Blue roundup: Will BYU's season-opener vs. Washington State get bumped up two days?

Compiled by Jeff Call, Deseret News

Published: Tuesday, May 15 2012 10:53 a.m. MDT

Summary

BYU sports news from the web.

BYU and Washington State could be playing their season-opener two days earlier than originally announced, on a Thursday night on ESPN.

WSU athletic director Bill Moos hinted Monday that the game between the WSU Cougars and the BYU Cougars could be moved up to Aug. 30, helping to kick off the opening weekend of college football. Nothing official has been announced yet.

One of the many storylines of this game — first-year WSU coach Mike Leach, the former coach at Texas Tech, will be returning to his alma mater, BYU.

Lone Peak High receiver Talon Shumway has committed to BYU.

Legendary BYU coach LaVell Edwards laments the potential demise of the Western Athletic Conference in football.

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Naval Vet

Philadelphia, PA

TJ:

"That give them two more days to prepare for the next game."

So you think the Indy-WACers are going to need a couple of extra days to mount the imposing challenge of a Home date with Weber State? Sounds brutal.

12:34 p.m. May 15, 2012
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truecoug1

Provo, UT

@NavalVet "So you think the Indy-WACers are going to need a couple of extra days to mount the imposing challenge of a Home date with Weber State?"

I'm going to take a wild guess that it was an attitude like that that partly More..

2:30 p.m. May 15, 2012
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DevilishUte

Tempe, AZ

"Yawn. Predictable Ute response, avoiding the question by bringing up a meaningless score about BYU when I didn't even mention the Cougs in my post."

Yawn. Predictable BYU response. Your team has lost 7 of the last 10 to More..

4:52 p.m. May 15, 2012
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