Cougar Tailgate

Nothing gets fans ready for college sports quite like a good tailgate. Learn more about the players, traditions, and college towns of BYU and their opponents all season long. New episode and podcast released each week, focused on the team the Cougars play. In this weeks hour long show, we talk meet with former player Riley Nelson nd the winner of the BYU Sports Nation trip to the first game in Las...

Join Lauren McClain and Ben Bagley as they chat about the hype of preparing for football season with a former BYU linebacker David Nixon.

Lauren and Co-Host Dave Phillips Junior chat about the conference realignment and if BYU will ever join a conference themselves. KSL's Mitch Harper also chimes in on the conversation from his perspective.

Join Lauren as she talks with Jason about their favorite parts of fall football camp, and hear from a senior player of the BYU team to learn more about his experiences during fall Camp

Join Lauren and Ben as they discuss athletes and mental health and listen as Brian Logan recounts how he learned to self-assess in order to be a division one athlete.

Join Lauren McClain as she talks with David Phillips Jr. about his experience from Tokyo during his work for the summer games. Later, hear Lauren discuss the movement hear in the United states from a retired athlete and the chair of the games here in Utah.

Join Lauren McClain and Jason Shepherd as they discuss how incredibly talented Olympians are, and hear Shawn O'Neill who reminisces about his opportunity to work as a volunteer for the winter games that happened in Salt Lake City in 2002.

Join with Lauren McClain and Spencer Linton as they discuss the more bizarre sports of the Summer games.

With the Tokyo games right around the corner, Lauren McClain, Jason Shepherd, and Rebecca Cressman discuss gymnastics and its role in the games.

Nothing gets fans ready for college sports quite like a good tailgate. Learn more about the players, traditions, and college towns of BYU and their opponents all season long. New episode and podcast released each week, focused on the team the Cougars play. Saturdays at 2 PM Eastern and 11 AM Pacific.

Lauren meets with Isaac Wood and avid Phillips Junior to discuss track and field in the Olympics as the fandom continues on Cougar Tailgate.

Nothing gets fans ready for college sports quite like a good tailgate. Learn more about the players, traditions, and college towns of BYU and their opponents all season long. New episode and podcast released each week, focused on the team the Cougars play. Saturdays at 2 PM Eastern and 11 AM Pacific.

Nothing gets fans ready for college sports quite like a good tailgate. Learn more about the players, traditions, and college towns of BYU and their opponents all season long. New episode and podcast released each week, focused on the team the Cougars play. Saturdays at 2 PM Eastern and 11 AM Pacific.

Nothing gets fans ready for college sports quite like a good tailgate. Learn more about the players, traditions, and college towns of BYU and their opponents all season long. New episode and podcast released each week, focused on the team the Cougars play. Saturdays at 2 PM Eastern and 11 AM Pacific.

Lauren is joined by Ben to discuss big team rivalries and how it feels to be in enemy territory. Guest fans from Ohio State and Kansas join to talk about some of the biggest school rivalries in the nation.

With NBA playoffs underway, and the opening of the Vivint stadium to the general public, the Utah Jazz have been a prime attraction for Utah fans. Learn about the process and fan experience with avid Jazz guests and the vice president of communications for the team.

Nothing gets fans ready for college sports quite like a good tailgate. Learn more about the players, traditions, and college towns of BYU and their opponents all season long. New episode and podcast released each week, focused on the team the Cougars play. Saturdays at 2 PM Eastern and 11 AM Pacific.

Nothing gets fans ready for college sports quite like a good tailgate. Learn more about the players, traditions, and college towns of BYU and their opponents all season long. New episode and podcast released each week, focused on the team the Cougars play. Saturdays at 2 PM Eastern and 11 AM Pacific.

Nothing gets fans ready for college sports quite like a good tailgate. Learn more about the players, traditions, and college towns of BYU and their opponents all season long. New episode and podcast released each week, focused on the team the Cougars play. Saturdays at 2 PM Eastern and 11 AM Pacific.

What traditions do you love about baseball? Are they strange to somebody who doesn't know about them? We'll continue our deep dive into baseball with co-host Ben Bagley about the nostalgia of baseball, including where the symbolic first pitch came from. Then we'll catch up with previous BYU Quarterback Tanner Mangum to get his thoughts about BYU Quarterback Zach Wilson and the results of the NFL D...

Warning: this episode will make you hungry. On this episode of Cougar Tail Gate, Junior joins us to talk all things food! Hotdogs, french fries, nachos - all things that for some reason just taste better at the ballpark. In the second half of the show, former MBL pitcher, Jeremy Guthrie joins us to talk about his love of baseball, and how it has affected his life, especially now as he serves as a...

We're all professionals here, and we love the classic sport of baseball. Spencer Linton joins us today to reminisce on his favorite parts of this patient game. Where else do you feel like eating shelled peanuts besides the ballpark? And later, retired BYU Baseball commentator, Brent Norton talks with Lauren about his experience calling the game and playing with his old friends.

Jason Shepard joins us on today's show to talk about his love of baseball and some interesting long-standing traditions, including the 7th Inning Stretch. Is President William Howard Taft a baseball icon? Later in the show, BYU Alum and MLB player, Dane Iorg, speaks with Lauren about his experience at BYU and how it compares to his professional years.

Pro Day 2021 is in the books! There were a record number of football managers and scouts at this year's BYU Football Pro Day looking at athletes such as Zach Wilson and Brady Christensen. Both of these athletes performed incredibly this past Friday, and Lauren and Spencer are ready to talk all about it. Then, offensive tackle, Brady Christensen, speaks with Lauren about his NFL prospects, as well...

It's time for BYU's first throw-down of the NCAA tournament! To help us learn more about the historic and revered Hinkle Fieldhouse, we invited John Dedman, Associate Director of Athletics and Communications at Butler University, on the show. Lauren and Junior also learn a few fun facts about the stadium and talk about why BYU Men's Basketball team would be an amazing team to be a part of.