On November 11, Coach Rose announced that Cory Calvert and Jordan Chatman had signed letters of intent to play for BYU.

[8] Sources: BYU would also get a boost from 2 return missionaries in the form of Tyler Haws and Kyle Rose.

[13] Sources: On the April 30 episode of True Blue, it was announced that fall practice would begin October 12.

The day ended with a Dave Rose press conference and then player interviews with various media organizations.

However, the day before the game, Utah State player Danny Berger collapsed at practice, stopped breathing, and had to be revived.

[75] Berger was in critical condition at a hospital in the Salt Lake City suburb of Murray, but quickly improved and was released on December 8.