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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Signing day: BYU's Mendenhall calls 2012 class 'most qualified to do it all'
Deseret News
By Jeff Call, Deseret News PROVO — While introducing the 17 players that signed with BYU on Wednesday, coach Bronco Mendenhall called his 2012 collection of recruits "the most qualified class to do it all." By that he meant both on and off the field.

FRANCHUK Bronco is willing to take risks where needed with recruiting
Jason Franchuk Daily Herald Daily Herald | Posted Thursday February 2 2012 1234 am ... possibly wealthiest fans that no a certain player wasnt coming to BYU

Which BYU signees will have an early impact? (watch video)
Salt Lake Tribune (blog)
Which of the players signed today by BYU will have an immediate impact? Coach Bronco Mendenhall says he's not sure, but it might be worthwhile to keep an eye on RB Jamaal Williams of Fontana, Calif. Williams is just 16 years old, but the Cougars need

Big Day For Southern Utah Football, National Signing Day
Dixie Press Online
Arslanian, who is also a two-time state champion in track, will compete on the track team for the 2012-2013 academic year, will go on a two year LDS church mission and come back in the fall of 2015 to sign his football scholarship and play for BYU

Cougars capitalizing on players' change of heart
Deseret News
By Dick Harmon, Deseret News Stanford-bound quarterback Taysom Hill was in ... This set off a series of checks by BYU's compliance office to see if Hill's

Mendenhall's takes on all 17 of BYU's signees
Salt Lake Tribune
I've already posted some video of what BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall had to ... Linebacker Butch Pau'u: "An LDS boy at one of the Catholic high schools

WNCC's Delgado commits to BYU - starherald.com: Local Sports
Western Nebraska Community College men's basketball player Raul Delgado will be taking his talents to the Division I level after verbally committing to attend

COLUMN: Poor behavior from BYU student body, no apology?
The Statesman
Back in November, the Utah State men's basketball team faced Brigham Young University and came away with a win in the first game of the season. The game is remembered, not because it was a great win for the Aggies but because of the aftermath

Cross country recruiting: Aliso Niguel's Wyson headed to BYU
OCRegister (Blogs) (blog)
Aliso Niguel senior and two-time all county runner Danica Wyson has signed a letter of intent to run at Brigham Young University. Injuries hampered Wyson as a junior, but she returned to being one of the elite distance runners in the state last fall

Eyes on NFL? Utah gets you there
Deseret News (blog)
Utah ranked 66th in recruiting, yet was 25th in the number of players drafted. According to CFM's formula, that made Utah the No. 1 school in the country in its draft pick/recruiting ratio. BYU rated higher than Utah in recruiting classes over the

Gonzaga assistant has BYU memories
The Spokesman Review
For Gonzaga assistant coach Ray Giacoletti, returning to BYU's Marriott Center brings back memories, good and bad. Giacoletti was head coach at Utah from 2004-07 and his teams were 1-2 against Mountain West Conference rival BYU at the Marriott Center

Prep football: Wisconsin Rapids' Biegel signs with Badgers
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
The top-ranked player in the state, Biegel had a dozen Division I schools court him and even when it came down to his top two choices --Wisconsin and BYU -- the decision to commit to one was difficult. "It was a tough decision," Biegel said

Blanchette: BYU enjoys WCC, for now
The Spokesman Review
Even more serious talks were held later with the Big East. In the end, no accord was reached for largely the same reason BYU felt it had to leave its longtime home in the Mountain West: television. Or, as Holmoe put it, “Access for our fans and

BYU: The 10 best recruits that got away. Did they matter?
KSL-TV
With Lutui and Tupou both on the offensive line together in 2006, the two close losses to Arizona and Boston College may have gone the other way, and we'd be talking about BYU's BCS bowl game run. Having an NFL-bound player always makes a difference