College Football

The Pac-12 and the schools that will soon join it, including Utah State, filed the lawsuit last year, claiming the poaching clause it agreed to when it signed a scheduling agreement for its football teams for last season was invalid.

BYU president Shane Reese says the university will conduct a national search for a successor while acknowledging Holmoe leaves large shoes to fill after the pivotal role he played in helping BYU join the Big 12 Conference.

Bronco Mendenhall has agreed to a six-year deal to become the football coach at Utah State. The 58-year-old Mendenhall comes to Aggies from New Mexico, where he guided the Lobos to a 5-7 mark in his first and only season at the school.

Retzlaff, a junior college transfer, has earned a hero’s embrace by rabbis and others in Provo while also becoming a favorite of the large fan base that lovingly calls him the “BYJew.”

Utah’s move from the Pac-12 to the Big 12 brought a reunion with BYU after 13 years apart. It also reinvigorated one of the nation’s fiercest rivalries, one that encompasses many sports.

Utah quarterback Cam Rising is out indefinitely with a lower leg injury and coach Kyle Whittingham says true freshman Isaac Wilson will be the Utes’ starter until further notice.

Jake Retzlaff is the first Jewish starting quarterback for BYU and he has helped the No. 17 Cougars race out to a 5-0 start.

After the departure of Utah State, the 7 remaining Mountain West schools have agreed to stay in the league amid overtures by the Pac-12 and other conferences to lure away more of its teams.

It's official: Utah State University is joining the Pac-12 as the reformed conference is legally battling the Mountain West over fees it describes as unlawful and unenforceable.

Utah State’s termination letter to Blake Anderson says he was fired for contacting a potential domestic violence victim and a witness to the incident after an Aggies football player was arrested, and failing to properly report the case.

The move came 16 days after Utah State University informed Anderson he would be dismissed following an external review that found he failed to comply with Title IX policies regarding the reporting of sexual misconduct cases.

USU also announced that associate VP/deputy athletic director of external affairs Jerry Bovee and football director of player development and community Austin Albrecht were fired “for violations of university policies related to the reporting of sexual and domestic violence and failures of professional responsibilities.”