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New blog posts on Pink, Texas Orange, and Riley Nelson's Hair and Lack of Hair
by hb arnett 27 Jan '10

27 Jan '10

We just posted last night about Pink, Orange and video of Riley Nelson and James Lark. Check it out at: www.cougarsportsline.blogspot.com <http://www.cougarsportsline.blogspot.com/> hb

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Cougar Sportsline, Vol. 30, Issue 25
by hb arnett 25 Jan '10

25 Jan '10

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More videos on blog today
by hb arnett 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

We added more videos to the blog today. Drew Phillips and AJ Moore are both running backs. You can check them out at: www.cougarsportsline.blogspot.com <http://www.cougarsportsline.blogspot.com/> hb

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Cougar Sportsline, Vol. 30, Issue 24
by hb arnett 18 Jan '10

18 Jan '10

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 24 - January 18, 2010 Click <http://www.cougarstreet.com/products/index.php?type-450&PCID=450:0:0:0:0> Here To Order Or Renew Your Subscriptions THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT BYU KEEPS WINNING.THE BETTER NEWS IS THAT PREVIOUS VICTIMS KEEP WINNING Watching BYU defeat Colorado State 91-47 last Saturday afternoon in the Marriott Center was like going to the movies. You had to sit through too many previews before the real entertainment started. The Cougars let CSU have their preview moment for a good portion of the first half as the Rams kept it close and were in contention. At around the eight minute mark of the first half, BYU turned down the lights at the theatre and turned up the points on the court. The score was BYU 26 CSU 20. At the half it was BYU 38 CSU 22. It got worse in the second period. CSU came into this game tied with the Cougars for first place in the MWC. They went from a decent preview, with a few good parts, to a pretender in less than a half of basketball. It was a scene BYU fans saw earlier in the week when the Cougars were previewing their press clippings against Air Force at Colorado Springs. It was 36-31 BYU at the half. The Cougars then built a 20-plus point lead in the second half before settling for the 67-49 win. BYU was led by Jackson Emery's 21 points and freshman Brandon Davies' 11 points and 10 rebounds in the win against the Falcons. Jimmer Fredette led all scorers in the CSU contest. He had 21 points. Next up for the Cougars will be Wyoming in Provo on Wednesday, and then a big road trip to San Diego State on Saturday. An added boost of good news for BYU and their hopes for a good seeding in the NCAA tournament is that teams that the Cougars have already defeated are continuing to win games. That helps BYU's RPI and other seeding numbers. Arizona State is currently leading the Pac 10 standings with a 4-2 record and is 14-5 overall and UTEP is 2-1 in CUSA and 11-5 overall. SLEEVELESS IN SEATTLE...But Spokane is Close Enough At the rate BYU is winning basketball games, Jimmer Fredette could actually be sleeveless in Seattle. Okay, technically it would be sleeveless in Spokane. That is one venue where they are hosting NCAA first round games in March. Fredette, the BYU scoring machine, has been wearing a long sleeve shirt under his uniform since coming down with mononucleosis three weeks ago. He is rapidly returning to health and says that the sleeves should be shucked anytime now. Hence, sleeveless in Seattle or Spokane. Barring a colossal Meg Ryan meltdown of Fredette's health and BYU's current season, the Cougars should enter NCAA post season play with their highest seed in decades, if not ever. ESPN bracketologist, Joe Lunardi, has BYU currently pegged as a 4 seed in Spokane against Pacific, a 13 seed out of the Big West Conference. This week he also has fellow MWC teams New Mexico as a 10 seed and UNLV as a 9 seed. Of course all that is premature with so much more of the season left to play out, but the excitement and accolades to date have been great. This week BYU is ranked No. 13 in the USA Today Coaches poll. They come in at No. 14 in the AP poll. In Jeff Sagarin's ratings, he has BYU at No. 7. We Have Cranked Up the Cougar Sportsline Blog Again We are still doing some work on it, but it will give subscribers a chance to see more video and news clips and what we think will be other interesting items. It is up and running now www.CougarSportsline.blogspot.com <http://www.cougarsportsline.blogspot.com/> THE FUTURES MARKET Listed below are how BYU's most recent signees and future prospects fared during the last week. All except recent signee Anson Winder, are LDS. Kyle Collinsworth, 6-6 guard/wing, Provo HS...Collinsworth scored 24 points in a 70-33 mauling of Mountain View HS on the road. Provo will have two games this coming week with match ups against Orem on Tuesday and Westlake on Friday. There is no question on Collinsworth's talents and abilities. The question in our mind is where he will play for BYU next year. Jimmer Fredette returns at the point and if Michael Loyd Jr. continues to improve, he should see all of the backup minutes behind Fredette. Nick Martineau also returns from his mission and should get mop up minutes. The most likely spot for the incoming freshman to see time would be where Tyler Haws is now playing. Haws will be leaving on an LDS mission, probably sometime in May. On the other hand, at the point, Collinsworth is a major mismatch for opponents because of his 6-6 size and abilities to pass the ball and get to the rim. He is not exceptionally quick, but it still amazes us that he has proven over the last two years that he can get deep in the paint whenever he wants against all comers in high school and on the AAU circuit. Nick Emery, 6-0 freshman guard, Lone Peak HS...Just one game last week for Lone Peak. It was a loss on the road to Pleasant Grove in overtime. The final was 55-47. Emery had 18 points. This will be another one-game week for Lone Peak with a home tilt against American Fork. Last week we mentioned that Jordan Hamilton could be a potential D-1 possibility if he can grow as big has his older brother Justin who currently plays at Iowa State. We also said that his parents both played at BYU. That would be former football player and wrestler Larry Hamilton. Tami, the mother, was a two-time all conference volleyball player for the Cougars. Anson Winder, 6-3, guard, Bishop Gorman HS...Winder didn't show up in last Friday's boxscore of Gorman's 93-64 win over Clark HS. We don't know if he didn't play or rested when the game got out of hand. Even without scoring or playing, Winder still leads his team in scoring with 20.2 points per game. He also cranks out 7.2 rebounds per game. His teammate, sophomore Rosco Allen, had 12 points. Allen is 6-7 and being compared to Lee Cummard. BYU is already on him when it comes to recruiting, but so are plenty of other big-time programs. We will see if Winder plays Monday afternoon and how he does when BG heads to Riverside, California for a game against Colony HS in the Martin Luther King Classic. The team then heads right home for another game the following day, Tuesday, against Bonanza. We also mentioned last week that BYU is watching and showing some interest in Viko Noma'aea, a 5-11 guard from Sierra Vista HS in Las Vegas. His team last played on Jan 8 and won't play again until Tuesday, Jan 19. He leads his team in scoring with 30.4 points per game and also is third in rebounding with 5.6 an outing. Jabari Parker, 6-5, wing, Simeon HS, Chicago...The frosh LDS phenom was on the road last week. When we say on the road, we mean really on the road as Simeon flew to Springfield, Mass to take on St. Neumann Goretti of Philadelphia. Goretti is the top-rated team in Philly. The final was Goretti 54 Simeon 50. Parker led his team in scoring with 16 points. The previous day Simeon beat Harlan 59-43, but we couldn't find a box score on that game. DeMarcus Harrison, 6-4, guard, Christ School, Arden, NC... Interesting past week for Harrison. He led his team with 16 points against Providence Day School of Charlotte, NC. Roy Williams, the coach of North Carolina, was in attendance watching the game. He was there to see Marshall Plumlee, a big post player and teammate of Harrison. Plumlee has two brothers who attended Christ Church school and both are currently playing for Duke. Christ School then trekked to Ohio for a couple of games against Wilmington and St. Vincent - St. Mary's High school of Ohio. Harrison didn't show in any of those two box scores. Because Harrison left his old high school after his junior year and enrolled at the prep school, he is listed as a junior. That means that he can't sign a national letter of intent, at the earliest, until November of this year. That would be after he starts his senior season at the North Carolina school. Jordan Chatman, 6-3, guard, Skyview HS, Ridgefield, WA...The sophomore guard had a quiet week of scoring. He had 6 points in a 59-58 win over Evergreen and then added 7 more points in a road loss in overtime to Mark Morris. The final was 57-53. Jordan Smoot, 6-10, center, Crown Point HS, Crown Point, IN...BYU is watching this LDS prospect to see if he can develop into a player. He got a late start in the game, but he has great size and wingspan. In the only game CPHS played last week, Smoot had 4 points and 8 rebounds in a 57-47 road loss to Lake Central. Our take on the kid is that even if he can't play now, you might as well sign him. BYU has always had big men that can't play sitting at the end of their bench, but we would rather have a big man with a wing span of a 7-4 guy who has some athletic ability, than someone else. Besides, it would give you more street cred in recruiting when prospect see your team on television. We saw David Foster play on the AAU circuit several years ago. In our opinion, he was a stiff, but BYU and Utah coaches were at all of his games watching. After five years of a grayshirt, redshirt and LDS mission, Foster is a legitimate shot blocker for Utah and a contributor on their team. Give Smoot five more years under the same scenario and who knows. BYU's timeline for post players for next year and beyond looks like this. Brandon Davies will return for his sophomore season. James Anderson returns as a backup for his junior season. Unless Dave Rose and company sign a juco big man this spring, Davies and Anderson are your post options for next year. BYU can go small if forced to or needed defensively next year with Noah Hartsock playing the post. That has happened in a few games and matchups this season. The only other size coming in for next year, barring a juco recruit, is Chris Collinsworth. He comes back from his mission in Australia. He was listed at 6-9 as a freshman. BYU has two big men in the missionary pipeline. They both signed last year and won't be back until the 2011-2012 season. That would be Ian Harward, 6-10, from Orem HS and Nate Austin, 6-10, from Lone Peak HS. Davies and Tyler Hawes were part of that recruiting class. Lamont Morgan, 5-10, guard, Diamond Ranch HS/Saddleback JC...We are including Morgan here because he obviously scored and contributed much more on the court in high school and junior college than he has since signing with BYU. We had a discussion recently with someone who said that Morgan probably had to be disappointed with how his time at BYU has played out. Our response was, "How could he possibly be disappointed. Here is a guy who has parlayed a 5-9 body into three years of a free education at a very good university, is liked and respected by his coaches, teammates and community and also has been able to produce his own TV commercials, in which he has a starring role. What is not to like about his BYU experience". FOOTBALL FLUFF AND STUFF Holding Down the Heap Hype...We don't know who will emerge from BYU spring football practice in March as the starting Cougar quarterback. It could be Jake Heaps, the new incoming freshman, or Riley Nelson, the retuning backup QB of this past season. Frankly, we don't care who it is because the winner of this battle will be a very good quarterback. Especially now, since the starting QB will not only have almost the entire starting offensive line returning, but also because he will have Harvey Unga, the BYU running back returning for his senior season. Unga didn't file the papers for entering the NFL draft early and consequently will be back with the Cougars as their proven and prestige back. Regarding the hype for Heaps, from what we have seen of him, most of it is deserved. We throw this tidbit out, however, to try and keep some measure of rational thought intact. It could be comparing apples and oranges, but a few years back, when BYU was recruiting and signed Ben Olson out of Thousand Oaks HS in California, he was rated and considered the top prep QB prospect in the nation. In hindsight, his prep performance looks to have been helped out considerably by his Thousand Oaks teammate and wide receiver David Anderson. BYU didn't show any interest in Anderson and he signed with Colorado State where he became an all conference performer. He is now playing in the NFL with the Houston Texans. It turns out that for Olson, the best receiver he ever threw to was his high school receiver Anderson. It might turn out to be the same scenario with Heaps. It could very well be that the best receiver he ever throws to is his high school wide receiver. Kasen Williams is a 6-2, 195 pound wide out that will be a senior next season. He also will be one of the premier pass catchers in the nation. Unlike the lack of recruitment of Dave Anderson, BYU has already offered Williams. They are banking on the Heaps-Williams connection and bond. It won't be an easy get for the Cougars. Williams has offers and will get more offers from the best programs in the nation. Who knows, but if BYU strikes out with Williams, it is not unlikely that the best receiver Heaps ever threw to was his high school teammate. Coaching Shuffle...Bronco Mendenhall said a week ago that he could lose as many as three coaches from his staff before the start of next season. The three most likely coaches to head elsewhere if job offers pop up are Jaime Hill, the defensive coordinator, Patrick Higgins, the wide receiver coach and Mark Weber, the offensive line coach. They are the three non-LDS coaches on the staff. Of the three, Hill is the most likely to leave, in our opinion. There have been some rumblings about Texas A&M showing interest. We will see. LDS Playoff Ranks Thin...With just four NFL teams remaining; the ranks of LDS players participating have been scaled back. They include Fahu Tahi and Garrett Mills of Minnesota; Austin Collie, Aaron Francisco and Fili Moala of Indianapolis and Sione Pouha of New York. TELEVISION TIMETABLE BYU vs. Wyoming Wednesday, Jan 20 at Provo Tipoff: 6:00 pm Mountain Time TV: The Mtn BYU vs. San Diego State Saturday, Jan 23 at San Diego Tipoff: 8:00 pm Mountain Time TV: The Mtn BYU vs. New Mexico Wednesday, Jan 27 at Albuquerque Tipoff: 8:00 pm Mtn Time TV: The Mtn BYU vs. Utah Saturday, Jan 30 at Provo Tipoff: 7:00 pm Mountain Time TV: The Mtn

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Bronco's Board and Conan's Curl
by hb arnett 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '10

Bronco's Board <http://www.allabouthb.blogspot.com/> and Conan's Curl hb

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Smoot Link that works
by hb arnett 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

Another subscriber tells me that the link I posted for Jared Smoot didn't work. Try this one: Junior <http://nwitimes.com/sports/high-school/indiana/article_7333a37d-31eb-50ea-b 05d-0aa2341e6661.html> Jared Smoot is a work in progress for Crown Point hb

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Colby Clawson
by hb arnett 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

I forgot Colby Clawson as a juco starter and contributor in the list of juco signees in today's newsletter. I normally can't spell Coalby Cloosun and am claiming my currently underfunded California high school education as my excuse for leaving him off the list. It took a friendly reminder with the correct spelling from a subscriber to let me know I had omitted him. I will have to make up for the goof by mentioning him in my other blog, which I can spell. www.AllAboutHB.blogspot.com <http://www.allabouthb.blogspot.com/> hb

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Cougar Sportsline, Vol. 30, Issue 23
by hb arnett 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

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Cougar Sportsline, Vol. 30, Issue 23
by hb arnett 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

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 23 - January 11, 2010 Click <http://www.cougarstreet.com/products/index.php?type-450&PCID=450:0:0:0:0> Here To Order Or Renew Your Subscriptions Check out my new blog on Cheerios, Carne Asada and Cleaning Churches www.AllAboutHB.blogspot.com <http://www.allabouthb.blogspot.com/> WHEN IT COMES TO BYU BASKETBALL, YOU CAN NOW USE SPLEEN AND SCREEN IN THE SAME SENTENCE For Cougar fans, the fact that a spleen is now more discussed than a screen is an indication of just how good Jimmer Fredette and BYU basketball are. If Fredette hadn't lit up Arizona for 49 points and wasn't leading the MWC in scoring, the size of his spleen would be the last thing on anybody's mind. Now that the junior guard has been diagnosed with mononucleosis and an enlarged spleen is a sign of its severity, Fredette's spleen is front page sports news. The good news is that his spleen isn't enlarged. The bad news is that while he could play without any danger, he still doesn't have the stamina or strength to play like his old self. The physical status of Fredette may still be in question. The fact that he put in a sub-par cameo appearance in BYU's 77-73 win over UNLV in Provo last Wednesday and didn't even dress in the 83-77 Cougar win against UTEP in El Paso later in the week says even more about the medical condition of the rest of this current Cougar basketball team. High Fever Our diagnosis is that they have an extremely high fever. They are on fire, even without Fredette. Jackson Emery is very good. Jonathan Tavernari has proven he can play during the last three years. In the last three games he has regained his star status and shot. It has been years since we have used the phrase good post play and BYU basketball in the same sentence. Good post play is what BYU is getting with the performances of Chris Miles and Brandon Davies. Noah Hartsock is consistent and the bench play has been encouraging and essential. Tyler Haws won't be an all-conference selection this year, but he certainly has played like one, especially when he put the Cougars on his back in El Paso and carried them to an impressive road win with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Now here is the scary good part for BYU fans and just the scary part for the rest of the Mountain West conference. As well has BYU has played, they can be much better. UNLV Good UNLV is a very good and talented team and gave the Cougars all they wanted in Provo. Rebel fans are drooling about the prospect of getting the Cougars on their home court in Las Vegas in February. If the Cougars can shoot the ball like they have shown they can from the perimeter in other games this season, we don't see why they can't run away and hide from UNLV in Las Vegas or against any other team on their home court. BYU is showing that they really are that good. While Dave Rose is hoping his team's current fever doesn't go away, he and the BYU medical staff will continue to monitor Fredette's status and spleen. The worst case scenario is that he could be out of action for the rest of the season. The best case scenario is that he will be back healthy and in form when the Cougars hit the road later this month for games at San Diego State and New Mexico (See Television Timetable below). The next two weeks, BYU will get Air Force at Colorado Springs this coming Wednesday, host Colorado State in Provo on Saturday and then venture to Wyoming the following Wednesday. THE FUTURES MARKET Listed below are BYU's most recent signees and future prospects and how they fared during the last week. All except recent signee Anson Winder, are LDS. Kyle Collinsworth, 6-6 guard/wing, Provo HS...Collinsworth hit the game-winning shot with seconds left in a 48-46 win over Lehi HS at Lehi last Friday night. Collinsworth ended the game with 20 points. He is currently averaging almost 21 points per game. Nick Emery, 6-0 freshman guard, Lone Peak HS...After sitting out of action two weeks ago with a minor neck injury. Emery roared back to action with 21 points against Timpanogas and then this past week he had two two terrific games. He scored 31 against Alta HS in a 66-57 win over the Hawks on Friday night at Lone Peak. Previously, against Brighton HS on the road, his team lost 69-66, but Emery had 26 points. In 10 games played, Emery is averaging 20.3 points per outing. Lone Peak has another possible D-1 recruit in junior Jordan Hamilton, if he continues to grow. He is 6-7 and looks to be a rebounding machine. His older brother, Justin Hamilton is a sophomore starter at Iowa State. He is listed on the Cyclone official roster as being 6-11, 260 pounds. His father played football for the Cougars and his mom played volleyball for BYU. Anson Winder, 6-3, guard, Bishop Gorman HS...Winder and his team have yet to lose a game since dropping its opener against national prep school powerhouse Findlay Prep. Last week Winder had 9 points in BG's 81-44 win over Pahrump Valley. He had 6 against Sierra Vista in a 89-51 win. Speaking of Sierra Vista, they have a 5-11 guard named Viko Noma'aea. BYU is starting to show some interest as Noma'aea told the Las Vegas Sun last week that he received a recruiting letter from his "dream school", BYU last week. He is averaging 30 points per game and has had a 41 point performance this season against Arbor View and 39 points against Pahrump Valley. Against Winder and Bishop Gorman, he had 18. His dad, Vico Noma'aea is a former college player at Cal State Dominquez and then played and coached with the American Samoa national team for six years. He is now a local AAU coach. He is looking for a growth spurt soon for his son. He has a sophomore son at SV that is 6-1 and a younger son in the sixth grade who is already 6-foot. Jabari Parker, 6-5, wing, Simeon HS, Chicago...The frosh LDS phenom finally made some apperances in box scores recently for Chicago powerhouse Simeon HS. He scored 11 points, had seven rebounds and seven assists to lift the Wolverines to a 67-28 win over Fenger HS last Friday. Previously, he scored 8 points in a 54-48 win over Morgan Park. In a 59-51 loss to Waukegan, Parker led his team with 18 points and 4 rebounds. He was instrumental in leading a late-game comeback that came up short when he scored 7 of his 18 points in the last 50 seconds of the game. DeMarcus Harrison, 6-4, guard, Christ School, Arden, NC... We couldn't find any record of Harrison scoring in the first two games coming back from the Christmas break, but he certainly showed up in the 99-60 win over Cannon School last Saturday. Harrison exploded for 29 points. Jordan Chatman, 6-3, guard, Skyview HS, Ridgfield, WA...The sophomore guard scored 20 in Skyview's 59-54 win over defending league champ Mountain View. He is the son of former Cougar basketballer, Jeff Chatman. Jordan Smoot, 6-10, center, Crown Point HS, Crown Point, IN...BYU sent a coach to watch this LDS player perform against Merrillville HS on Dec 29. This kid is 6-10, but he has the wing span of someone 7-4. He came to the game late and didn't start playing until he was in the eighth grade. He didn't do much as a frosh and sophomore, but is currently averaging 5-plus points per game, 6.6 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per outing. Schools besides BYU are starting to take notice. Minnesota's Tubby Smith has called to inquire, Purdue's Matt Painter as gone to watch Smoot practice. Valparaiso, Western Michigan, Nevada and Butler have also been in to watch him play this winter. You can read about and see Smoot by clicking here <http://mormontimes.com/people_news/sports/?id=12667> . FOOTBALL FLUFF AND STUFF Here are some ramblings and rumblings about the BYU football program as the New Year begins. Bronco Mendenhall has confirmed that two former juco transfers, Bernard Afutiti and Jesse Taufi, are no longer part of the program. Both had academic issues. When it comes to juco recruiting and this was baseball, BYU would be hitting sixth or seventh in the batting order with its .266 average. The Cougars under Bronco have signed or brought in 15 juco recruits. Four have been starters and or serious contributors. The four are Sete Aulai at center, Justin Robinson at corner, Andrew Rich at safety and most recently, Brian Logan at corner. The other juco signees during the last five years of the Mendenhall era were Mosese Foketi, Matt Johnson, Tico Pringle, Andre Saulsberry, Aveni Leung Wai, Levi Mack, Bernard Afutiti, Jesse Taufi and most recently, Lee Aguirre, Jordan Atkinson and Corby Eason. After the first week of the NFL playoffs here are the BYU and or LDS players still involved in the playoffs. Indianapolis - Austin Collie, BYU; Aaron Francisco, BYU; Fili Moala, USC Baltimore - John Beck, BYU, Todd Heap, ASU; Paul Kruger, Utah; Haloti Ngata, Oregon Arizona - Duece Lutoi, USC San Diego - Brandon Manumaleuna, Arizona; Ryon Bingham, Nebraska; Eric Weddle, Utah NY Jets - Sione Pouha, Utah Minnesota - Fahu Tahi, BYU; Garrett Mills, Tulsa Dallas - Travis Bright, BYU (on the practice squad) Harvey Unga is still enrolled in school, but will have to make a decision this week on whether he will declare for the NFL. This is a big deal for BYU because if Unga does declare, the Cougars are left with a running back stable that is anything but spectacular. Returning tailbacks include Malosi Te'o, J.J. DiLuigi, Bryan Kariya and Mike Hague. Joshua Quezada, a freshman tailback with great prep credentials is already enrolled in school, but has yet to prove he can produce at the next level. We think he can, but he still is unproven. The bottom line for BYU is that if Unga does go early, BYU will not be as good as they have been the last couple of seasons in the running game. BYU finished with its highest rankings in the AP and Coaches polls since 1996. Both polls had the Cougars at No. 12. In all star games, the BYU program was represented nicely, by Jake Heaps and Ross Apo in the Army All American Bowl that was played last Saturday in San Antonio. It featured the top tier of prep recruits in the country. Apo saw limited action, but Heaps did get to show some of his talents. Both players are currently enrolled in school at BYU and will participate in sprig drills. Speaking of spring practice, it will get underway beginning March 15 and end with the spring game set for April 10. SIGNING DAY JUST AROUND THE CORNER With national letter of intent day just around the corner and set for Wednesday, February 3, here is another look at the players BYU expects to sign. With Jake Heaps, Ross Apo and Joshua Quezada already signed, sealed and enrolled in school, we will not include them on the list of commitments. Since the last time we printed this list, there has been a mutual parting of the ways between defensive lineman Hauoli Jamora, a 6-3, 235 pounder. He is now considering, Washington, Hawaii, Oregon State and Boise State. He is not LDS. Here is the list of players expected to sign with the Cougars in February. Current Cougar Commits Jordan Afo, DL, 6-4, 300, Cottonwood HS, UT Jordan Black, OL 6-7, 235, Alta HS, UT Algernon Brown, RB, 6-1, 205, Skyline HS, UT Tayo Fabuluje, OT, 6-5, 255, The Oakridge School, TX Alani Fua, LB 6-5, 210, Oaks Christian HS, CA Kori Gaines, DB, 5-9, 170, Grayson HS, GA Toloa'i Ho Ching, LB, 6-0, 225, Alta HS, UT Jacob Hanneman, DB, 6-1, 190, Lone Peak HS, UT Jordan Johnson, DB, 5-10, 175, Brooks School, MA Tuni Kanuch...DL, 6-1, 285, Bingham HS, UT Bronson Kaufusi, DL, 6-6, 225, Timpview HS, UT Teu Kautai, LB, 6-1, 200, The Oakridge School, TX Collin Keoshian, LB, 6-2, 225, Santa Clarita Christian, CA A.J. Moore...RB, 5-10, 190, Murrieta Valley HS, CA Manu Mulitalo, OL, 6-3, 305, Granger HS, UT Joey Owens, LB, 6-2, 215, Pleasant Grove HS, UT Drew Phillips, RB, 6-0, 185, Boaz HS, AL Graham Rowley, OL, 6-4, 270, Waialua HS, HI Bryan Sampson, TE, 6-4, 210, Pleasant Grove HS, UT Kona Schwenke, DL, 6-5, 210, Kahuku HS, HI Zac Stout...LB, 6-2, 220, Oaks Christian HS, CA Sae Tautu, LB, 6-3, 215, Lone Peak HS, UT Travis Tuiloma, DL, 6-3, 290, Washburn Rural HS, KS Blair Tushaus, OL, 6-2, 270, Notre Dame Prep, AZ BYU still has an offer on the table for Ricky Heimuli, a 6-3, 290 pound defensive lineman from Brighton HS in Utah. He participated in the Army All Star game this past weekend with BYU enrollee Heaps and Apo. He is being courted by BYU, Utah, Washington, the Oregon schools and USC. The USC recruitment is now shaky because of Pete Carroll headed off to the Seattle Seahawks. With most of the mystery of this current recruiting class gone, BYU has already secured commitments for next year's 2011 recruiting class. They include Austin Heder, LB, 6-2, 215, Pleasant Grove HS, UT; Baker Pritchard, DL, 6-2, 240, Bingham HS, UT; Manoa Pikula, LB/RB, 6-0 205, Bingham HS, UT. They have also offered a scholarships to Harvey Langi, RB, 6-2, 210, Bingham HS, UT. He is the big fish of this next class. BYU also just recently offered Troy Hinds. He will be in the 2012 recruiting class and is a sophomore defensive lineman at Davis HS in Utah. He is 6-5, 230 pounds. TELEVISION TIMETABLE BYU vs. Air Force Wednesday, Jan 13 at Colo Springs Tipoff: 6:00 pm Mountain Time TV: The Mtn BYU vs. Colorado State Saturday, Jan 16 at Provo Tipoff: 4:00 pm Mountain Time TV: The Mtn BYU vs. Wyoming Wednesday, Jan 20 at Provo Tipoff: 6:00 pm Mountain Time TV: The Mtn BYU vs. San Diego State Saturday, Jan 23 at San Diego Tipoff: 8:00 pm Mountain Time TV: The Mtn BYU vs. New Mexico Wednesday, Jan 27 at Albuquerque Tipoff: 8:00 pm Mtn Time TV: The Mtn Check out my new blog: www.AllAboutHB.blogspot.com <http://www.allabouthb.blogspot.com/>

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Sorry for breaking a promise
by hb arnett 07 Jan '10

07 Jan '10

I know I promised you would never hear about the blog again, but I can't stand not knowing who is hitting on me from overseas. I know that Ty Detmer was in Iraq with a USO group recently, but it's not him. See what I mean at www.AllAboutHB.blogspot.com <http://www.allabouthb.blogspot.com/> and help a guy out. Thanks, hb

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