Talk:BYU Cougars football

message: Some mention should be made somewhere of BYU's long-running record of consecutive games without being shut out (though sadly this ended a couple years ago). —pfahlstrom 16:59, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Consecutive non-shutouts 

message: The article is called "Brigham Young Cougars football" and the phrase "Brigham Young Cougars" is used several times.  I realize that many (perhaps most) other schools can drop the "University" from their name and sound decent.  However, I don't think I've ever heard anyone say "Brigham Young Cougars."  I've only heard people call the Cougars the "Brigham Young University Cougars" or, more commonly, the "BYU Cougars."  People don't typically drop the word University or the letter U, in my experience.  Am I crazy or out of the loop?  Does "Brigham Young Cougars" bother anyone else?  Do people unrelated to BYU call them the "Brigham Young Cougars"? -Milkncookie 15:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Brigham Young Cougars" 

message: The uploader of BYUlogo.png claimed that the 'stretch Y' logo used on the team's uniforms is not protectable under copyright; however it does meet all the requirements of protectability and therefore the proper rationale should be fair use, not public domain.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.152.243.235 (talk) 13:53, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright protection of BYUlogo.png 

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:BYU Helmet.gif

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:BYUCougars.png

message: How does an article about BYU football not mention Norm Chow's name one time?
--209.12.46.2 (talk) 19:02, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Norm Chow 

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:BYU Logo 1969-1998.gif

message: Move Parsecboy (talk) 13:48, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: *Since there've been no objections in over a week... Strikehold (talk) 06:35, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 

message: This article is too detailed.  We don't need a lesson in ancient history.  The article's main focus should be on the Lavell Edwards era to the present with much less detail about the leather helmet days that nobody cares about.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.162.161.51 (talk) 22:17, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too detailed 

message: This article is in great need of an overhaul and some restraint.  First, this is a general article about BYU football, not a detailed account of every game, particularly recent games.  The articles about each season are more appropriate places for specific game summaries, and even there they should be encyclopedic and not sound like something from the local newspaper.  Next, please do not add statements and info without 
reliable sources.  This article has almost no sources yet has tons of statements that demand them.  On top of that it has statements like the Mountain West being the "best conference outside the SEC and Big-12" even though that statement really doesn't even belong in this article at all since the article is about BYU football, not the Mountain West Conference.  If you're going to include ANY information, but especially information that claims something is "the best" or "highly-regarded" or any kind of statistic, YOU MUST HAVE A RELIABLE SOURCE that is cited in the article.  This article is bloated with all kinds of fancruft and tangential information and is anything but encyclopedic.  It's much more of a "fan page" than an article.  --JonRidinger (talk) 20:22, 9 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thoughts 

message: BYU officially lists its dark blue color as #001E4C as per BYU Identity Guidelines .  I made changes to the color swatch in the main information box and the table headings, but the changes were reverted back.  I recognize that tan has been downplayed as a part of BYU's colors, but from what I understand, the dark blue has not changed. I suggest that this article should reflect BYU's official colors, rather than generic shades of dark blue.  Mingjai (talk) 17:45, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  BYU's officially listed hex dark blue 

message: It was recently announced that BYU will be moving to the West Coast Conference in all sports except for football, where the program will become independent. There need to be changes here, as well as in the article for BYU Cougars football. I thought this might be a good place to start collaborating and gathering good sources. If anyone wants to make the bold edits, go right ahead.   Amit  ►  19:45, 1 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  September 2010 Athletics Conference Changes 

message: I have made a black uniform to add to the page, how can i post it?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.130.222.38 (talk) 05:25, 14 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  New black uni's  

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thread_title:  Orphaned references in [[:BYU Cougars football]] 

message: Hugest recruit, and nimble on his feet.  Is he going on an LDS mission first?
 Headline-1: A BYU coach first noticed 410-pound Motekiai Langi playing pickup basketball
* http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/a-byu-coach-first-noticed-410-pound-motekiai-langi-playing-pickup-basketball-143425956.html
QUOTE: "His evaluation was based on defensive line coach Steve Kaufusi seeing him play a pickup game of basketball in Tonga two years ago. And he just saw a giant body that’s light on his feet and could change direction and loved working out and training. And so the day before Motekiai was leaving for his mission — he is a relative to Harvey Langi. Same last name, so I can’t trace exactly how that, I don’t know the exact relation — but he stops in at BYU before he goes to the MTC the next day." -- AstroU (talk) 16:33, 5 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  New NEWS today, for future editing (exciting & AWESOME!) 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I suggest that the fact that BYU is "owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" does not need to be in the first sentence of the article. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish football article does not mention the Catholic church, TCU Horned Frogs football does not mention their specific affiliation, and so on.  I suggest removing the affiliation. Sanpitch (talk) 20:45, 16 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Mormon Church in first sentence