PROVO — There was plenty of celebrating in LaVell Edwards Stadium on Saturday night, even if there were no fans allowed.
BYU’s sideline found itself in the spotlight early in the fourth quarter of its dominant 48-7 victory over Troy in the Cougars’ home opener, as ESPN highlighted some dancing along the sideline moments after BYU’s Masen Wake scored his second touchdown of the night.
Among those caught on camera was Jasen Ah You, BYU’s executive coordinator of recruiting and player personnel.
Going to live forever https://t.co/PFg1MF0lrX
— Brandon Gurney (@BrandonCGurney) September 27, 2020
There were mixed reviews of the dance moves on Twitter.
The BYU dance videos are achingly BYU.
— Pat Forde (@ByPatForde) September 27, 2020
1992 Hans Olsen at the church stake dance. Like I'm looking at me 28 years ago. 😕
— Hans Olsen (@975Hans) September 27, 2020
Maaaaannnnn... No wonder I stayed by the brownies all night. pic.twitter.com/nzTcoACS97
DAS MY CO WORKERS!!! https://t.co/0949Z1k8Ar
— #IamJackDamuni 🇫🇯 (@JackDamuni) September 27, 2020
Ah You defended the dance moves the morning after the victory.
In our defense, the song blasting in LES was “Turbulence”. There is literally no other dance move than the fist pump...right @byuequipment? Oh wait...😂
— Jasen Ah You (@Jasen_AhYou) September 27, 2020
BYU defensive back Wes Wright was also caught on camera showing off his moves.
When the boys come over with a 36 pack of Diet Coke pic.twitter.com/xaD1xq9BJU
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) September 27, 2020
BYU quarterback Zach Wilson, who threw for a career-best 392 yards and accounted for four touchdowns in the win, got a laugh out of the Diet Coke joke.
— Zachary Wilson (@ZachWilson) September 27, 2020
The moves were less of a hit with national sports writer Bryan Fisher, though.
I don’t quite know about #BYUAfterDark... pic.twitter.com/SJ0sZmeGU3
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) September 27, 2020
One of Wilson’s touchdown passes went to tight end Isaac Rex, who turned to dancing to celebrate his first collegiate touchdown.
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) September 27, 2020
BYU’s all-time leading rusher, Jamaal Williams, who’s now playing for the Green Bay Packers and is known for his dance moves and fun-loving attitude, also weighed in.
Dancing and football is just part of our nature 😂😂 Billy was hitting it though https://t.co/bFR5f2YukO
— Jamaal Williams (@jswaggdaddy) September 27, 2020
When the dancing king of stadiums nationwide speaks, you better believe his word is good as gold. @byuequipment @Jasen_AhYou
— BYU Football Recruiting (@BYUFBRecruiting) September 27, 2020
GO COUGS!!!🤟🏾 https://t.co/ldN2YjeBAu
And one last message for anyone commenting negatively about the dance moves: