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Cougar Clicks, Friday, August 14, 2015
by hb arnett 14 Aug '15

14 Aug '15

HB Arnett's BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click Here <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Friday, August 14, 2015 hbarnett(a)fiber.net <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> . 801 372 0819 HB's Hurry Up Headlines.if you don't have time to read all of today's stories, here are my top picks of the day. Here <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lF8utX2EvZY> 's the "Go to Guy" for getting us excited for BYU Football Post Practice with QB Coach Jason Beck <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7xcCol1S8w> Today's complete Cougar Clicks... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://journalstar.com/sports/hus kers/football/2015/riley-confirms-five-huskers-suspended-for-opener/article_ f9c0ccee-22cb-5e89-a164-7b0e028d1d6d.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQwMDI4MDQ1MTQyM jU5MTcxMjAyGjM2OWQwMTBiODRmZDkxYzA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFxtNO-0sRakHW5pCEx l4okM3nrxg> Riley confirms five Huskers suspended for opener Lincoln Journal Star Nebraska football coach Mike Riley confirmed after Thursday's practice that five players ... 5 season opener against BYU, but did not name the players. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634527/BYU-football-Coaches-to-assess-teams-progress-during-Saturdays-s crimmage.html%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc4MTMzMTUzMDY5NTE5NTM5NTUyGjVhOT c0NjFhYTYyZGQxZjg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFtUjbqJK9KdjBAkVn2SWArTHJ1hw> BYU football: Coaches to assess team's progress during Saturday's scrimmage Deseret News Players getting the primary looks at punt returning include receivers Devon Blackmon and Mitchell Juergens along with defensive back Eric Takenaka. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634451/BYU-Utah-enemy-camp-insider-5-questions-with-a-UCLA-expert.html& ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYzMzA2MzcyNjY4NTM5OTgwNDEyGjAxMTQ1OWYxYjlhOThhMDY6Y29tOmV uOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEaqXqiYR9hPScepKbKIzh1_dnA7g> BYU, Utah enemy camp insider: 5 questions with a UCLA expert Deseret News BYU, Utah enemy camp insider: 5 questions with a UCLA expert ... Still, there's a reason that Asiantii Woulard - a former four-star recruit himself back <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634518/BYU-football-teams-string-of-bad-luck-unbroken.html%3Fpg%3Dall&c t=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQ2NjY1MjU2ODM2MjMwMzg4ODEyGjM5OWE4YzQyYjI1NzA5Nzg6Y29tOmVu OlVT&usg=AFQjCNHz9uiGdMYBv_R_ovTklwZkjdL4gg> BYU football team's string of bad luck unbroken Deseret News The recruiting business has been fun, too. Charles West, a Texas prep running back, was arrested just days after signing to play for BYU last February. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://fox13now.com/2015/08/13/co vey-switches-from-qb-to-wr-talks-picking-u-of-u-over-byu/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTM jQ3NzI5ODcyNDkxNDU0MjIyMjIaY2Y1YTZjNjI1MjViZTdiODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHoc 6GlD9wDJXzeGmRPCj-jUmYrsA> Covey switches from QB to WR, talks picking U of U over BYU fox13now.com SALT LAKE CITY - Many know Britain Covey as the speedy little quarterback and former Mr. Football that led the win-factory Timpview Thunderbirds ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sltrib.com/home/283565 9-155/byu-football-cougars-to-host-wisconsin&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjczMDU0NDU0Mj c0MjMxMTMzNjIaYmFlYzZhM2M5ZTk1NGZlNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHw1NIiSUhdWkTkJd 2GxIjg4fp6kQ> BYU football: Cougars to host Wisconsin in 2017 instead of 2019 Salt Lake Tribune BYU announced via its football Twitter account that the Wisconsin-at-BYU football game previously scheduled for 2019 has been moved to 2018. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sltrib.com/sports/2835 216-155/monson-bronco-and-kyle-must-answer&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODM0NzE0NTI0OTkx ODAzMTAyODIaZDQ5ZTI5NDVkNjllZDI5NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGRnGZhqQlKXwBxHFVB DMZ80QaBxg> Monson: Bronco and Kyle must answer the question - how much physicality is too much? Salt Lake Tribune Bronco Mendenhall and Kyle Whittingham are not Bud Kilmer. But they are at the organizational head of a hundred troops between the ages of 18 and ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ksl.com/%3Fsid%3D35451 134%26nid%3D272%26title%3D4-0-0-4-a-case-for-byus-opening-month&ct=ga&cd=CAE YASoTODM0NzE0NTI0OTkxODAzMTAyODIaZDQ5ZTI5NDVkNjllZDI5NTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQ jCNGFDxGu40-Omwgvmjlsct-8BmK6Xw> 4-0? 0-4? A case for BYU's opening month KSL.com In his tenure at BYU, Bronco Mendenhall's teams have historically fared well in their first games of the season. Since taking over the program in 2005, <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sltrib.com/sports/2835 181-155/byu-football-bronson-kaufusi-all-smiles&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODEzNzg2Mjc 1NDg1ODM1NDQwNjIaYzJjYTU0YTZkNDY5MzFkZDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGWH3YGWcL2vGM D24t1wZ_qo1XYuQ> BYU football: Bronson Kaufusi all smiles about return to defensive end (with video) Salt Lake Tribune Call him the brother of BYU basketball center Corbin Kaufusi, or the son of defensive line coach Steve Kaufusi, and he will smile. Bronson Kaufusi ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://byucougars.com/m-football/ movie-night-open-scrimmage-friday-and-saturday-lavell-edwards-stadium&ct=ga& cd=CAEYACoUMTczOTYwMDczMzgwMDgxMTA1OTQyGmJhZWM2YTNjOWU5NTRmZTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT& usg=AFQjCNFttG4_M00fnapmpPTC5K6h1b47Cg> Movie Night, Open Scrimmage this Friday and Saturday at LaVell Edwards Stadium byucougars.com PROVO, Utah - BYU football will conduct its first scrimmage of fall camp on Saturday morning at 10:30 a.m. in LaVell Edwards Stadium. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://davisclipper.com/pages/ful l_story/push%3Farticle-Davis%2BHigh%2Bsoccer%2Bstar%2Bearns%2Btop%2Bhonors%2 Band%2BGolden%2BBall%2520%26id%3D26804237%26instance%3Dlead_story_left_colum n&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTU4MjM2NzkyNzI5NDU1NDA2MTUyGjhiY2Q0NmE4ZGY3ZDU4ZWY6Y29tO mVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFE93FgZiLEzQHbqHqQhNUXuMu4Qw> Davis High soccer star earns top honors and Golden Ball Davisclipper She has recently committed to play Division I soccer at Brigham Young University. "Not a lot of girls have the opportunity to commit early, so I feel very ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://fox13now.com/2015/08/13/by u-football-team-sings-delivers-season-tickets-to-fan-who-broke-her-arm-for-t he-team/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc1Njk3NjcxOTEyNTE2MjIwNjUyGmNmNWE2YzYyNTI1YmU3Yj g6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE8OwOrjn-RNN4cK8eKRQG8NuDzSg> BYU football team sings, delivers season tickets to fan who 'broke her arm for the team' fox13now.com PROVO, Utah - A fan who reportedly broke her arm while running to retrieve a "#BYU50" box was treated to a special surprise this week when the ...

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Cougar Clicks, Thursday, August 13, 2015
by hb arnett 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

HB Arnett's BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click Here <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Thursday, August 13, 2015 hbarnett(a)fiber.net <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> . 801 372 0819 HB's Hurry Up Headlines.if you don't have time to read all of today's stories, here are my top picks of the day. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ksl.com/%3Fsid%3D35936 831%26nid%3D498%26fm%3Dmost_popular%26s_cid%3Dpopular-8&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjI 1NzIzMjI1NTA2MjkxOTI1MzIaNzI4MWViYzExOWEzMWQ2ZDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHqlQi 0nnLmPapsgXBr1riPA3AJ3g> Camp Cougar, Day 4 KSL.com On Wednesday, the early 11-on-11 work featured quarterback Taysom Hill making long connections with wide receiver Nick Kurtz (50 yards, leading ... Today's complete Cougar Clicks... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634449/BYUs-Sione-Takitaki-charged-with-two-counts-of-misdemeanor-theft -suspended-for-season-opener.html%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM1NjczMzg3Mj YxNTQ2NDI5MDkyGjhkZGM1ODdlOWJkNDE0MWY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEO6akHonE3Mu9Mw D9_EMrgf6EenA> BYU's Sione Takitaki charged with two counts of misdemeanor theft, suspended for season opener Deseret News While the Cougars are deep at the outside linebacker position, Takitaki is one of only three with playing experience, along with Fred Warner and Sae ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.heraldextra.com/news/l ocal/crime-and-courts/byu-linebacker-charged-with-two-misdemeanor-counts-of- theft/article_dc430301-b11f-5cc3-9b72-50fa594ff08b.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNDY xOTEyNTgxNzI2Njk2NDI3MhozNjlkMDEwYjg0ZmQ5MWMwOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNFJPX95 j4p7eMoeKVwBv3pjR_iJkA> BYU linebacker charged with two misdemeanor counts of theft Daily Herald The BYU football program said it is aware of the situation and that Takitaki has been suspended for the season-opener at Nebraska on Sept. 5. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sltrib.com/sports/2832 289-155/byu-football-lb-sione-takitaki-charged&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSOTQ1MzA2OTMz NTA3MDcyMTY4MhpmYmUwNGNkZDllMzkwNWRjOmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNH0e3Pk4-Ht4ElUm gycND8ILS9TvQ> BYU football: LB Sione Takitaki charged with two counts of misdemeanor theft, suspended for ... Salt Lake Tribune By JAY DREW | The Salt Lake Tribune connect ... theft for incidents that occurred on July 10 and July 21, BYU Police Lt. Arnold Lemmon said. Takitaki ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://journalstar.com/sports/hus kers/life-in-the-red/byu-dealing-with-early-camp-challenges/article_0497c7d4 -4172-11e5-a09a-7b2fdef49bd6.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTNzk4ODAwNTM4MTUwNDI2MjMxM TIaY2Y1YTZjNjI1MjViZTdiODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGZRfgRFA4eg7xQI6zkpm9HAyC1i w> BYU dealing with early camp challenges Lincoln Journal Star Nebraska's season-opening foe BYU is down another player, with the announcement Wednesday that linebacker Sione Takitaki has been suspended ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sltrib.com/home/283060 3-155/byu-football-punting-could-be-an&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTgyMzg1NjY5OTkyMTU5 MTc1OTkyGmJhZWM2YTNjOWU5NTRmZTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFN9c4O6WcXBslWge2Choy 4CPVaGg> BYU football: Punting could be an adventure for Cougs this year (with video) Salt Lake Tribune Provo . At BYU's football media day in June, coach Bronco Mendenhall said his biggest concerns were developing some depth along the offensive ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634442/BYU-notebook-Offensive-line-coming-together-coaches-hopeful-for- Charles-West.html%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoSNjk2Mzk5OTUwODA5NTE0MDQyMhpkND llMjk0NWQ2OWVkMjk1OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNG20_OVeFQVrCRDajd204NI5sRIoQ> BYU notebook: Offensive line coming together, coaches hopeful for Charles West Deseret News Count BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall in with the optimistic contingent. Following Wednesday's photo day Mendenhall mentioned that West could join ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634446/BYUs-super-freak-Taysom-Hill-whose-strength-awes-uplifts-Cougars .html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzUwODEzOTg1OTQ0Nzk1NzI0NTIaNjNkY2NhZGFiNWNkYmFmMjpjb 206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGZhzPbNZgM-kDFNAXNP6fa3vSjEQ> Dick Harmon: BYU's super freak? Taysom Hill, whose strength awes, uplifts Cougars Deseret News Observers long have marveled at BYU senior QB Taysom Hill's ability to perform unusual physical feats like ripping through University of Texas <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ksl.com/%3Fsid%3D35930 674%26nid%3D294%26title%3Dmendenhall-deserves-right-to-determine-honor-code- sanctions&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIxNTgwNjA1MzE3MzY3OTIwNDIyGjAxMTQ1OWYxYjlhOThhM DY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGJJPFHNSE7DtqPnRrgnoGbThLd8A> Mendenhall deserves right to determine Honor Code sanctions KSL.com At BYU, the responsibility also can include Honor Code investigator, a position ... BYU needs to recruit the best athletes possible regardless of religion.

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Cougar Clicks, Wednesday, August 12, 2015
by hb arnett 12 Aug '15

12 Aug '15

HB Arnett's BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click Here <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Wednesday, August 12, 2015 hbarnett(a)fiber.net <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> . 801 372 0819 HB's Hurry Up Headlines.if you don't have time to read all of today's stories, here are my top picks of the day. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.si.com/college-footbal l/2015/08/11/college-football-playoff-dark-horses-sleepers&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoT NzczMTU2NzE4MDUzMDQ5Mjc2NzIaMzY5ZDAxMGI4NGZkOTFjMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHk xCO4uN9CcaOY6_Ch_-AXpITHEw> Texas A&M leads dark horses who could make College Football Playoff SI.com The four teams that ultimately made the inaugural College Football Playoff were, on the whole, boring. Sure, how each of them got there was ... Today's complete Cougar Clicks... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sltrib.com/home/282794 9-155/byu-football-practice-marred-by-injury&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTODU4NDk5MzQxNj c2OTEzMjAwMDIaNWE5NzQ2MWFhNjJkZDFmODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH5SSGk9k7kXUiTip mWZDNDxQvdxA> BYU football: Practice marred by injury, altercations and punishment Salt Lake Tribune Senior quarterback Taysom Hill threw long touchdown passes to Devon Blackmon, Mitchell Juergens, Kurt Henderson and Moroni Lualu-Pututau, and ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sltrib.com/home/282904 7-155/byu-football-lb-colby-jorgensen-suffers&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTA0MzU4Njk3M Tk4MjkxOTE3MjUyGjM2OWQwMTBiODRmZDkxYzA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHl9MpL0ybET3Ef B45gKOW53o0F7A> BYU football: LB Colby Jorgensen suffers fractured neck, rushed into surgery Salt Lake Tribune Sophomore linebacker Colby Jorgensen suffered a fractured neck and a slipped disc during BYU's football practice on Tuesday morning and was ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports /college/byu/football/byu-football-cougar-season-could-depend-on-mangum-and- carter/article_d9a5c52c-20ea-53f3-9aac-f76b84455121.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMT U0ODU2NTMzOTQzNzc4NDc1OTkyGmEwYjE5YzNkNmNiOGNmYTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHP8 2RtEV8J_PsJaqhDCXH27MytvQ> BYU football: Cougar season could depend on Mangum and Carter Daily Herald Mitchell Juergens had a great grab at the back of the end zone for a score, while Hill also hit Moroni Laulu- Pututau on a post route for a 75-yard score <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634333/BYUs-Carter-still-a-walk-on-but-helping-fill-huge-huge-vacancy-a t-running-back.html%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzcyNzQxNzgyMDA4NzU0MDk4NjIa YzFlNjc4M2Y0MTc5MTFhODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE1xiupieTenVRvw_eIlJSAphUC5A> BYU's Carter still a walk-on, but helping fill 'huge, huge vacancy' at running back Deseret News 3 Oklahoma without the services of star running back Harvey Unga, who was injured. In his place, walk-on Bryan Kariya played a key role in the upset ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ksl.com/%3Fsid%3D35895 023%26nid%3D272%26title%3Dmore-important-for-byu-wide-receivers-or-running-b acks&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUzNTUxNjI5MDE1OTg4MDMwNjEyGjQxOWJhMmViZWU5NGQ3NmQ6Y2 9tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHexj5D09wt3i1b7ZFAKX235iuawQ> More important for BYU: wide receivers or running backs? KSL.com PROVO - With Taysom Hill back under center, the BYU offense is ... Even with Jamaal Williams' surprise announcement and the departure of former ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports /college/byu/football/byu-football-linebacker-colby-jorgensen-fractures-neck -in-practice/article_ef6582f8-117c-5944-add3-a79d10e37ccd.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEY ACoUMTE4NzY1MTAyMDI2ODk4ODMwMDkyGmNmNWE2YzYyNTI1YmU3Yjg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQ jCNHOt_GDUpXGRkFdYqZN0gHYURK2Jw> BYU football linebacker Colby Jorgensen fractures neck in practice Daily Herald After doing a CT scan and MRI, neurosurgeons determined that BYU sophomore linebacker Colby Jorgensen fractured his neck and slipped a disc ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634333/BYUs-Carter-still-a-walk-on-but-helping-fill-huge-huge-vacancy-a t-running-back.html%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTY2MjE5MTMwOTQyOTI3NDI3MDIa MDdjZTIyNGMxNjEzNTIxYTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNE1xiupieTenVRvw_eIlJSAphUC5A> BYU's Carter still a walk-on, but helping fill 'huge, huge vacancy' at running back Deseret News By Jeff Call, Deseret News ... PROVO - As a long-time walk-on, BYU senior running back Nate Carter doesn't receive a scholarship check. During the ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://byucougars.com/w-volleybal l/cougars-begin-preparations-2015-season&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjExNzk0NTE1OTcxOT A5NDUxMTIaYmFlYzZhM2M5ZTk1NGZlNTpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFvnHRV1ARW9plziZTWkA QV1odzXg> WVLB - Cougars begin preparations for the 2015 season BYUCougars.com PROVO, Utah - BYU women's volleyball officially began preparations for the 2015 season Monday with team practices. The Cougars will continue to ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports /college/byu/football/byu-football-offense-and-defense-both-feature-trash-ta lkers/article_b189c956-5337-56cd-a910-57d7d90dccb5.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoSNjk yNzQ1OTQ0MDc1Njg5MDg4MhpmMTY3MDJhZTY1NTk5NWU2OmNvbTplbjpVUw&usg=AFQjCNHaYmaK 0ZaRLmYNE4RjfzWUVL1mUw> BYU football: Offense and defense both feature trash talkers Daily Herald BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall wasn't the only one to get all warm .... in skeleton work, including one to Nick Kurtz and one to Colby Pearson. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.mlive.com/wolverines/i ndex.ssf/2015/08/fox_michigan_could_struggle_to.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjIzMz M5MTc3NzczOTk3MjIyMjIaY2Y1YTZjNjI1MjViZTdiODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH1NyJ-Fx ljmlzK3yL88q9SukjIDQ> FOX: Michigan could struggle to reach .500 in Jim Harbaugh's first year MLive.com "A tough non-conference slate of Utah, Oregon State and BYU might keep the Wolverines from cracking .500." In the end, Mandel pegs Michigan at ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://espn960sports.com/byu/char les-west-prep-school-byu/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTYwNjY2NzgwOTY1MjgyOTA4OTYyGjAxM TQ1OWYxYjlhOThhMDY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFpzsu3LXzOr5dx_iWM2seCR_wqow> Charles West still plans to be at BYU ESPN 960 Sports BYU recruit Charles West is zeroing in on a decision about where he will play college football and he will in fact eventually go to BYU, or that is the ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.heraldextra.com/region -boys-prep-golf/article_fa398f19-fdf2-5b94-ac29-2f752c3dd9d1.html&ct=ga&cd=C AEYACoUMTgyNzM0MDk0MDkzMTk3NDMzMDIyGjhiY2Q0NmE4ZGY3ZDU4ZWY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg= AFQjCNGF-UssUPlpHmWXnSXoK5RxgRPR5Q> Region 7 Boys Prep Golf Daily Herald Rhett Rasmussen and Brock Stanger have both recently verbally committed to Coach Brockbank and play for Brigham Young University next year. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634364/BYU-football-notebook-Coach-Mendenhall-impressed-with-Utah-conti ngent-of-recruits.html%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI4MTYyODc2MTA3Mjg2ODk2N DgyGmEwYjE5YzNkNmNiOGNmYTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGQu2QgC1CciC0rlQiXz7MeSrO2 2A> BYU football notebook: Coach Mendenhall impressed with Utah contingent of recruits Deseret News ... Zayne Anderson and Mountain Crest receiver Moroni Laulu-Pututau. ... most notable contributors have perhaps been Laulu-Pututau and Shumway, ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://byucougars.com/w-soccer/bl ues-3-0-victory-led-nadia-gomess-seven-shots&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE3OTYzMTc1MT Y5MzM0NzAzNzIyGmJhZWM2YTNjOWU5NTRmZTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNE2fx7OVcZ1q6tJU uMBXBnu0_eN_Q> WSOC - Blue's 3-0 victory led by Nadia Gomes's seven shots BYUCougars.com PROVO, Utah (August 11, 2015) - A 3-0 victory for the Blue squad was led by sophomore Nadia Gomes's seven shots in the annual Blue-White ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.jsonline.com/sports/go lf/pga-tour-rookie-tony-finau-got-big-boost-in-milwaukee-in-2007-b99554887z1 -321513651.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUxODI2Nzg1NTMzOTA1NzMzNDcyGjhiY2Q0NmE4ZGY 3ZDU4ZWY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNF0y7hwU58mZy1-CPpj954q20EG3Q> PGA Tour rookie Tony Finau got big boost in Milwaukee in 2007 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Tony and Jabari have met only once, when Parker was on a recruiting visit to Brigham Young University. They don't talk often, but the two keep tabs on ...

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Cougar Clicks, Tuesday, August 11, 2015
by hb arnett 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

HB Arnett's BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click Here <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Tuesday, August 11, 2015 hbarnett(a)fiber.net <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> . 801 372 0819 HB's Hurry Up Headlines.if you don't have time to read all of today's stories, here are my top picks of the day. Bronco and Anae talk Post Practice <http://www.ksl.com/?sid=35851217&nid=276> Today's complete Cougar Clicks... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sltrib.com/home/282413 2-155/byu-football-candidates-lining-up-to&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIyODYwMTY4MjY4 OTcyMjkzNjcyGmU1Nzg2MTU4YjNkYjFiNDg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH-jW7ue3aU6hrH9f9 KFKtoLmzo9w> BYU football: Candidates lining up to fill Williams' shoes at running back Salt Lake Tribune Another ball-toting option is inside receiver Trey Dye, Mendenhall said on Saturday. "Right now, we are just looking at the broader perspective," Anae ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.ksl.com/%3Fsid%3D3590 0881%26nid%3D498%26fm%3Dmost_popular%26s_cid%3Dpopular-6&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMT U1OTk2MjkzMTIxMjczMDc2NzgyGjVhOTc0NjFhYTYyZGQxZjg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEor HJSkZMgLjTIjJwf9AA5su74LQ> Walk-on Carter gets his shot in BYU backfield KSL.com ... in wide receivers Nick Kurtz, Kurt Henderson and Devon Blackmon. ... second scrimmage set, and Blackmon flashed his speed to get into the end ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.fontanaheraldnews.com/ sports/article_345c3036-3fa1-11e5-aab8-e762bdc04157.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMT U1OTk2MjkzMTIxMjczMDc2NzgyGjVhOTc0NjFhYTYyZGQxZjg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGVU aifeW2pV9IZf27lLKijeqBgrg> BYU looks forward to good football season in 2015, but former Summit star Jamaal Williams will not ... Fontana Herald-News Hill is outstanding as both a passer and runner, and the Cougars will be helped by senior Devon Blackmon, another former Summit star, who will be ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sltrib.com/home/282203 3-155/kragthorpe-wrong-about-byu-and-utah&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTI1NDY4NTkyMzg2N jg1MjU0NDMyGmE0N2IwMTcyMzRhNzNkZmI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFIvgnAiuuinWX3CGUG xFhwjb0lkw> Kragthorpe: Wrong about BYU and Utah, that one time Salt Lake Tribune Everything about the Utes has the look and feel of a genuine Pac-12 operation. BYU also is a big-time program, while lacking an affiliation to prove it. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://sports.yahoo.com/news/-col lege-football-s-25-most-intriguing-quarterbacks-of-2015-021851996-ncaaf.html &ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTQyNjgxMDgzNTg0MjU3MDQ1NzEyGjYzZGNjYWRhYjVjZGJhZjI6Y29tOm VuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFYcYwtT1ssv9fEXG5JdB8XAhbiyg> College football's 25 Most Intriguing Quarterbacks of 2015 Yahoo Sports Taysom Hill, BYU. Plays the position like it's a bar fight - taking on all comers, readily accepting contact rather than avoiding it. Hill's fearless running ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634222/BYU-womens-volleyball-adds-former-Cougar-Charlene-Johnson-Whitte d-to-staff.html%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTQzMjQwODM2NTA3NzA5MDM2NjIyGmNm NWE2YzYyNTI1YmU3Yjg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNG9hx6h8mU9FptL6hJN3zqjzGAtRw> BYU women's volleyball adds former Cougar Charlene Johnson Whitted to staff Deseret News BYU women's volleyball head coach Heather Olmstead announced Monday the hiring of former Cougar standout Charlene Johnson Whitted as an ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://kutv.com/sports/college/t aysom-hill-is-byus-big-man-on-campus&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDc2MDI1MTczNDgwMTkyND U0MzIaNjNkY2NhZGFiNWNkYmFmMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGr3xUHTemNVlYNy6TWuhZWwP lFlw> Taysom Hill Is BYU's Big Man On Campus KUTV.com KUTV Taysom Hill has put together an impressive career at BYU and he's barely had a chance to showcase all that he's capable of. Hankered by ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634260/BYU-freshman-QB-Tanner-Mangum-impresses-coaches-teammates.html%3 Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTExMjc5NTI5MjMxNzYyMTk3MTEyGjM2OWQwMTBiODRmZDkxY zA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHZjIgqzNAL0OLnh7iA79uBCjPSnA> BYU freshman QB Tanner Mangum impresses coaches, teammates Deseret News BYU backup quarterback Tanner Mangum prepares to throw the football during the Cougars' first day of football camp Aug. 8, 2015, in Provo. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.foxsports.com/nba/stor y/why-matt-bonner-and-jimmer-fredette-are-bigger-bargains-than-you-think-081 015&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzYzNzE0MDE2OTg2OTgwMjU4NjIaODE3NzE0N2UxMjYzMWU1NTpjb20 6ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGo5MzWvmJ5xWS2JL9FtcDDf83DLw> Why Matt Bonner and Jimmer Fredette are bigger bargains than you think FOXSports.com "If you have been wondering why the salaries listed for Matt Bonner and Jimmer Fredette in the official Spurs salary schedule that ran in Sunday's ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://rockmonster.blogs.deseretn ews.com/2015/08/10/is-salt-lake-where-utah-county-players-should-go/&ct=ga&c d=CAEYACoTODMwODQ1ODc0NTgwNzExNTQ2MTIaY2Y1YTZjNjI1MjViZTdiODpjb206ZW46VVM&us g=AFQjCNH1lLpKTSpdMFSkVntN3R8i0e8UPQ> Is Salt Lake where Utah County players should go? Deseret News (blog) Traditionally, Utah County players have gone to BYU. But this year's Ute roster, for example, includes Covey, as well as other Utah County products ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ksl.com/%3Fsid%3D35907 202%26nid%3D272%26title%3Dbyu-womens-soccer-hopes-summer-work-pays-off&ct=ga &cd=CAEYACoTODk2MzEyNTgxNjE1MTY1NDI3NTIaY2Y1YTZjNjI1MjViZTdiODpjb206ZW46VVM& usg=AFQjCNEEHvxKsJWFgUw5Gbnh0rn1tMglNA> BYU women's soccer hopes summer work pays off KSL.com PROVO - After three straight West Coast Conference championships, the BYU women's soccer team knows what it wants as the season approaches.

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Cougar Sportsline, Vol. 36, Issue 1
by hb arnett 10 Aug '15

10 Aug '15

Dear Former Cougar Sportsline Subscriber, You are being sent this first issue of Cougar Sportsline to let you know we are back on our weekly publishing schedule. We would love to have you back on board as a subscriber. Don't miss another issue. You can renew your subscription on line by clicking on the link below: Click Here To Order Or Renew Your Subscriptions <http://cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Sportsline?ID=3173> Or you can call me at 801 372 0819 and I can help you over the phone. Thanks, HB Arnett hbarnett(a)fiber.net <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> 801 372 0819 HB Arnett's 801 372 - 0819 <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> hbarnett(a)fiber.net 1391 West 800 South - Orem, Utah 84058 Vol. 36, Issue 1 - August 10, 2015 Click Here To Order or Renew Your Subscriptions <http://cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Sportsline?ID=3173> A Fulton Fish Market Look at BYU Football The Bronx is the home of the Fulton Fish Market. A quick tour down the aisles to peruse the Cougar catch of the day could give a pretty good perspective and prognostication for BYU football this upcoming season. Here we go, hook, line and stinker sinker. Blue Fin Tuna.In 2013, the World's Most Expensive Fish Sold for $1.8 Million. A 222-kilogram bluefin tuna was sold at Tokyo's Tsukiji market for an all-time high of 155.4 million yen, or 1.8 million dollars. Taysom Hill is definitely BYU's big tuna this season. Actually Big Kahuna is a more apt description. Kahuna is a Hawaiian word, defined in Pukui & Elbert (1986) as, among other things, a magician, wizard and expert in any profession. That includes playing quarterback at BYU this season. $1.8 million should be what Hill signs for as a rookie in the NFL this coming spring. That is contingent, of course, on his health during this season. Hill has hedged his bet on his football future (literally). Check this out for details <http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/independents/2015/08/02/taysom-h ill-byu-quarterback-venture-capital/30997325/> . As BYU fans, Hill's health history should have us and Bronco Mendenhall also hedging our quarterback bets. For me, if Hill goes down with a season ending injury, I'm drowning my sorrows in salmon and moving to Yemen to give fishing a try. One of the more entertaining movies I have seen was <http://www.cbsfilms.com/salmon-fishing-in-the-yemen/> Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. If that doesn't work out, I'm moving back to my home town of Blythe, California and fishing in the Colorado River and irrigation canals for small mouth bass and catfish. Manti Teo and eight BYU coeds will be my tutors in the finer points of <http://universe.byu.edu/2015/03/17/beneath-the-surface-part-i/> "catfishing". For Mendenhall, he only has to stay in Idaho for his quarterback hedge. Tanner Mangum will get plenty of reps this fall camp. That's as it should be because he is the next guy up. If he delivers on his talent and throwing skills that he displayed before his LDS mission and during his one stint at spring ball, barring health issues, he also should be signing for $3.5 million as an NFL rookie. Yes he is that good. If BYU is going to land the "big one" and reel in a national ranking and a Playoff Bowl game, it will be Taysom that will have to net this fantasy fish for BYU fans. Red Herring..In my opinion, the story that broke last week about Jamaal Williams withdrawing from school for personal reasons is just a red herring for football this season. Williams is certainly a good college running back and he certainly would have helped BYU this fall if healthy. If healthy is the key phrase here. Let's be brutally honest. Williams is not NFL material and his knee is still suspect. He doesn't have the breakaway speed the pros want and he isn't big enough to block out of the backfield. He was a good back for BYU, but a good back at BYU doesn't even make blip on the NFL radar. BYU has made a living with pedestrian running backs. They will revisit that scenario again this season. Pedestrian is good enough for BYU when you have a good senior quarterback which BYU does. Williams is the distraction that takes our minds off what should really worry BYU fans. That would be the defense in general and the defensive backs in particular. Unless Bronco can beef up the back end of the defense this season, I don't care how good the Cougar offense is (and it should be outstanding), it won't be enough to compensate for the big play vulnerabilities we saw last year. Think Memphis, UCF, Boise State,, Utah State and Nevada from last season. As announced by BYU in their release about Williams' status, he is expected back in school next year. For those who are worried that he will transfer somewhere else, don't. No program with any credibility will want a back with just one year of eligibility and a suspect knee. In case you forgot, that knee was still suspect at BYU for this season until the announcement of Williams' departure last week. Speaking of Williams'departure, I found this on line about BYU athletic departures. I call it A Trip Down Memory Lane <http://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=6772594> . Don't know how accurate it is, but it's probably close enough to put some perspective on the problem BYU football has had, has now and will have in the future. Flounder. Floundering is how I would describe the offensive line play of the last few seasons. It made some strides last year, but still will be a question mark until proven otherwise. Garett Tujague has a good starting point with Tejan Koroma. He is BYU's Blue Marlin, one of the world's most sought after game fish because of the fight they put up. Koroma is a gamer and a fighter. I mean fighter not in the Memphis post-game brawl sense, but in the way Koroma blocked, protected and had the backs of both Hill and Christian Stewart. BYU has brought in some new Texas freshmen this season that might actually live up to Koroma's freshman season standard. That would be Jacob Jimenez and JJ Nwigwe. Most likely, however, the offensive line will be filled with the familiar faces of Ryker Mathews, Ului Lapuaho, Kyle Johnson and Tuni Kanuch. What should be interesting to watch this fall, especially on the offensive line, is the bait with which BYU is fishing for fitness. For the last 15 years, they have been using the same strength and conditioning coach. Now they have a new one in Frank Wintrich and all the early hype is that he is a miracle worker. If he indeed is a miracle worker in the weight room, it should start to be evident with the offensive line play in the first four games of the season. We shall see in a hurry if BYU football has been fishing with strength and conditioning methods that they should have cut bait with years ago. Chilean Sea Bass.I served an LDS mission to Chile a few decades ago and never ate Chilean Sea Bass. That's because there was no such thing before 1977. Chilean Sea Bass is very seldom caught off the shores of Chile and is actually a Patagonian Toothfish. It's all about marketing and selling a product. Read this <http://priceonomics.com/the-invention-of-the-chilean-sea-bass/> . It is fascinating if you are into sea food, fishing and BYU recruiting. Chilean Sea Bass also describes BYU football and recruiting. The Cougars are trying to market themselves as a new product. Who needs 4-star recruits when we can get guys from Fiji, Tonga etc. and serve them up as hidden gems that Alabama and Ohio State couldn't find but you could. I'm just saying that recruiting is still the key ingredient to being a good football team. For every Manase Tu'ungafasi from New Zealand and Motekiai Langi of Tonga that BYU signs there are some very good LDS players that the Cougars still strike out on. It's interesting that Tu'ungafasi, although signed by the Cougars, couldn't get into school academically and will enroll at Snow College this fall to play football. Snow College is also where Garrett Bolles plays. He is the returned LDS missionary that committed to BYU a year ago, but after getting recruiting attention from the big boys now has crossed off the Cougars and made a list of his final 7 college choices. They include Arizona State, Auburn, Arkansas, Georgia, Ole Miss, Oregon and Utah. Talk about a Chilean Sea Bass bite in the butt. This one left Patagonian Toothfish bite marks. Cod.If you want to catch cod, you have to go deep.as in deep off the Atlantic Ocean. Fishing for Cod and going deep isn't exactly the description I would give the current crop of BYU receivers. This is a good route running and pass catching group. They know what they are doing. Despite all the promises of every fall, BYU doesn't have a deep threat at wide receiver to make defenses play consistently with a safety over the top. Mitch Mathews is a proven guy. He has great size and good hands. His speed is not NFL caliber, however. Nobody on this roster of receivers has that quality. Against good defenses there is not a game changer. There will be touchdowns caught and crucial receptions to keep drives going, but somebody is going to have to be a game changer. We have seen all BYU has at receiver for the last 3 years, and in my opinion, there are no game changers. The hope is that maybe Nick Kurtz or one of the new wide outs from Texas will be that guy. After one initial practice, there are some who think that returned LDS missionary Moroni Laulu Pututau will be that guy. We will see, but what I expect to see is more of the same. A good group that can move the chains, but not on to the next level. Like the last few fall camps, BYU will wow spectators and media guys by going long and deep in practice, but going long and deep against BYU's defensive backs, is a lot different than going long and deep against the db's of Nebraska, UCLA, Michigan and Missouri. I may be wrong about this assessment and certainly hope I am. I still think with good but not great receivers, when teamed with an great to awesome Taysom Hill, BYU will still be good enough to win 9-10 games. Crappie.Is one of the most common fish caught by beginning anglers. It also described BYU's front seven last season. It was not Crappie, but very common. For BYU to be good defensively this year, they need d-lineman to man and maintain their gaps and they need linebackers to make plays. Too few plays were made by the front seven last season. Bigger and better things are promised by Bronco this season. We do know that the linebacking crew will be much more athletic this season. Guys like Fred Warner and Sione Takitaki are playmakers. Harvey Langi has been praised for his off season work in conditioning and workouts this summer. Pass rushing was minimal at best and nonexistent at worst last season. It needs to get better. Bronco is pushing better leadership, improved culture and accountability as reasons for optimism in an improved defense this coming year. Sounds good, but leadership, culture and accountability has never led the team in tackles or interceptions. Making plays is what it is all about. If Bronco can deliver as his history has shown he can, then BYU may go from Crappie to gutting and fileting opposing offenses like they did before the aberration of last season. Fishing for Compliments.In a recent Athlon's Sports article, coaches anonymously were asked to comment on BYU football's team. Here is what they said: "Without Taysom (Hill), they were very average. I think he gives them a chance to be an elite team because he's a difference maker." "It will be interesting to see if they can rebuild it around him (Hill) without having him full speed in the spring." "They've got some dudes that when they walk off the bus, they look like the real deal." "Offensively, their skill guys really stand out in some of the finer details. Their blocking out on the perimeter is really key to what they are able to get done with their style of offense." "I love their center (Tejan Koroma). He was a freshman last year and he was just dang good already." "It really hurt their running game when Jamaal Williams got hurt. Just like Taysom, if he comes back healthy, they've got a chance to be really good. But that's a big question mark." "Their personnel can be tough to scout because they've always got guys coming back from (LDS) missions, but you know they're going to be loaded at linebacker. That's just who they are." "They lose pretty much the entire back end of their defense. So they probably have some question marks there." "I think they're a team that is a little bit up and down emotionally for whatever reason." Looking at Lobsters.There's nothing like looking at lobsters in a tank before ordering them at your favorite restaurant. Unless it's looking live at BYU football practices and looking and licking your chops while observing your favorite Cougar players. BYU released the following "Look for Yourself" schedule last week: PROVO, Utah - Cougar fans will have four different opportunities next week to see this year's BYU football team prepare for the upcoming 2015 season. BYU starts fall camp this weekend as it prepares to open the season at Nebraska on Sept. 5. BYU fall camp practice sessions on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (Aug. 10-12) and the team scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 15, will be open to the public. Admission is free. The open practices on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will take place on the outdoor practice field located north of the Student Athlete Building. Fans can park in the parking lot to the west of the practice field and enter through the west gate to the practice field beginning at 10 a.m. The practice will begin at 10:40 a.m. and conclude at approximately 12 p.m. The open scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 15, will take place at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Parking is available in the south and southeast lots as well as the west lot. Gates 1, 5, 6, and 11 will open at 9:00 a.m., with the scrimmage getting underway at 10:20 a.m. BYU's Football Fish Could Be This Big!...BYU football fans are tired of throwing back three straight 8-5 seasons. It's time for a whopper that is t-h-i-s big. T-h-i-s big starts with 10 wins. We've had enough of the pan sized trout. We want a bigger than life Trout. Something along the lines of Mike Trout in baseball would do, but we would settle for Taysom Hill fish frying BYU to a 4-0 record to start the season.. He really is good enough to deliver BYU a Moby Dick whale of a season, provided he doesn't go Ahab again with his lower appendage injury problems of the past. With a healthy Hill, I'm looking for a very productive and happy BYU fishing season and finishing with a minimum of 9 wins and optimistically hoping for 10. I'm all in with BYU football this season.hook, line and thinker of happy, if not hopeful BYU football thoughts. Hootie and the Blowfish.Darius Rucker left this rock band formed in 1986 at the University of South Carolina to pursue a country career. Good for him. Good for Bronco also. He has gone blowfish on BYU. I think it is obvious, at least to me that Bronco is trying to be more transparent, more accessible and more open to the Cougar fan base. Best of all he is more upbeat about Cougar football. He made a good start after BYU's first fall practice. Like a good pufferfish, he certainly puffed up BYU football fans' hopes for the coming season with his post practice quotes. Smoked Salmon or just smoke blown to disguise deficiencies and placate a disgruntled fan base? You be the judge. Here is Bronco's first post practice comments <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7NtKfPvAI4> . Television Timetable BYU vs. Arizona (Women's Soccer) Saturday, August 15 at Provo Start Time: 7:00 pm MDT TV: BYUtv BYU vs. Colorado (Women's Soccer) Friday, August 28 at Provo Start Time: 7:00 pm MDT TV: BYUtv BYU vs. Utah (Women's Soccer) Friday, September 4 at Provo Start Time: 7:00 pm MDT TV: BYUtv BYU vs. Nebraska Saturday, September 5 at Lincoln Kickoff: 1:30 pm MDT TV: ABC

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Cougar Clicks, Monday, August 10, 2015
by hb arnett 10 Aug '15

10 Aug '15

HB Arnett's BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click Here <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Monday, August 10, 2015 hbarnett(a)fiber.net <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> . 801 372 0819 HB's Hurry Up Headlines.if you don't have time to read all of today's stories, here are my top picks of the day. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634167/Video-highlights-BYU-hits-the-field-for-first-day-of-fall-camp.h tml%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTMzgzNDExMTk1MDI5MzMzMTE4MTIaMzY5ZDAxMGI4NGZk OTFjMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFPDTmZkvooZhY58OT5zvLuPRDE-w> Video highlights: BYU hits the field for first day of fall camp Deseret News PROVO - A long summer of training but no formal practices, capped by a surprise twist right at the end, transitioned into real action on the field ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ksl.com/%3Fsid%3D35877 603%26nid%3D498%26title%3Dcamp-cougar-day-1&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTUwNTQyODcwMzk xNDYyMjg3MTQyGjI2Yjg5YWJlYmJhZTdhNjM6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGxGaHdOUBudtfmit GMmDkGc_ShUg> Camp Cougar, Day 1 KSL.com ... front, with the top-tier secondary comprised of Michael Davis and Jordan Preator at corner, with Kai Nacua and Eric Takenaka at the safety spots. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.omaha.com/huskers/husk ers-already-preparing-for-byu-s-up-tempo-offense/article_68afddf8-3e55-11e5- 99ea-7313a1ea07cc.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTEwMzkyNjQxMzE2MTAyNDQ1MzMyGmE0N2Iw MTcyMzRhNzNkZmI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHI4kLLmcr1itFVpNqJc9KZltaT7g> Huskers already preparing for BYU's up-tempo offense Omaha World-Herald The season opener is still a month away, but Nebraska's defense has already allotted practice time to prepare for the up-tempo nature of BYU's ... Today's complete Cougar Clicks... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634172/BYU-football-notebook-Taysom-Hill-newcomers-stand-out-on-first-d ay-of-fall-camp.html%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc0MDE2ODUyNzI0NjczMzI1MzU yGmEwYjE5YzNkNmNiOGNmYTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGGxNMZYehtblCUh8XReUrwbPsS4w > BYU football notebook: Taysom Hill, newcomers stand out on first day of fall camp Deseret News Chief among those new targets was incoming freshman Moroni Laulu-Pututau. "Moroni made some great plays today," Hill said. "On day one that was ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634191/BYUs-Tejan-Koroma-is-now-center-of-attention-for-opponents.html% 3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTExNjUxODM4MTI0NDA1ODIyNzcyGmNmNWE2YzYyNTI1YmU3 Yjg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFxaM8zWvNariAWWPA0sCRJQGcgzA> BYU's Tejan Koroma is now center of attention for opponents Deseret News "I would tell you that there's probably not a nose guard in the country that doesn't have a picture on their nightstand of him," said BYU offensive line ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sltrib.com/sports/2818 754-155/byu-football-cougs-open-camp-trying&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMxMzc4NjA3NjA 1NjU5MDQxOTcyGjhiY2Q0NmE4ZGY3ZDU4ZWY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNH5lrFRIM0eveauj3 P6zZhurPNxiQ> BYU football: Cougs open camp trying to shake off withdrawal from Williams Salt Lake Tribune (Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Quarterback Taysom Hill during Brigham Young University's first practice of fall football camp, August 8, 2015. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sltrib.com/sports/2820 254-155/byu-football-taysom-hill-says-he&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTMxODU4MTI3NjM1OT c2NjkzNDAyGmQ0OWUyOTQ1ZDY5ZWQyOTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGBzG9LpkXcKDFTiQXOt Ij6dcM3Dw> BYU football: Taysom Hill says he will be OK without trusty sidekick Salt Lake Tribune "Man, it was killer to have Taysom back," BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said. "Ten months, basically, is what it has been. So that, in and of itself, ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sltrib.com/sports/2816 915-155/monson-byu-must-have-a-september&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzU5MTI0MTEzNjA3Nj I1MzU4MTIaYTQ3YjAxNzIzNGE3M2RmYjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFGl19S3Mq1taD1_QdcXk 8dLOwDrQ> Monson: BYU must have a September to remember Salt Lake Tribune Since we're remembering and all, last season BYU got beat by Central ... who at that time were not yet official members of the Pac-12 and Big 12. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spur snation/2015/08/09/clarifying-bonner-fredette-contracts-vs-cap-charges/&ct=g a&cd=CAEYACoTMzk2NTI1NzAyMjEwODM4MDU0MjIaODE3NzE0N2UxMjYzMWU1NTpjb206ZW46VVM &usg=AFQjCNG65j8Ig73euB0_IizZl63J_ByutQ> Clarifying Bonner, Fredette contracts vs. cap charges mySanAntonio.com (blog) If you have been wondering why the salaries listed for Matt Bonner and Jimmer Fredette in the official Spurs salary schedule that ran in Sunday's ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.standard.net/Sports/20 15/08/08/BYU-FOOTBALL-Freshman-WR-impresses-Taysom-at-fall-camp.html&ct=ga&c d=CAEYACoUMTY1ODM2NzYzMTc4MTA3NDY3NjEyGjQxOWJhMmViZWU5NGQ3NmQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&u sg=AFQjCNFec4VBS5hAFXsDiU_TbZ-QENBhIQ> Freshman WR impresses BYU's Taysom at fall camp Standard-Examiner BYU quarterback Taysom Hill speaks during an interview during BYU's ... after it was announced star running back Jamaal Williams will redshirt the ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/ucl a/la-sp-ucla-2015-football-schedule-20150810-story.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTU xNTU5MTYzNjIwNDU2NDg1MzIaMzY5ZDAxMGI4NGZkOTFjMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFBdAb lQlo_lsYQCah6DKMSaScbvw> UCLA 2015 football schedule: Bruins open Sept. 5 at Rose Bowl Los Angeles Times However, BYU quarterback Taysom Hill is a handful and will test UCLA's defense. ... The last UCLA football coach to win at Stanford was Karl Dorrell. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ksl.com/%3Fsid%3D35877 696%26nid%3D272%26title%3Dwith-williams-gone-brown-byu-trying-to-move-on&ct= ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjkxNDc3NDM1Mjg1MTQwOTY0NjIaNjNkY2NhZGFiNWNkYmFmMjpjb206ZW46VV M&usg=AFQjCNF3MuN2rKPLtIgjGygcnrRdubV98Q> With Williams gone, Brown, BYU trying to move on KSL.com PROVO - BYU running back Algernon Brown was a little hurt and "just ... extremely established and super reliable," BYU quarterback Taysom Hill ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sltrib.com/sports/2820 348-155/byu-football-timpviews-pili-says-hell&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMjYwNzM0NDE4M zEzOTc4OTAyNDIaMzY5ZDAxMGI4NGZkOTFjMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGv-x2NwQxPAPbjt KYqHq8Tjw_uPw> BYU football: Timpview's Pili says he'll be a Cougar Salt Lake Tribune "After a lot of thought and prayer I'm excited to say I've verbally committed to continue my football and educational career at Brigham Young University! <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/s ports/Meet-The-Man-Who-Made-Junior-Seaus-Bust-321195221.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAS oUMTExNjUxODM4MTI0NDA1ODIyNzcyGmNmNWE2YzYyNTI1YmU3Yjg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjC NG6juSGTHFmWNYsd0MNTo1qZ1KErg> Meet The Man Who Made Junior Seau's Bust NBC 7 San Diego He was a running back for BYU and played with several Polynesian players (as well as quarterback Steve Young, and yes, Blair did make his old team ...

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Cougar Sportsline, Vol. 36, Issue 1 (Sent Again)
by hb arnett 10 Aug '15

10 Aug '15

I sent this first issue of the publishing year 24 hours ago, but am getting some feedback that many didn't receive it. Here it is again. If you did receive it, please pardon the redundancy. HB Arnett's 801 372 - 0819 <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> hbarnett(a)fiber.net 1391 West 800 South - Orem, Utah 84058 Vol. 36, Issue 1 - August 10, 2015 Click Here To Order or Renew Your Subscriptions <http://cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Sportsline?ID=3173> A Fulton Fish Market Look at BYU Football The Bronx is the home of the Fulton Fish Market. A quick tour down the aisles to peruse the Cougar catch of the day could give a pretty good perspective and prognostication for BYU football this upcoming season. Here we go, hook, line and stinker sinker. Blue Fin Tuna.In 2013, the World's Most Expensive Fish Sold for $1.8 Million. A 222-kilogram bluefin tuna was sold at Tokyo's Tsukiji market for an all-time high of 155.4 million yen, or 1.8 million dollars. Taysom Hill is definitely BYU's big tuna this season. Actually Big Kahuna is a more apt description. Kahuna is a Hawaiian word, defined in Pukui & Elbert (1986) as, among other things, a magician, wizard and expert in any profession. That includes playing quarterback at BYU this season. $1.8 million should be what Hill signs for as a rookie in the NFL this coming spring. That is contingent, of course, on his health during this season. Hill has hedged his bet on his football future (literally). Check this out for details <http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/independents/2015/08/02/taysom-h ill-byu-quarterback-venture-capital/30997325/> . As BYU fans, Hill's health history should have us and Bronco Mendenhall also hedging our quarterback bets. For me, if Hill goes down with a season ending injury, I'm drowning my sorrows in salmon and moving to Yemen to give fishing a try. One of the more entertaining movies I have seen was <http://www.cbsfilms.com/salmon-fishing-in-the-yemen/> Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. If that doesn't work out, I'm moving back to my home town of Blythe, California and fishing in the Colorado River and irrigation canals for small mouth bass and catfish. Manti Teo and eight BYU coeds will be my tutors in the finer points of <http://universe.byu.edu/2015/03/17/beneath-the-surface-part-i/> "catfishing". For Mendenhall, he only has to stay in Idaho for his quarterback hedge. Tanner Mangum will get plenty of reps this fall camp. That's as it should be because he is the next guy up. If he delivers on his talent and throwing skills that he displayed before his LDS mission and during his one stint at spring ball, barring health issues, he also should be signing for $3.5 million as an NFL rookie. Yes he is that good. If BYU is going to land the "big one" and reel in a national ranking and a Playoff Bowl game, it will be Taysom that will have to net this fantasy fish for BYU fans. Red Herring..In my opinion, the story that broke last week about Jamaal Williams withdrawing from school for personal reasons is just a red herring for football this season. Williams is certainly a good college running back and he certainly would have helped BYU this fall if healthy. If healthy is the key phrase here. Let's be brutally honest. Williams is not NFL material and his knee is still suspect. He doesn't have the breakaway speed the pros want and he isn't big enough to block out of the backfield. He was a good back for BYU, but a good back at BYU doesn't even make blip on the NFL radar. BYU has made a living with pedestrian running backs. They will revisit that scenario again this season. Pedestrian is good enough for BYU when you have a good senior quarterback which BYU does. Williams is the distraction that takes our minds off what should really worry BYU fans. That would be the defense in general and the defensive backs in particular. Unless Bronco can beef up the back end of the defense this season, I don't care how good the Cougar offense is (and it should be outstanding), it won't be enough to compensate for the big play vulnerabilities we saw last year. Think Memphis, UCF, Boise State,, Utah State and Nevada from last season. As announced by BYU in their release about Williams' status, he is expected back in school next year. For those who are worried that he will transfer somewhere else, don't. No program with any credibility will want a back with just one year of eligibility and a suspect knee. In case you forgot, that knee was still suspect at BYU for this season until the announcement of Williams' departure last week. Speaking of Williams'departure, I found this on line about BYU athletic departures. I call it A Trip Down Memory Lane <http://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=6772594> . Don't know how accurate it is, but it's probably close enough to put some perspective on the problem BYU football has had, has now and will have in the future. Flounder. Floundering is how I would describe the offensive line play of the last few seasons. It made some strides last year, but still will be a question mark until proven otherwise. Garett Tujague has a good starting point with Tejan Koroma. He is BYU's Blue Marlin, one of the world's most sought after game fish because of the fight they put up. Koroma is a gamer and a fighter. I mean fighter not in the Memphis post-game brawl sense, but in the way Koroma blocked, protected and had the backs of both Hill and Christian Stewart. BYU has brought in some new Texas freshmen this season that might actually live up to Koroma's freshman season standard. That would be Jacob Jimenez and JJ Nwigwe. Most likely, however, the offensive line will be filled with the familiar faces of Ryker Mathews, Ului Lapuaho, Kyle Johnson and Tuni Kanuch. What should be interesting to watch this fall, especially on the offensive line, is the bait with which BYU is fishing for fitness. For the last 15 years, they have been using the same strength and conditioning coach. Now they have a new one in Frank Wintrich and all the early hype is that he is a miracle worker. If he indeed is a miracle worker in the weight room, it should start to be evident with the offensive line play in the first four games of the season. We shall see in a hurry if BYU football has been fishing with strength and conditioning methods that they should have cut bait with years ago. Chilean Sea Bass.I served an LDS mission to Chile a few decades ago and never ate Chilean Sea Bass. That's because there was no such thing before 1977. Chilean Sea Bass is very seldom caught off the shores of Chile and is actually a Patagonian Toothfish. It's all about marketing and selling a product. Read this <http://priceonomics.com/the-invention-of-the-chilean-sea-bass/> . It is fascinating if you are into sea food, fishing and BYU recruiting. Chilean Sea Bass also describes BYU football and recruiting. The Cougars are trying to market themselves as a new product. Who needs 4-star recruits when we can get guys from Fiji, Tonga etc. and serve them up as hidden gems that Alabama and Ohio State couldn't find but you could. I'm just saying that recruiting is still the key ingredient to being a good football team. For every Manase Tu'ungafasi from New Zealand and Motekiai Langi of Tonga that BYU signs there are some very good LDS players that the Cougars still strike out on. It's interesting that Tu'ungafasi, although signed by the Cougars, couldn't get into school academically and will enroll at Snow College this fall to play football. Snow College is also where Garrett Bolles plays. He is the returned LDS missionary that committed to BYU a year ago, but after getting recruiting attention from the big boys now has crossed off the Cougars and made a list of his final 7 college choices. They include Arizona State, Auburn, Arkansas, Georgia, Ole Miss, Oregon and Utah. Talk about a Chilean Sea Bass bite in the butt. This one left Patagonian Toothfish bite marks. Cod.If you want to catch cod, you have to go deep.as in deep off the Atlantic Ocean. Fishing for Cod and going deep isn't exactly the description I would give the current crop of BYU receivers. This is a good route running and pass catching group. They know what they are doing. Despite all the promises of every fall, BYU doesn't have a deep threat at wide receiver to make defenses play consistently with a safety over the top. Mitch Mathews is a proven guy. He has great size and good hands. His speed is not NFL caliber, however. Nobody on this roster of receivers has that quality. Against good defenses there is not a game changer. There will be touchdowns caught and crucial receptions to keep drives going, but somebody is going to have to be a game changer. We have seen all BYU has at receiver for the last 3 years, and in my opinion, there are no game changers. The hope is that maybe Nick Kurtz or one of the new wide outs from Texas will be that guy. After one initial practice, there are some who think that returned LDS missionary Moroni Laulu Pututau will be that guy. We will see, but what I expect to see is more of the same. A good group that can move the chains, but not on to the next level. Like the last few fall camps, BYU will wow spectators and media guys by going long and deep in practice, but going long and deep against BYU's defensive backs, is a lot different than going long and deep against the db's of Nebraska, UCLA, Michigan and Missouri. I may be wrong about this assessment and certainly hope I am. I still think with good but not great receivers, when teamed with an great to awesome Taysom Hill, BYU will still be good enough to win 9-10 games. Crappie.Is one of the most common fish caught by beginning anglers. It also described BYU's front seven last season. It was not Crappie, but very common. For BYU to be good defensively this year, they need d-lineman to man and maintain their gaps and they need linebackers to make plays. Too few plays were made by the front seven last season. Bigger and better things are promised by Bronco this season. We do know that the linebacking crew will be much more athletic this season. Guys like Fred Warner and Sione Takitaki are playmakers. Harvey Langi has been praised for his off season work in conditioning and workouts this summer. Pass rushing was minimal at best and nonexistent at worst last season. It needs to get better. Bronco is pushing better leadership, improved culture and accountability as reasons for optimism in an improved defense this coming year. Sounds good, but leadership, culture and accountability has never led the team in tackles or interceptions. Making plays is what it is all about. If Bronco can deliver as his history has shown he can, then BYU may go from Crappie to gutting and fileting opposing offenses like they did before the aberration of last season. Fishing for Compliments.In a recent Athlon's Sports article, coaches anonymously were asked to comment on BYU football's team. Here is what they said: "Without Taysom (Hill), they were very average. I think he gives them a chance to be an elite team because he's a difference maker." "It will be interesting to see if they can rebuild it around him (Hill) without having him full speed in the spring." "They've got some dudes that when they walk off the bus, they look like the real deal." "Offensively, their skill guys really stand out in some of the finer details. Their blocking out on the perimeter is really key to what they are able to get done with their style of offense." "I love their center (Tejan Koroma). He was a freshman last year and he was just dang good already." "It really hurt their running game when Jamaal Williams got hurt. Just like Taysom, if he comes back healthy, they've got a chance to be really good. But that's a big question mark." "Their personnel can be tough to scout because they've always got guys coming back from (LDS) missions, but you know they're going to be loaded at linebacker. That's just who they are." "They lose pretty much the entire back end of their defense. So they probably have some question marks there." "I think they're a team that is a little bit up and down emotionally for whatever reason." Looking at Lobsters.There's nothing like looking at lobsters in a tank before ordering them at your favorite restaurant. Unless it's looking live at BYU football practices and looking and licking your chops while observing your favorite Cougar players. BYU released the following "Look for Yourself" schedule last week: PROVO, Utah - Cougar fans will have four different opportunities next week to see this year's BYU football team prepare for the upcoming 2015 season. BYU starts fall camp this weekend as it prepares to open the season at Nebraska on Sept. 5. BYU fall camp practice sessions on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (Aug. 10-12) and the team scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 15, will be open to the public. Admission is free. The open practices on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will take place on the outdoor practice field located north of the Student Athlete Building. Fans can park in the parking lot to the west of the practice field and enter through the west gate to the practice field beginning at 10 a.m. The practice will begin at 10:40 a.m. and conclude at approximately 12 p.m. The open scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 15, will take place at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Parking is available in the south and southeast lots as well as the west lot. Gates 1, 5, 6, and 11 will open at 9:00 a.m., with the scrimmage getting underway at 10:20 a.m. BYU's Football Fish Could Be This Big!...BYU football fans are tired of throwing back three straight 8-5 seasons. It's time for a whopper that is t-h-i-s big. T-h-i-s big starts with 10 wins. We've had enough of the pan sized trout. We want a bigger than life Trout. Something along the lines of Mike Trout in baseball would do, but we would settle for Taysom Hill fish frying BYU to a 4-0 record to start the season.. He really is good enough to deliver BYU a Moby Dick whale of a season, provided he doesn't go Ahab again with his lower appendage injury problems of the past. With a healthy Hill, I'm looking for a very productive and happy BYU fishing season and finishing with a minimum of 9 wins and optimistically hoping for 10. I'm all in with BYU football this season.hook, line and thinker of happy, if not hopeful BYU football thoughts. Hootie and the Blowfish.Darius Rucker left this rock band formed in 1986 at the University of South Carolina to pursue a country career. Good for him. Good for Bronco also. He has gone blowfish on BYU. I think it is obvious, at least to me that Bronco is trying to be more transparent, more accessible and more open to the Cougar fan base. Best of all he is more upbeat about Cougar football. He made a good start after BYU's first fall practice. Like a good pufferfish, he certainly puffed up BYU football fans' hopes for the coming season with his post practice quotes. Smoked Salmon or just smoke blown to disguise deficiencies and placate a disgruntled fan base? You be the judge. Here is Bronco's first post practice comments <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7NtKfPvAI4> . Television Timetable BYU vs. Arizona (Women's Soccer) Saturday, August 15 at Provo Start Time: 7:00 pm MDT TV: BYUtv BYU vs. Colorado (Women's Soccer) Friday, August 28 at Provo Start Time: 7:00 pm MDT TV: BYUtv BYU vs. Utah (Women's Soccer) Friday, September 4 at Provo Start Time: 7:00 pm MDT TV: BYUtv BYU vs. Nebraska Saturday, September 5 at Lincoln Kickoff: 1:30 pm MDT TV: ABC

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Cougar Sportsline, Vol. 36, Issue 1
by hb arnett 09 Aug '15

09 Aug '15

HB Arnett's 801 372 - 0819 <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> hbarnett(a)fiber.net 1391 West 800 South - Orem, Utah 84058 Vol. 36, Issue 1 - August 10, 2015 Click Here To Order or Renew Your Subscriptions <http://cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Sportsline?ID=3173> A Fulton Fish Market Look at BYU Football The Bronx is the home of the Fulton Fish Market. A quick tour down the aisles to peruse the Cougar catch of the day could give a pretty good perspective and prognostication for BYU football this upcoming season. Here we go, hook, line and stinker sinker. Blue Fin Tuna.In 2013, the World's Most Expensive Fish Sold for $1.8 Million. A 222-kilogram bluefin tuna was sold at Tokyo's Tsukiji market for an all-time high of 155.4 million yen, or 1.8 million dollars. Taysom Hill is definitely BYU's big tuna this season. Actually Big Kahuna is a more apt description. Kahuna is a Hawaiian word, defined in Pukui & Elbert (1986) as, among other things, a magician, wizard and expert in any profession. That includes playing quarterback at BYU this season. $1.8 million should be what Hill signs for as a rookie in the NFL this coming spring. That is contingent, of course, on his health during this season. Hill has hedged his bet on his football future (literally). Check this out for details <http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/independents/2015/08/02/taysom-h ill-byu-quarterback-venture-capital/30997325/> . As BYU fans, Hill's health history should have us and Bronco Mendenhall also hedging our quarterback bets. For me, if Hill goes down with a season ending injury, I'm drowning my sorrows in salmon and moving to Yemen to give fishing a try. One of the more entertaining movies I have seen was <http://www.cbsfilms.com/salmon-fishing-in-the-yemen/> Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. If that doesn't work out, I'm moving back to my home town of Blythe, California and fishing in the Colorado River and irrigation canals for small mouth bass and catfish. Manti Teo and eight BYU coeds will be my tutors in the finer points of <http://universe.byu.edu/2015/03/17/beneath-the-surface-part-i/> "catfishing". For Mendenhall, he only has to stay in Idaho for his quarterback hedge. Tanner Mangum will get plenty of reps this fall camp. That's as it should be because he is the next guy up. If he delivers on his talent and throwing skills that he displayed before his LDS mission and during his one stint at spring ball, barring health issues, he also should be signing for $3.5 million as an NFL rookie. Yes he is that good. If BYU is going to land the "big one" and reel in a national ranking and a Playoff Bowl game, it will be Taysom that will have to net this fantasy fish for BYU fans. Red Herring..In my opinion, the story that broke last week about Jamaal Williams withdrawing from school for personal reasons is just a red herring for football this season. Williams is certainly a good college running back and he certainly would have helped BYU this fall if healthy. If healthy is the key phrase here. Let's be brutally honest. Williams is not NFL material and his knee is still suspect. He doesn't have the breakaway speed the pros want and he isn't big enough to block out of the backfield. He was a good back for BYU, but a good back at BYU doesn't even make blip on the NFL radar. BYU has made a living with pedestrian running backs. They will revisit that scenario again this season. Pedestrian is good enough for BYU when you have a good senior quarterback which BYU does. Williams is the distraction that takes our minds off what should really worry BYU fans. That would be the defense in general and the defensive backs in particular. Unless Bronco can beef up the back end of the defense this season, I don't care how good the Cougar offense is (and it should be outstanding), it won't be enough to compensate for the big play vulnerabilities we saw last year. Think Memphis, UCF, Boise State,, Utah State and Nevada from last season. As announced by BYU in their release about Williams' status, he is expected back in school next year. For those who are worried that he will transfer somewhere else, don't. No program with any credibility will want a back with just one year of eligibility and a suspect knee. In case you forgot, that knee was still suspect at BYU for this season until the announcement of Williams' departure last week. Speaking of Williams'departure, I found this on line about BYU athletic departures. I call it A Trip Down Memory Lane <http://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=6772594> . Don't know how accurate it is, but it's probably close enough to put some perspective on the problem BYU football has had, has now and will have in the future. Flounder. Floundering is how I would describe the offensive line play of the last few seasons. It made some strides last year, but still will be a question mark until proven otherwise. Garett Tujague has a good starting point with Tejan Koroma. He is BYU's Blue Marlin, one of the world's most sought after game fish because of the fight they put up. Koroma is a gamer and a fighter. I mean fighter not in the Memphis post-game brawl sense, but in the way Koroma blocked, protected and had the backs of both Hill and Christian Stewart. BYU has brought in some new Texas freshmen this season that might actually live up to Koroma's freshman season standard. That would be Jacob Jimenez and JJ Nwigwe. Most likely, however, the offensive line will be filled with the familiar faces of Ryker Mathews, Ului Lapuaho, Kyle Johnson and Tuni Kanuch. What should be interesting to watch this fall, especially on the offensive line, is the bait with which BYU is fishing for fitness. For the last 15 years, they have been using the same strength and conditioning coach. Now they have a new one in Frank Wintrich and all the early hype is that he is a miracle worker. If he indeed is a miracle worker in the weight room, it should start to be evident with the offensive line play in the first four games of the season. We shall see in a hurry if BYU football has been fishing with strength and conditioning methods that they should have cut bait with years ago. Chilean Sea Bass.I served an LDS mission to Chile a few decades ago and never ate Chilean Sea Bass. That's because there was no such thing before 1977. Chilean Sea Bass is very seldom caught off the shores of Chile and is actually a Patagonian Toothfish. It's all about marketing and selling a product. Read this <http://priceonomics.com/the-invention-of-the-chilean-sea-bass/> . It is fascinating if you are into sea food, fishing and BYU recruiting. Chilean Sea Bass also describes BYU football and recruiting. The Cougars are trying to market themselves as a new product. Who needs 4-star recruits when we can get guys from Fiji, Tonga etc. and serve them up as hidden gems that Alabama and Ohio State couldn't find but you could. I'm just saying that recruiting is still the key ingredient to being a good football team. For every Manase Tu'ungafasi from New Zealand and Motekiai Langi of Tonga that BYU signs there are some very good LDS players that the Cougars still strike out on. It's interesting that Tu'ungafasi, although signed by the Cougars, couldn't get into school academically and will enroll at Snow College this fall to play football. Snow College is also where Garrett Bolles plays. He is the returned LDS missionary that committed to BYU a year ago, but after getting recruiting attention from the big boys now has crossed off the Cougars and made a list of his final 7 college choices. They include Arizona State, Auburn, Arkansas, Georgia, Ole Miss, Oregon and Utah. Talk about a Chilean Sea Bass bite in the butt. This one left Patagonian Toothfish bite marks. Cod.If you want to catch cod, you have to go deep.as in deep off the Atlantic Ocean. Fishing for Cod and going deep isn't exactly the description I would give the current crop of BYU receivers. This is a good route running and pass catching group. They know what they are doing. Despite all the promises of every fall, BYU doesn't have a deep threat at wide receiver to make defenses play consistently with a safety over the top. Mitch Mathews is a proven guy. He has great size and good hands. His speed is not NFL caliber, however. Nobody on this roster of receivers has that quality. Against good defenses there is not a game changer. There will be touchdowns caught and crucial receptions to keep drives going, but somebody is going to have to be a game changer. We have seen all BYU has at receiver for the last 3 years, and in my opinion, there are no game changers. The hope is that maybe Nick Kurtz or one of the new wide outs from Texas will be that guy. After one initial practice, there are some who think that returned LDS missionary Moroni Laulu Pututau will be that guy. We will see, but what I expect to see is more of the same. A good group that can move the chains, but not on to the next level. Like the last few fall camps, BYU will wow spectators and media guys by going long and deep in practice, but going long and deep against BYU's defensive backs, is a lot different than going long and deep against the db's of Nebraska, UCLA, Michigan and Missouri. I may be wrong about this assessment and certainly hope I am. I still think with good but not great receivers, when teamed with an great to awesome Taysom Hill, BYU will still be good enough to win 9-10 games. Crappie.Is one of the most common fish caught by beginning anglers. It also described BYU's front seven last season. It was not Crappie, but very common. For BYU to be good defensively this year, they need d-lineman to man and maintain their gaps and they need linebackers to make plays. Too few plays were made by the front seven last season. Bigger and better things are promised by Bronco this season. We do know that the linebacking crew will be much more athletic this season. Guys like Fred Warner and Sione Takitaki are playmakers. Harvey Langi has been praised for his off season work in conditioning and workouts this summer. Pass rushing was minimal at best and nonexistent at worst last season. It needs to get better. Bronco is pushing better leadership, improved culture and accountability as reasons for optimism in an improved defense this coming year. Sounds good, but leadership, culture and accountability has never led the team in tackles or interceptions. Making plays is what it is all about. If Bronco can deliver as his history has shown he can, then BYU may go from Crappie to gutting and fileting opposing offenses like they did before the aberration of last season. Fishing for Compliments.In a recent Athlon's Sports article, coaches anonymously were asked to comment on BYU football's team. Here is what they said: "Without Taysom (Hill), they were very average. I think he gives them a chance to be an elite team because he's a difference maker." "It will be interesting to see if they can rebuild it around him (Hill) without having him full speed in the spring." "They've got some dudes that when they walk off the bus, they look like the real deal." "Offensively, their skill guys really stand out in some of the finer details. Their blocking out on the perimeter is really key to what they are able to get done with their style of offense." "I love their center (Tejan Koroma). He was a freshman last year and he was just dang good already." "It really hurt their running game when Jamaal Williams got hurt. Just like Taysom, if he comes back healthy, they've got a chance to be really good. But that's a big question mark." "Their personnel can be tough to scout because they've always got guys coming back from (LDS) missions, but you know they're going to be loaded at linebacker. That's just who they are." "They lose pretty much the entire back end of their defense. So they probably have some question marks there." "I think they're a team that is a little bit up and down emotionally for whatever reason." Looking at Lobsters.There's nothing like looking at lobsters in a tank before ordering them at your favorite restaurant. Unless it's looking live at BYU football practices and looking and licking your chops while observing your favorite Cougar players. BYU released the following "Look for Yourself" schedule last week: PROVO, Utah - Cougar fans will have four different opportunities next week to see this year's BYU football team prepare for the upcoming 2015 season. BYU starts fall camp this weekend as it prepares to open the season at Nebraska on Sept. 5. BYU fall camp practice sessions on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (Aug. 10-12) and the team scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 15, will be open to the public. Admission is free. The open practices on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will take place on the outdoor practice field located north of the Student Athlete Building. Fans can park in the parking lot to the west of the practice field and enter through the west gate to the practice field beginning at 10 a.m. The practice will begin at 10:40 a.m. and conclude at approximately 12 p.m. The open scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 15, will take place at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Parking is available in the south and southeast lots as well as the west lot. Gates 1, 5, 6, and 11 will open at 9:00 a.m., with the scrimmage getting underway at 10:20 a.m. BYU's Football Fish Could Be This Big!...BYU football fans are tired of throwing back three straight 8-5 seasons. It's time for a whopper that is t-h-i-s big. T-h-i-s big starts with 10 wins. We've had enough of the pan sized trout. We want a bigger than life Trout. Something along the lines of Mike Trout in baseball would do, but we would settle for Taysom Hill fish frying BYU to a 4-0 record to start the season.. He really is good enough to deliver BYU a Moby Dick whale of a season, provided he doesn't go Ahab again with his lower appendage injury problems of the past. With a healthy Hill, I'm looking for a very productive and happy BYU fishing season and finishing with a minimum of 9 wins and optimistically hoping for 10. I'm all in with BYU football this season.hook, line and thinker of happy, if not hopeful BYU football thoughts. Hootie and the Blowfish.Darius Rucker left this rock band formed in 1986 at the University of South Carolina to pursue a country career. Good for him. Good for Bronco also. He has gone blowfish on BYU. I think it is obvious, at least to me that Bronco is trying to be more transparent, more accessible and more open to the Cougar fan base. Best of all he is more upbeat about Cougar football. He made a good start after BYU's first fall practice. Like a good pufferfish, he certainly puffed up BYU football fans' hopes for the coming season with his post practice quotes. Smoked Salmon or just smoke blown to disguise deficiencies and placate a disgruntled fan base? You be the judge. Here is Bronco's first post practice comments <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7NtKfPvAI4> . Television Timetable BYU vs. Arizona (Women's Soccer) Saturday, August 15 at Provo Start Time: 7:00 pm MDT TV: BYUtv BYU vs. Colorado (Women's Soccer) Friday, August 28 at Provo Start Time: 7:00 pm MDT TV: BYUtv BYU vs. Utah (Women's Soccer) Friday, September 4 at Provo Start Time: 7:00 pm MDT TV: BYUtv BYU vs. Nebraska Saturday, September 5 at Lincoln Kickoff: 1:30 pm MDT TV: ABC

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Cougar Clicks, Saturday, August 8, 2015
by hb arnett 08 Aug '15

08 Aug '15

HB Arnett's BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click Here <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Saturday, August 8, 2015 hbarnett(a)fiber.net <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> . 801 372 0819 HB's Hurry Up Headlines.if you don't have time to read all of today's stories, here are my top picks of the day. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://byucougars.com/m-football/ byu-football-begins-fall-camp-four-open-practices-available-fans&ct=ga&cd=CA EYACoUMTIyNjkxNjA5MjU2NjE1ODEwMTYyGmFlYTJlODFhZTIwODBhY2U6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=A FQjCNEIR0kCqzZAuePPNdamKDcRTCsv_g> BYU football begins fall camp with four open practices available for fans byucougars.com Baseball . Basketball .... Brett Pyne | BYU Athletic Communications | Posted Aug 7, 2015 1:02 PM ... BYU opens the season at Nebraska on Sept. 5. Covey's Dad is Not Sean but Stephen M.R. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/ story/britain-covey-goes-against-byu-family-ties-hopes-t/38152/ahfbk7Nc2UChf SxSgnwx4Q&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc3MTQ5ODIzMTA4MTk4ODE4ODkyGjM2OWQwMTBiODRmZDkxY zA6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFw3okLula60ORn86YrAZ5c__WxtA> Britain Covey goes against BYU family ties, hopes to make impact at Utah Good4Utah Britain's dad Sean Covey was a starting quarterback in the late 80's at BYU. So why would his son go to Utah? Well for one thing, Britain's high school ... Today's complete Cougar Clicks... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.todaysu.com/around-th e-u/dot-dot-dot-weekly-musings-observations-and-reflections-on-college-footb all/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTc4MzM3Nzk0Mzk4MzYyMDY2OTIaMzY5ZDAxMGI4NGZkOTFjMDpjb2 06ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGYMSjC9bGWJOMfZqJ1Y3K3CUaNUw> Dot, Dot, Dot: Weekly Musings, Observations and Reflections on College Football Today's U (blog) Jimi Hendrix a huge college football fan. ... Just curious - if independent BYU makes the same kind of run through its schedule as fellow independent ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports /college/byu/football/byu-football-it-s-finally-here-no-on-jared-lloyd/artic le_fcbb3a94-11ce-5515-9b27-24f366a94c81.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMTIxNDk0ODc1MD kwMDc3OTc1ODIaY2Y1YTZjNjI1MjViZTdiODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEpiZAWHO1BuDy7Pg crHfELXRG8xw> BYU football: It's finally here! No. 1 on Jared Lloyd's Countdown to Camp Daily Herald BYU quarterback Taysom Hill walks onto the field before the game against ... BYU's Taysom Hill throws during skeleton drills at spring scrimmage at ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865633943/Wasatch-kicker-and-BYU-commit-Skyler-Southam-named-US-Army-All-A merican.html%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTk2MjIxMjYwMDY0ODk1ODcyMzIaMDExNDU 5ZjFiOWE5OGEwNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHjMzmiXhu2AQn9Erlqfh19sUPrcQ> Wasatch kicker and BYU commit Skyler Southam named U.S. Army All-American Deseret News Once the coaches at BYU became familiar with Southam's potential, they began to actively <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports /college/byu/football/byu-football-top-question-heading-into-fall-camp/artic le_bddcbc5a-0291-50ed-8ea2-a1252b3ab5c3.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoTOTk2MjIxMjYwMD Y0ODk1ODcyMzIaMDExNDU5ZjFiOWE5OGEwNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH-DswJvZhavE7XSs v-zI0iVVxvsA> BYU Football: Top 10 question heading into fall camp Daily Herald In order to get there in 2015, however, BYU has a number of questions that have to be answered -- and that begins at fall camp, which officially kicks ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634086/BYU-football-Cougars-set-to-open-fall-camp-look-to-end-streak-of -8-5-seasons.html%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzQ5OTY0MTQwMDE3ODAzMzc1MDIaYT MwMmZkYzcxNmVlY2NiMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNExZzoYylgSS0ADIIecO_F5ZPWXxg> BYU football: Cougars set to open fall camp, look to end streak of 8-5 seasons Deseret News Brigham Young Cougars quarterback Taysom Hill (4) talks with fans after the Spring football game in Provo Friday, March 27, 2015. Jeffrey D. Allred,. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sltrib.com/home/281484 0-155/byu-football-suddenly-lots-of-issues&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTg3MzU0ODI1NTg0 MzA5Njg1MTIaZmJlMDRjZGQ5ZTM5MDVkYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEJveRf6Ep1ERIJMo42 ohxBH0Ulvg> BYU football: Suddenly, lots of issues as Cougars open preseason camp Salt Lake Tribune BYU announced Thursday that the star running back will skip the 2015 season "for personal reasons" and hopes to return for his senior year in 2016. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://byucougars.com/m-volleybal l/oberender-added-final-national-team-roster&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTY3OTYyMzEzMz AzOTAwNDk0NjMyGmJhZWM2YTNjOWU5NTRmZTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHL4qNOrUbs1tzPo 7puoMITmrcCjg> Oberender added to final national team roster byucougars.com COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - USA Volleyball announced incoming freshman Branden Oberender has been added to the final 12-person roster for ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sltrib.com/home/281422 1-155/kragthorpe-byus-loss-of-jamaal-williams&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTM2NTAxMjgwO Dk4MTYyODY4NzQyGmMxZTY3ODNmNDE3OTExYTg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGnzdla9GAbqOYB 6RUz7BIbnKHIAg> Kragthorpe: BYU's loss of Jamaal Williams gives bigger load to Taysom Hill Salt Lake Tribune By denying former BYU running back Harvey Unga readmission to the school in 2010, costing him a senior season, BYU's administration effectively ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.presstelegram.com/spor ts/20150806/long-beach-state-faces-yet-another-nationally-prominent-mens-bas ketball-schedule&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTIxNTI4NzgzOTA1NTc1NzU4NzcyGmNmNWE2YzYyNT I1YmU3Yjg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEH-vuCJrTMdbQolofdOwJp6WPV8Q> Long Beach State faces yet another nationally prominent men's basketball schedule Long Beach Press Telegram 14 against BYU-Hawaii and then Long Beach State will compete in ESPN's "24 Hours of Hoops" season kickoff, hosting BYU with a 10:30 p.m. tip on ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.examiner.com/list/coll ege-football-preview-the-most-intriguing-quarterbacks-of-2015-10-6&ct=ga&cd= CAEYACoTNDAzNTU1ODkzMDY0MzExMDkyMzIaNjNkY2NhZGFiNWNkYmFmMjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg= AFQjCNHDfnJD9B-y5ApBjHUQMpWvaqGRuQ> College football preview: The most intriguing quarterbacks of 2015 (10-6) Examiner.com Taysom Hill was on his way to a strong Heisman campaign in 2014, then boom. A severe leg injury ended his season after five games, and BYU was ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634056/Chris-Watkins-resigns-as-BYU-mens-soccer-head-coach-after-21-yea rs.html%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTE5ODQxOTQzMjg5NzY2NTQ4NjgyGmJhZWM2YTNj OWU5NTRmZTU6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFSvimmggUQvl3k1br8dYFbwmkIhA> Chris Watkins resigns as BYU men's soccer head coach after 21 years Deseret News Utah Jazz . Sports Picks . BYU Cougars . Utah Utes . Utah State Aggies . Real Salt Lake . Salt Lake Bees . High school sports . Recruiting Central ...

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Cougar Clicks, Friday, August 7, 2015
by hb arnett 07 Aug '15

07 Aug '15

HB Arnett's BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click Here <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Friday, August 7, 2015 hbarnett(a)fiber.net <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> . 801 372 0819 HB's Hurry Up Headlines.if you don't have time to read all of today's stories, here are my top picks of the day. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.ksl.com/%3Fsid%3D35832 154%26nid%3D272%26fm%3Dmost_popular%26s_cid%3Dpopular-4&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjk 2Nzg3MTg5NjU1MDc0MDQ0NzIaYzFlNjc4M2Y0MTc5MTFhODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGrYpg NHYTvl5KUwr5alYGXzZywcQ> BYU RB Williams withdraws from school, will redshirt 2015 KSL.com He needs just 930 yards to eclipse Harvey Unga's all-time rushing record for the Cougars. BYU quarterback Taysom Hill (4) hands the ball off to ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634041/BYUs-loss-of-Williams-hurts-Cougars-to-turn-to-other-weapons.htm l%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjk2Nzg3MTg5NjU1MDc0MDQ0NzIaYzFlNjc4M2Y0MTc5MT FhODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNElxDpbn_tKsCKvSmhj7diKw_Y-XQ> BYU's loss of Williams hurts; Cougars to turn to other weapons - Deseret News <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nca af-dr-saturday/rb-jamaal-williams-withdraws-from-byu--will-redshirt-in-2015- 184358743.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNjk2Nzg3MTg5NjU1MDc0MDQ0NzIaYzFlNjc4M2Y0MTc5 MTFhODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNGeyKZos23vHY83GTGCx-eqxTD01Q> RB Jamaal Williams withdraws from BYU, will redshirt in 2015 - Yahoo Sports (blog) <http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.ksl.com/%3Fsid%3D35832154% 26nid%3D272%26fm%3Dmost_popular%26s_cid%3Dpopular-4&hl=en&geo=US> Full Coverage <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sltrib.com/sports/2811 207-155/byu-football-star-rb-jamaal-williams&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTU5NDI1ODI1MT EzMDcxNDExMDIaZmJlMDRjZGQ5ZTM5MDVkYzpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEvC9P9qjp9Ust10k qz5c4CQ4hUug> BYU football: Star RB Jamaal Williams withdraws from school, will redshirt in 2015 Salt Lake Tribune By JAY DREW | The Salt Lake Tribune connect ... BYU quarterback Christian Stewart (7) hands off the ball to running back Jamaal Williams during the ... Today's complete Cougar Clicks... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.deseretnews.com/articl e/865634041/BYUs-loss-of-Williams-hurts-Cougars-to-turn-to-other-weapons.htm l%3Fpg%3Dall&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNTAxNjI1MzQzNzI0MDE1OTIxMzIaZjE2NzAyYWU2NTU5OT VlNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNElxDpbn_tKsCKvSmhj7diKw_Y-XQ> BYU's loss of Williams hurts; Cougars to turn to other weapons Deseret News But there's nobody like Williams on BYU's roster, some argue. True. ... including Mitch Mathews, Devon Blackmon, Nick Kurtz and Kurt Henderson. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports /college/byu/football/dickson-williams-loss-a-blow-but-cougars-must-recover/ article_2925d3b2-613d-5377-a468-039430c5b8c9.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTY2NTQxN zQyMjIyMDk4MzAwODYyGjAxMTQ1OWYxYjlhOThhMDY6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHpaY20dMZA JbolcygJJcsrSsQX3w> DICKSON: Williams loss a blow, but Cougars must recover Daily Herald Unfortunately for BYU, hotshot Texas running back recruit Charles West can't stay out of trouble and won't be coming to Provo. A couple of in-state ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.omaha.com/huskers/blog s/byu-starting-running-back-jamaal-williams-withdraws-from-school-won/articl e_ef07938c-3c61-11e5-beb0-2fb46cf13e4a.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgwNDAwMzc0OTg 1NjM4MDE5ODMyGjYzZGNjYWRhYjVjZGJhZjI6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNFUqYnFnRLvYILOaH _LELplZf_fFA> BYU starting running back Jamaal Williams withdraws from school, won't face Huskers Omaha World-Herald (blog) BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall announced on Thursday that running back ... With Williams out, that leaves quarterback Taysom Hill as the Cougars' ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.theticketfm.com/drop-t he-mike/byu-starting-rb-jamal-williams-has-left-byu-should-the-huskers-run-a way-with-game-one-in-2015/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYASoUMTI5MzczODcyNTAxMDI5MjMwMDUyGmNm NWE2YzYyNTI1YmU3Yjg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNEO9CdDrWocXHICnSMncXc_z5rJDQ> BYU starting RB Jamal Williams has left BYU. Should the Huskers run away with game one in 2015? KNTK The Ticket FM How important is it Nebraska wins the BYU game? BYU starting RB Jamal Williams has left BYU. Should the Huskers run away with game one in 2015 ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://newsok.com/article/5438621 &ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNDY1MTk0MTU5MjQ0NDA5MjIyNjIaYTQ3YjAxNzIzNGE3M2RmYjpjb206ZW 46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEOY0nf6Y3OAgnD21Sv1pQCsqt9bQ> Tramel: The Big 12 should look west for two new additions NewsOK.com The Big 12 has to add two schools that bring value to the Big 12 brand. ... BYU players run onto the field before a game against Nevada at an NCAA ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports /college/byu/basketball/men/byu-basketball-bryant-officially-a-cougar/articl e_226979d4-3c8f-11e5-8705-ab37c4a5662c.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzQ4Mzc3NDMwMTk wODEyMjUyODIaY2Y1YTZjNjI1MjViZTdiODpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNHhDlRZKDvsNkWvYxb eUrqIO2MSyg> BYU Basketball: Bryant officially a Cougar Daily Herald BYU coach Dave Rose: "Elijah is a great player that will come to BYU with a tremendous amount of experience. He is very skilled, and his strengths ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.mlive.com/lions/index. ssf/2015/08/lb_kyle_van_noy_struggles_in_p.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTgwMTM4MjI 2MTI3NDk5Nzc4MjIyGmNmNWE2YzYyNTI1YmU3Yjg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNHYgW6ToKrzOE D0FxTiUfBc7Fr5CA> LB Kyle Van Noy struggles in pass coverage, but Lions not concerned MLive.com "We're asking him to do some more things than he probably did at BYU, pass coverage-wise. But he's a bright guy. He'll pick it up, just like a lot of ... <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.heraldextra.com/sports /college/byu/soccer/byu-men-s-soccer-head-coach-chris-watkins-resigns-to/art icle_b24887b8-faa7-5508-8124-ecd8c2f005b5.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTU4MDkwMzM3 NjYzNDM4MjUzOTQyGjM5OWE4YzQyYjI1NzA5Nzg6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGFfAy1e4lSN7G ipSMcM0KG5rsUYQ> BYU men's soccer head coach Chris Watkins resigns, to focus on women's team Daily Herald Watkins will remain at BYU, continuing his duties as the associate head coach for ... I was gone every other weekend recruiting with the women's team. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://espn.go.com/blog/collegeba sketballnation/post/_/id/108153/bracket-breakdown-diamond-head-classic&ct=ga &cd=CAEYACoUMTYyNzA4Mjc5NzI0MDQwMDU4MTgyGmNmNWE2YzYyNTI1YmU3Yjg6Y29tOmVuOlVT &usg=AFQjCNEeCCk36bgm_9DXDTyUy-Ylx0yUsg> Bracket breakdown: Diamond Head Classic ESPN (blog) Teams involved: Oklahoma, Washington State, Auburn, Hawaii, New Mexico, BYU, Harvard and Northern Iowa. Initial thoughts: Honestly, my first ...

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