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CS Lite, Vol. 38, Issue 2 - C, August 16, 2018
by HB Arnett 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

HB Arnett's "Lite" <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> hbarnett(a)fiber.net 801 372 0819 Vol. 38, Issue 2 - C, August 16, 2018 Sees the Whole Field Ever been to a football game and saw a receiver wide open down the field, but the quarterback doesn't. How could he not see him? Watch this video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOQYIvl9CKA> and it might give you a clue of what the QB sees or can't see. In this instance there are no defensive linemen in his face. Who see what and when he sees it makes a big difference in quarterbacks. Keep this in mind as BYU coaches make decisions about who will play quarterback for the Cougars. Arizona's star quarterback, Khalil Tate, is practicing this fall with what looks like an iPhone attached to his helmet. Would love to have his number to call him during the BYU game. See complete UofA football practice video here <https://twitter.com/ArizonaFBall/status/1029824233600249856> . Old Haloti Ngata Article by ESPN <http://www.espn.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=chadiha_jeffri&page=hotread 11/Haloti%20Ngata> This was an interesting article about the former Utah prep star. Click above to read it. The quote in the article that is relevant is this: "They both told us that that talk wasn't true," said Newsome, who eventually traded up one spot to take Ngata 12th overall that year. "They said they had to get him off the field a lot of times just so they could practice. He was that disruptive." Which hopefully is relevant to BYU's current fall camp. Ilaisa Tuiaki said before camp started that he thought the BYU defensive front would be very physical. So far, nobody knows. Media is not allowed to see practices except for the last 30 minutes of each day. It would be interesting to see if Tuiaki and Kalani Sitake are using the same philosophy that Mike Bellotti used with Ngata at Oregon. Bellotti wouldn't let Ngata go against the first unit Duck offense, because it was too demoralizing. Here's hoping that Khyiris Tonga is BYU's version of Haloti Ngata. We will know for sure September 1 against Arizona. How's that for hype? Full Time Clemson Student Will Play against Tigers in a Furman Uniform <https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/08/15/harris-roberts-furman-quarte rback-clemson-student> Read this article above and then read below what I wrote a few weeks back. What's the Solution? Here's my thinking out of the box suggestion: IUPUI Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis. What can the IUPUI Jaguars, members of the Horizon Conference with 16 sponsored sports have to do with BYU and thinking out of the box. Here is what it says on the IUPUI website: Discover IUPUI, a thriving university in downtown Indianapolis offering the best of Indiana University and Purdue University on one centrally located campus. Here's my outside the box proposal: Discover BYUVU, a thriving collaborative football program in Provo-Orem offering the best of Brigham Young University and Utah Valley University. My first thought was calling it BYU Lite, but both BYU and UVU can equally help each other. UVU is the largest public university in the state. They have an enrollment of 37,217. BYU's enrollment is 33,517. UVU has everything it needs except for two things. Parking and a Football team. BYU has everything it needs except for Parking and a Better Football team. The two institutions could help each other. The Wolverines don't have the funding or facilities for a football program. BYU does. BYU has and always will have trouble admitting outstanding athletic prospects who academically can't get in school in Provo or aren't proficiency qualified in English to be admitted into BYU. No problem at UVU. When it comes to recruiting football players, it is also still no problem for Utah and Utah State either. Crossover There is a major LDS Church Crossover. Before my stint in Michigan, my wife and I served 3 years in an Orem Young Single Adult Stake. It had BYU and UVU students together. In case you don't know, there are no longer BYU wards and UVU wards, there are just YSA wards based on geographic boundaries. We currently reside in an Orem ward that fits the definition of a Church unit of "nearly dead and newlyweds". You will have to guess in which category my wife and I fall. The days of "pure bred" BYU marriages is over. Ours is a transient ward with young couples coming and going at a rapid rate. These new couples are asked to speak in Church and introduce themselves to the ward. I was flabbergasted at how many BYU-UVU or vice versa marriages there are and continue to happen. Love is not a Cougar or Wolverine fan. Neither is the LDS Church. So, here's my deal. BYU is a member of the WCC in all sports except for football. (Men's volleyball and both men and women's track teams also compete in the MPSF. UVU fields all its current teams in the WAC. Nothing would change for either schools. If there could be a football only collaboration, it would still have to be as an independent. But according to my projections, it would be a much-improved football program. You add 40,000 more students to your fan base. You also add another chunk of alumni base. As a sports derivative of both schools, you also alleviate the honor code and academic admittance issues. It's a no brainer in my opinion. BYU provides facilities and academics for those football players for whom that is important. They also provide an established BYUTV network and national contacts for networks, scheduling and streaming. UVU would, at its current academic level, provide an admittance to marginal academic football prospects, for which almost all other Power 5 schools have a process already in place. It's a Cougar cake and eat it too deal. It also elevates UVU academic and athletic reputations. Yeah but... Would the NCAA allow this? Who would administer this? Who would fund this? Would the LDS Church sign off on this? Would the State Legislature sign off on this? Now, it won't be an immediate reality. And is there anyone that has the ecclesiastical and political clout to make this ever happen and push it forward? I know a guy Yeah.I know a guy. He won't be available for at least 3 years or maybe longer. That would be Matt Holland, the former President of UVU and currently just beginning his 3-year calling as the LDS Mission President in the North Carolina Raleigh Mission. When he is released that would put current BYU President Kevin J. Worthen at his 7 year mark. A Holland as President of BYU has a familiar ring to it. Now if it is at least 7-8 years from this outside of the box to be opened, it would also coincide with the renegotiations of the current tv contracts. With talk of streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon likely to be in the picture and with the current networks not anxious to pay for conference members who don't pull their own weight when it comes to viewers, A BYU-UVU alliance may just be the beginning of football mergers in the future. For the likes of Kansas-Kansas State to survive and get a piece of the football streaming pie, they may have to merge in football to be viable and viewable. Others that come to mind are schools that are not currently convenient but commutable and doable such as Fresno and San Jose State, Washington State and Idaho, Temple and Navy, Air Force and Colorado State. What about TCU and SMU? Central and South Florida? The way college football is paid out will change. It will be about digital footprint and not stadium attendance. My personal view is that conferences, including P5 conferences will not look like they do now in 7 or 8 years. A BYU-UVU football only merger won't make their current athletic administration staffs happy, but something has to give if schools want to be available and desirable for the streaming money tree that is coming. Kick it to the Curb Before you kick this box to the curb or toss it in the dumpster, let it simmer, do your own study of the future of college football and the NCAA. Throw in what and how you view media in your home. Check out the demographics of UVU and amazing progression as an academic institution. Name somebody with ecclesiastical and political clout better than Matt Holland. Name somebody who not only bleeds Wolverine Green, but also BYU Blue. Until then, I just want to see the bleeding of BYU football stopped this season. What about colors? Green and Blue. Think Seattle Seahawks. What about mascot? The Mighty Mergers? Parkway Panthers? Pigskin Polygamists? Just getting started. The possibilities are endless. College Conglomerates? The United Teamsters? Got a good one. Let me hear it. If It Works for Furman, Why Not BYU and UVU? This would solve a lot of the honor code and academic issues BYU athletics encounters. All that is needed is a major not offered at BYU but offered at UVU. I'm sure it is more complex than the Furman/Clemson story, but BYU football players, in theory, could play for the Cougars but be enrolled at UVA, where the academics are less rigid and there is no honor code. I don't have the time or inclination to cross check the catalogs of both institutions to see if any major would work. Feel free to do so yourself. Maybe a big BYU football donor will have to fund a new school or discipline at UVU to make this all happen. Who knows. You may have your own suggestions, but here are a few of mine that I would like to see offered at UVU that I'm sure aren't currently offered at BYU. Sodalicious Sociology Frontal Lobe/Front End Alignments Intergalactic Mormonism Quiz Game Analytics Avoidance and Abhorrence of I-15 You are Done or Almost Done! "Lite" If you are receiving this letter it means that according to my records, your previous subscription to Cougar Sportsline has either expired or very close to expiring. If your records don't agree with mine, let me know. But hurry, the first game is just 2 weeks away. This is my personal invitation to you to continue your subscription for another year. You can do that by subscribing here: www.oldmancougar.com <http://www.oldmancougar.com/> Thanks, HB Arnett

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CS Lite, Vol. 38, Issue 2 - C, August 16, 2018
by HB Arnett 16 Aug '18

16 Aug '18

HB Arnett's "Lite" <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> hbarnett(a)fiber.net 801 372 0819 Vol. 38, Issue 2 - C, August 16, 2018 Sees the Whole Field Ever been to a football game and saw a receiver wide open down the field, but the quarterback doesn't. How could he not see him? Watch this video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOQYIvl9CKA> and it might give you a clue of what the QB sees or can't see. In this instance there are no defensive linemen in his face. Who see what and when he sees it makes a big difference in quarterbacks. Keep this in mind as BYU coaches make decisions about who will play quarterback for the Cougars. Arizona's star quarterback, Khalil Tate, is practicing this fall with what looks like an iPhone attached to his helmet. Would love to have his number to call him during the BYU game. See complete UofA football practice video here <https://twitter.com/ArizonaFBall/status/1029824233600249856> . Old Haloti Ngata Article by ESPN <http://www.espn.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=chadiha_jeffri&page=hotread 11/Haloti%20Ngata> This was an interesting article about the former Utah prep star. Click above to read it. The quote in the article that is relevant is this: "They both told us that that talk wasn't true," said Newsome, who eventually traded up one spot to take Ngata 12th overall that year. "They said they had to get him off the field a lot of times just so they could practice. He was that disruptive." Which hopefully is relevant to BYU's current fall camp. Ilaisa Tuiaki said before camp started that he thought the BYU defensive front would be very physical. So far, nobody knows. Media is not allowed to see practices except for the last 30 minutes of each day. It would be interesting to see if Tuiaki and Kalani Sitake are using the same philosophy that Mike Bellotti used with Ngata at Oregon. Bellotti wouldn't let Ngata go against the first unit Duck offense, because it was too demoralizing. Here's hoping that Khyiris Tonga is BYU's version of Haloti Ngata. We will know for sure September 1 against Arizona. How's that for hype? Full Time Clemson Student Will Play against Tigers in a Furman Uniform <https://www.si.com/college-football/2018/08/15/harris-roberts-furman-quarte rback-clemson-student> Read this article above and then read below what I wrote a few weeks back. What's the Solution? Here's my thinking out of the box suggestion: IUPUI Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis. What can the IUPUI Jaguars, members of the Horizon Conference with 16 sponsored sports have to do with BYU and thinking out of the box. Here is what it says on the IUPUI website: Discover IUPUI, a thriving university in downtown Indianapolis offering the best of Indiana University and Purdue University on one centrally located campus. Here's my outside the box proposal: Discover BYUVU, a thriving collaborative football program in Provo-Orem offering the best of Brigham Young University and Utah Valley University. My first thought was calling it BYU Lite, but both BYU and UVU can equally help each other. UVU is the largest public university in the state. They have an enrollment of 37,217. BYU's enrollment is 33,517. UVU has everything it needs except for two things. Parking and a Football team. BYU has everything it needs except for Parking and a Better Football team. The two institutions could help each other. The Wolverines don't have the funding or facilities for a football program. BYU does. BYU has and always will have trouble admitting outstanding athletic prospects who academically can't get in school in Provo or aren't proficiency qualified in English to be admitted into BYU. No problem at UVU. When it comes to recruiting football players, it is also still no problem for Utah and Utah State either. Crossover There is a major LDS Church Crossover. Before my stint in Michigan, my wife and I served 3 years in an Orem Young Single Adult Stake. It had BYU and UVU students together. In case you don't know, there are no longer BYU wards and UVU wards, there are just YSA wards based on geographic boundaries. We currently reside in an Orem ward that fits the definition of a Church unit of "nearly dead and newlyweds". You will have to guess in which category my wife and I fall. The days of "pure bred" BYU marriages is over. Ours is a transient ward with young couples coming and going at a rapid rate. These new couples are asked to speak in Church and introduce themselves to the ward. I was flabbergasted at how many BYU-UVU or vice versa marriages there are and continue to happen. Love is not a Cougar or Wolverine fan. Neither is the LDS Church. So, here's my deal. BYU is a member of the WCC in all sports except for football. (Men's volleyball and both men and women's track teams also compete in the MPSF. UVU fields all its current teams in the WAC. Nothing would change for either schools. If there could be a football only collaboration, it would still have to be as an independent. But according to my projections, it would be a much-improved football program. You add 40,000 more students to your fan base. You also add another chunk of alumni base. As a sports derivative of both schools, you also alleviate the honor code and academic admittance issues. It's a no brainer in my opinion. BYU provides facilities and academics for those football players for whom that is important. They also provide an established BYUTV network and national contacts for networks, scheduling and streaming. UVU would, at its current academic level, provide an admittance to marginal academic football prospects, for which almost all other Power 5 schools have a process already in place. It's a Cougar cake and eat it too deal. It also elevates UVU academic and athletic reputations. Yeah but... Would the NCAA allow this? Who would administer this? Who would fund this? Would the LDS Church sign off on this? Would the State Legislature sign off on this? Now, it won't be an immediate reality. And is there anyone that has the ecclesiastical and political clout to make this ever happen and push it forward? I know a guy Yeah.I know a guy. He won't be available for at least 3 years or maybe longer. That would be Matt Holland, the former President of UVU and currently just beginning his 3-year calling as the LDS Mission President in the North Carolina Raleigh Mission. When he is released that would put current BYU President Kevin J. Worthen at his 7 year mark. A Holland as President of BYU has a familiar ring to it. Now if it is at least 7-8 years from this outside of the box to be opened, it would also coincide with the renegotiations of the current tv contracts. With talk of streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon likely to be in the picture and with the current networks not anxious to pay for conference members who don't pull their own weight when it comes to viewers, A BYU-UVU alliance may just be the beginning of football mergers in the future. For the likes of Kansas-Kansas State to survive and get a piece of the football streaming pie, they may have to merge in football to be viable and viewable. Others that come to mind are schools that are not currently convenient but commutable and doable such as Fresno and San Jose State, Washington State and Idaho, Temple and Navy, Air Force and Colorado State. What about TCU and SMU? Central and South Florida? The way college football is paid out will change. It will be about digital footprint and not stadium attendance. My personal view is that conferences, including P5 conferences will not look like they do now in 7 or 8 years. A BYU-UVU football only merger won't make their current athletic administration staffs happy, but something has to give if schools want to be available and desirable for the streaming money tree that is coming. Kick it to the Curb Before you kick this box to the curb or toss it in the dumpster, let it simmer, do your own study of the future of college football and the NCAA. Throw in what and how you view media in your home. Check out the demographics of UVU and amazing progression as an academic institution. Name somebody with ecclesiastical and political clout better than Matt Holland. Name somebody who not only bleeds Wolverine Green, but also BYU Blue. Until then, I just want to see the bleeding of BYU football stopped this season. What about colors? Green and Blue. Think Seattle Seahawks. What about mascot? The Mighty Mergers? Parkway Panthers? Pigskin Polygamists? Just getting started. The possibilities are endless. College Conglomerates? The United Teamsters? Got a good one. Let me hear it. If It Works for Furman, Why Not BYU and UVU? This would solve a lot of the honor code and academic issues BYU athletics encounters. All that is needed is a major not offered at BYU but offered at UVU. I'm sure it is more complex than the Furman/Clemson story, but BYU football players, in theory, could play for the Cougars but be enrolled at UVA, where the academics are less rigid and there is no honor code. I don't have the time or inclination to cross check the catalogs of both institutions to see if any major would work. Feel free to do so yourself. Maybe a big BYU football donor will have to fund a new school or discipline at UVU to make this all happen. Who knows. You may have your own suggestions, but here are a few of mine that I would like to see offered at UVU that I'm sure aren't currently offered at BYU. Sodalicious Sociology Frontal Lobe/Front End Alignments Intergalactic Mormonism Quiz Game Analytics Avoidance and Abhorrence of I-15

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CS Lite, Vol. 38, Issue 2 - B, August 15, 2018
by HB Arnett 15 Aug '18

15 Aug '18

HB Arnett's "Lite" <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> hbarnett(a)fiber.net 801 372 0819 Vol. 38, Issue 2 - B, August 15, 2018 BYU Fall Football Camp "Pop" (as in Father) Quiz At what school will Beau Hoge be playing football next season? a. Virginia b. Cincinnati c. Idaho State d. Utah State Before answering, watch the following video from this morning. Will Beau Go? <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YP7OWWBI-w> Click to watch What was BYUtv thinking? a. They weren't b. They couldn't spell "weasel" c. Blaine Fowler wasn't available d. Merrill was a lock to carry out the team flag You are Done or Almost Done! "Lite" If you are receiving this letter it means that according to my records, your previous subscription to Cougar Sportsline has either expired or very close to expiring. If your records don't agree with mine, let me know. But hurry, the first game is just 3 weeks away. This is my personal invitation to you to continue your subscription for another year. You can do that by subscribing here: www.oldmancougar.com <http://www.oldmancougar.com/> Thanks, HB Arnett

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CS Lite, Vol. 38, Issue 2 - B August 15, 2018
by HB Arnett 15 Aug '18

15 Aug '18

HB Arnett's "Lite" <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> hbarnett(a)fiber.net 801 372 0819 Vol. 38, Issue 2 - B, August 15, 2018 BYU Fall Football Camp "Pop" (as in Father) Quiz At what school will Beau Hoge be playing football next season? a. Virginia b. Cincinnati c. Idaho State d. Utah State Before answering, watch the following video from this morning. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YP7OWWBI-w> Will Beau Go? Click to watch What was BYUtv thinking? a. They weren't b. They couldn't spell "weasel" c. Blaine Fowler wasn't available d. Merrill was a lock to carry out the team flag Subscriptions and Season are now Here! "Lite" BYU is hoping to make a comeback in football. I'm making a comeback with my newsletter. BYU needs wins. I need subscriptions. You can order yours by clicking here. oldmancougar.com <http://oldmancougar.com/> All those who bought Putt Partners or had credit from their old subscriptions will be taken care of.

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CS Lite, Vol. 38, Issue 2 - B, August 15, 2018
by HB Arnett 15 Aug '18

15 Aug '18

HB Arnett's "Lite" <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> hbarnett(a)fiber.net 801 372 0819 Vol. 38, Issue 2 - B, August 15, 2018 BYU Fall Football Camp "Pop" (as in Father) Quiz At what school will Beau Hoge be playing football next season? a. Virginia b. Cincinnati c. Idaho State d. Utah State Before answering, watch the following video from this morning. Will Beau Go? <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YP7OWWBI-w> Click to watch What was BYUtv thinking? a. They weren't b. They couldn't spell "weasel" c. Blaine Fowler wasn't available d. Merrill was a lock to carry out the team flag You are Done or Almost Done! "Lite" If you are receiving this letter it means that according to my records, your previous subscription to Cougar Sportsline has either expired or very close to expiring. If your records don't agree with mine, let me know. But hurry, the first game is just 3 weeks away. This is my personal invitation to you to continue your subscription for another year. You can do that by subscribing here: www.oldmancougar.com <http://www.oldmancougar.com/> Thanks, HB Arnett

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CS Lite, Vol. 38, Issue 2 - B, August 15, 2018
by HB Arnett 15 Aug '18

15 Aug '18

HB Arnett's "Lite" <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> hbarnett(a)fiber.net 801 372 0819 Vol. 38, Issue 2 - B, August 15, 2018 BYU Fall Football Camp "Pop" (as in Father) Quiz At what school will Beau Hoge be playing football next season? a. Virginia b. Cincinnati c. Idaho State d. Utah State Before answering, watch the following video from this morning. Will Beau Go? <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YP7OWWBI-w> Click to watch What was BYUtv thinking? a. They weren't b. They couldn't spell "weasel" c. Blaine Fowler wasn't available d. Merrill was a lock to carry out the team flag

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CS Lite, Vol. 38, Issue 2 - A, August 14, 2018
by HB Arnett 14 Aug '18

14 Aug '18

HB Arnett's "Lite" <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> hbarnett(a)fiber.net 801 372 0819 Vol. 38, Issue 2 - A, August 14, 2018 BYU Coaches Announce it is a Two-Man Race To nobody's surprise, it will be Tanner Mangum and Zach Wilson battling for the numero uno spot at quarterback for the rest of BYU's fall camp. <https://twitter.com/i/status/1029180871431995392> Here's some video of the two in a don't-touch-the-quarterback-drill yesterday <https://www.facebook.com/BYUtvSports/videos/210163006510568/> Here's what offensive coordinator, Jeff Grimes, said about the quarterbacks and other things. To Ed Lamb's surprise, there is still a battle for No. 3 between Jaren Hall and Joe Critchfield. <https://www.thespectrum.com/story/sports/2018/07/28/lamb-calls-critchlow-bi g-time-quarterback/857190002/> In case your forgot, here is what Lamb said a couple of weeks ago about Critchlow. <https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/sports/tulane/article_b68cebd6-9ceb -11e8-8a5c-33d20e23539e.html> Who says Dave Rose doesn't recruit foreign basketball players? "I'm happy for Francis," BYU coach Kalani Sitake said after Monday's practice in Provo. "He has an opportunity to get a degree and play for great coaches. I'm really excited for him and his future." <https://www.ksl.com/article/46375362/utes-add-former-byu-linebacker-francis -bernard-to-program> This is why I root for Sitake and a turnaround season. He's thinks bigger than football. Oldmancougar.com <http://www.oldmancougar.com/>

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CS Lite, Vol. 38, Issue 2 - August 13, 2018
by HB Arnett 14 Aug '18

14 Aug '18

HB Arnett's "Lite" <mailto:hbarnett@fiber.net> hbarnett(a)fiber.net 801 372 0819 Vol. 38, Issue 2, August 13, 2018 Line of Succession Queen Elizabeth and BYU Football This fall BYU football camp has been buzzing with line of succession theories. Who is on the quarterback throne now and who will succeed to the throne? To sort it all out, we need a primer on other lines of succession. Let's start with the Brits. Here is the latest Royal depth chart. Queen Elizabeth Prince Charles Prince William Prince George Princess Charlotte Prince Louis Prince Harry Prince Hugh Queen Elizabeth is the returning starter, Prince Charles is pushing hard for playing time and showing lots of patience during fall camp. Prince William is the dark horse in this QB race. He has youth, charm and a good-looking wife. Prince George, Princess Charlotte, Prince Louis and Prince Harry are on the scout team and redshirting. Prince Hugh Grant is grey shirting and not currently enrolled as a full time royal. If he does a remake of Knotting Hill with Julia Roberts, look for her to play Queen Elizabeth and Grant to take the role of Prince Phillip.again. BYU Head Football Coach Depth Chart (My opinion only) Kalani Sitake Andy Reid Jay Hill Darrell Bevell Sitake is still seated on the throne, but another 4-9 season and he won't remain there. Andy Reid was the heir apparent to succeed LaVell Edwards, but like Britain's King Edward(s), he abdicated for the NFL and a Wallis wad of cash. Jay Hill is at Weber State and if he can duplicate the 11-3 record of last season, he will be on a lot of schools' radar. He has improved every season. He went, 2-10, 6-5, 7-5 and 11-3. His team has made the FCS playoffs the last two years. His daughter is enrolled at BYU and works for BYUtv. Two of his assistant coaches from last year, Fesi Sitake and Preston Hadley, were hired by Sitake (Kalani) for this season. Bevell is unemployed after being let go as the offensive coordinator for the Seattle Seahawks after last season. My Longshot Head Coach Candidate Some of you have sat in front of this guy at games for years. He knows all there is to know about football and isn't shy about expressing his thoughts. Could be a candidate if he shaved his beard, bought a shirt and wore it and went anonymous on the chat rooms and radio shows he frequents. Oh yeah, a little deodorant wouldn't hurt either. Now for Some Serious Succession Talk Mangum Wilson Critchlow Hall Romney Conover McKee Let's start the current quarterback discussion with a BYU football replay and recap in 1992. John Walsh started that season. He gave way to Steve Clements while Paul Shoemaker redshirted. Clements went down with an injury. He was replaced by Ryan Hancock. The former Anaheim Angel pitcher played well but wrecked his knee against Utah in the last game of the season. Tom Young then started the Aloha Bowl against the Kansas Jayhawks. KU won. If your counting, that is 4 quarterbacks that played that season. Look for the same this year. With the new 4-game redshirt exemption, you can go to the bank that we will see five quarterbacks on the field for the Cougars this season. That would be Tanner Mangum, Zach Wilson, Joe Critchlow, Jaren Hall and Baylor Romney. We just don't know when we will see them. Of course, the question everybody wants answered is who will get the start against Arizona. I still say it will be Mangum, but because BYU is looking for a quarterback horse they can saddle and ride for multiple seasons, Zach Wilson will also see plenty of action. My thoughts are that he won't start to get those multiple minutes until game four against McNeese State. If I'm wrong in the Mangum projection, that must mean that Wilson is a super star right now. Who would complain about that? Not me. I don't know how BYU coaches will handle Critchlow, Hall and Romney, but they also will see the field this year. If Wilson is the multi-year answer for the Cougars at quarterback, then the next question is who comes after him. That would be Jacob Conover and possibly Tanner McKee. Conover will be trying to land his third state title at Chandler HS in Arizona this fall. He will then head on a mission. McKee is the QB BYU rushed heavily, but they were bested by Stanford and busted by the dismal offense of last season. McKee will be in Brazil serving an LDS mission this season and next and assures Stanford he will be back. Just remember, Taysom (Hill signed with Stanford) and Tanner (McKee committed to Stanford) both start with a T which also is the first letter of Time which has a way of changing minds and perceptions about Stanford and BYU. We will see. The British have their monarchy and set succession, but BYU will need diplomacy. If Wilson is the heir apparent, how are they going to keep Jaren Hall happy and in the program? Stay tuned. Somewhere there is an LDS eighth grader wearing braces on his teeth and gnashing those teeth for a chance to someday be a BYU quarterback. Here's hoping I'm still alive to find out who that brash, brace-wearing boy is. Until then, I plan on shaving my beard, buying a shirt and wearing it with deodorant while letting those BYU coaches who get paid to make personnel decisions make them. If they are right, I'll be happy. If they aren't, I'll start covering ping pong, tack on a 40% tariff on the newsletter and start selling it in China. Fake news BYU held a closed scrimmage Saturday that will go a long way to determining the QB succession scene for this year. I checked with CNN, The New York Times and Washington Post, and even they didn't have a source at the scrimmage and they always claim to have a source. Here are some other sources and speculations you can peruse. <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://tucson.com/no-spying-of-a rizona-football-even-with-microscope-allowed/article_160f7c3a-9dab-11e8-be1d -a7e7a7870d78.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYFyoTMjc5NDQ3Njk2MDY3NTEyNzQxNDIaMzY5ZDAxMGI4 NGZkOTFjMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNEMs3hs8-fYdDkv9lhyI9WpTkWxWA> Speaking of closed practices and paranoia, check this out <https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://tucson.com/sports/arizona wildcats/football/with-ua-season-fast-approaching-wildcats-coach-kevin-sumli n-is/article_4f524a39-2a13-502d-b72c-9b92c97953e6.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYEioTMjc5 NDQ3Njk2MDY3NTEyNzQxNDIaMzY5ZDAxMGI4NGZkOTFjMDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNFtAhsU przg7R0urkOcf43OLKXDJA> Arizona has no QB problems, but they do have other problems <https://www.deseretnews.com/article/900027895/with-quarterbacks-under-inten se-scrutiny-byus-offense-developing-day-by-day-this-fall.html> QB Scrutiny <https://www.sltrib.com/sports/byu-cougars/2018/08/11/confident-freshman-zac h/> Losing Sleep

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