Cougar Sports Saturday

Catch the best of Cougar Sports Saturday from May 31, 2025 as Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte recap the biggest stories coming out of the Big 12 Spring Business Meetings. You won't want to miss exclusive interviews with BYU AD Brian Santiago and head football coach Kalani Sitake.

Mitch Harper and the chance to talk with Kalani Sitake earlier this week in Orlando at the spring Big 12 meetings.

In this week's Cougar Tales, Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte touch on the newly released trailer for the College Football 26 video game and a requirement change for the College Football Hall of Fame that will allow Mike Leach to be admitted.

Producer Nate Slack hops on to challenge Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte to name his five favorite season openers in this week's Top 5.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte respond to commentary from the Big 12 and Big 12 coaches who favor the NCAA Tournament expanding to 72 or 76 teams.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte react to the non-conference schedule that now features UConn, Wisconsin, and a rumored exhibition game against North Carolina.

Mitch Harper sat down with BYU Athletic Director Brian Santiago to discuss his first few weeks in the role and key national conversations shaping college athletics.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte analyze comments from Kansas State head coach Lance Leipold and Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham on the future of the College Football Playoff, along with other key takeaways from the Big 12 spring business meetings.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte touch on all of the biggest stories surrounding BYU athletics from the past week in this week's edition of Cougar Sports Saturday.

Mitch Harper analyzes the changes made to the CFP seeding that will take effect for this year only.

Mitch Harper breaks down anonymous comments from Big 12 coaches regarding this year's BYU football team.

In this week's edition of Cougar Tales, Mitch Harper and producer Nate Slack discuss Hawaii transfer defensive lineman Alvin Puefua, a reported exhibition game between BYU basketball and North Carolina, and whether or not BYU should explore options outside of Nike if it means more money.

For this week's Top 5, Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte are tasked with naming producer Nate Slack's top five career backup quarterbacks in BYU history.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte share their thoughts on how this week's news impacts the BYU football team and whether or not fans should adjust expectations for the upcoming season.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte react to their conversation with KSL legal analyst Greg Skordas on the civil lawsuit involving BYU QB Jake Retzlaff.

KSL legal analyst Greg Skordas, with 38-years of legal experience, shares his insight into the allegations of the civil lawsuit against Jake Retzlaff.

Mitch Harper discusses the civil lawsuit allegations against BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte break down Brian Santiago being named as BYU's newest athletic director and have conversations with former BYU AD Val Hale and former QB Riley Nelson.

Catch the best of Cougar Sports Saturday from May 17, 2025 as Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte breakdown the announcement of BYU's newest athletic director Brian Santiago and are joined by former AD Val Hale and former BYU QB Riley Nelson.

Matt Baiamonte talks with Riley Nelson about Brian Santiago and the upcoming football season.

This week's edition of Cougar Tales focuses on a new face to the secondary for BYU football by way of the transfer portal and how many wins Las Vegas thinks the Cougars get this season.

Producer Nate Slack joins Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte who take a stab at naming the five players who played the most snaps last season.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte are joined by former athletic director Val Hale to get his thoughts on Brian Santiago's promotion.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte continue to break down the hire of Brian Santiago as AD and talk about a story he shared during his opening press conference.

BYU AD Brian Santiago addressed the media at a press conference held earlier this week after he was named AD.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte react to Brian Santiago being named BYU's new athletic director.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte talk about the building hype for BYU football and BYU basketball, play interviews with linebacker Isaiah Glasker and tight end Carsen Ryan, and share their favorite BYU memories with their moms in this Mother's Day weekend edition of Cougar Sports Saturday.

To celebrate Mother's Day weekend, Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte share their favorite BYU memories with their moms.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte break down ESPN's post-spring Top 25 ranking that has BYU slotted at number 10.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte turn their attention to baseball and softball in this week's edition of Cougar Tales.

In honor of the announcement of the Utah Mammoth earlier in the week, Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte rank their five best team logos and nicknames in this week's Top 5.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte talk about what Egor Demin needs to do this week at the NBA Combine to sneak back into the Top 10 of the NBA Draft.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte discuss the Bachmeier brothers who committed to BYU last week after transferring from Stanford.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte analyze comments from A-Rod who discussed his expectations for Retzlaff earlier this week.

Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte dive into the roster and discuss who they think will be the difference makers for BYU basketball.

College basketball analyst said the goal for BYU basketball this season should be the Final Four, but how realistic is that for this team? Mitch Harper and Matt Baiamonte discuss.

Catch the best of Cougar Sports Saturday from May 3, 2025

Matt Baiamonte shares his thoughts on Jimmer being named the first managing director of the 3x3 men's national team.

Catch Mitch Harper's conversation with BYU DT Keanu Tanuvasa from the last day of spring camp.

Matt Baiamonte breaks down Stanford transfer QB Bear Bachmeier committing to BYU football this morning and if he's the favorite to be QB1 in 2026.

Matt Baiamonte shares his thoughts on a list published by USA Today earlier this week that ranked the Big 12 coaches. Find out where Kalani Sitake landed and Matt's thought on his ranking here.

Matt Baiamonte caught up with BYU center Bruce Mitchell at the conclusion of spring ball. Catch that coversation here.