BYU sports fan are much more than a community of Mormons rooting for their alma mater. They are people in the community, students, alumni, friends and families who stand out among the crowd.
Each year BYU accepts roughly 8,000 students, and that means an increase in the BYU Cougar sports fan population.
Not all students may be crazy about sports, or even interested in rooting for BYU itself, but those who are part of the Cougar Nation take their job very seriously.
True BYU fans bleed blue, and you know you are a BYU cougar fan when …
1. You make matching shirts with your friends and wear them to games. Keep calm and cougar on, fellow BYU fans.
2. You have camped out for at least one game during the school year, no matter the weather challenges you face. Rain or snow, warm or cold, nothing will dampen your spirits.
3. You dye your hair or beard blue at least once a year for a major game. Nothing screams BYU more than died facial hair.
4. Going to more games means more opportunities to say “Hi, Mom!” on live TV.
5. No matter the call, you still get mad at the referee.
6. BYU is incorporated into all your holiday decorating.
7. You go on at least one road trip each year to cheer on your fellow Cougars. BYU has plenty of sports that travel to different schools and states to play, but one trip every student should make before graduation is to the NCAA Tournament in Las Vegas.
8. Tailgating for games becomes a great time to hang out with friends, making food becomes an art, and you have another reason to get together with friends to talk about BYU sports.
9. More than half of your clothing is BYU gear … and most of it is free shirts you got from going to games.
10. You see a BYU athlete on campus, or at a sporting event, and you have to take a photo with them. No shame. Dreams fulfilled.
11. You know the BYU fight song by heart, and you’re passionate when you sing … even if others can’t always tell what you’re saying.
12. You begin indoctrinating your kids from a very young age that BYU is the best.
