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PROVO — It's only 93 days until BYU kicks off the 2025 football season, not that anyone is counting.
Kickoff just got a little closer.
The Big 12 announced kickoff times and TV slates for select games Thursday, which now include BYU's nonconference home games, the conference opener at Colorado, and the Friday night game against West Virginia on Latter-day Saint general conference weekend.
The Cougars will kick off the season Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. MDT against FCS Portland State. A week later, BYU will host ACC foe Stanford in an 8:15 p.m. MDT kickoff on ESPN in Provo.
After a trip to American Athletic foe East Carolina, the Cougars will open Big 12 play Sept. 27 at Colorado (8:15 p.m. MDT, ESPN). It will be the 14th all-time meeting with the Buffaloes, including last year's 36-14 win in the Alamo Bowl.
The conference home opener is a week later Oct. 3 against West Virginia (8:30 p.m. MDT, ESPN).
The rest of the Cougars' schedule will be announced on a 12-day or six-day notice by the conference's television partners. This year marks the first of a new media deal that includes TNT Sports, in addition to ESPN and FOX. The TNT games will also be broadcast onn HBO Max under terms of an agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery and ESPN last November.
BYU basketball adds UConn matchup in Boston
The Cougars also announced Thursday that second-year head coach Kevin Young's program will face UConn in a Hall of Fame Series game at TD Garden in Boston.
Tipoff from the home of the Boston Celtics is scheduled for Nov. 15, as announced in partnership with the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. The game will be something of a homecoming for BYU freshman and top-rated recruit AJ Dybantsa, who grew up in Brockton, Massachussetts, before a prep career at Prolific Prep in California and Utah Prep in Hurricane.
"The Hall of Fame Series continues to deliver great non-conference matchups for men's college basketball," Young said in a statement. "The game against UConn in Boston is going to be a great test for our team and allow Cougar fans all over the East Coast to see us play in one of the premiere venues in the NBA."
BYU has played the Huskies just once in both programs' history, a 58-53 loss in the opening round of the 2003 NCAA Tournament in Spokane, Washington. Travis Hansen had a game-high 21 points against UConn, which was led by future lottery picks Ben Gordon and Emeka Okafor.
Game time, broadcast plans and ticket sales will be announced at a later date.
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Brittingham named D1 Softball Freshman All-American
BYU freshman Ilove'a Brittingham was named a Freshman All-American by D1 Softball, the media outlet announced Thursday morning.
Brittingham led the Cougars with 20 multi-RBI games and 19 multi-hit contests, including five or more RBI in four games. The All-Big 12 first-team selection tied the program's single-season home run record by a freshman with 21 while leading the conference in seven offensive categories that include home runs, slugging percentage (.839) and total bases (135).
Kim, Ponich named to PING All-Region West team
BYU golfers Peter Kim and Cole Ponich were both named to the PING All-Region West team, as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
Kim finished in the top 10 in six of the 12 events he played in, including tying for first at The Goodwin.
Ponich, a senior, shot a career-low 7-under-par 65 at the Bridgestone Collegiate Invitational before finishing second overall at the NCAA Reno regional to help the Cougars win the regional and advance to the NCAA championships.
Utah Valley's Dane Huddleston, Utah's Sergio Jimenez, Gabriel Palacios and Braxton Watts, and former two-time Utah state amateur champion Preston Summerhays of Arizona State were also named to the all-west region team.
