BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click Here <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Wednesday, February 6, 2013 hbarnett@fiber.net. 801 372 0819 Signing Day Central <http://byucougars.com/m-football/signing-day-central> <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/college/ byu/football/national-signing-day-means-big-dreams-for-byu-recruits-and/arti cle_d7383a7a-7000-11e2-b7e8-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA 2OvHiAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=xHL9TRF12w0&usg=AFQjCNH2mKL2gMSIJWAdYkE2OfTTlK3O -w> National Signing Day means big dreams for BYU recruits and other local ... Daily Herald At some point Wednesday, shaking hands of high school athletes across the country will pick up pens to scribble lines on simple pieces of paper - and with that simple motion football players will officially declare what college team they will join <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7656218 74/National-signing-day-BYU-verbal-commits.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAGOA ZAopvGiAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=19TJeyRPbS0&usg=AFQjCNFAOoAZTr7HSjqZts_PO-N3zX uQMA> National signing day: BYU verbal commits Deseret News Brigham Young Cougars quarterback James Lark (7)as BYU plays Idaho in the Cougar's final home football game on 2012 Sunday, Nov. 11, 2012,in Provo, Utah. Tom Smart, Deseret News. Enlarge photo≫. Summary. National signing day: BYU verbal More <http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/college-basketball/news/20130205/bubble-wa tch/> BYU Bubble Watch <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/557730 71-77/mary-saint-byu-teams.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAjqvHiAVIAV AAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=zgtNyCeZgxc&usg=AFQjCNEEtjWzyAAzd0wm07O_SUhOF92zvQ> BYU or Saint Mary's. It has to be one or the other Salt Lake Tribune Go ahead. Pick one. It appears the NCAA Tournament is on track to do the same. The West Coast Conference is projected to have two teams qualify for the Big Dance. Gonzaga is the given, while BYU and Saint Mary's are fighting it out. Currently <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/557723 92-77/byu-gonzaga-drew-league.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAh8rFiAV IAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=DlZDYukkZ64&usg=AFQjCNGrrtZ25rjO8rcNa_edBFOx0lIIFA> BYU has made impact, but Gonzaga is clearly WCC's kingpin Salt Lake Tribune The BYU Cougars have made an impact on West Coast Conference basketball since joining the league a season and a half ago. The WCC is stronger overall, its RPI is better, and more of its games are on national television. About the only drawback to <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports/college/ byu/basketball/men/franchuk-struggling-jimmer-hard-to-watch-on-unwatchable-k ings/article_178de234-6f55-11e2-bf0e-0019bb2963f4.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAA oATAAOABAwNrHiAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=j9K8jUdhb_c&usg=AFQjCNHXez5KQbQ9_4KYQGF 9gT0J3FbFGg> FRANCHUK: Struggling Jimmer hard to watch on unwatchable Kings Daily Herald Now, Jimmer Fredette is a decent but still overmatched player, in a brutal NBA situation. The Sacramento Kings are about as invested in each other as they are in...well, probably Sacramento. Bench players drift off, away from the huddle. A bunch of <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://universe.byu.edu/beta/tag/tj-haws/& ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATAAOABAutTGiAVIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=QR3r2yhD0z4&usg=AFQj CNERFgGjmO6vniidQ29z4DjC9K1tdw> TJ Haws - U N I V E R S E The promised land for BYU basketball recruiting is proving once again to be the soil of Highland - more specifically, the gymnasium of Lone Peak High School <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/politics/5577 2874-90/utah-state-bill-rolly.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATABOAFAtLvHiAV IAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=2VeLOT6-SAI&usg=AFQjCNHgLT0Y3jK2rUkaZ2LbcFTUIryw7w> Paul Rolly: Utah lawmaker tells universities to play each other or else Salt Lake Tribune Brigham Young University, although a private school, also is affected because it, too, gets the tax exemption on ticket sales. The schools have justified the exemption because it sends money to Title IX programs for women's sports. BYU spokeswoman <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/55772 560-88/conference-softball-byu-utah.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA2 rbIiAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=XdwN69_z3Aw&usg=AFQjCNGraZTvRc1n-g6ICIjz2dGAS5cYE Q> University Beat: Can BYU add PCSC to list of softball conference championships? Salt Lake Tribune It doesn't matter where it competes, Gordon Eakin's softball program at BYU is all about winning conference championships - no matter the conference. The Cougars, who begin play Thursday afternoon at the Red Desert Classic tournament in St. George, <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/8655723 25/BYU-volleyball-No-1-Cougars-welcome-two-MPSF-opponents-to-Provo.html&ct=g a&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATABOAFAopvGiAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=19TJeyRPbS0&usg=AFQjCN G68DmM_Cfa_r8ZMzQ-rcNU_odq9w> BYU volleyball: No. 1 Cougars welcome two MPSF opponents to Provo Deseret News BYU is ranked No. 1 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association for its third-straight week. The Cougars, who received eight first-place votes, share the top spot with UC Irvine (seven first-place votes). With only one conference loss, BYU is also <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://blog.newsok.com/berrytramel/2013/02 /05/big-12-football-the-pod-system-in-the-future/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAB OAFAwtXFiAVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=bCWzVnVnVfc&usg=AFQjCNF6Q7At5OKmfsbqkC61toJW TPRQbQ> Big 12 football: The pod system in the future? NewsOK.com (blog) Could the dreaded pod system be in the Big 12′s future? Last week, I blogged about what an expanded Big 12 could look like, if ACC instability comes to pass and the likes of Florida State and Clemson join the Big 12. You can read that blog here. Of