BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

BYU may not be in one of the “Resource 5” conferences that get the headlines for their fat TV contracts but Cougar athletic director Tom Holmoe said his department had a “great” financial year last year. “That’s a tribute to our fans getting behind the team and the people who raise money,” Holmoe said Friday in his semi-annual roundtable meeting with local reporters. “It’s also the connection with ESPN and such. I’m just feeling very fortunate that for a year we made a jump. Some people went backwards, while we went forward.” He emphasized that most of the competitive advantage for the Cougars isn’t going to be money. -Jared Lloyd, heraldextra.com–Read More