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Holiday hires fill BYU football coaching staff, Help return to Royal

Kalani Sitake
Provo - The Saturday following Christmas day is here and there is nothing greater than the joy of college football. The changes announced by BYU during their early week press conference lead us to believe that there many great additions to come. With time constantly winding, little time was lost in making big time decisions.

As Christmas eve was winding down Cougar nation received the excellent news that its very own golden boy, the Heisman hero, Ty Detmer would be returning home. Kalani Sitake had made one of the biggest recruiting jumps in BYU history with the addition of Troy Warner and Handsome Tanielu. Several commits to Stanford had begun to de-commit and other changes were molding the football landscape, or at least BYU's landscape. And to add on to the recruiting, Ty Detmer finalized his contract.

Ed Lamb
Along with the announcement of Ty Detmer, Sitake also announced the addition of Iliasa Tuiaki who was the Linebackers coach at Oregon State. The recruit of talent was by no means limited to players. Earlier today it was announced that stand out SUU head coach Ed lamb would be joining the BYU staff as an assistant head coach and TE and special teams coach. With his skills taking SUU to its first ever FCS playoff birth, the eight year head coach was finally coming home to his Alma mater.

Ty Detmer
Also via twitter it was announced that USC will be losing their strength and conditioning coach who will be coming to join Sitake at BYU. Nu'u Tafisi will not only be training the Cougars on strength, but he will play an essential role in recruiting as BYU expands its weight and training facilities. The recruiting tool of strength and conditioning is essential for success. Nu'u, very experienced from his time at USC, provides the Cougars with an advantage as he understands the PAC 12, much like Sitake and Tuiaki. Another great element that Tafisi brings to the BYU staff is his NFL experience. The former Seattle Seahawk knows the game and how to get athletes to the next level.

Nu'u Tafisi
With the Christmas season additions to the staff, the cougars are still yet to confirm the return of Steve Kaufusi and Guy Holliday. The defensive line coach and wide receivers coaches from the previous staff showed excellent talent and ability to bring the cougars to the next level. If Sitake so chooses to keep both, the transition to the new era of Cougar football may come a little more easily.

Cougar players certainly welcome the additions of the new coaches. Ty Detmer especially offers a great element to recruiting. With the most difficult schedule in possibly school history coming in 2016 the transition will need to be more smooth than may seem possible. Realistic goals for the program will need to be put in place and used as a measure for progress. Luckily for the coaches, much of the same talent returns for 2016. Specifically on the line, both defensive and offensive, BYU will need to solidify its position with the loss of Bronson Kaufusi and some offensive lineman.

One by one, former Cougars are returning home. The return to royal is alive and well in Provo. Whether or not the actual return to color scheme returns is yet to be determined, but no matter what that outcome is, BYU is returning to its roots. Christmas presents came early and are continuing following the holiday. In hopes of success, many cougar fans have already been prepped with 2016 season tickets.

For any who have not yet begun to follow the changes; we call upon you. Rise and Shout, the Cougars are out!

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