Rocking Royal

Lone Peak 4-star OT Bott Mulitalo catches up with KSL.com to discuss his commitment to BYU, relationship with the coaches, and plans for his senior year with the Knights after a 49-14 win over Crimson Cliffs in the season opener, Friday, Aug. 15, 2025 in Highland, Utah. Subscribe to Rocking Royal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube — and don't forget to leave a rating and review.

Plenty of BYU's current commitments are homegrown and local to the Beehive State, including four-star tight end Brock Harris from Pine View and offensive lineman Bott Mulitalo from Lone Peak.   If you're looking to keep an early eye on a future Cougar commit, we've got five names that are as good as any to start — including one who may be underrated by the top recruiting services and could play a...

Timpview High 4-star basketball prospect Dean Rueckert, the latest commitment to BYU men's basketball in the recruiting class of 2026, joined ESPN radio in Utah County to talk about his commitment, his family including father Chris who played lacrosse for the Cougars, and his pregame playlist that includes Green Day, Blink-182 and Nirvana. Subscribe to the Rocking Royal podcast on Apple Podcasts,...

BYU defensive tackle transfer Justin Kirkland and defensive tackles coach Sione Po'uha join the podcast to talk about the interior of the Cougars' defensive line, why Kirkland transferred closer to his home of West Haven, Utah, after two seasons at Oklahoma State, and the role of wide receiver Parker Kingston (tampering!) in his recruitment. Subscribe to Rocking Royal on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, o...

BYU Class of 2026 offensive line commit Jax Tanner joins the podcast to talk about his recruitment to BYU — including the role of offensive line coach TJ Woods — and the Cougars' current 21-player class that currently ranks 20th nationally by 247Sports. Subscribe to Rocking Royal to stay caught up on the Cougs at Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube — and don't forget to leave a rating and review.

Former BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff has verbally committed to Tulane, as first reported by ESPN's Pete Thamel. The Green Wave, which investigated Retzlaff's situation for more than a week according to the Worldwide Leader, will bring in a multi-game power conference starter as it seeks to replace Darian Mensah's transfer to Duke in the offseason. For Retzlaff, who finished his BYU career just sho...

Jake Retzlaff's time at BYU is coming to a close. Last year's starting quarterback plans to withdraw from the university, opening up a path to transfer without using the NCAA transfer portal,  ESPN first reported  Friday. Retzlaff will simply enroll at another school, as he confirmed several minutes later on social media. "BYU has meant more to me than just football," he  wrote on Instagram . "It'...

BYU head coach Kalani Sitake speaks with the media during Big 12 media days, Tuesday, July 8, 2025 in Frisco, Texas, about the Cougars' upcoming quarterback competition following Jake Retzlaff's transfer from the team, Keanu Tanuvasa's integration on the defensive line after transferring from Utah, and BYU's linebackers and the heart of Jay Hill's defense.

LB Braxton Lindsey and DL Nehemiah Kolone committed to BYU, separated by about an hour and 187 miles of distance. But the high-end defensive prospects from Rogers, Arkansas, and Stillwater, Oklahoma, respectively pushed the Cougars' recruiting efforts in the class of 2026 back into the top 25 nationally by 247Sports. And they aren't done yet. Subscribe to the Rocking Royal podcast on Apple Podcast...

BYU wide receiver coach Fesi Sitake speaks with the Rocking Royal podcast about the additions of Reggie Frischknecht and Tiger Bachmeier; the emergence of Parker Kingston, Jojo Phillips and Cody Hagen; and why the shock departure of Keelan Marion has him less worried about the Cougars' wide receiver room in 2025. Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or where ever else you get podca...

Former BYU All-American and Major League Rugby rookie Cole Semu speaks with KSL.com after getting called up to the 23-man travel roster ahead of the Utah Warriors' road match Saturday, April 12, 2025 at RFC Los Angeles — the beginning of a 35-day, 7-match run that will likely include Semu's pro debut as Utah embarks on 'Storm Week' and a pivotal stretch of the 2025 season. Subscribe to Rocking Roy...

Four-star tight end Brock Harris joins the show to talk about his recent commitment to BYU, his plans for the future, and his upcoming senior year at Pine View High School in St. George. Listen to the podcast available below, or on your podcast app of choice at  Apple ,  Spotify ,  YouTube  and anywhere else you get podcasts.

BYU tight end Carsen Ryan joins Sean Walker for a post-spring football edition of the Rocking Royal podcast, where the former Timpview and American Fork High standout talks about transferring home to play close to family; his family's legacy with the No. 20 jersey; and his expectations for his senior season at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe announced former BYU star and 2008 Mountain West player of the year Lee Cummard as the eighth head coach in BYU women's basketball history Monday, succeeding Whiting with the first head coaching job of his career. "Lee has been an important part of our BYU Athletics family for many years," Holmoe said. "His time as a star player on the men's team, and a member of b...

The most popular person in BYU's open locker room Wednesday ahead of the Cougars' Round of 16 tournament tilt with Alabama wasn't necessarily "Tater Tot King" and leading scorer Richie Saunders, veteran Trevin Knell, or five-star freshman Egor Demin. Those guys had their own crowds. But the swelling crowd belonged to Mawot Mag, the Cougars' defensive specialist who was making a return to New Jerse...

BYU men's basketball is headed to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2011 with NCAA Tournament wins over VCU and Wisconsin at Ball Arena — or is that, Marriott East? — in Denver, Colorado. Can first-year coach Kevin Young and the Cougar Cager s do it again in a place where they likely won't have quite as many fans, taking on No. 2-seeded Alabama in Newark, New Jersey ? Sean Walker was in Denver...

After a 24-8 regular season and 14-6 mark in the Big 12, BYU men's basketball turns its attention to finding its One Shining Moment.   The Cougars are back in the NCAA Tournament for the third time in five years , and will open Thursday at Ball Arena in Denver against 11th-seeded VCU (2:05 p.m. MDT, TNT). The winner of that East regional game will face the winner of Wisconsin and Big Sky champion...

The 23rd-ranked Cougars seem to be peaking at the right time, and have locked up an NCAA Tournament bid for the third time in five years. That's according to ESPN's Joe Lunardi , who moved BYU into one of six locks from the Big 12 for the field of 68. BYU ranks 23rd in the Associated Press Top 25, 26th in the NCAA's preferred evaluation tool (or NET rankings), and 25th in KenPom's predictive metri...

The BYU basketball programs (yes, plural!) had a really good weekend shortly after Valentine's Day. First, the men's team beat Kansas State 80-65 at the Marriott Center in a game that honored the life of former Cougar cager Jake Shoff. BYU head coach Kevin Young said he wanted to win for Shoff and his family, including wife Emily and four sons who were in attendance Saturday night and in the postg...

BYU men's basketball collected back-to-back wins in Big 12 play for the first time under first-year head coach Kevin Young, and BYU football nabbed a pair of defensive back commitments in Lone Peak's Landan Goff and Jordyn Criss out of Arlington, Texas. Elsewhere in the show, BYU women's basketball coach Amber Whiting talks about Delaney Gibb's improvement during her sensational freshman year and...

BYU basketball bounced back in Big 12 play with an 85-69 win over Oklahoma State, and now heads to Salt Lake City for the first in-conference rivalry game with Utah since 2011. Pleasant Grove High boys' basketball coach Carsen Williams — the former BYU graduate assistant — joined the program to talk about the Cougars' start to the 2024-25 season, his own start to his first season as a head coach,...

BYU basketball is in trouble, with a men's team that lost its third in a row 71-67 at TCU and a women's team that started just 1-4 in Big 12 play following Saturday's 92-65 loss to No. 12 Kansas State . BYU head coach Kevin Young spoke with the media Monday about addressing several of his concerns, and BYU freshman Delaney Gibb was named Big 12 freshman of the year for the fourth time this season...

The Rocking Royal podcast recaps BYU's 36-14 win over Colorado in the Valero Alamo Bowl, putting a bow on the 11-2 season of 2024, and then looks ahead to BYU men's basketball and its Big 12 home opener on New Year's Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 31 in the Marriott Center with head coach Kevin Young.

BYU beat writer Sean Walker sits down with senior cornerback Jakob Robinson to discuss the No. 17 Cougars' upcoming Alamo Bowl game against No. 23 Colorado, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024 before the senior's final game in a BYU uniform. Is this the biggest bowl game in BYU football's recent history — say, in the last 20 years or so? There's a case for it.

BYU men's basketball coach Kevin Young speaks with the media via conference call about landing No. 1 overall recruit AJ Dybantsa, who committed to the Cougars on ESPN's First Take, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, after signing during the NCAA's early signing period in November. Young spoke about the first meeting with AJ and his parents Ace and Chelsea, how he fits into BYU and the modern NBA, and how his...