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BYU's season-opening game at Virginia was on Thursday given a kickoff time, with ESPN and the ACC announcing that the Cougars and Cavaliers will clash in Charlottesville on Saturday, August 31 at 1:30 p.m. MT, with the game televised on ESPNU. All BYU games are heard on KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM/1160 AM and BYU Radio (SiriusXM 143).
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With today's news, BYU now has kickoff times set for five of its 12 regular season games, with two of them destined for ESPN Networks (Virginia, Boise State), one one NBC (Notre Dame) and two others the CBS Sports Network (Utah State, Nevada).
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College football analyst Phil Steele on Thursday released his preseason All-Independent Team, and BYU was well represented, with 13 players occupying 14 spots between the 1st, 2nd and 3rd teams:
1st Team
WR Cody Hoffman
OL Ryker Mathews
DE Bronson Kaufusi
LB Kyle Van Noy
DB Daniel Sorensen
DB Jordan Johnson
PR JD Falslev
KR JD Falsev
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2nd Team
RB Jamaal Williams
WR Ross Apo
TE Kaneakua Friel
DL Eathyn Manumaleuna
LB Spencer Hadley
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3rd Team
OL Solomone Kafu
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Photo: Courtesy Mark Philbrick, BYU Photo
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