Rise and Shout, the Cougars are Out!

I LOVE Cougar football. Growing up my parents would wake us up by running around our rooms while singing the fight song. My siblings went to BYU, my parents went to BYU, some of my aunts and uncles went to BYU, and my mom's parents went to BYU. It's in my blood.

Thursday night was Kurt's and my last home game as students, so we really enjoyed ourselves. We were so excited to be there--we had to miss the last 2 home games due to illness and midterms. AND, we're not going to be here for the Utah game (gasp!) which is on my birthday (23!) because we'll be on our second honeymoon (oooo, ahhh).


Oooo, look, we scored! Take that TCU!


Scored again! Hiiiiiyah!! The army ROTC does push for however many points we have every time we score. We scored a lot this game, and there was a chick in the ROTC. She could barely keep up.


Half time! The band, as usual, "entertained" us. Kurt was excited, you can tell.

But here's the thing about the band. One, they usually play really lame songs. And two, they only face the alumni. So watching a bunch of band geeks' butts isn't very much fun.

Thursday night was pretty cool though cuz they had one WWII vet from every area of the armed service on the field and they played the songs for each corps. So it was nice and patriotic.

Kurt left and returned with the most beautiful sight: a HUGE bag of Kettle-Popcorn! YUM!!

And then came our beloved Cougs back on the field! That's an even more beautiful sight!

There isn't much more I love than those uniformed men, lol. Throughout the rest of the half, we STOMPED TCU's behind! We are hardcore fans!!


Well, they scored a few times, but whatever, cuz we won! Everybody charged the field!! Okay not really. I wish we could but they have events staff out there. Bummer. But the teams charged the field!


And time for one more resounding rendition of our wonderful fight song (See that score? Yeah baby!)

Rise all loyal Cougars, and hurl your challenge to the foe!
You will fight, day or night, rain or snow!
Loyal, strong, and true! Wear the White and Blue!
While we sing, get set to spring,
Come on Cougars, it's up to you!
So Rise and Shout, the Cougars are out!
They're on the trail to fame and glory!
Rise and Shout, our cheers will ring out
As you unfold your vict'ry story!
On you go to vanquish the foe for Alma Mater's sons and daughters!
As we join in song, in praise of YOU our faith is STRONG!
We'll raise our colors high in the Blue,
and cheer our Cougars of BYU!
Rah rah rah rah rah!
Rah rah rah rah rah!
Rah rah rah rah rah!
GOOOOOOOO COUGARS!