Quarterback Jaren Hall was knocked out of the game with a concussion, and, because of a rib injury, he didn’t play in last year’s 35-27 win in Provo.

The Bulls upset BYU 27-23 in Tampa in 2019. This fall represents the Cougars’ final season with an independent schedule and if McGraw could provide a set list appropriate for all 13 opponents, it might look like this: ‘Better Than I Used To Be’ After roaming the uncertain wilderness outside a football conference for over a decade, BYU will officially join the Big 12 one year from Friday (July 1, 2023).

Its independence is almost history, and the Cougars can hardly wait to give it up. He will blend his music with an evening of patriotic celebration, an F-35 flyover, and a seemingly endless supply of fireworks as Utah celebrates the Independence Day holiday.īYU will celebrate just the opposite when fall camp opens next month.

Former BYU running back Luke Staley paying a painful price for gridiron gloryįor Saturday’s sold-out performance inside LaVell’s stadium, McGraw has selected a set list from his library of over 200 songs.

He was a co-star to Billy Bob Thornton in the 2004 football flick “Friday Night Lights.” His biggest role was playing Sandra Bullock’s ever-patient husband in “The Blind Side” in 2009.īYU has a unique football history, too, as the only Division I program in Utah to win a national championship, a Heisman Trophy, a Doak Walker Award, two Outland Trophy Awards, a Maxwell Award and have seven inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame, including former head coach LaVell Edwards. McGraw played for his high school team in Tennessee, and it wasn’t until a knee injury in college that he altered his dream from participating in sports to entertaining millions in and around the sports they love through music, writing and theater.Īs an actor, McGraw found two roles to keep him close to football. Both have a unique football history, and both know what it’s like to be No. McGraw will sing his hits while BYU’s players will deliver theirs. The Cougars will fill up the place on Sept. McGraw is the headliner for Saturday’s Stadium of Fire celebration. The two attractions will fill LaVell Edwards Stadium in back-to-back events, though separated by 80 days.

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