Unusual college football pairings have often led to slogans, as with the “Catholics vs. Convicts” t-shirts eventually heavily featured in an ESPN 30 for 30. The BYU Cougars-Coastal Carolina Chanticleers game Saturday, which came together on short notice (and led to some interesting logistical challenges) after Coastal Carolina’s scheduled opponent Liberty determined they weren’t able to play thanks to positive COVID-19 tests, led to some of that with “Mormons vs Mullets” t-shirts. Here’s a tweet from Ryan McGee, ESPN’s sideline reporter for this game, showing off where those shirts came from:
My man @taylordiveley and his twin brother whipped up these t-shirts at the last minute and they are selling like crazy, in both Coastal and BYU colors! #BYUvsCCU pic.twitter.com/A2V4UQilFx
— Ryan McGee (@ESPNMcGee) December 5, 2020
And here’s McGee’s eventual on-air report on this:
Here's the ESPN sideline report on those "Mormons vs. Mullets" shirts for BYU-Coastal Carolina. pic.twitter.com/86p0a5gZR9
— The Comeback NCAA (@TheComebackNCAA) December 6, 2020
This game also led to some heated moments, including a scrum ahead of halftime:
Things getting a bit chippy between No. 13 BYU and No. 18 Coastal Carolina going into halftime.
"Well, they said it's the Mormons vs the Mullets." pic.twitter.com/fWHjrm9G6z
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) December 6, 2020
And a later late hit:
Coastal Carolina’s Jeffrey Gunter (No. 94) sparked the scuffle before halftime with a cheap shot(s), and now has a late hit on BYU QB Zach Wilson out of bounds. pic.twitter.com/u212orYSDW
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) December 6, 2020
So it’s quite a contested fight, and one with significant stakes, especially when it comes to the chance to earn a New Year’s Six bowl berth. We’ll see how this one ends up. But at the very least, it gave us some solid t-shirts.
[Ryan McGee on Twitter]
