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BYU takes 16-game winning streak to TCU (AP)

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:17:21 PDT

BYU knows all about the tendency for long winning streaks to end at TCU's Amon Carter Stadium. The Cougars even contributed to that reputation. In their last visit to Fort Worth, the Cougars stopped TCU's 13-game streak, the longest in major college football at the time. Now, the ninth-ranked Cougars (6-0, 2-0 Mountain West) come back Thursday night with a 16-game winning streak that's best in the...

Brigham Young Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:54:07 PDT

BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall's alarm clock went off at 5:30 a.m. Monday, all part of an expectedly busy short work week for the ninth-ranked Cougars. BYU visits TCU on Thursday.

Despite long days of prep work, the 6-0 Cougars plan on keeping the gameplan simple heading to Fort Worth for the most important Mountain West Conference game to be played so far this season.

Mendenhall calls it "keeping the saw sharp," explaining why he won't try to do too much as far as strategizing against the Horned Frogs. He learned that lesson the hard way in 2003, his first season at BYU (as defensive coordinator) when his team was blown out twice in Thursday night games. As a head coach, Mendenhall is 3-0 on regular-season Thursdays, including a program-changing win at TCU in...

On Football: BYU-TCU and the BCS (AP)

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:58:36 PDT

At first glance, BYU-TCU looks like a bad scrabble hand. But when the ninth-ranked Cougars take on the Horned Frogs on Thursday night, it will have implications far beyond Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth. In terms of the Bowl Championship Series, it's bigger than Florida State-Miami and Notre Dame-Michigan.

No. 9 BYU beats New Mexico for 16th straight (AP)

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:17:44 PDT

BYU had two firsts against New Mexico. Losing wasn't one of them. The ninth-ranked Cougars survived their lowest-scoring game of the season, beating New Mexico 21-3 on Saturday to extend the nation's longest winning streak to 16 straight. BYU (6-0, 2-0 Mountain West) remained unbeaten at the halfway point of the season, but needed Max Hall's 8-yard touchdown pass to Austin Collie with 3:05 left in...

No. 8 BYU wins 15th straight (AP)

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:43:19 PDT

While No. 8 BYU's string of shutouts is over, the nation's longest winning streak continues. The Cougars remained unbeaten with a 34-14 victory over Utah State on Friday night, extending their winning streak to 15 in a game that got closer than BYU has been used to. Utah State became the first team to score on BYU in nearly three full games and the Aggies frustrated the Cougars into repeated...