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PLAYING A NATIONAL SCHEDULE
MEANS PLENTY OF TIME AWAY FROM
HOME FOR THE B-Y-U FOOTBALL
TEAM. BUT AS ELEVEN SPORTS
REPORTER MARY BLANCHARD SHOWS
US .THERE ARE PLENTY OF ROAD
WARRIORS AROUND THE COUNTRY
THAT TRULY MAKE THIS COUGAR
NATION.###
SATURDAY'S GAME AGAINST
WISCONSIN WILL MARK PRESTEN
NORTON'S 93RD COUGAR AWAY
GAME TRIP. HE STARTED
FOLLOWING THE BASKETBALL AND
FOOTBALL TEAMS AROUND IN 2006
AND HASN'T STOPPED SINCE.
AND PRESTEN ISN'T THE ONLY
B-Y-U ROADIE.
"BYU fans I think we're
actually one of the best
travelled fan bases in the
nation."
WITH MEMBERS OF THE L-D-S
CHURCH AND B-Y-U ALUMNI
EVERYWHERE...COUGAR NATION HAS
A PRESENCE ANYWHERE THE TEAM
GOES.
"we just heard someone start
screaming the fight song and
then suddenly the entire
concourse is just singing the
fight song and this is an away
game it was just overpowering
with byu fans."
"Fans say while there's no
place like home it's fun to
travel and experience game day
in an entirely new way"
"At BYU it's about the
game..whereas on the road it'
)s about game day and the full
atmosphere."
PRESTEN SAYS THE FAN PRESENCE
MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO THE TEAM
AT THE GAMES AND COACH BRONCO
MENDENHALL WHOLEHEARTEDLY
AGREES.
"we play wisconsin next so why
don't you just make it a
road trip go to wisconsin come
back notre dame nevada then
we'll all finish in san
fransisco."
THAT'S A LOT OF FREQUENT
FLYER MILES FOR COUGAR
FANS...BUT THEY SAY THE AWAY-
GAME EXPERIENCE MAKES IT ALL
WORTH IT. IN PROVO...MARY
BLANCHARD ELEVEN SPORTS.###
CAMP RANDLE PROBABLY WON'T
BE OVERRUN WITH BYU FANS ON
SATURDAY BUT YOU CAN STILL
EXPECT TO SEE PLENTY OF BLUE
AS THE COUGARS TAKE ON THE
BADGERS.###
SPEAKING OF WISCONSIN... THE