Rocking Royal

Rocking Royal is the podcast for those who rock with the Y. News, insight, analysis and interviews with BYU players, coaches, administrators, fans and media around the athletic department and the state of Utah.

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Episodes

Thursday Aug 15, 2024

Allie Fryer scored a first-half goal, and Lynette Hernaez made six saves including stopping a penalty kick to help BYU hold off No. 19 Wisconsin, 1-0 at South Field in the 2024 season opener for both teams.
Sean Walker from KSL.com and Carla Swensen-Haslem from ESPN+ break it down after the match, as well as post-match interviews with Fryer, Hernaez and head coach Jennifer Rockwood.
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Tuesday Aug 13, 2024

Sean Walker from KSL.com and former BYU women's soccer player and BYUtv analyst Carla Swensen-Haslam are back to break down the unofficial start to the 2024 season for the Cougars. Should BYU fans be concerned about a pair of exhibition losses, 2-0 to crosstown rival Utah Valley and 1-0 at home to Wyoming.
What's up with BYU's offense? Are there underlying concerns, or is this just the natural process of a team that lost 11 players with starting experience from a year ago?
Sean and Carla nerd out for soccer ahead of Thursday's season opener against No. 19 Wisconsin at South Field (7 p.m. MDT, ESPN+).
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Friday Aug 09, 2024

Sean Walker breaks down BYU's first three games of the 2024 football season including the Aug. 29 home opener against FCS Southern Illinois and road trips to SMU and Wyoming, then welcomes in 2024 grayshirt defensive line commit Boyd Sorensen, a 6-4, 250-pound pass rusher out of Sugar City, Idaho, who will likely join the team in January ahead of the 2025 season.
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Tuesday Aug 06, 2024

Rocking Royal is proud to introduce the Rocking Royal Soccer Show, a weekly podcast dedicated exclusively to BYU women's soccer. Former BYU women's soccer player and current BYUtv analyst Carla Swensen-Haslam will join KSL.com's Sean Walker every week to break down coach Jennifer Rockwood's side through the 2024 season and beyond.
For the inaugural episode, Carla and Sean break down the transitional roster of a BYU women's soccer team that lost 10 starters and 11 seniors from a year ago. What are appropriate expectations for the Cougars in their second season in the Big 12, and what newcomers should fans keep an eye on?
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Thursday Aug 01, 2024

The Rocking Royal Football Show is back with disappointing news on the Cougars' first day of 2024 training camp. BYU linebacker Ben Bywater has announces his medical retirement from college football, leaving a gaping hole in the Cougars' defense to be filled by Harrison Taggart, Siale Esera, Sione Moa, Jack Kelly and others in the linebacker room.
Taggart joins the show to break down Bywater's legacy at BYU, and where the Cougars go from here.
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Monday Jul 22, 2024

BYU rising junior and Team USA Olympian James Corrigan joins the show to discuss his path to Paris, his goals for the biggest international race of his career to date, and his unearthly rise in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at "Steeplechase U." and Brigham Young University.
The Cougar Beat podcast is now Rocking Royal, the podcast for fans who rock the Y. in football, men's and women's basketball, Olympic sports and any other sector of life.
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Cover photo by Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News

Monday Jun 24, 2024

BYU football unofficially kicked off the 2024 preseason Monday with its now-annual media and corporate partners golf scramble at Cedar Hills Golf Club, where head coach Kalani Sitake, offensive coordinator Aaron Roderick and others spent time with the media after playing 18 holes in the second year of the event.
The coaches talked about the on-going starting quarterback competition between Jake Retzlaff and Gerry Bohanon, the depth of the QB group with Utah State transfer McCae Hillstead joining the team, and low expectations after the 5-7 season in the Cougars' first year in the Big 12.

Friday Jun 14, 2024

Longtime BYU communications directors, sports information directors and spokespeople Duff Tittle and Brett Pyne visit the Cougar Beat podcast to discuss their new book, "100 Years of BYU Football," available now at Deseret Book, the BYU Store, Amazon.com and other places you purchase pages.
Buy it now, just in time for Fathers' Day.
*Cover art by Rebeca Fuentes, BYU Photo.

Wednesday Jun 12, 2024

BYU assistant men's basketball coach John Linehan caught up with the KSL.com Cougar Beat podcast to talk about his arrival in Provo to join Kevin Young's staff at BYU, the defensive focus of the former NCAA all-time steals leader (and three-time French league defensive player of the year), and how often he has been confused with former BYU rugby star/punter Jonny Linehan.
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Thursday Jun 06, 2024

BYU basketball coach Kevin Young and point guard Dallin Hall speak with the media after practice about the new assistant coaches, Hall's run through the transfer portal before returning to BYU, and what's next for the first-time collegiate head coach.

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