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Vol. 32,
Issue 21 – December 12, 2011
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12...As
in 12 days of Christmas, which is three days more than BYU will be practicing
in preparation for the Armed Forces Bowl game in
Bronco Men
Gary
Crowton...The former head coach at Louisiana Tech and BYU and
offensive coordinator at Oregon, LSU and currently at Maryland, is openly
pursuing the head coaching vacancy at his alma mater, Colorado State.
Jake Heaps...BYU's
backup quarterback announced last week that he is transferring in search of
greener pastures and a new start towards his dream job of NFL quarterback.
He punctuated his exit
with profuse praise of his former teammates and coaches, but there was no
mention this time of his public relations director.
Taysom
Hill...We call him Riley Nelson on steroids. The incoming
true freshman will be enrolled at BYU in January. He is 6-2, 220 and runs a 4.5
forty. He will be returning from a mission in
He has what we call the
spit-in-yur face football mentality (in a unique returned missionary way), similar
to what Nelson and Max Hall have. Like Nelson and Hall, competiveness and
toughness won't be an issue for Hill.
From a general manager
point of view, BYU has just pulled off a 2-1 personnel move. They have given up
Heaps to a team to be named later, and get two quarterback prospects in return.
Heaps, in hindsight, was
just a prospect also. He never
Besi
He was the 5A MVP in
Mike
Leach...The BYU alumnus and former head coach at Texas Tech
will be making his
BYU and WSU formally
announced that the two schools have signed a home and home agreement in
football.
Leach and Bronco Men
Both like to brag about
their eclectic reading habits and books they have read. Part of the BYU-WSU
contract stipulates that in case the games end in a tie, instead of going to
overtime, the winner will be
Bonus points will be given
according to which fan base can stand listening the longest to those reports.
Robert
Anae...The former assistant coach for Leach, survived the
recent coaching change at
6 or 5...Those
are the numbers at which Baylor will be ranked nationally in basketball when
they face BYU this Saturday in
3 to 5 will also be the
point spread by which Baylor should be favored over the Cougars in this game.
The last time BYU faced a top ten ranked team in basketball in
There is a similarity
between WF and Baylor and it isn't their rankings or point spread. It is the
number of future NBA players
Both had and have at
least two.
Unless Brandon Davies
improves play both in consistency and production, BYU has no NBA players on its
roster.
Noah
Hartsock...No question that Hartsock is BYU’s best and
most consistent player so far this season. What has been a surprise to us is
that he is now producing points while playing with his back to the basket.
He has some legitimate
low post moves. He has always been a nice face up player because he can hit the
mid-range shoot, but he now has ad
Can't prove it yet, and
it may just be anecdotal evi
Speaking of
Most of those announcers
still say that
Jamaal
Williams...It is no secret that BYU has no big-time running
back on its current roster. Other than Adam Hine moving from a redshirt year to
active duty next season, the only other hope for a major breakthrough at
running back for the Cougars is Jamaal Williams.
The BYU commit from
Williams had 17 carries for 181 yards in the championship game. For the season he finished with over 1000 yards rushing and 21 touchdowns.
Iona
Pritchard and Ryker Mathews...Most BYU football fans will
have their eyes glued to the recruiting list of signees that the Cougars will
release on Feb. 1 of 2012 during letter of intent signing day.
They would be better
served to keep their eyes on the return from injuries of these two current
members of the team.
Pritchard, a fullback and
Mathews, an offensive tackle, will both be back for next fall. Pritchard was
supposed to be the next Manase
Mathews was vying for a
starting job in fall camp. He probably will be the heir apparent as a redshirt
freshman to
Both Pritchard and
Mathews will be major additions to the starting lineups this coming season.
Pritchard broke and
dislocated his ankle and Mathews had surgery on his foot.
Bronco Men
In other published
reports, I announced that I withdrew my name from consi
Sadie
Brijs...The five-year old granddaughter of my brother was in
the same room with her grandpa and dad. The BYU vs.
After a few minutes of Sadie
looking at the television to see what was on, she turned to her dad and grandpa
and asked, "Why do boys want to watch girls playing basketball?"
I have been asking that
same question for the last 30 years.
16...The
Sweet Sixteen is what BYU will have to return to in basketball this year if
Dave Rose is to have any kind of chance of landing Jabari Parker next fall.
Parker is consi
From our vantage point
the other factors that will all have to work in BYU's favor are Mormons,
Marriage and Mom.
The Mormon factor is
becoming more wi
It followed him and
chronicled his regular attendance at early morning seminary at the Hy
The consensus among
scouts who work for the NBA is that Parker will be a sure fire lottery pick
after he plays the required one year of college basketball.
If he is as good as
advertised, he will still be a lottery pick after just one year whether he
plays that year at
That is where marriage
comes in.
We don't advocate any
18-year old getting married at that age. But if Parker is a lock for the NBA,
it's not too early to be thinking long range about marriage.
Let's be real. The NBA
lifestyle doesn't champion chastity.
A good marriage
relationship for Mormons or other NBA players is a good first step in surviving
the off court culture of professional basketball. It certainly isn't fool
proof, but it is better than nothing.
If Parker is as
advertised as a faithful member of the
Even if it is too early
for Parker himself to think about it, it is not too early for his parents to be
thinking about it.
His mother and the rest
of his siblings are active LDS. His dad is not a member of the Church.
In our opinion, BYU
should be pitching future marriage prospects for Parker as part of their
recruiting pitch.
Let's be honest, there
are more LDS prospects in this pool at BYU for Parker than anywhere else.
In our opinion, the only
hope for BYU in this recruiting race will have to rely on a sweet sixteen re-run,
marriage and mom.
Matt
Carlino...Here's hoping that the UCLA transfer is as good a
shooter as advertised. BYU needs another consistent shooter from the guard line
in general and at the point in particular.
Carlino will finally be
eligible to play this Saturday against Baylor. Depending on how the Bears
Despite committing to
Nick
Emery...The BYU commit, who is only a junior at Lone Peak HS,
opened his season last week by scoring 39 points against Cottonwood HS.
T.J.
Haws...Another BYU commit, but only a sophomore, also had a
nice season
Jordan
Chatman...A BYU signee, the senior played two games last
week. He scored 31 and 7 points in a win and a loss. He is getting plenty of
Cory
Calvert...The 6-4 guard, who signed in November with BYU out
of Chaparral HS in Parker, CO., scored 32 points last week in a game against
1...That
is what the BYU men's volleyball team was ranked nationally in preseason picks.
BYU
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