Behind the Mic: The Podcast

We continue with our Big 12 opponent interviews with Jason Shepherd. Jason catches up with Texas Tech's Jerand Bradley and Tony Bradford, Texas' Xavier Worthy, and West Virginia's Aubrey Burks. Plus, you'll hear Mountaineer Linebacker Lee Kpogba sing "Take Me Home, Country Roads."

Big 12 Media Days were a few weeks ago, but Jason Shepherd interviewed a lot of guys who don't play football for BYU. So, we are focusing on some of the Cougar's opponents. Kansas' Kenny Logan and Rich Miller get defensive, while Cincinnati's coach Scott Satterfield and QB Emory Jones talk about walking into a new situation in the Queen City. Plus, a bonus interview with UCF QB John Rhys Plumlee.

The Mental Game returns with host Tyler Haws. Kristen Kozlowski joins Tyler to talk about mental toughness on the court, after injuries, and as a mother of five children.

We've featured a lot of BYU's broadcasters and analysts on Behind the Mic, except Lauren McClain. She was one of the early pioneers at BYUtv and is now the host of BYUradio's Cougar Tailgate. McClain recounts her sports origin story, playing collegiate tennis, moving into broadcasting, and her national dominance in shooting hoops.

We turn the show over to Spencer Linton and Jarom Jordan as they review why the 1980-81 basketball season was the best in BYU Basketball history. Forward Fred Roberts joins the guys to relive some of his memories of that season.

The Mental Game with Tyler Haws returns with BYU's lone Heisman Trophy winner, Ty Detmer. Detmer talks about how legendary Cougar Coach LaVell Edwards would prepare his team for games, how his faith in God helped him through the rough times, and the differences between two of the most successful quarterbacks in the NFL - Brett Favre and Steve Young.

We all have a sports origin story and why we fell in love with the games that cause so much joy and heartache. So, Cleon Wall rounds up fellow BYU Broadcasters Jason Shepherd, Brandon Crow, Hema Heimuli, and Harrison Collier to talk about what drew them to sports and how they were first introduced to the BYU Cougars.

The hills are alive with the sounds of soccer! BYU Women's Soccer traveled to Europe, taking on four different clubs and picking up four victories. Greg Wrubell gives his takeaways from what happened on and off the pitch. But first, BYU Softball analyst Taylei Williams breaks down what happened to her former teammates as they had another solid season but missed the NCAA Softball Tournament. (Photo: Greg Wrubell)

BYU Men's Basketball hasn't made the NCAA tournament for two straight seasons and only won 19 games this past season. So, is the transfer portal partly to blame? Spencer Linton and Jarom Jordan dive into how the transfer portal has helped this team and how the three new guys (Ques Glover, Ally Khalifia, and Dawson Baker) can help the Cougars in their first season in the Big 12.

Tyler Haws returns with his series, "The Mental Game." Tyler's guest for the episode is BYU Associate Athletic Director Chad Lewis. Lewis talks about learning mental toughness early in his life, which helped him make BYU's football team and in the NFL. Lewis also talks about faith in God is related to becoming mentally tough.