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Cougar Clicks, Wednesday, August 8, 2012
by hb arnett 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

Please accept this free trial subscription to Cougar Clicks, compliments of Cougar Sportsline. Thanks, HB Arnett BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Here Wednesday, August 8, 2012 hbarnett(a)fiber.net. 801 372 0819 Football Videos for Yesterday Bronco <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtL8tcZylGQ&feature=plcp> Mendenhall Marcus <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC-O5KkZwxU&feature=plcp> Matthews Justin <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Si3jd7AWO0&feature=plcp> Sorensen Brett <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3PXO_NvpAg&feature=plcp> Thompson <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.ksl.com/%3Fsid%3D21603170%26nid %3D498%26title%3Dcougar-tracks-camp-cougar-day-5&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAO ABA4NqIgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=jRD25jK2t9k&usg=AFQjCNFinWUgrQk8M0eL_rDsQX4lC EBc4w> Cougar Tracks: Camp Cougar, Day 5 ksl.com The shoulder pads were on for the first time in camp, but on Tuesday in Provo, the practice field was still a "no-hit zone" on head coach Bronco Mendenhall's orders. The players had a difficult time obeying those orders in the 11-on-11 session to end ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.ksl.com/%3Fnid%3D272%26sid%3D21 602793&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATABOAFA1OqIgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=nkezD3BokS4 &usg=AFQjCNHgqSMoGEC-MVR_J8tzu4xTr8eL2A> Shep Talk: Mike Hague ksl.com BYU safety Mike Hague is going into his senior season with the Cougars. Mike's journey started back in 2006 as a running back; but upon his return from an LDS mission to Knoxville, TN, Hague made the move to the secondary. That move has paid dividends ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.usustats.com/blog/2012/08/07/ja red-stutzman-update/%3Futm_source%3Drss%26utm_medium%3Drss%26utm_campaign%3D jared-stutzman-update&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATAAOABA9smIgQVIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&c d=fz7NWLl9sFY&usg=AFQjCNEmPRIrDKGjOXm5ucGXLea_voLXqw> Jared Stutzman Update | USUStats Blog Jared Stutzman Read a tweet today that 2014 Aggie recruit Jared Stutzman has received an offer from Portland. The tweet linked this article that lists the <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655954 32/BYU-football-Bronco-teaches-Cougars-a-lesson-with-one-tough-course.html%3 Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cad=CAEQARgAIAAoATAAOABAp7CIgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=iZLHUUIHsJk& usg=AFQjCNEpj9U6eHeMigbbz_RfKXhLsBAkNw> BYU football: Bronco teaches Cougars a lesson with one tough 'course' Deseret News Brigham Young Cougars head coach Bronco Mendenhall watches as Brigham Young University football players stretch as they open fall camp in Provo Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News. Enlarge photo>. Summary. Even though BYU ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://mississippistate.scout.com/2/120914 4.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA8e-HgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Of1nPFZd0Go &usg=AFQjCNHaQcVfFZpRrEnmo9Q1yl1MMlEWxQ> Ten enter rankings DawgsBite.com (subscription) After Irvin is Eric Mika and Tim Quarterman. Both prospects are now in the top 80. Mika is a physical center who is headed to BYU. The future Cougar showed his ability to score and rebound against top players all July long, and boosted his stock ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/54651 598-88/stephenson-sorensen-field-kicker.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAO ABAs9iHgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=6yT6zdb5X-s&usg=AFQjCNEaUGVUcrYrxu7K21tUbUe_b OTKbg> BYU football: With kicker Sorensen's future in doubt, punter Stephenson stands ... Salt Lake Tribune That's been the big question hounding BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall and special teams coach Nick Howell for several months now. Sorensen, who injured his back while lifting weights last season, was scheduled to have an MRI on Tuesday, having met ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/546525 57-77/alisa-byu-yards-running.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAhNiHgQV IAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=QjFvZS07tx8&usg=AFQjCNG1959inVxPtfb3bGnKAxib1V4cWw> BYU's Michael Alisa finds his home as Cougars' top RB Salt Lake Tribune His coaches at BYU had recruited him as a defender. He played as a defender during a freshman year that had been distanced from the present by a two-year LDS Church mission on the islands of the Caribbean. His teammates saw him as a defender <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655954 43/BYU-football-Cody-Hoffman-Joe-Sampson-still-sidelined-due-to-disciplinary -reasons.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAzNCHgQVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=f-alEe WL2CQ&usg=AFQjCNHF0RF8rg_sIpi-qOjIPo99bv4C2Q> BYU football: Cody Hoffman, Joe Sampson still sidelined due to ... Deseret News By Jeff Call, Deseret News BYU defensive back Joe Sampson, left, has missed four consecutive practices due to disciplinary reasons. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Miami-r ookie-TE-Brown-skipped-college-football-64066647&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAO ABAxOeGgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=-NjGn7gWvrE&usg=AFQjCNFTrFch1luA-iV2dC605GZV1 Rhy3g> Miami rookie TE Brown skipped college fo FOXSports.com 27 in the AP Pro32) signed Brown in April after he took part in the Pro Day at Brigham Young University, where two of his brothers play football. He trained in Hawaii along with 11 other NFL hopefuls and wowed scouts with a performance that included a ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/54651 598-88/sorensen-stephenson-kicker-field.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAO ABAiN6GgQVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=bc6A1-leE0g&usg=AFQjCNHVwZCHR1IihjQEKXXuPmd0hD7 ikw> BYU football: With kicker Sorensen's future in doubt, punter ... Salt Lake Tribune That's been the big question hounding BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall and special teams coach Nick Howell for several months now. Sorensen, who injured his back ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/college/ byu/football/the-good-and-the-bad-byu-camp-competitiveness-overflows-on/arti cle_d9774014-e0c3-11e1-b6e4-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA 0rOGgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=udzgu08E9QA&usg=AFQjCNFP3Z_LB4n9R3UlnGBMCnssGzsi wA> The good and the bad: BYU camp competitiveness overflows on Tuesday, Day 5 Daily Herald A Tuesday noontime scuffle resulted in an imaginative ending to practice. Head coach Bronco Mendenhall, in his eighth year, admitted he completely made up on the fly a little lesson-builder for his team. He effectively ended practice about 20 minutes ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsbyusport s/54648107-65/mathews-marcus-byu-tight.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOA BAvPCEgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=egKQKd8flkU&usg=AFQjCNGMazLm3A0n_Ucx-zl02ZCFdx kcpQ> Beefed up TE Marcus Mathews emerging as a BYU leader Salt Lake Tribune (blog) There were a lot of players that were very dedicated over the summer, and it showed in how strong they are, how fast they are, how conditioned they are, and if they got bigger, while they didn't gain body fat," BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said. "So ...

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Cougar Clicks, Wednesday, August 8, 2012
by hb arnett 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click Here <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Wednesday, August 8, 2012 hbarnett(a)fiber.net. 801 372 0819 Football Videos for Yesterday Bronco Mendenhall <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtL8tcZylGQ&feature=plcp> Marcus Matthews <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC-O5KkZwxU&feature=plcp> Justin Sorensen <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Si3jd7AWO0&feature=plcp> Brett <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3PXO_NvpAg&feature=plcp> Thompson <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.ksl.com/%3Fsid%3D21603170%26nid %3D498%26title%3Dcougar-tracks-camp-cougar-day-5&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAO ABA4NqIgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=jRD25jK2t9k&usg=AFQjCNFinWUgrQk8M0eL_rDsQX4lC EBc4w> Cougar Tracks: Camp Cougar, Day 5 ksl.com The shoulder pads were on for the first time in camp, but on Tuesday in Provo, the practice field was still a "no-hit zone" on head coach Bronco Mendenhall's orders. The players had a difficult time obeying those orders in the 11-on-11 session to end ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.ksl.com/%3Fnid%3D272%26sid%3D21 602793&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATABOAFA1OqIgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=nkezD3BokS4 &usg=AFQjCNHgqSMoGEC-MVR_J8tzu4xTr8eL2A> Shep Talk: Mike Hague ksl.com BYU safety Mike Hague is going into his senior season with the Cougars. Mike's journey started back in 2006 as a running back; but upon his return from an LDS mission to Knoxville, TN, Hague made the move to the secondary. That move has paid dividends ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.usustats.com/blog/2012/08/07/ja red-stutzman-update/%3Futm_source%3Drss%26utm_medium%3Drss%26utm_campaign%3D jared-stutzman-update&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATAAOABA9smIgQVIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&c d=fz7NWLl9sFY&usg=AFQjCNEmPRIrDKGjOXm5ucGXLea_voLXqw> Jared Stutzman Update | USUStats Blog Jared Stutzman Read a tweet today that 2014 Aggie recruit Jared Stutzman has received an offer from Portland. The tweet linked this article that lists the <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655954 32/BYU-football-Bronco-teaches-Cougars-a-lesson-with-one-tough-course.html%3 Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cad=CAEQARgAIAAoATAAOABAp7CIgQVIAVAAWABiAmVu&cd=iZLHUUIHsJk& usg=AFQjCNEpj9U6eHeMigbbz_RfKXhLsBAkNw> BYU football: Bronco teaches Cougars a lesson with one tough 'course' Deseret News Brigham Young Cougars head coach Bronco Mendenhall watches as Brigham Young University football players stretch as they open fall camp in Provo Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News. Enlarge photo>. Summary. Even though BYU ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://mississippistate.scout.com/2/120914 4.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA8e-HgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Of1nPFZd0Go &usg=AFQjCNHaQcVfFZpRrEnmo9Q1yl1MMlEWxQ> Ten enter rankings DawgsBite.com (subscription) After Irvin is Eric Mika and Tim Quarterman. Both prospects are now in the top 80. Mika is a physical center who is headed to BYU. The future Cougar showed his ability to score and rebound against top players all July long, and boosted his stock ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/54651 598-88/stephenson-sorensen-field-kicker.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAO ABAs9iHgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=6yT6zdb5X-s&usg=AFQjCNEaUGVUcrYrxu7K21tUbUe_b OTKbg> BYU football: With kicker Sorensen's future in doubt, punter Stephenson stands ... Salt Lake Tribune That's been the big question hounding BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall and special teams coach Nick Howell for several months now. Sorensen, who injured his back while lifting weights last season, was scheduled to have an MRI on Tuesday, having met ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/546525 57-77/alisa-byu-yards-running.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAhNiHgQV IAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=QjFvZS07tx8&usg=AFQjCNG1959inVxPtfb3bGnKAxib1V4cWw> BYU's Michael Alisa finds his home as Cougars' top RB Salt Lake Tribune His coaches at BYU had recruited him as a defender. He played as a defender during a freshman year that had been distanced from the present by a two-year LDS Church mission on the islands of the Caribbean. His teammates saw him as a defender <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655954 43/BYU-football-Cody-Hoffman-Joe-Sampson-still-sidelined-due-to-disciplinary -reasons.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAzNCHgQVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=f-alEe WL2CQ&usg=AFQjCNHF0RF8rg_sIpi-qOjIPo99bv4C2Q> BYU football: Cody Hoffman, Joe Sampson still sidelined due to ... Deseret News By Jeff Call, Deseret News BYU defensive back Joe Sampson, left, has missed four consecutive practices due to disciplinary reasons. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/Miami-r ookie-TE-Brown-skipped-college-football-64066647&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAO ABAxOeGgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=-NjGn7gWvrE&usg=AFQjCNFTrFch1luA-iV2dC605GZV1 Rhy3g> Miami rookie TE Brown skipped college fo FOXSports.com 27 in the AP Pro32) signed Brown in April after he took part in the Pro Day at Brigham Young University, where two of his brothers play football. He trained in Hawaii along with 11 other NFL hopefuls and wowed scouts with a performance that included a ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/54651 598-88/sorensen-stephenson-kicker-field.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAO ABAiN6GgQVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=bc6A1-leE0g&usg=AFQjCNHVwZCHR1IihjQEKXXuPmd0hD7 ikw> BYU football: With kicker Sorensen's future in doubt, punter ... Salt Lake Tribune That's been the big question hounding BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall and special teams coach Nick Howell for several months now. Sorensen, who injured his back ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/college/ byu/football/the-good-and-the-bad-byu-camp-competitiveness-overflows-on/arti cle_d9774014-e0c3-11e1-b6e4-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA 0rOGgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=udzgu08E9QA&usg=AFQjCNFP3Z_LB4n9R3UlnGBMCnssGzsi wA> The good and the bad: BYU camp competitiveness overflows on Tuesday, Day 5 Daily Herald A Tuesday noontime scuffle resulted in an imaginative ending to practice. Head coach Bronco Mendenhall, in his eighth year, admitted he completely made up on the fly a little lesson-builder for his team. He effectively ended practice about 20 minutes ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsbyusport s/54648107-65/mathews-marcus-byu-tight.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOA BAvPCEgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=egKQKd8flkU&usg=AFQjCNGMazLm3A0n_Ucx-zl02ZCFdx kcpQ> Beefed up TE Marcus Mathews emerging as a BYU leader Salt Lake Tribune (blog) There were a lot of players that were very dedicated over the summer, and it showed in how strong they are, how fast they are, how conditioned they are, and if they got bigger, while they didn't gain body fat," BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said. "So ...

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Cougar Clicks II, More Links for Today, Tuesday, August 7, 2012
by hb arnett 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

Please accept this free trial subscription to Cougar Clicks, compliments of Cougar Sportsline. Thanks, HB Arnett BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Here Tuesday, August 7, 2012 MORE LINKS FOR TODAY Philadelphia <http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8244160/philadelphia-eagles-more-900-fune ral-service-andy-reid-son> Eagles -- More than 900 at funeral service for Andy Reid's son - ESPN <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/eye-on-f ootball/19747649/eagles-owner-andy-reid-might-coach-in-phillys-preseason-ope ner-thursday&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA_POFgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=xF9Xi QpDWMA&usg=AFQjCNF_B1ZPF0H_dVzlmRz-UyVFslc1oQ> Eagles owner: Andy Reid might coach in Philly's preseason opener Thursday CBSSports.com (blog) On Tuesday morning, hundreds of people converged on Broomall, Pa., to say goodbye to Garrett Reid, who was found dead in his hotel room Sunday. According to reports from the funeral, NFL coaches like New England's Bill Belichick, Baltimore's John ... Andy Reid's family pride always on display despite challenges of parenthood, sons' struggles - Yahoo! Sports

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Cougar Clicks II, More Links for Today, Tuesday, August 7, 2012
by hb arnett 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Here Tuesday, August 7, 2012 MORE LINKS FOR TODAY Philadelphia <http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/8244160/philadelphia-eagles-more-900-fune ral-service-andy-reid-son> Eagles -- More than 900 at funeral service for Andy Reid's son - ESPN <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/eye-on-f ootball/19747649/eagles-owner-andy-reid-might-coach-in-phillys-preseason-ope ner-thursday&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA_POFgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=xF9Xi QpDWMA&usg=AFQjCNF_B1ZPF0H_dVzlmRz-UyVFslc1oQ> Eagles owner: Andy Reid might coach in Philly's preseason opener Thursday CBSSports.com (blog) On Tuesday morning, hundreds of people converged on Broomall, Pa., to say goodbye to Garrett Reid, who was found dead in his hotel room Sunday. According to reports from the funeral, NFL coaches like New England's Bill Belichick, Baltimore's John ... Andy Reid's family pride always on display despite challenges of parenthood, sons' struggles - Yahoo! Sports

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Cougar Clicks, Tuesday, August 7, 2012
by hb arnett 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

Please accept this free trial subscription to Cougar Clicks, compliments of Cougar Sportsline. Thanks, HB Arnett BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click Here <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Tuesday, August 7, 2012 hbarnett(a)fiber.net. 801 372 0819 <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.ksl.com/%3Fnid%3D498%26sid%3D21 587071&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA8LKDgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=nhEzfVcsdok &usg=AFQjCNF-gMXRs_MiXkets7-5AmMlO9Ywmw> Cougar Tracks: Camp Cougar, Day 4 ksl.com On day four of BYU's preseason practices, QB Riley Nelson was sharp in the session-ending 11-on-11 segment, completing all eight of his passes for 108 yards and a 49-yard touchdown to RB David Foote. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.lostlettermen.com/slideshow/top -10-worst-dressed-cfb-head-coaches/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATACOAJA_q-DgQVIAV AAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=yL2Iz12nm20&usg=AFQjCNFoBKOZRbK6EnYLDqS6RoQKF3zE3g> Top Ten Worst Dressed College Football Coaches Lost Lettermen Instead of a polo shirt, he opts for a ratty-looking t-shirt. Instead of khakis, he has BYU-issued warm-ups. And when the weather dips? He likes to wear a long-sleave shirt under the t-shirt. One can only hope that he dresses better when meeting with ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.pure-orange.net/cgi-bin/anyboar d.cgi/bscrecruiting%3Fcmd%3Dget%26cG%3D1303832363%26zu%3D3130383235%26v%3D2% 26gV%3D0%26p%3D&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATAAOABAn5iDgQVIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=WHLt EM62voU&usg=AFQjCNFcfQQzWs1dfn1L7fSZjloDY0N_IQ> Re: Note on Tanner Shipley. Don't know if there is any truth to this at all. Co-worker's son plays for Wilsonville ( Shipley's teammate). Said Shipley was 'head over heals' in love with a girl ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.cbssports.com/general/blog/nfl- rapidreports/19742037/extra-points-bears-news-and-notes-jmarcus-webb-gabe-ca rimi-bears-line-winners&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAlMuCgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLV VT&cd=q1ndBCvRD_Y&usg=AFQjCNGJ1RMSuaxv23xQ0VTn1Rfg1_bnzg> Extra Points: Bears News and Notes -- J'Marcus Webb, Gabe Carimi Bears line ... CBSSports.com (blog) Swing guy: Harvey Unga missed his first two seasons on injured reserve and then on the reserve/left team list, and now the former BYU back is going between fullback and running back. The offense has used Unga at tailback in short-yardage and sometimes ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/s tory/19733665/independents-preview-qb-quandary-could-sink-notre-dame&ct=ga&c ad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA3LKCgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=cACaHMaM87k&usg=AFQjCNFE0 hr_e03vwhzlno9FLbJCyFYWCw> Independents preview: QB quandary could sink Notre Dame CBSSports.com No quarterback issue at BYU where Riley Nelson returns for his senior season. (US Presswire). The answer is Kansas. Crist was injured last season and never regained <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://sportsmashup.com/2012/08/06/2083/&c t=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATAAOABAz5yCgQVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=a-6w1rPfIgU&usg=AFQjC NFgXY94sEuFWqQB1xCBIc9KHv3fuA> BYU Offensive Coordinator Brandon Doman On Year Two As The ... By Jeremy Mauss: BYU Offensive Coordinator Brandon Doman joined Gunther and Graham on 1320 KFAN and discussed year two of being the play caller. He. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.cougcenter.com/2012/8/6/3223536 /wsu-vs-byu-odds-point-spread-mike-leach&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAIoATAAOABAkpeCg QVIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=bQaNudMYTSA&usg=AFQjCNG8p_lLz3P9ZOsi4EI-XyiRyCwWAQ> WSU Vs. BYU Odds: Time To Temper Expectations - CougCenter By Brian Floyd Next Game. Washington St. Cougars . Small CougCenter @ BYU Cougars . Vanquish-sm Vanquish The Foe . Thursday, Aug 30, 2012, 7:15 PM PDT LaVell Edwards Stadium. 2012 WSU FOOTBALL PREVIEW: WR Marquess Wilson Says ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/546433 46-77/byu-monday-nelson-practice.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAjI-C gQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Ex6bVZ6aelw&usg=AFQjCNHLVIPKUM2s5xrFvQKXylrkF6tfeA> QB recruit 'grayshirting' until mission Salt Lake Tribune Provo . Now that Alex Kuresa is working out with the receivers, five quarterbacks - Riley Nelson, James Lark, Jason Munns, Taysom Hill and Ammon Olsen - gather around offensive coordinator Brandon Doman for instruction at BYU preseason camp ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/college/ byu/football/byu-football-holt-wilson-working-their-way-back-after-serious/a rticle_2a97cc90-e027-11e1-bc29-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAO ABAzoqCgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=W6kNd9SY7hQ&usg=AFQjCNGsGRrJ5RQ6EK1pYHcM5r8Go 9k0_g> BYU football: Holt, Wilson working their way back after serious knee injuries Daily Herald It's a casual nickname for a challenging time in the lives of two junior tight ends on the BYU football team, both of whom are battling back from season-ending knee injuries in 2011. "I've come a long ways," said Richard Wilson, who went out after ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8655601 89/Ex-BYU-player-Reno-Mahe-pleads-no-contest-to-stealing-gas.html%3Fpg%3Dall &ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATABOAFAzoqCgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=W6kNd9SY7hQ&usg=A FQjCNGKLJ9XwirgI3BWqOcRSZhfWW2pQA> Ex-BYU player Reno Mahe pleads no contest to stealing gas Deseret News Tom Smart, Deseret News. Enlarge photo>. Summary. Former BYU and NFL football player Reno Mahe insists he did nothing illegal when he repeatedly filled up his car with gasoline from a construction company without paying. You might also like ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655951 52/BYU-football-Junior-linebacker-Kyle-Van-Noy-is-on-the-fast-track-toward-g reatness.html%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABArPiBgQVIAVgBYgVlbi1VU w&cd=cuA0ih6GwkE&usg=AFQjCNEne7yTbkF7EzgOSRLTW2u2egWM-Q> BYU football: Junior linebacker Kyle Van Noy is on the fast track ... Deseret News While Van Noy's value to the BYU defense is difficult to overstate, BYU's outside linebackers coach, Kelly Poppinga, said there's plenty of room for ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DtQalU6A ezTw&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATABOAFAxtmBgQVIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=v8kBFV0A-mU&usg =AFQjCNEXoLm9G9hW8s5mqBiSpcXgPf_7Tg> BYU Football 2012 Fall Camp Day 4 - Bronco Mendenhall - YouTube BYUtv Sports' Robbie Bullough talks to head coach Bronco Mendenhall about the ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655951 21/BYU-notebook-Lance-Reynolds-deeply-saddened-on-the-news-of-Garrett-Reids- death.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAp6CBgQVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=Igjs2NTWD eY&usg=AFQjCNFcDewsPYMIqgvx_5zcXECrn7hbwA> BYU notebook: Lance Reynolds deeply saddened on the news of ... Deseret News By Jeff Call, Deseret News BYU tight ends coach Lance Reynolds has known Philadelphia ... lineman Joe Sampson remained sidelined for disciplinary reasons <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/blogs/ja red-lloyd/byu/lloyd-dangerous-hit-on-apo-gets-db-sent-to-the/article_94ec1b2 4-dfef-11e1-ad74-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATACOAJAtvuAgQVIAVA AWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=w7HTjs7OJQs&usg=AFQjCNHdHlJGl6BmAjiGHwccTq5ao70T3Q> LLOYD: Dangerous hit on Apo gets DB sent to the showers Daily Herald (blog) It's never a good idea for a defensive player to get caught in a bad position. It's even worse when the defender makes contact in a non-contact drill. When that contact is made by a defensive back below the knees on one of the offense's best receivers ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DFUxaFfZ LMTU&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATAAOABAhPuAgQVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=lt-tiaPa0XA&usg =AFQjCNEPSNQAaBpRLs303B2Pvdoz4oqDgA> BYU Football 2012 Fall Camp Day 4 Ben Cahoon YouTube BYUtv Sports' Robbie Bullough talks to wide receiver coach Ben Cahoon about fall camp and the upcoming season. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655951 02/Last-of-Reynolds-coming-through-BYU.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA7O -AgQVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=uv5OdpxWof4&usg=AFQjCNGj39b9kFRPq0UBRy8IA7bFLhqwgQ> Last of Reynolds coming through BYU Deseret News By Dick Harmon, Deseret News Assistant Head Coach/Tight ends coach Lance Reynolds stands with two of his sons Matt,left, and Houston after BYU football ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://saturdayblitz.com/2012/08/06/espn-m oves-joe-tessitore-fridays-top-friday-night-game/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAA OABA2ej_gAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=uVWR965nutE&usg=AFQjCNHxtDOqbPSrxk8j-yISCqrV pxTcrQ> ESPN Moves Joe Tessitore From Friday Nights, Ending Tessitore Magic Saturday Blitz Boise State came to town with legitimate designs on playing for the national championship, but Chris Petersen's Broncos ran into a Nevada bunch that probably deserved a BCS at-large bid (don't tell me the Pack wouldn't have given Stanford a better game ...

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Cougar Clicks, Tuesday, August 7, 2012
by hb arnett 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click Here <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Tuesday, August 7, 2012 hbarnett(a)fiber.net. 801 372 0819 <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.ksl.com/%3Fnid%3D498%26sid%3D21 587071&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA8LKDgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=nhEzfVcsdok &usg=AFQjCNF-gMXRs_MiXkets7-5AmMlO9Ywmw> Cougar Tracks: Camp Cougar, Day 4 ksl.com On day four of BYU's preseason practices, QB Riley Nelson was sharp in the session-ending 11-on-11 segment, completing all eight of his passes for 108 yards and a 49-yard touchdown to RB David Foote. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.lostlettermen.com/slideshow/top -10-worst-dressed-cfb-head-coaches/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATACOAJA_q-DgQVIAV AAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=yL2Iz12nm20&usg=AFQjCNFoBKOZRbK6EnYLDqS6RoQKF3zE3g> Top Ten Worst Dressed College Football Coaches Lost Lettermen Instead of a polo shirt, he opts for a ratty-looking t-shirt. Instead of khakis, he has BYU-issued warm-ups. And when the weather dips? He likes to wear a long-sleave shirt under the t-shirt. One can only hope that he dresses better when meeting with ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.pure-orange.net/cgi-bin/anyboar d.cgi/bscrecruiting%3Fcmd%3Dget%26cG%3D1303832363%26zu%3D3130383235%26v%3D2% 26gV%3D0%26p%3D&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATAAOABAn5iDgQVIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=WHLt EM62voU&usg=AFQjCNFcfQQzWs1dfn1L7fSZjloDY0N_IQ> Re: Note on Tanner Shipley. Don't know if there is any truth to this at all. Co-worker's son plays for Wilsonville ( Shipley's teammate). Said Shipley was 'head over heals' in love with a girl ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.cbssports.com/general/blog/nfl- rapidreports/19742037/extra-points-bears-news-and-notes-jmarcus-webb-gabe-ca rimi-bears-line-winners&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAlMuCgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLV VT&cd=q1ndBCvRD_Y&usg=AFQjCNGJ1RMSuaxv23xQ0VTn1Rfg1_bnzg> Extra Points: Bears News and Notes -- J'Marcus Webb, Gabe Carimi Bears line ... CBSSports.com (blog) Swing guy: Harvey Unga missed his first two seasons on injured reserve and then on the reserve/left team list, and now the former BYU back is going between fullback and running back. The offense has used Unga at tailback in short-yardage and sometimes ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/s tory/19733665/independents-preview-qb-quandary-could-sink-notre-dame&ct=ga&c ad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA3LKCgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=cACaHMaM87k&usg=AFQjCNFE0 hr_e03vwhzlno9FLbJCyFYWCw> Independents preview: QB quandary could sink Notre Dame CBSSports.com No quarterback issue at BYU where Riley Nelson returns for his senior season. (US Presswire). The answer is Kansas. Crist was injured last season and never regained <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://sportsmashup.com/2012/08/06/2083/&c t=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATAAOABAz5yCgQVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=a-6w1rPfIgU&usg=AFQjC NFgXY94sEuFWqQB1xCBIc9KHv3fuA> BYU Offensive Coordinator Brandon Doman On Year Two As The ... By Jeremy Mauss: BYU Offensive Coordinator Brandon Doman joined Gunther and Graham on 1320 KFAN and discussed year two of being the play caller. He. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.cougcenter.com/2012/8/6/3223536 /wsu-vs-byu-odds-point-spread-mike-leach&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAIoATAAOABAkpeCg QVIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=bQaNudMYTSA&usg=AFQjCNG8p_lLz3P9ZOsi4EI-XyiRyCwWAQ> WSU Vs. BYU Odds: Time To Temper Expectations - CougCenter By Brian Floyd Next Game. Washington St. Cougars . Small CougCenter @ BYU Cougars . Vanquish-sm Vanquish The Foe . Thursday, Aug 30, 2012, 7:15 PM PDT LaVell Edwards Stadium. 2012 WSU FOOTBALL PREVIEW: WR Marquess Wilson Says ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/546433 46-77/byu-monday-nelson-practice.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAjI-C gQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Ex6bVZ6aelw&usg=AFQjCNHLVIPKUM2s5xrFvQKXylrkF6tfeA> QB recruit 'grayshirting' until mission Salt Lake Tribune Provo . Now that Alex Kuresa is working out with the receivers, five quarterbacks - Riley Nelson, James Lark, Jason Munns, Taysom Hill and Ammon Olsen - gather around offensive coordinator Brandon Doman for instruction at BYU preseason camp ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/college/ byu/football/byu-football-holt-wilson-working-their-way-back-after-serious/a rticle_2a97cc90-e027-11e1-bc29-001a4bcf887a.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAO ABAzoqCgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=W6kNd9SY7hQ&usg=AFQjCNGsGRrJ5RQ6EK1pYHcM5r8Go 9k0_g> BYU football: Holt, Wilson working their way back after serious knee injuries Daily Herald It's a casual nickname for a challenging time in the lives of two junior tight ends on the BYU football team, both of whom are battling back from season-ending knee injuries in 2011. "I've come a long ways," said Richard Wilson, who went out after ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8655601 89/Ex-BYU-player-Reno-Mahe-pleads-no-contest-to-stealing-gas.html%3Fpg%3Dall &ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATABOAFAzoqCgQVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=W6kNd9SY7hQ&usg=A FQjCNGKLJ9XwirgI3BWqOcRSZhfWW2pQA> Ex-BYU player Reno Mahe pleads no contest to stealing gas Deseret News Tom Smart, Deseret News. Enlarge photo>. Summary. Former BYU and NFL football player Reno Mahe insists he did nothing illegal when he repeatedly filled up his car with gasoline from a construction company without paying. You might also like ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655951 52/BYU-football-Junior-linebacker-Kyle-Van-Noy-is-on-the-fast-track-toward-g reatness.html%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABArPiBgQVIAVgBYgVlbi1VU w&cd=cuA0ih6GwkE&usg=AFQjCNEne7yTbkF7EzgOSRLTW2u2egWM-Q> BYU football: Junior linebacker Kyle Van Noy is on the fast track ... Deseret News While Van Noy's value to the BYU defense is difficult to overstate, BYU's outside linebackers coach, Kelly Poppinga, said there's plenty of room for ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DtQalU6A ezTw&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATABOAFAxtmBgQVIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=v8kBFV0A-mU&usg =AFQjCNEXoLm9G9hW8s5mqBiSpcXgPf_7Tg> BYU Football 2012 Fall Camp Day 4 - Bronco Mendenhall - YouTube BYUtv Sports' Robbie Bullough talks to head coach Bronco Mendenhall about the ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655951 21/BYU-notebook-Lance-Reynolds-deeply-saddened-on-the-news-of-Garrett-Reids- death.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAp6CBgQVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=Igjs2NTWD eY&usg=AFQjCNFcDewsPYMIqgvx_5zcXECrn7hbwA> BYU notebook: Lance Reynolds deeply saddened on the news of ... Deseret News By Jeff Call, Deseret News BYU tight ends coach Lance Reynolds has known Philadelphia ... lineman Joe Sampson remained sidelined for disciplinary reasons <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/blogs/ja red-lloyd/byu/lloyd-dangerous-hit-on-apo-gets-db-sent-to-the/article_94ec1b2 4-dfef-11e1-ad74-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATACOAJAtvuAgQVIAVA AWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=w7HTjs7OJQs&usg=AFQjCNHdHlJGl6BmAjiGHwccTq5ao70T3Q> LLOYD: Dangerous hit on Apo gets DB sent to the showers Daily Herald (blog) It's never a good idea for a defensive player to get caught in a bad position. It's even worse when the defender makes contact in a non-contact drill. When that contact is made by a defensive back below the knees on one of the offense's best receivers ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DFUxaFfZ LMTU&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATAAOABAhPuAgQVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=lt-tiaPa0XA&usg =AFQjCNEPSNQAaBpRLs303B2Pvdoz4oqDgA> BYU Football 2012 Fall Camp Day 4 Ben Cahoon YouTube BYUtv Sports' Robbie Bullough talks to wide receiver coach Ben Cahoon about fall camp and the upcoming season. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655951 02/Last-of-Reynolds-coming-through-BYU.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA7O -AgQVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=uv5OdpxWof4&usg=AFQjCNGj39b9kFRPq0UBRy8IA7bFLhqwgQ> Last of Reynolds coming through BYU Deseret News By Dick Harmon, Deseret News Assistant Head Coach/Tight ends coach Lance Reynolds stands with two of his sons Matt,left, and Houston after BYU football ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://saturdayblitz.com/2012/08/06/espn-m oves-joe-tessitore-fridays-top-friday-night-game/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAA OABA2ej_gAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=uVWR965nutE&usg=AFQjCNHxtDOqbPSrxk8j-yISCqrV pxTcrQ> ESPN Moves Joe Tessitore From Friday Nights, Ending Tessitore Magic Saturday Blitz Boise State came to town with legitimate designs on playing for the national championship, but Chris Petersen's Broncos ran into a Nevada bunch that probably deserved a BCS at-large bid (don't tell me the Pack wouldn't have given Stanford a better game ...

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Cougar Clicks, Monday, August 6, 2012
by hb arnett 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Please accept this free trial subscription to Cougar Clicks, compliments of Cougar Sportsline. Thanks, HB Arnett BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click Here <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Saturday, August 4, 2012 hbarnett(a)fiber.net. 801 372 0819 <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655947 34/BYU-linebackers-working-hard-to-bounce-back-from-injuries.html%3Fpg%3Dall &ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA3cn3gAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=hohFU_b43qE&usg=A FQjCNE-7w-k_mOzA5LvCIATD7Vt4PZUDQ> BYU linebackers working hard to bounce back from injuries Deseret News It isn't the pain or the work that challenges every injured athlete. Sometimes it is the second-guessing, the confidence issues and learning to truly trust the repaired body part. This is the challenge for BYU's two most productive defensive players ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655949 82/BYU-football-Justin-Sorensen-looking-to-regain-his-kicking-prowess.html%3 Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAj_j9gAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=5u0AdlEL 6wU&usg=AFQjCNEW5cS8XBqauRYq7atYswX9GzCgmA> BYU football: Justin Sorensen looking to regain his kicking prowess Deseret News PROVO - It would be a shame if too few BYU fans remember what kicker Justin Sorensen is capable of. His inconsistent efforts last season were a far cry from the promise he held coming out of high school before a freak injury he suffered while lifting ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/2012 0806/SPORTS02/308060037/Death-Reid-s-Son-Shocks-Team%3Fodyssey%3Dmod%257Cnew swell%257Ctext%257CHome%257Cp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAn-f9gAVIAVAAWABi BWVuLVVT&cd=l_zAqFDLv3o&usg=AFQjCNF3aehsZzGWGII6j8Y2cpUVuWlBAw> Death of Reid's Son Shocks Team The News Journal Garrett is the oldest of five children of Andy and Tammy Reid, who met while they were students at Brigham Young University in the 1970s. Garrett and Britt Reid made national headlines in 2007 when they were each arrested on drug charges. Both spent ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/54634 256-88/practice-byu-camp-ice.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAver8gAVI AVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=0byuA15r-E8&usg=AFQjCNEOSgwc11RAVsei_wF75dHz8DVd6w> BYU Football: Lots of ice, more music, fewer whistles at Camp Cougar Salt Lake Tribune ... Austin Holt, right, and Stehly Reden, during a preseason practice at the BYU outdoor practice field Thursday August 2, 2012. BYU Football: Lots of ice, more music, fewer whistles at Camp Cougar. BYU football > More music, fewer whistles fill the ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/54631 360-88/tight-guys-byu-holt.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAIoATAAOABAqaL8gAVIAV gAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=IajBEgasYFA&usg=AFQjCNHKeS-0dBmfo2Tx0h5e_QLfC0YRjQ> BYU football: Better tight end production is task one for Cougar ... Provo . Offensive coordinator Brandon Doman said after Saturday's practice that identifying the two tight ends who can restore that position's rightful place in the BYU offense will be his primary task the next two weeks. Little did he know that less ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/b log/college-football-rapidreports/19727954/washington-state-schedule-breakdo wn&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA89r5gAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=xMhKNlO5tHc&usg =AFQjCNE7iAlzeGpbGXkLem9K0XjsowKqvQ> Washington State: Schedule breakdown CBSSports.com (blog) Must-see matchup: at BYU In most years, the Apple Cup game against Washington would be the Cougars must-see matchup, but this isn't most years. With Mike Leach taking over the program, curious college football fans will probably tune-in on Aug. 30 for ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/college/ byu/football/byu-football-bills-back-from-mission-excited-to-battle-for/arti cle_9bd79076-dec8-11e1-9d59-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA _7D4gAVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=jO2LbNlKc-E&usg=AFQjCNET50ZCJI-5iPpqOfYjJTVSzfM-oQ > BYU football: Bills back from mission, excited to battle for ... Daily Herald BYU's Craig Bills tackles TCU's Jeremy Kerley during the first half at LaVell Edwards ... and senior defensive back Joe Sampson were still not on the field. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://blog.byutvsports.com/post/10-Questi ons-with-Joe-Sampson.aspx&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATAAOABA-fr9gAVIAVgAYgVlbi1V Uw&cd=j4EDVrIyu9Q&usg=AFQjCNGYiniKsTYfIWBw-NOzotCb4DnMqw> BYUtv Sports Blog | 10 Questions with Joe Sampson img src="/image.axd?picture=2012%2f8%2fSPjoesampsion08-03-12.jpg" alt="" / >True Blue producer caught up with BYU defensive back Joe Sampson. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655947 30/Iona-Pritchard-ready-to-impact-BYUs-offense.html%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cad=CAc QARgBIAAoATAAOABAo7T3gAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=DDNduPAYxPQ&usg=AFQjCNGbIJJNl7S 9A1sLL5y1tyWUA7GDgg> Iona Pritchard ready to impact BYU's offense Deseret News ... including catching passes and running the ball. When BYU begins contact drills in the coming days, he'll be able to show off his blocking ability. .... Jeff Call has been a sportswriter for the Deseret News since 1997. He is the BYU beat writer and ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.freep.com/article/20120804/SPOR TS07/120804021/michigan-state-spartans-recruiting-jabari-parker%3Fodyssey%3D nav%257Chead&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA6sn1gAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=g1TTX KCbYZc&usg=AFQjCNGl0fAOcCVtycxJQP7am9MRKEGP2w> Report: Jabari Parker could choose between MSU, Duke and Kansas Detroit Free Press Last month, Parker named 10 target schools for his recruitment: MSU, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Stanford, Florida, BYU, Georgetown, DePaul and North Carolina. Parker's father, Sonny, told ESPNChicago.com that he could wait until the spring to decide on a ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.fbschedules.com/2012/08/notre-d ame-releases-2013-football-schedule/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAxMb1gAVIA VAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=_nagGln2jQA&usg=AFQjCNEBu7yIRG1PE4q_0gCGvYfcxIlW3g> Notre Dame releases 2013 Football Schedule FBSchedules.com That makes Notre Dame's second off week Nov. 16, which falls between their trip to Pittsburgh and their home game against BYU. The date change also benefits BYU, who is set to play at Wisconsin on Nov. 9. The Cougars can now schedule an off week or a ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/football /professional/former-byu-lb-bryan-kehl-is-a-new-father/article_d9d6d716-de45 -11e1-9e20-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA0aj1gAVIAVAAWABiB WVuLVVT&cd=DyWDcK-MKVo&usg=AFQjCNHOpG48QGkUP5beUhsy4fq8gO6VGw> Former BYU LB Bryan Kehl is a new father Daily Herald A ladies man during his time at BYU, Bryan Kehl settled down and got married. Now he is a proud papa. His new team, the Washington Redskins, announced that Kehl and his wife Jessica welcomed a new baby girl. Here's the release by the Redskins: ...

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Cougar Clicks, Monday, August 6, 2012
by hb arnett 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click Here <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Saturday, August 4, 2012 hbarnett(a)fiber.net. 801 372 0819 <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655947 34/BYU-linebackers-working-hard-to-bounce-back-from-injuries.html%3Fpg%3Dall &ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA3cn3gAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=hohFU_b43qE&usg=A FQjCNE-7w-k_mOzA5LvCIATD7Vt4PZUDQ> BYU linebackers working hard to bounce back from injuries Deseret News It isn't the pain or the work that challenges every injured athlete. Sometimes it is the second-guessing, the confidence issues and learning to truly trust the repaired body part. This is the challenge for BYU's two most productive defensive players ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655949 82/BYU-football-Justin-Sorensen-looking-to-regain-his-kicking-prowess.html%3 Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAj_j9gAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=5u0AdlEL 6wU&usg=AFQjCNEW5cS8XBqauRYq7atYswX9GzCgmA> BYU football: Justin Sorensen looking to regain his kicking prowess Deseret News PROVO - It would be a shame if too few BYU fans remember what kicker Justin Sorensen is capable of. His inconsistent efforts last season were a far cry from the promise he held coming out of high school before a freak injury he suffered while lifting ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/2012 0806/SPORTS02/308060037/Death-Reid-s-Son-Shocks-Team%3Fodyssey%3Dmod%257Cnew swell%257Ctext%257CHome%257Cp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAn-f9gAVIAVAAWABi BWVuLVVT&cd=l_zAqFDLv3o&usg=AFQjCNF3aehsZzGWGII6j8Y2cpUVuWlBAw> Death of Reid's Son Shocks Team The News Journal Garrett is the oldest of five children of Andy and Tammy Reid, who met while they were students at Brigham Young University in the 1970s. Garrett and Britt Reid made national headlines in 2007 when they were each arrested on drug charges. Both spent ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/54634 256-88/practice-byu-camp-ice.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAver8gAVI AVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=0byuA15r-E8&usg=AFQjCNEOSgwc11RAVsei_wF75dHz8DVd6w> BYU Football: Lots of ice, more music, fewer whistles at Camp Cougar Salt Lake Tribune ... Austin Holt, right, and Stehly Reden, during a preseason practice at the BYU outdoor practice field Thursday August 2, 2012. BYU Football: Lots of ice, more music, fewer whistles at Camp Cougar. BYU football > More music, fewer whistles fill the ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/54631 360-88/tight-guys-byu-holt.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAIoATAAOABAqaL8gAVIAV gAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=IajBEgasYFA&usg=AFQjCNHKeS-0dBmfo2Tx0h5e_QLfC0YRjQ> BYU football: Better tight end production is task one for Cougar ... Provo . Offensive coordinator Brandon Doman said after Saturday's practice that identifying the two tight ends who can restore that position's rightful place in the BYU offense will be his primary task the next two weeks. Little did he know that less ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/b log/college-football-rapidreports/19727954/washington-state-schedule-breakdo wn&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA89r5gAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=xMhKNlO5tHc&usg =AFQjCNE7iAlzeGpbGXkLem9K0XjsowKqvQ> Washington State: Schedule breakdown CBSSports.com (blog) Must-see matchup: at BYU In most years, the Apple Cup game against Washington would be the Cougars must-see matchup, but this isn't most years. With Mike Leach taking over the program, curious college football fans will probably tune-in on Aug. 30 for ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/college/ byu/football/byu-football-bills-back-from-mission-excited-to-battle-for/arti cle_9bd79076-dec8-11e1-9d59-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA _7D4gAVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=jO2LbNlKc-E&usg=AFQjCNET50ZCJI-5iPpqOfYjJTVSzfM-oQ > BYU football: Bills back from mission, excited to battle for ... Daily Herald BYU's Craig Bills tackles TCU's Jeremy Kerley during the first half at LaVell Edwards ... and senior defensive back Joe Sampson were still not on the field. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://blog.byutvsports.com/post/10-Questi ons-with-Joe-Sampson.aspx&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATAAOABA-fr9gAVIAVgAYgVlbi1V Uw&cd=j4EDVrIyu9Q&usg=AFQjCNGYiniKsTYfIWBw-NOzotCb4DnMqw> BYUtv Sports Blog | 10 Questions with Joe Sampson img src="/image.axd?picture=2012%2f8%2fSPjoesampsion08-03-12.jpg" alt="" / >True Blue producer caught up with BYU defensive back Joe Sampson. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7655947 30/Iona-Pritchard-ready-to-impact-BYUs-offense.html%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cad=CAc QARgBIAAoATAAOABAo7T3gAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=DDNduPAYxPQ&usg=AFQjCNGbIJJNl7S 9A1sLL5y1tyWUA7GDgg> Iona Pritchard ready to impact BYU's offense Deseret News ... including catching passes and running the ball. When BYU begins contact drills in the coming days, he'll be able to show off his blocking ability. .... Jeff Call has been a sportswriter for the Deseret News since 1997. He is the BYU beat writer and ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.freep.com/article/20120804/SPOR TS07/120804021/michigan-state-spartans-recruiting-jabari-parker%3Fodyssey%3D nav%257Chead&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA6sn1gAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=g1TTX KCbYZc&usg=AFQjCNGl0fAOcCVtycxJQP7am9MRKEGP2w> Report: Jabari Parker could choose between MSU, Duke and Kansas Detroit Free Press Last month, Parker named 10 target schools for his recruitment: MSU, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Stanford, Florida, BYU, Georgetown, DePaul and North Carolina. Parker's father, Sonny, told ESPNChicago.com that he could wait until the spring to decide on a ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.fbschedules.com/2012/08/notre-d ame-releases-2013-football-schedule/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAxMb1gAVIA VAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=_nagGln2jQA&usg=AFQjCNEBu7yIRG1PE4q_0gCGvYfcxIlW3g> Notre Dame releases 2013 Football Schedule FBSchedules.com That makes Notre Dame's second off week Nov. 16, which falls between their trip to Pittsburgh and their home game against BYU. The date change also benefits BYU, who is set to play at Wisconsin on Nov. 9. The Cougars can now schedule an off week or a ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/football /professional/former-byu-lb-bryan-kehl-is-a-new-father/article_d9d6d716-de45 -11e1-9e20-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA0aj1gAVIAVAAWABiB WVuLVVT&cd=DyWDcK-MKVo&usg=AFQjCNHOpG48QGkUP5beUhsy4fq8gO6VGw> Former BYU LB Bryan Kehl is a new father Daily Herald A ladies man during his time at BYU, Bryan Kehl settled down and got married. Now he is a proud papa. His new team, the Washington Redskins, announced that Kehl and his wife Jessica welcomed a new baby girl. Here's the release by the Redskins: ...

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Cougar Sportsline, Vol. 33, Issue 1
by hb arnett 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

Dear Former Subscriber, We went ahead and started without you. This is our first issue of the new publishing year. We will be publishing weekly from now until the end of April. We would love to have you on board again. Click <http://www.cougarstreet.com/products/index.php?type=450&PCID=450:0:0:0:0> Here to renew your Cougar Sportsline subscription. Also, we are including a free trial subscription to our daily Cougar Clicks service for all Cougar Sportsline subscribers. Now would be a good time to take advantage of that great offer by renewing now. Thanks, HB Arnett Cougar Sportsline HB Arnett's 801 372 0819 hbarnett(a)fiber.net 1391 West 800 South - Orem, Utah 84058 Vol. 33, Issue 1 - August 6, 2012 Click <http://www.cougarstreet.com/products/index.php?type=450&PCID=450:0:0:0:0> Here To Order Or Renew Your Subscriptions You Won't Like November If you are reading this newsletter, the demographics of Cougar Sportsline indicate that the chances are about 95 percent that you are a BYU football fan, will vote for Mitt Romney and know who Jabari Parker is. Brace yourself. You aren't going to like November. Come November, BYU should already have at least 4 losses and be out of any BCS consideration. Mitt Romney won't be President of the United States and Jabari Parker won't be signing with BYU. That's a tough triumvirate to swallow. In an effort to make it go down more smoothly, gulp down this. I have been wrong before and am hoping I will be wrong again. A year ago, almost to the day, I wrote in this same newsletter that the 2011BYU team would be "Stupid Good" and was on track to have a truly spectacular football season. The only thing that was close in that statement was the word stupid. It applied not to BYU being stupid good, but to my preseason football IQ and intellect. Calling four losses before November almost guarantees that BYU will finally back me up and really be "Stupid Good" this season. On the other hand, road games at Utah, Boise State, Georgia Tech and Notre Dame will make or break BYU. Win those games and a BCS sunrise is possible. Lose the first two road games at Boise and Salt Lake City, and the sun will set early on this BYU football season. Almost a month ago, I followed my political conscience and again didn't vote for Orin Hatch. Regardless of party, I refuse to vote for anybody who has served two or more terms in any office. Needless to say, my track record in picking political winners is abysmal. Mitt is probably safe. The smart money in recruiting circles nationally says that Jabari Parker will sign with either Duke or Michigan State. My money is still on BYU in the Parker sweepstakes. I put that money on the line in June offering a free subscription if Parker didn't sign with the Cougars. Of the three projections, Parker not signing with BYU in November is the most likely to happen. The word from his camp now, i.e. his dad, is that he could wait until next April, and the spring signing period before making his college choice. The Jabari Parker story has evolved into a made for television mini-series. It never ends. What is just starting, however, is BYU fall camp, so let's talk football. If it's fall camp, that means there is nothing new happening, just new names. When you have experienced as many of these deals as we have, nothing changes. There are no shows, injuries, discipline issues, promising prospects and an ever increasing horde of media asking the same questions they have asked for decades. Media: Coach, how does player x look to you? Coach: He has a chance to be a good player. Media: Coach, what are your expectations for this season? Coach: I'm optimistic. The players came back in good shape and this could be a good year. Not once in thirty plus years has a coach ever said that the player with all the press clippings and recruiting hype is a wasted scholarship or that he has a sub-par team. They save that analysis for the coaches' only meetings. That said, the scenario may be the same, but as mentioned, the names are different. Here are names and games that make this fall interesting. Riley Nelson.Let the revival begin. If Nelson was an evangelical preacher, he would almost have me converted. He is the heart and soul of this current football team. If games were won on guts, glory and grit, sign him up for Heisman consideration. Last time I checked, Elmer Gantry never won the Heisman so let's get real. BYU's running game will definitely be better this season, but it is not SEC or even Big East caliber. To win big games on the road, the Cougars are going to have to do it the old fashioned BYU way. Nelson is going to have to have a completion rate of at least 65 percent or better and at least a 3-to-1 touchdown to interception ratio for the Cougars to have a big season. Last year, Nelson completed just 57.4 percent of his passes and he had 7 interceptions compared to 19 touchdowns thrown. Max Hall in his 11-2 senior season, which included a season opening win over Oklahoma, completed 67.2 percent of his passes and threw 33 touchdown passes with 14 picks. For BYU to also be as successful as they want this year, Nelson will have to hover around the 90 percent rate in another category: Games played. Nelson's ability to extend a play and make something out of nothing is what makes him exciting and a great leader. It also makes him vulnerable to injury as was proven last season. Grit, Guts and Glory are good things when used in context with this quarter back axiom: Get Down Dude. If Nelson can find some common ground between those two things, this really could be an uncommonly good season. Nelson said recently in a Spanish language interview that he has aspirations of playing in the NFL. His statement was that NFL coaches will have to drag him away from a camp because he won't be going away quietly. Again, this is our opinion, but the NFL is definitely a long shot for Nelson. A more realistic landing place for the senior signal caller would be the BYU Athletic Hall of Fame. He can secure a spot on that wall during a five day period next month. BYU plays at Utah on Sept. 15 and then in Boise on Sept. 20. Two wins in those five days will insure Nelson's place in fame and in the hearts of BYU fans forever. Also in the Spanish interview, Nelson fluently said that the game he is most looking forward to this season is the matchup with the Utes in Salt Lake City. For those non-Spanish speakers, let me translate. "I hate Utah". Actually it was Max Hall that said those famous words. Speaking of Hall. Max Hall.The fiery former quarterback at BYU is back. He wasn't picked up and invited to any NFL camp this summer and will be enrolled in school in Provo to finish his undergraduate degree. As a non graduate, he can serve, as per NCAA rules, as a student assistant on the staff. He will help Brandon Doman with a specific responsibility of tutoring the Cougar quarterbacks. This deal has been in the works for some time. Taysom Hill.Don't you hate it when we are already talking about the next season and this one hasn't even kicked off? With the exceptional athletic ability of Hill, it is unavoidable. He will play this year, but where and how much is to be determined. James Lark is a journeyman backup at best. BYU can't win on the road against Utah, Boise State, Georgia Tech and Notre Dame with him at the helm. That's not the coaches speaking, that's me stating an opinion. Hill's playing time at quarterback this season will not be determined by the schedule this year, but what is on the plate for next year. Texas, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Houston, Georgia Tech, Boise State and Washington State in Pullman next season, is not a manageable matrix for a new BYU quarterback with no experience. Hence Hill will see action at quarterback this season. Lingo, Lane and 15 Cow Wives.Who would have thought Johnny Lingo and Lane Kiffin, the current USC head coach, would ever be linked? Lingo got our attention years ago with his 8-cow wooing of a wife. Kiffin got our attention last week with his 15-scholarship quarterback. You may remember that USC was assessed a 15-scholarship penalty by the NCAA for beating around the (Reggie) Bush, among other infractions. Yet, down 15 scholarships, USC has a legitimate chance this year of playing for the national title in January. Asked how that can happen, Kiffin told an ESPN reporter last week that a big-time quarterback is worth at least 15 other scholarship players. Apparently, Matt Barkley is a 15-cow quarterback. Baylor and Stanford may find out this year how many cows are out of their barns this season when they have to line up and play without Robert Griffin III and Andrew Luck. If you are wondering why the first three items above were all about BYU quarterbacks, it is because BYU's football fortunes always have and always will be about how "Lingoed" up the Cougars are at quarterback. As the "cow factor" at quarterback at BYU rises, the losses in any particular season lessen. Last year Riley Nelson was probably three cows better than Jake Heaps in Lingo lexicon. He will need to have beefed up his bovine resume by at least another two cows if BYU is to get through the tough road schedule ahead of them. O'Neill Chambers and Joshua Quezada.The news that O'Neill Chambers and Josh Quezada wouldn't be back on the BYU team this fall hit me like a ton of clothes dryer lint. Quezada's exit from the team was his decision. Chamber's latest attempt to rejoin the team was nixed my Bronco Mendenhall, who said that Chambers was not currently in good standing with the program. Neither was going to play or make an impact. I saw each play enough for at least two seasons. They were both victims of recruiting hype. They came into the program proclaimed as the next Jerry Rice and Walter Payton. They left, at best, as two journeymen squad members. Jamaal Williams.Welcome Walter Payton. See, we can roll out the recruiting hype with the best of them. Williams is the latest can't miss BYU prospect. He signed out of Summit HS in Fontana, Calif. The connection was Tony Crutchfield, the former BYU defensive back who is now an assistant coach for the Skyhawks. Based on the excitement of BYU offensive coaches and video we have seen of him, Williams is the real deal. Walter Payton he isn't and won't be. If he stays healthy, Williams, at 6-2, 200 plus pounds, could be a Pac 10 caliber feature back that BYU hasn't had since Luke Staley. Get, Got and Gut.If you continue to do what you have always done, you will always get what you always got. That describes my love affair with Dr. Pepper and Doritos. The two have always been at the top of my basic food groups. Consequently, what I got and still have is a gut. For years, I rationalized my gut with the fact that I resembled a BYU offensive lineman. Those days are over. Not the Dr. Pepper and Doritos, but the gut. Not mine, but those of BYU linemen. BYU has hired a nutritionist, contracted with a cutting edge strength and conditioning group and gone gutless this season. BYU linemen in particular and BYU football players in general, have lowered their body fat significantly since Bronco Mendenhall instituted this new program over the summer. Lean is good, but we still are wondering who will be able to block Star Lotulelei of Utah.. Kicking.Last season, BYU's place kicking game, was marginal, at best. Between Justin Sorensen and Riley Stephenson, both of whom are on the roster again this season, BYU converted 15 of 25 attempted field goals. That's a 60 percent conversion rate. Those numbers in the NFL will get you fired. Here are the field goal stats for the top 5 ranked teams that ended last year at the top of the AP poll. Alabama: 23-36, 63%...LSU: 16-18, 89%...Oklahoma State: 22-25, 88%...Oregon: 9-14, 64%...Arkansas: 21-27, 78%. With a much tougher schedule this season and an almost too tough schedule for 2013, the Cougars will need an improved kicking game if they want to be competitive against a better class of opponents that know how to play defense. Jordan Johnson.Bronco Mendenhall has a proven track record as a defensive coordinator of stopping the run. That's the good news. The bad news is that when BYU takes away the ground game, teams have to go to the air. That means that Jordan Johnson, the sophomore field corner from Massachusetts, will have to live up to his billing as an athletic cover guy that can make things messy for opposing pass games. Johnson will be tested early against Mike Leach and Washington State in Provo. 2012 Schedule.It's hard to see BYU going undefeated with the following schedule. It's also hard to see them losing 4 games. Make your own call. Aug 30, Thursday, Washington State at Provo Sep 8, Saturday, Weber State at Provo Sep 15, Saturday, Utah at SLC Sep 20, Thursday, Boise State at Boise Sep 28, Friday, Hawaii at Provo Oct 5, Friday, Utah State at Provo Oct 13, Saturday, Oregon State at Provo Oct 20, Saturday, Notre Dame at South Bend Oct 27, Saturday, Georgia Tech at Atlanta Nov 10, Saturday, Idaho at Provo Nov 17, Saturday, San Jose State at San Jose Nov 24, Saturday, New Mexico State at Las Cruces 2013 Schedule.Tom Holmoe said that the November schedule would be getting better after the first two years of independence in football. He may be biting off more than he can chew, but he certainly has started to make good on his original promise when it comes to scheduling. Here is the 2013 schedule as it sits now. There are still plenty of TBA's to be TBAed in order to complete the schedule. 9/7...Texas in Provo 9/21..Boise State in Provo 10/4..Utah State at Logan 10/12.Georgia Tech at Provo 10/19....Houston at Houston 11/9...Wisconsin at Madison 11/23.Notre Dame at South Bend 12/7...Hawaii at Honolulu Washington State at Pullman was set to be played in 2013 when the home and home series was announced. No official date as yet has been announced. Timpview Twosome.The local high school just north of campus is giving back to BYU two pretty good players. Craig Bills and Bronson Kaufusi are both back from LDS missions. Kaufusi is a likely candidate to redshirt, but should make an impact next season on the defensive line. He is an extremely gifted athlete. Bills saw action as a true freshman and will see even more action in the secondary for Bronco Mendenhall this season. He is already making noise in fall camp with his play. Football Fluff and Stuff. Devin Mahina, the sophomore tight end, will miss at least 3-4 weeks after breaking his hand last week. It must be a BYU tight end thing because Dennis Pitta, the former great Cougar tight end, also broke his hand last week in the Baltimore Ravens' camp. He is expected to miss 5-6 weeks. You might remember that Mahina, missed all of last season after cracking a vertebrae in his neck during last fall's camp. What BYU has missed the last two seasons is Pitta himself. With just one good hand, he is still better than any of the five or six tight ends in BYU's fall camp this year. Cody Hoffman and Joe Sampson, both have missed a couple of days of practice due to "team discipline issues", according to Bronco Mendenhall. That brings up why and what happened. The more salient question should be when. As in when they get back, both will be key guys needed for the Cougars to have a big year. Television Timetable BYU vs. Washington State Thursday, Aug 30 at Provo Kickoff: 8:15 pm Mountain Time TV: ESPN BYU vs. Weber State Saturday, Sep 8 at Provo Kickoff: 1:00 pm Mountain Time TV: BYUtv BYU vs. Utah Saturday, Sep 15 at Salt Lake Kickoff: 8:00 pm Mountain Time TV: ESPN2 BYU vs. Boise State Thursday, Sep 20 at Boise Kickoff: 7:00 pm Mountain Time TV: ESPN

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Cougar Sportsline, Vol. 33, Issue 1
by hb arnett 06 Aug '12

06 Aug '12

HB Arnett's 801 372 0819 hbarnett(a)fiber.net 1391 West 800 South - Orem, Utah 84058 Vol. 33, Issue 1 - August 6, 2012 Click <http://www.cougarstreet.com/products/index.php?type=450&PCID=450:0:0:0:0> Here To Order Or Renew Your Subscriptions You Won't Like November If you are reading this newsletter, the demographics of Cougar Sportsline indicate that the chances are about 95 percent that you are a BYU football fan, will vote for Mitt Romney and know who Jabari Parker is. Brace yourself. You aren't going to like November. Come November, BYU should already have at least 4 losses and be out of any BCS consideration. Mitt Romney won't be President of the United States and Jabari Parker won't be signing with BYU. That's a tough triumvirate to swallow. In an effort to make it go down more smoothly, gulp down this. I have been wrong before and am hoping I will be wrong again. A year ago, almost to the day, I wrote in this same newsletter that the 2011BYU team would be "Stupid Good" and was on track to have a truly spectacular football season. The only thing that was close in that statement was the word stupid. It applied not to BYU being stupid good, but to my preseason football IQ and intellect. Calling four losses before November almost guarantees that BYU will finally back me up and really be "Stupid Good" this season. On the other hand, road games at Utah, Boise State, Georgia Tech and Notre Dame will make or break BYU. Win those games and a BCS sunrise is possible. Lose the first two road games at Boise and Salt Lake City, and the sun will set early on this BYU football season. Almost a month ago, I followed my political conscience and again didn't vote for Orin Hatch. Regardless of party, I refuse to vote for anybody who has served two or more terms in any office. Needless to say, my track record in picking political winners is abysmal. Mitt is probably safe. The smart money in recruiting circles nationally says that Jabari Parker will sign with either Duke or Michigan State. My money is still on BYU in the Parker sweepstakes. I put that money on the line in June offering a free subscription if Parker didn't sign with the Cougars. Of the three projections, Parker not signing with BYU in November is the most likely to happen. The word from his camp now, i.e. his dad, is that he could wait until next April, and the spring signing period before making his college choice. The Jabari Parker story has evolved into a made for television mini-series. It never ends. What is just starting, however, is BYU fall camp, so let's talk football. If it's fall camp, that means there is nothing new happening, just new names. When you have experienced as many of these deals as we have, nothing changes. There are no shows, injuries, discipline issues, promising prospects and an ever increasing horde of media asking the same questions they have asked for decades. Media: Coach, how does player x look to you? Coach: He has a chance to be a good player. Media: Coach, what are your expectations for this season? Coach: I'm optimistic. The players came back in good shape and this could be a good year. Not once in thirty plus years has a coach ever said that the player with all the press clippings and recruiting hype is a wasted scholarship or that he has a sub-par team. They save that analysis for the coaches' only meetings. That said, the scenario may be the same, but as mentioned, the names are different. Here are names and games that make this fall interesting. Riley Nelson.Let the revival begin. If Nelson was an evangelical preacher, he would almost have me converted. He is the heart and soul of this current football team. If games were won on guts, glory and grit, sign him up for Heisman consideration. Last time I checked, Elmer Gantry never won the Heisman so let's get real. BYU's running game will definitely be better this season, but it is not SEC or even Big East caliber. To win big games on the road, the Cougars are going to have to do it the old fashioned BYU way. Nelson is going to have to have a completion rate of at least 65 percent or better and at least a 3-to-1 touchdown to interception ratio for the Cougars to have a big season. Last year, Nelson completed just 57.4 percent of his passes and he had 7 interceptions compared to 19 touchdowns thrown. Max Hall in his 11-2 senior season, which included a season opening win over Oklahoma, completed 67.2 percent of his passes and threw 33 touchdown passes with 14 picks. For BYU to also be as successful as they want this year, Nelson will have to hover around the 90 percent rate in another category: Games played. Nelson's ability to extend a play and make something out of nothing is what makes him exciting and a great leader. It also makes him vulnerable to injury as was proven last season. Grit, Guts and Glory are good things when used in context with this quarter back axiom: Get Down Dude. If Nelson can find some common ground between those two things, this really could be an uncommonly good season. Nelson said recently in a Spanish language interview that he has aspirations of playing in the NFL. His statement was that NFL coaches will have to drag him away from a camp because he won't be going away quietly. Again, this is our opinion, but the NFL is definitely a long shot for Nelson. A more realistic landing place for the senior signal caller would be the BYU Athletic Hall of Fame. He can secure a spot on that wall during a five day period next month. BYU plays at Utah on Sept. 15 and then in Boise on Sept. 20. Two wins in those five days will insure Nelson's place in fame and in the hearts of BYU fans forever. Also in the Spanish interview, Nelson fluently said that the game he is most looking forward to this season is the matchup with the Utes in Salt Lake City. For those non-Spanish speakers, let me translate. "I hate Utah". Actually it was Max Hall that said those famous words. Speaking of Hall. Max Hall.The fiery former quarterback at BYU is back. He wasn't picked up and invited to any NFL camp this summer and will be enrolled in school in Provo to finish his undergraduate degree. As a non graduate, he can serve, as per NCAA rules, as a student assistant on the staff. He will help Brandon Doman with a specific responsibility of tutoring the Cougar quarterbacks. This deal has been in the works for some time. Taysom Hill.Don't you hate it when we are already talking about the next season and this one hasn't even kicked off? With the exceptional athletic ability of Hill, it is unavoidable. He will play this year, but where and how much is to be determined. James Lark is a journeyman backup at best. BYU can't win on the road against Utah, Boise State, Georgia Tech and Notre Dame with him at the helm. That's not the coaches speaking, that's me stating an opinion. Hill's playing time at quarterback this season will not be determined by the schedule this year, but what is on the plate for next year. Texas, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Houston, Georgia Tech, Boise State and Washington State in Pullman next season, is not a manageable matrix for a new BYU quarterback with no experience. Hence Hill will see action at quarterback this season. Lingo, Lane and 15 Cow Wives.Who would have thought Johnny Lingo and Lane Kiffin, the current USC head coach, would ever be linked? Lingo got our attention years ago with his 8-cow wooing of a wife. Kiffin got our attention last week with his 15-scholarship quarterback. You may remember that USC was assessed a 15-scholarship penalty by the NCAA for beating around the (Reggie) Bush, among other infractions. Yet, down 15 scholarships, USC has a legitimate chance this year of playing for the national title in January. Asked how that can happen, Kiffin told an ESPN reporter last week that a big-time quarterback is worth at least 15 other scholarship players. Apparently, Matt Barkley is a 15-cow quarterback. Baylor and Stanford may find out this year how many cows are out of their barns this season when they have to line up and play without Robert Griffin III and Andrew Luck. If you are wondering why the first three items above were all about BYU quarterbacks, it is because BYU's football fortunes always have and always will be about how "Lingoed" up the Cougars are at quarterback. As the "cow factor" at quarterback at BYU rises, the losses in any particular season lessen. Last year Riley Nelson was probably three cows better than Jake Heaps in Lingo lexicon. He will need to have beefed up his bovine resume by at least another two cows if BYU is to get through the tough road schedule ahead of them. O'Neill Chambers and Joshua Quezada.The news that O'Neill Chambers and Josh Quezada wouldn't be back on the BYU team this fall hit me like a ton of clothes dryer lint. Quezada's exit from the team was his decision. Chamber's latest attempt to rejoin the team was nixed my Bronco Mendenhall, who said that Chambers was not currently in good standing with the program. Neither was going to play or make an impact. I saw each play enough for at least two seasons. They were both victims of recruiting hype. They came into the program proclaimed as the next Jerry Rice and Walter Payton. They left, at best, as two journeymen squad members. Jamaal Williams.Welcome Walter Payton. See, we can roll out the recruiting hype with the best of them. Williams is the latest can't miss BYU prospect. He signed out of Summit HS in Fontana, Calif. The connection was Tony Crutchfield, the former BYU defensive back who is now an assistant coach for the Skyhawks. Based on the excitement of BYU offensive coaches and video we have seen of him, Williams is the real deal. Walter Payton he isn't and won't be. If he stays healthy, Williams, at 6-2, 200 plus pounds, could be a Pac 10 caliber feature back that BYU hasn't had since Luke Staley. Get, Got and Gut.If you continue to do what you have always done, you will always get what you always got. That describes my love affair with Dr. Pepper and Doritos. The two have always been at the top of my basic food groups. Consequently, what I got and still have is a gut. For years, I rationalized my gut with the fact that I resembled a BYU offensive lineman. Those days are over. Not the Dr. Pepper and Doritos, but the gut. Not mine, but those of BYU linemen. BYU has hired a nutritionist, contracted with a cutting edge strength and conditioning group and gone gutless this season. BYU linemen in particular and BYU football players in general, have lowered their body fat significantly since Bronco Mendenhall instituted this new program over the summer. Lean is good, but we still are wondering who will be able to block Star Lotulelei of Utah.. Kicking.Last season, BYU's place kicking game, was marginal, at best. Between Justin Sorensen and Riley Stephenson, both of whom are on the roster again this season, BYU converted 15 of 25 attempted field goals. That's a 60 percent conversion rate. Those numbers in the NFL will get you fired. Here are the field goal stats for the top 5 ranked teams that ended last year at the top of the AP poll. Alabama: 23-36, 63%...LSU: 16-18, 89%...Oklahoma State: 22-25, 88%...Oregon: 9-14, 64%...Arkansas: 21-27, 78%. With a much tougher schedule this season and an almost too tough schedule for 2013, the Cougars will need an improved kicking game if they want to be competitive against a better class of opponents that know how to play defense. Jordan Johnson.Bronco Mendenhall has a proven track record as a defensive coordinator of stopping the run. That's the good news. The bad news is that when BYU takes away the ground game, teams have to go to the air. That means that Jordan Johnson, the sophomore field corner from Massachusetts, will have to live up to his billing as an athletic cover guy that can make things messy for opposing pass games. Johnson will be tested early against Mike Leach and Washington State in Provo. 2012 Schedule.It's hard to see BYU going undefeated with the following schedule. It's also hard to see them losing 4 games. Make your own call. Aug 30, Thursday, Washington State at Provo Sep 8, Saturday, Weber State at Provo Sep 15, Saturday, Utah at SLC Sep 20, Thursday, Boise State at Boise Sep 28, Friday, Hawaii at Provo Oct 5, Friday, Utah State at Provo Oct 13, Saturday, Oregon State at Provo Oct 20, Saturday, Notre Dame at South Bend Oct 27, Saturday, Georgia Tech at Atlanta Nov 10, Saturday, Idaho at Provo Nov 17, Saturday, San Jose State at San Jose Nov 24, Saturday, New Mexico State at Las Cruces 2013 Schedule.Tom Holmoe said that the November schedule would be getting better after the first two years of independence in football. He may be biting off more than he can chew, but he certainly has started to make good on his original promise when it comes to scheduling. Here is the 2013 schedule as it sits now. There are still plenty of TBA's to be TBAed in order to complete the schedule. 9/7...Texas in Provo 9/21..Boise State in Provo 10/4..Utah State at Logan 10/12.Georgia Tech at Provo 10/19....Houston at Houston 11/9...Wisconsin at Madison 11/23.Notre Dame at South Bend 12/7...Hawaii at Honolulu Washington State at Pullman was set to be played in 2013 when the home and home series was announced. No official date as yet has been announced. Timpview Twosome.The local high school just north of campus is giving back to BYU two pretty good players. Craig Bills and Bronson Kaufusi are both back from LDS missions. Kaufusi is a likely candidate to redshirt, but should make an impact next season on the defensive line. He is an extremely gifted athlete. Bills saw action as a true freshman and will see even more action in the secondary for Bronco Mendenhall this season. He is already making noise in fall camp with his play. Football Fluff and Stuff. Devin Mahina, the sophomore tight end, will miss at least 3-4 weeks after breaking his hand last week. It must be a BYU tight end thing because Dennis Pitta, the former great Cougar tight end, also broke his hand last week in the Baltimore Ravens' camp. He is expected to miss 5-6 weeks. You might remember that Mahina, missed all of last season after cracking a vertebrae in his neck during last fall's camp. What BYU has missed the last two seasons is Pitta himself. With just one good hand, he is still better than any of the five or six tight ends in BYU's fall camp this year. Cody Hoffman and Joe Sampson, both have missed a couple of days of practice due to "team discipline issues", according to Bronco Mendenhall. That brings up why and what happened. The more salient question should be when. As in when they get back, both will be key guys needed for the Cougars to have a big year. Television Timetable BYU vs. Washington State Thursday, Aug 30 at Provo Kickoff: 8:15 pm Mountain Time TV: ESPN BYU vs. Weber State Saturday, Sep 8 at Provo Kickoff: 1:00 pm Mountain Time TV: BYUtv BYU vs. Utah Saturday, Sep 15 at Salt Lake Kickoff: 8:00 pm Mountain Time TV: ESPN2 BYU vs. Boise State Thursday, Sep 20 at Boise Kickoff: 7:00 pm Mountain Time TV: ESPN

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