This guide is the ultimate resource for true fans of the BYU Cougars. Whether you were there for the 1984 championship season or cheered along with Jimmermania, these are the 100 things every fan needs to know and do in their lifetime. Cougars beat writer Jeff Call has collected every essential piece of BYU knowledge and trivia, as well as must-do activities, and ranks them all from 1 to 100, providing an entertaining and easy-to-follow checklist as you progress on your way to fan superstardom. Jeff Call is a sportswriter for the Deseret News. He is the BYU beat writer and has been covering Cougar sports since 1993, when he served as sports editor at the Daily Universe. Call has written several other books, including Mormonville , Rolling With the Tide , and Cougarmania . He and his wife, CherRon, have six sons and live in Cedar Hills, Utah.  Ty Detmer won the Heisman Trophy in 1990 while playing quarterback for Brigham Young University. He played 14 seasons in the NFL and has been the offensive coordinator at BYU since 2015. 100 Things BYU Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die By Jeff Call Triumph Books LLC Copyright © 2017 Jeff Call All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-62937-425-3 Contents Foreword by Ty Detmer, Introduction, 1. LaVell Edwards, 2. 1984 National Championship, 3. Ty Detmer Wins the Heisman Trophy, 4. Kalani Sitake, 5. The Miracle Bowl, 6. Steve Young, 7. The Feel of Cotton, 8. Danny Ainge, 9. Jim McMahon, 10. Dethroning No. 1 Miami, 11. Beating Michigan for the National Championship, 12. Jimmer Fredette, 13. Answered Prayer, 14. BYU's Declaration of Independence, 15. The Hawaiian Leap, 16. Tom Holmoe, 17. Stan Watts, 18. Ty Detmer, 19. LaVell's Quips, 20. Missionary Program, 21. Ezekiel "Ziggy" Ansah, 22. Shawn Bradley, 23. Attend a BYU-Utah Football Game, 24. Polynesian Pipeline, 25. Jamaal Williams, 26. Watch a Game at LaVell Edwards Stadium, 27. 1981: Elite Eight, 28. Upset at Jerry World, 29. Eat a Cougar Tail, 30. The Start of a Perfect Season, 31. LaVell's Last Miracle, 32. Gordon Hudson, 33. Hike Y Mountain, 34. Missouri's Misery, 35. Jimmer Breaks Scoring Record, 36. John Beck, 37. Watch a Game at the Marriott Center, 38. The Pitch, 39. 1965: Triumph Amid Tragedy, 40. The Quarterback Factory, 41. Kresimir Cosic, 42. Gifford Nielsen, 43. Sit with the ROC, 44. Messin' with Texas, 45. Sunday Play and "the BYU Rule", 46. 1996 WAC Championship, 47. Attend a Fireside, 48. Shaking Down the Thunder at Notre Dame, 49. Robbie Bosco, 50. 1951 and 1966 NIT Championships, 51. Wrecking Texas A&M, 52. Dennis Pitta, 53. Visit Legacy Hall, 54. Rob Morris, 55. Eldon Fortie, 56. 1974: A Season on the Brink, 57. Paddling the Ducks, 58. Dave Rose, 59. Steve Sarkisian, 60. BYU and Conference Expansion, 61. Kyle Van Noy, 62. Austin Collie, 63. Tyler Haws, 64. Mangum-Mathews Miracle at Memorial, 65. Luke Staley, 66. Hang Out with Cosmo the Cougar, 67. Honor Before Championships, 68. Marc Wilson, 69. The Protest Years, 70. Fourth-and-18, 71. Listen to Tom Holmoe at Education Week, 72. Cody Hoffman, 73. Homes Away from Home: Las Vegas and San Diego, 74. Chad Lewis, 75. 2001: A BYU Space Odd-yssey, 76. Glen Tuckett, 77. Max Hall, 78. The NFL Hall of Fame Sculptor, 79. Quarterback Pioneers: Virgil Carter and Gary Sheide, 80. Married with Children at Bowl Games, 81. The Block(s), 82. Learn and Sing the Cougars Fight Song, 83. A 54-Foot Buzzer-Beater to Win a Championship, 84. Taysom Hill, 85. Bands of Brothers, 86. Derwin Gray, 87. LaVell's 200th Victory, 88. Shades of Blue and Uniform Changes, 89. BYU and ESPN, 90. Football in the 1890s and the Birth of a Rivalry, 91. Edwards' NFL Influence: Mike Holmgren, Andy Reid, and Brian Billick, 92. Big Signing Day Surprise, 93. Brandon Doman, 94. BYU in the Movies, 95. The BCS Creators, 96. BYU's Influence on the Passing Game, 97. Bronco Mendenhall, 98. Winning at the Rose Bowl, 99. The End of the Edwards Era, 100. Grab a Bite in Provo, Acknowledgments, Sources, CHAPTER 1 LaVell Edwards To BYU, Reuben LaVell Edwards was much more than just a football coach. What he meant to the football program, the university, his players, and the fans transcended what he accomplished as a coach, which was staggering in and of itself. It's amazing to consider what might have happened had BYU passed on hiring the defensive coordinator with no collegiate head coaching experience in 1972. It took a group of BYU players showing up at the home of school president Dallin H. Oaks to help convince him the school should hire longtime assistant LaVell Edwards, who had never been a head coach at the college level and had been a part of only a few winning seasons in his coaching career to that point. Edwards had grown up on a dairy farm in nearby Orem as the eighth of 14 children. He played football at Utah State. Even in Provo, he wasn't exactly a household name.