecougar

12/5/22 5:19pm

Oregon State was ranked like 14th in the Vegas wind bowl in 2009.

shimmy

12/5/22 5:12pm

Yeah I was there. Still the Vegas bowl though

maxpowers

12/5/22 5:32pm

I blew thru Vegas for that one. Fun game.

Les IsMore

12/5/22 6:06pm

Cotton Bowl baby - beat a good KState team too. That team was legit

EarlSpeak

12/5/22 5:12pm

We've beaten a few ranked teams in bowls.

darkcoug

12/5/22 5:13pm

We slaughtered U. of Oregon also. 2006 LAS VEGAS BOWL

84 natlchamps

12/5/22 7:06pm

I was there. It was cold, but I was warm on the inside

squidmark

12/5/22 9:13pm

RE: I am 24 and have never seen BYU Football do better than win a Vegas Bowl...

brooksslc

12/5/22 5:11pm

I’m 12. Go Utes.

WDaddy

12/5/22 5:13pm

The accomplishments BYU had in the old WAC will probably never be duplicated.

shoganai

12/5/22 5:14pm

True. I’m more just saying it shouldn’t be surprising young fans cheer for Utah.

Cougs4Lfe

12/5/22 5:16pm

Only if they're shallow band wagon fans.

ManicBlue

12/5/22 5:22pm

Young fans ARE shallow and band wagonish. I know. I once was a Cowboys fan.

Cougar Junkie

12/5/22 5:27pm

I disagree. The 1980 Holiday Bowl was against SMU. We had a scrappy aggressive

pspcres

12/5/22 5:21pm

I left the Miracle Bowl at halftime. One of my claims to fame.

LAtoProvotoSLC

12/5/22 6:16pm

Ouch! We stayed to the end only because we were chaperoning a bunch of boy scouts and

ManicBlue

12/5/22 6:27pm

Ah...you are reminding me of the Greatest Bowl Comeback Ever? 1980 Holiday Bowl:

84 natlchamps

12/5/22 7:00pm

We will see if the administration wants to go all in or not

Dr T-bone

12/5/22 5:14pm

I'll save you some time. BYU will never go "all in" on intercollegiate sports.

shoganai

12/5/22 5:22pm

They don't need to be tops in the arms race, but they can't cut corners

Dr T-bone

12/5/22 6:09pm

RE: I am 24 and have never seen BYU Football do better than win a Vegas Bowl...

2FarGone

12/5/22 5:15pm

Most of your life, BYU has essentially been locked out of better bowls.

Thrill

12/5/22 5:17pm

Boise St. & Utah both won NY6 bowls in the MWC…

Cougs4Lfe

12/5/22 5:42pm

We already lost most of your generation. We won't get them back. Have to build

777

12/5/22 5:22pm

Some helpful context on the "Cougs4Lfe" username

Skeptical Optimist

12/5/22 5:30pm

I know this is my son in disguise!! He says the same thing and blames me for

truecougster

12/5/22 5:31pm

Lol, no worries I’m a lifer 😎 Go Cougs!

Cougs4Lfe

12/5/22 5:41pm

Atta boy!!

truecougster

12/5/22 5:44pm

RE: I am 24 and have never seen BYU Football do better than win a Vegas Bowl...

imdocrob

12/5/22 5:35pm

Dude…excellent post. I took My 15yo son and 13 + 11yo daughters to Liberty game

Iman23

12/5/22 5:38pm

Bad bowl games were the tradeoff of the Independence era.

Little Mac

12/5/22 5:47pm

Good post. You're right. Football is a "What have you done lately" business. And

BlooCoog

12/5/22 5:49pm

NEVER EVER be enticed by the siren song of the drum & feather….NEVER

pegushin

12/5/22 5:51pm

I loved independence. Seemed like byu won 10 or so games that felt bigger than

MaxxPower

12/5/22 5:54pm

I feel ya brother. I’m 23, in the same position. We were pretty much born right

TheMediator

12/5/22 5:54pm

RE: I am 24 and have never seen BYU Football do better than win a Vegas Bowl...

Yeet2000

12/5/22 5:54pm

You root for both. BYU is the face of the church and an excellent program...that stands for something. Utah

TFL

12/5/22 6:28pm

Lavell took BYU to unimagined heights. Admin largely lost the next generation

cajuncoug

12/5/22 6:29pm

How about the time we beat the #1 ranked team in the country...BYU Cougars vs #1

84 natlchamps

12/5/22 7:13pm

Sounds awesome. I was -8 years-old...

Cougs4Lfe

12/5/22 7:32pm

We gotta level up. More revenue is coming.

APowerfulY

12/5/22 7:47pm

RE: I am 24 and have never seen BYU Football do better than win a Vegas Bowl...

Threw and Through

12/5/22 7:52pm

I’m 32 and thank goodness I can remember the 96 Cotton Bowl

andrewg3

12/5/22 7:53pm

Jealous 😒

Cougs4Lfe

12/5/22 8:01pm

Screamed my guts out during that game. Soooooo awesome.

BleedCougarBlue2

12/5/22 8:18pm

You pull for Utah over BYU = you're not a real BYU fan. Sorry.

BleedCougarBlue2

12/5/22 8:14pm

BYU is a just a good mid major. it’s all they have been for 35 years

Blue2thebone

12/5/22 9:48pm

Nah. Low-level P5 perhaps

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