In 2011 , ESPN reached a deal to become the official broadcaster for most games of the newly independent BYU Cougars football team . At least one home game per season will air live on BYUtv , along with reruns on BYUtv of home games broadcast on ESPN 's networks . Its coverage also includes pre-game and post-game shows , with the pre-game show '' Countdown to Kickoff '' hosted by BYU Cougars alumni Alema Harrington , Dave McCann and a rotating panel of analysts : Gary Sheide , Blaine Fowler , David Nixon , Brian Logan and Jan Jorgensen . In 2014 Spencer Linton would replace Alema Harrington on the panel
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