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Cougar Sportsline, Vol. 30, Issue 14
by hb arnett 09 Nov '09

09 Nov '09

HB Arnett's COUGAR SPORTSLINE 801 372 0819 hbarnett(a)fiber.net and hbarnett@xmission <mailto:hbarnett@xmission.com> .com 1391 West 800 South - Orem, Utah 84058 Vol. 30, Issue 14 - November 9, 2009 Click <http://www.cougarstreet.com/products/index.php?type-450&PCID=450:0:0:0:0> Here To Order Or Renew Your Subscriptions BYU 52 Wyoming 0 COUGARS OUTSCORE COWBOYS, BUT NOT WEATHER BYU totally dominated Wyoming last Saturday afternoon in War Memorial Stadium in Laramie. The Cougars scored on their first-seven possessions while jumping out to a 31-0 halftime lead before calling off the dogs en route to a 52-0 win. Max Hall was spectacular. So was the BYU running game. The Cougar defense shutout the Cowboys and looked dominant in doing it. Don't you hate it when there is nothing to criticize after a BYU football game? Wait, as certified Cougar curmudgeons, we finally found something critical to say. Bronco Mendenhall and the Cougars couldn't outscore the game-time temperature in Laramie. According to the national weather service, it was 54 degrees at kickoff. LaVell Edwards and Gary Crowton never had that problem. Winning in Wyoming didn't always happen for the two previous coaches, but you could at least count on them to out score the wind-chill factor. Don't let Mendenhall's 5-0 record against Wyoming fool you. Until he can beat global warming in Laramie, he has a long way to go. Perfection And don't let Max Hall's 20-of-22 for 312 yards and 4 touchdowns fool you either. When is he going to learn that if you want to be considered as a BYU quarterback great, you need to complete all of your passes. Max Hall threw two incomplete passes against the Pokes. He now only has three more games in the regular season to achieve the perfection fans expect of him. What's with Robert Anae? Doesn't he understand the game?. All good pitchers understand the importance of a good change up. It keeps hitters off balance. You just can't throw fastballs all the time. A fastball is all Anae and his offense threw the Pokes. Trust us, scoring on seven straight possessions will come back to kill you. Good hitters and coaches will eventually catch up to the fastball if it is all you have. Good offensive coordinators would have thrown in an occasional change up with a three-and-out, and a few punts. It keeps opponents off balance. Anae may think that racking up 52 points and punting only once while amassing 231 yards of rushing and 312 yards passing for 543 yards of offense is good, but the real Cougar cognoscenti know better (sorry, but if Todd Christensen can use cognoscenti in his broadcast, we have no problem borrowing it). Played Well? Jaime Hill and his BYU defense may think they played well by holding Wyoming to just 13 first downs, no points, 225 yards and picking off two passes, but they are no Utah. The Utes showed how real defenses play Wyoming when they held the Cowboys to 202 yards, 12 first downs and 10 points two weeks ago. Despite the same numbers, we all know that BYU is bad and Utah is good. We will be glad when we can get back to criticizing the Cougars for real next week. That might be hard because next week is 0-9 New Mexico in Albuquerque. Just wait, we will be proven right. BYU is not as good as they looked against Wyoming. We fully expect to see the Cougars punt twice against the Lobos. We call it BYU 42 UNM 21. NUMBERS TELL THE TALE You can tell a BYU blowout by the numbers. The most obvious tell is the scoreboard: 52-0. That is what showed in Laramie last Saturday as BYU defeated Wyoming. If you were at the game, the second biggest tell of the BYU blowout was how often you had to refer to the game program in the fourth quarter. There were players for BYU seeing time that seldom, if ever, see the field. Before the scoreboard ballooned to its final tally, 10:10 was a pretty good tell of what was happening. That was the time left in the third quarter when the Wyoming faithful headed for the exits and I-80. If you didn't see the game, know the score and only heard the post-game comments, 27 is a telling number. That is how many times the words execution, preparation and passion were used by Cougar players and coaches. Actually, on second thought, that isn't that great of tell because those same words preceded by "lack of" were heard in the two games this season in which BYU was blown out. Good Tell Riley Nelson's numbers are also a good tell. The backup quarterback took 17 snaps in this game. That means the Mendenhall mercy rule was in effect early with Max Hall going to the bench in the middle of the third quarter. Part II of the mercy rule was also in effect. That was when third-unit qb Brenden Gaskins replaced Nelson and promptly took a knee three times. The Cougars, Cowboys and Cumberland all used in the same sentence is a good tell. In addition to alliteration, those three C's also are indicative of a blowout. Cumberland was defeated by Georgia Tech 222-0 in 1916. It is the most lopsided score in NCAA football history. In the last three seasons, the BYU-Wyoming cumulative score is 186-17. Throw in the 55-7 spanking in 2006 and when it comes to playing BYU, Wyoming may want to consider a nickname change to the "Cumberland Cowboys". We can explain the BYU-Wyoming discrepancy. BYU is pretty good and Wyoming isn't. Explanation This may be a good time to explain the 222-0 Georgia Tech-Cumberland discrepancy. It isn't Cougar related, but thanks to Wikipedia, we found it interesting and wanted to share. Cumberland College, a school in Lebanon, Tennessee, had discontinued its football program before the season but was not allowed to cancel its game against the Engineers. The fact that Cumberland's baseball team had crushed Georgia Tech earlier that year 22-0 (amidst allegations that Cumberland used professionals as ringers) probably accounted for Georgia Tech coach John Heisman' running up the score on the Bulldogs. He insisted on the schools' scheduling agreement, which required Cumberland to pay $3,000 (a big sum in those days) to Tech if its football team failed to show. So, George E. Allen (who was elected to serve as Cumberland's football team student manager after first serving as the baseball team student manager) put together a scrub team of 14 men (including some of his fraternity brothers) to travel to Atlanta as Cumberland's football team. MARRIAGE COUNSELING I have been married 33 years. During that time, I have received a lot of marriage advice. Some of it came from books, seminars, ecclesiastical instruction and even a few hints from my wife. The best marriage advice I have ever received, however, came several years ago from my heating and air conditioning guy while he was repairing my furnace. He told me his rule for a successful marriage: "I would rather be happy than right". Trust me. It is a sound matrimonial philosophy. It also can apply to coaches and their relationship with their fan base. It is my opinion, based on observation and the words of Bronco Mendenhall, that he considers the Cougar fan base as a necessary nuisance and requirement of his job description. For a guy who continually professes that he never reads the paper or listens to sports shows, he certainly is well aware of what the BYU fans say and think about him. Like a lot of misguided husbands, he also wants to have the last word when it comes to those fans. There is no question that fans are usually uninformed, uneducated and just plain unrealistic in their expectations of BYU football. Bronco has said so many times. He is subtle and sophisticated in how he couches those comments, but it is obvious that is how he feels. It still rankles him that he was booed in his first game of his career. Blame it on Al Gore. Since he invented the internet, he has turned up the heat and inanity from fans towards coaches. Bronco is a good coach, but if he wants to be a happy coach, we suggest he call our heating and air conditioning guy. It is better to be happy than right in marriage and dealing with a fan base. QUARTERBACK QUEUE Max Hall...With the Wyoming win, Hall now has won 28 games as the qb starter for BYU. He is one more win away from matching Ty Detmer who currently holds the record for wins by a BYU quarterback. Riley Nelson...Rushed for 71 yards on just 10 carries against Wyoming. BYU receivers should be excited for next year. Nelson will mean that opposing defensive coordinators will have to account for him running the ball. That means one less defender for wide receivers and tight ends to deal with. James Lark and Jason Munns...Returning from LDS missions for next season. Jake Heaps...Now in the state playoffs, Heaps threw for three touchdowns and ran for another in a 42-0 blowout of Kendtridge. Tanner Mangum..Season is over for the sophomore from Timberline HS in Boise. Alex Kuresa...He threw four touchdowns and ran it in for another while completing 23-of-31 passes for 407 yards in a quarterfinal state playoff 48-7 win over Highland. This week it will be a semifinal game against Timpview. BIG WEEK FOR BYU BASKETBALL BYU will kick off its basketball season for real this Friday in the Marriott Center when they face the Bradley Braves. The Jim Les coached team will be a pretty good barometer for BYU basketball. The Braves are coming off a 21-15 record from last season and also will get a boost from the return of their best player and athlete on the team coming back from a redshirt year. Andrew Warren is a 6-5 guard who missed last season due to a broken foot. BYU is coming off an easy exhibition win over Trinity Western last week. The Cougars defeated the Canadian team 74-56 and were lead by Jimmer Fredette's 24 points. Before facing Bradley, Dave Rose and his team will play another exhibition Tuesday night against Central Washington. Signing Two The following day, Wednesday, is the early letter of intent signing day for basketball. You can't win without talented players and BYU will be signing at least two. More on that later. Meanwhile, here is how we see BYU basketball shaking out this season. They have the makings of a very good team with Jimmer Fredette and Jonathan Tavernari both returning. Fredette will be the go-to guy this season and be counted on to make the big shot in big games. It is well documented that BYU is expected to be good with the big cast of returners who have experience. Going from a very good team to a great team, will be decided by how the boys from Provo and Page play and the points in the paint they provide. Great teams have an inside presence. Just ask the Utah Jazz. When Trent Plaisted and Rafael Araujo produced, BYU was almost unbeatable. The problem with the post play of BYU over the years, however, is that, in our opinion, the play has been inconsistent or non-existent. Provo and Page That is where Provo and Page will need to produce this season. BYU's hope for a post presence will have to come from senior Chris Miles, freshman Brandon Davies, both from Provo and James Anderson, a junior from Page, AZ. Miles has the body to bang at this level, but if he hasn't shown any consistent offensive game in his first three years, we shouldn't expect that to change this season. Anderson will have his moments, but is not the post presence needed to take BYU from good to great. Brandon Davies is too new and too raw to make any immediate impact, but he is also very athletic and talented. One of the raps on the BYU coaching staff over the years is that they don't have a coach that can develop post players. We will finally see if that is really true because with Davies, they have an unmolded, but extremely talented post player. If BYU is going to be making the next step from good to great anytime soon, it will be because Davies develops and becomes the post presence that BYU needs. It will be a very good season, with just enough glimpses of good post play to keep the hope for greatness alive. BYU WILL SIGN AT LEAST TWO Dave Rose and his staff will sign at least two new basketball recruits on Wednesday during the early letter of intent signing period. The big fish is still Kyle Collinsworth, the 6-7 multi-talented guard from Provo High School. BYU has had him targeted as their top recruit for the past three years. His outside shot could still use some work, but despite not looking extremely athletic, he can get to the basket whenever he wants. This is a big get for the BYU program. Anson Winder is a guy we first mentioned a few weeks back. He is a 6-3 guard from Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas. After watching a little video, our first assessment is that he is a stronger and more athletic version of former Cougar guard Luis Lemes. We will have more details and bios on these two latest recruits after they officially sign later this week. We also still expect BYU to sign another junior college player, but think that signing and scholarship will be held until next April and the spring signing period. TELEVISION TIMETABLE BYU vs. Central Washington Tue, Nov 10 at Provo (exhibition game) Tipoff: 7:30 pm Mountain Time TV: BYUTV (live) BYU vs. Bradley Fri, Nov 13 at Provo Tipoff: 7:30 pm Mountain Time TV: The Mtn BYU vs. New Mexico Saturday, Nov 14 at Albuquerque Kickoff: Noon Mountain Time TV: The Mtn BYU vs. Air Force Saturday, Nov 21 at Provo Kickoff: 1:30 pm Mountain Time TV: CBS C BYU vs. Utah Saturday, Nov 28 at Provo Kickoff: 3:00 pm Mountain Time TV: The Mtn and CBS C

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Cougar Sportsline, Vol. 30, Issue 13
by hb arnett 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

We appear to be having problems with the original issue we sent earlier this morning. We are sending it again. hb HB Arnett's COUGAR SPORTSLINE 801 372 0819 hbarnett(a)fiber.net and hbarnett@xmission <mailto:hbarnett@xmission.com> .com 1391 West 800 South - Orem, Utah 84058 Vol. 30, Issue 13 - November 2, 2009 Click <http://www.cougarstreet.com/products/index.php?type-450&PCID=450:0:0:0:0> Here To Order Or Renew Your Subscriptions UPON FURTHER REVIEW Now that the dust and disgust of BYU's beat down a week ago at the hands of TCU has settled, the disappointment is still real, but the disillusionment is gone. After watching a weekend of college football, it appears to us that BYU is probably as good, and even better, than 85 percent of the other Division I teams playing the game these days. The current reality of BYU football, however, is that there appears to be a glass ceiling for the Cougars. They are hovering just below the top 15 percent of programs who play the game. We also probably should acknowledge that the TCU team that dismantled BYU is currently one of those teams in the top 15 percent that is clearly better than the Cougars. If BYU is ever going to break through that glass ceiling it won't be with coaching. Blaming coaches is basically a knee-jerk reaction and what we expressed last week after the TCU loss. Here is how we see it after more thought and viewing of college football games that didn't involve BYU. In our opinion, the number of great coaches who can win games with only x's and o's are extremely rare. If a coach really is that good, he is never going to be coaching at BYU. He will demand such a big salary that BYU will never be able to match it. Reality Here is the reality of college football coaches in general and BYU coaches in particular, as we see, it when it comes to the actual coaching of football. You could throw all college head coaches and assistant coaches' names into a bag, shake it and randomly draw out a staff and they would all look pretty similar. If a guy is truly brilliant, he is going to be teaching physics or mathematics at an Ivy League university, not coaching football at BYU or any other school. Even if there was such a thing as a brilliant LDS super-guy who could coach the game, and as a bonus, is a motivator and mover of mountains, the law of supply and demand would keep him away from BYU and put him at some BCS school where he would be making $3-4 million per year. That is our take on coaching and especially BYU coaching. BYU's coaches know their stuff, but they are nothing special. That description also applies to 99 percent of other coaches in the business when it comes to teaching, implementing schemes, games plans and motivation. Football coaches and mechanics are similar. A mechanic, no matter how good he is, can't take a Yugo and make it a Lexus. A football coach can't take a team of dogs and make them thoroughbreds. Taking Steroids You and I could train for years, even take steroids, hire a track coach who could teach us technique and execution, but if we had to face Usain Bolt in the 100 meters, he would still win. On our best day, we might be within 15 meters of him at the finish line, but only if he was suffering from the H1N1 virus and had major reconstructive knee surgery the day before the race. In our opinion, when it comes to coaches, having horses is better than having a high IQ. All of which brings us back to the Bronco Mendenhall stable. If he is going to continue to win games and eventually break through the glass ceiling and big-game barrier, he needs more horsepower, not coaching acumen. He was left some horses from the previous regime, but as evidenced by the last two years, those horses are not yet good enough to run with the better bloodlines. We acknowledge the win over Oklahoma, but also acknowledge a long-shot from New Mexico's Sunland Park winning this year's Kentucky Derby. Both were aberrations. In all of the major disappointing losses during Mendenhall's career as a head coach at BYU, he has been out-horsed more than he has been outcoached. Need a Herd If you are going to run a ranch that is reaching for the top, you have to somehow build a herd of horses that will get you there. Bronco's modus operandi for getting his herd in place is certainly different and by the nature of the LDS missionary program involves a longer timeline than at other programs. He has narrowed his recruiting pool and made such odd statements as "A player needs to recruit me." The true test of what kind of Cougar coach Mendenhall is going to be is just around the corner. Despite all the hoopla of mindset, mantras and models, after the 2010 season next year, Mendenhall will have only horses that he and his staff has recruited. We will soon begin to see if his horses are going to be good enough. There are four players still on the team that were part of Gary Crowton's last recruiting class. they include Nick Alletto and Terence Brown, both current starters on the offensive line, Matt Putnam, a backup defensive end and Grant Nelson, a backup outside linebacker. Mendenhall's first class in 2005 was primarily recruited by the Crowton staff of which Mendenhall was a part. As a head coach, he had little time to put his brand on recruiting before signing day in February. First Class That first class of Mendenhall/Crowton still has players with another year or more of eligibility remaining. They include Matt Reynolds, starting offensive line, Harvey Unga, starting tailback, Russell Tialavea, starting nose guard, Vic So'oto, backup defensive end, Luke Ashworth, starting wide receiver, Shawn Doman and Terence Hooks, linebackers, Jan Jorgensen, starting defensive end and Stephen Covey, backup wide receiver. Mendenhall will very soon be riding only his own horses that he recruited and roped. In our opinion, the bottom line is not coaching, it is recruiting. If his horses aren't good enough, this BYU coaching staff and their unique model and mode of management won't be in the BYU barn forever. Most fans that we talk to think that the last two recruiting classes of Mendenhall and his staff have been very good. Those same fans think this incoming class that will sign in February is phenomenal and indicative of great things ahead for BYU when it comes to horses and high expectations. We tend to agree on those assessments, but differ on when the influx of better talent will actually kick in and be seen on the field. The reality of BYU recruiting has taught us that despite how highly touted a BYU recruiting class is, only two or three new high school recruits ever see the field as true freshmen and it is a very rare exception to have a true freshman start and make an impact. Impact The last true freshman offensive recruit to start and make a difference was Austin Collie. Harvey Unga was not enrolled at BYU the year after he graduated from high school and saw only limited action the following year because of a hip injury. It wasn't until the third year after high school that he made an impact as a redshirt freshman. No true freshman quarterback has ever made a contribution at BYU. Not Ty Detmer, not Steve Young, not Jim McMahon, not anybody in the last 30 years. No true freshman linebacker has started for BYU in the last 20 years. No true frosh has started as a defensive back. As highly touted as Craig Bills was last year, he isn't starting for the Cougars this season. Other than wide receiver, the only other place where true freshmen make an immediate impact at BYU is on the defensive line. Eathyn Manumaluena earned a starting spot his freshman year a few seasons back. What we are saying is that as good as the new incoming class looks to be, it won't be much, if any, immediate help for next season. In our opinion, the two areas that need the most help are defensive line and linebacker. The defensive secondary is what it is. It will never be great. Great defensive backs and BYU recruiting are not compatible. If there is going to be a good defense for BYU, it will require good defensive linemen and linebackers. Influx If there is going to be an influx of talent next season that will make BYU better on both side of the ball, it won't be from the much anticipated, but yet to sign, 2010 class. That will be a talented group, but history shows it won't seriously help for at least two or three years. That means any help for next year will have to come from the recruiting classes of 2006, 2007 and 2008. These guys are already in the program, or soon will be when they all return from missions. The 2009 class and the much anticipated 2010 recruiting class are exciting and good for future hope, but the reality of any real help next year will have to be found in the three previous classes and the development of those players or the influx of talent that has yet to see the field. Here are those classes. 2006 Class Brandon Bradley, DB, started at boundary corner this year. Rhen Brown, WR, redshirted this year. Robbie Buckner, DB, was slated to start, but was sidetracked by injury in the fall. Sam Doman, QB/TE, no longer in the program. Ian Dulan, DE, serving an LDS mission. Former starter. Won't be back untill 2011. Mosese Foketi, DL, no longer in program. Ryan Freeman, OL, sees backup action this season on o-line. Romey Fuga, DT, starts as a sophomore now. Mike Hague, RB, was backup running back, but gone for the year with injury. Max Hall, QB, will not be in the program next year. Braden Hansen, OL, starts as a redshirt freshman. McKay Jacobson, WR, starter at wide receiver, but currently injured. Matt Johnson, Deep Snapper, never enrolled. Walter Kahaialii, OL, on an LDS mission, due back in Jan of 2010. James Lark, QB, redshirted as a frosh, on LDS mission, due back Jan of 2010. Nate Moncur, LB, was injured and never enrolled. Michael Moore, DB, no longer in program. Mike Muehlmann, TE/DE, true frosh this season after serving mission. Brandon Ogletree, LB, a backup middle linebacker this season after returning from mission. Tico Pringle, DB, no longer in program. Jordan Richardson, DL, backup nose tackle. Switched to O-line for two weeks this season because of injuries. Andre Saulsberry, DB, no longer in program. Tom Sorensen, OL, no longer in program. Riley Stephenson, K/P, after mission punts this season as true frosh. Matangi Tonga, DL, no longer in program. Rick Wolfley, DL, no longer in program. 2007 Class Famika Anae, OL, back from mission as true frosh next season. David Angilau, DL, no longer in program. Tyler Beck, LB, back from mission next season, will be sophomore. Brannon Brooks, DB, no longer in program. Braden Brown, TE/OL, see playing time this season as backup o-lineman, te and blocking back. J.J. Di Luigi, RB, currently a backup running back. Scotty Ebert, WR/DB, never enrolled in school. Kaneakua Friel, saw action as blocking back, due back from mission in 2011. Austin Jorgensen, LB, saw special teams action as frosh, back next season from mission. Ryan Kessman, WR, no longer in program. Aveni Leung Wai, LB, still needs academic work after returning from mision. Is currently at Grossmont JC in California. Levi Mack, OL, no longer in program. Devin Mahina, TE/DE/LB, will enroll next year after mission and should be part of spring drills. Eathyn Manumaleuna, DL, started as frosh, will be back from mission next season. Marcus Matthews, WR, redshirting this year after mission. Jason Munns, QB, will be back from mission next season. Gary Nagy, DB, no longer part of the program. Jordan Pendleton, LB, starts for the Cougars. G Pittman, DB, no longer part of the program. Houston Reynolds, OL, redshirting this year after mission, tore ACL early in the fall. Jordan Smith, WR, back from mission for next season. Steven Thomas, DB, current reserve defensive back. Manaaki Vaitai, OL, back from mission next season. 2008 Class Bernard Afutiti, DL, if he can solve academics, will be back on field for next season. Michael Alisa, LB, back in 2011 from mission. Kevan Bills, LB, back in 2010 after mission, will likely redshirt next season. Cameron Comer, DB, back from mission in 2011. Spencer Hadley, LB, back from mission in 2011. Austin Holt, TE, back in 2010 after mission, will likely redshirt next season. Solomone Kafu, OL, back from mission in 2011. Jake Murphy, WR/LB, back from mission in 2011. Iona Pritchard, LB, back from mission in 2011. Daniel Sorensen, LB, back from mission in 2011. Justin Sorensen, K, back from mission in 2011. Brock Stringham, OL, back from mission in 2011. Michael Yeck, OL, back from mission in 2010, will likely redshirt next season. Atem Bol, WR, never qualified for enrollment academically. Jerry Bruner, RB/LB, no longer in program. Now at Washington State. O'Neill Chambers, WR, currently a starter. Garett Nicholson, DB, no longer in program. Shiloah, Te'o, DB, no longer in program. Jesse Taufi, OL, academics still a problem. How about it? See any major help on the horizon for next season from these classes? We do. We mentioned that we think the two areas that need the most help are the defensive line and linebackers. The names that pop out to us are Eathyn Manumaleuna and Bernard Afutiti on the defensive line. Devin Mahina is a player and could help at defensive end, or at linebacker. Speaking of linebackers, Tyler Beck, Austin Jorgensen and Aveni Leung Wai, will help. The class of 2009 will give the Cougars their starting quarterback in Riley Nelson, and a very talented linebacker in Kyle Van Noy. He will be enrolled in January, and with a spring practice under his belt, could be one of the true freshmen to make an impact. We have mentioned before that we expect Ross Apo, the wide receiver from Texas, to have the best chance of making an impact from the yet-to-be signed 2010 class. FOOTBALL FLUFF AND STUFF BYU is back in the top 25 after taking a week off. If the Cougars had two more byes in November, they could be BCS bowl eligible. The national ranking won't last if BYU can't win in Laramie this Saturday. Based on the way Wyoming is competing and playing this season, and the way BYU looked when it last took the field, a win for the Cougars will be like the weather in Wyoming. You never know what you will get. We will find out in a hurry if BYU has folded its tent after the TCU debacle. The Cougars will have to play well in Laramie if they are to get their seventh victory of the season. The Cowboys are still not a very good team, but new coach Dave Christensen has them playing hard and with heart. When Wyoming plays with those two attributes at home in front of their fans, they are dangerous. We expect Wyoming to trot out a few touchdowns against the Cougar defense, but we also expect the BYU offense to show up in force. This is the kind of team that the BYU offense should light up. We call it BYU 37 Wyoming 17. QUARTERBACK QUEUE Max Hall...An avid and good golfer, Hall may have played nine holes somewhere. If he did, he likely scored less than the 38 TCU put up on the Cougars a week ago. Riley Nelson...No game, no stats. James Lark and Jason Munns...See recruiting class breakdowns above. Jake Heaps...He threw three touchdown passes, but it wasn't enough as Skyline lost 25-20 to undefeated Bothell HS. Tanner Mangum..Completed 19-42 for 208 yards and 3 touchdowns in a 24-27 loss to Caldwell. Mangum's season stats for this year as a sophomore are: 165-of 312 for 1995 yards with 17 touchdown passes and 8 interceptions. As a freshman, he was 214-of 333 for 2845 yards with 29 touchdown passes and 8 interceptions. It was pretty obvious that he didn't have the same surrounding cast this year that he has as a true freshman starting for Timberline HS. Alex Kuresa...Kuresa doesn't have the prototypical size or arm of a Division I quarterback, but he certainly plays like one as a high school junior. Last week in the first round of the state playoffs, he was 12-18 for 320 yards passing. Mountain Crest tourted Salem Hills 55-6 and sat down early as his team was up 48-0 at the half. TELEVISION TIMETABLE BYU vs. Trinity Western Thu, Nov 5 at Provo (exhibition game) Tipoff: 7:00 pm Mountain Time TV: BYUTV (live) BYU vs. Wyoming Saturday, Nov 7 at Laramie Kickoff: Noon Mountain Time TV: The Mtn BYU vs. Central Washington Tue, Nov 10 at Provo (exhibition game) Tipoff: 7:30 pm Mountain Time TV: BYUTV (live) BYU vs. Bradley Fri, Nov 13 at Provo Tipoff: 7:30 pm Mountain Time TV: The Mtn BYU vs. New Mexico Saturday, Nov 14 at Albuquerque Kickoff: Noon Mountain Time TV: The Mtn BYU vs. Air Force Saturday, Nov 21 at Provo Kickoff: 1:30 pm Mountain Time TV: CBS C BYU vs. Utah Saturday, Nov 28 at Provo Kickoff: 3:00 pm Mountain Time TV: The Mtn and CBS C

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Cougar Sportsline, Vol. 3, Issue 13
by hb arnett 02 Nov '09

02 Nov '09

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