BYU Sports related links To subscribe to this service Click Here <http://www.cougarclicks.com/product/Order-Cougar-Clicks?ID=2641> Thursday, September 13, 2012 hbarnett@fiber.net. 801 372 0819 <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.csnchicago.com/preps/news/Parke r-Nunn-update-recruitments%3FblockID%3D771993%26feedID%3D629&ct=ga&cad=CAcQA RgBIAAoATAAOABAqf_CggVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=edPGoECSPVY&usg=AFQjCNGOBVV7Xawuin- isYjXT3IhPS8A1Q> Parker, Nunn update recruitments CSNChicago.com Jabari Parker has eight in-home visits set up over the next three weeks. ... 6-foot-8 Parker, and DePaul, BYU and Kansas will also meet with him this week <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogsbyusport s/54884695-65/parker-byu-rose-coaches.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOAB A6rbEggVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=8hbClWhezf4&usg=AFQjCNGK-Vebeu8lliwI5HY9h4eD27W2_ g> BYU's Rose to get an in-home visit with family of prep hoops ... Salt Lake Tribune It is a known fact that prep basketball phenom Jabari Parker, who is LDS, visited BYU's campus a few weeks ago and met with basketball coach Dave Rose <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://insider.espn.go.com/blog/ncbrecruit ingnational/post/_/id/3497/jabari-parker-has-three-in-home-visits-this-week& ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA16vEggVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=LeeRzSVVa58&usg=AF QjCNFgnisdwMrh4KsdPQxfvvJeuFoGAA> Parker has three in-home visits this week ESPN (blog) I just had a great conversation with Sonny Parker, father of Chicago Simeon small forward Jabari Parker, who said his son is excited about the home visits, which started Tuesday night when Florida coach Billy Donovan stopped by. They continue with <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.wlfi.com/dpp/sports/football_nc aa/Top-10-defense-powering-BYU-as-rivalry-game-nears_38988764&ct=ga&cad=CAcQ ARgBIAAoATAAOABAqPjGggVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=aWnMWikAhkk&usg=AFQjCNFVvw13k0U0 y1QGMRsRuwH8X1YQOQ> Top 10 defense powering BYU as rivalry game nears WLFI.com PROVO, Utah (AP) - Mention some of BYU's greatest teams, and star quarterbacks come to mind - Steve Young, Robbie Bosco, Jim McMahon, Ty Detmer. Yet even with so much focus on the QBs again during rivalry week, what with Riley Nelson playing ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/548799 00-77/hays-utah-byu-nelson.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATACOAJA58jGggVIAV AAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=SxMnQvs_4g8&usg=AFQjCNFgxJJHajKfGd2Hm0XCa61j-nLYew> Kragthorpe: BYU, Utah QBs share unlikely stories Salt Lake Tribune That's a long way from the BYU punt coverage team, Nelson's initial assignment in 2011, or Nebraska-Omaha, Hays' previous school, which dropped its Division II football program and made him available to Utah. They're a lot alike - overachievers <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/54884 103-88/utah-byu-cougars-yards.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAvPnEggV IAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=cTjnw3ER1mo&usg=AFQjCNF_SxH-Q6FhlHTcjgSbLkYcvOfI-w> BYU football: Rushing yards always hard to come by for Cougs against Utah Salt Lake Tribune Provo . The BYU Cougars don't need to be reminded that they've lost two straight rivalry football games to the University of Utah. Turnovers and special teams blunders are often fingered as the reasons for the losses, but the inability to establish a <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7656037 53/BYU-football-Cougar-captains-aware-of-rivalrys-importance.html&ct=ga&cad= CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA-IrGggVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=FNCjRiU032A&usg=AFQjCNHlE6bq ElBzvGYuBZKNXk5d0FAuYA> BYU football: Cougar captains aware of rivalry's importance Deseret News BYU's Brandon Ogletree (44) said the 2009 matchup with Utah showed him how much fans cared about the series. Ravell Call, Deseret News. Summary. Each of the three BYU football captains grew up with different perspectives on the BYU-Utah rivalry <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7656036 62/BYU-football-Cougars-set-sights-on-state-championship.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQ ARgBIAAoATAAOABAxLvEggVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=8hlZiJAZrIk&usg=AFQjCNGCPyZuD4ix B5GCeNhZ6-Eo-Eh4oA> BYU football: Cougars set sights on 'state championship' Deseret News The last time BYU won the Beehive Boot - symbolic of in-state supremacy - was 2009. In fact, since 2010, the Cougars have posted a dismal 1-3 record against Utah and Utah State. Just how important is a state title to BYU? "It means a lot, it really does. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaaf/indep endents/story/2012/09/13/byu-could-find-independence-comes-with-big-price/57 772002/1&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAjYbGggVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=rX6Fy5ZYM l0&usg=AFQjCNFno9fxaR-r1MA6S9q8M-0D0vICLQ> BYU could find independence comes with big price USA TODAY Though Notre Dame essentially traded the Big East for the ACC and remains a football independent, several observers said the move sent another signal about the increasing difficulty of that path. So what about BYU, which became an independent last year? <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.bigeastcoastbias.com/2012/9/12/ 3320642/notre-dame-leaving-the-big-east-to-join-the-acc&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIA AoATAAOABAhPPGggVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=fCUi6Xq-Ry0&usg=AFQjCNFMF2bKe8LucYpeJg _ap-16YSiTuw> Notre Dame Leaving The Big East To Join The ACC Big East Coast Bias (blog) ... Dame to this decision was a fear over continuing to fill a fully independent schedule in the future. If that's the case, perhaps the Big East can re-approached BYU football with the same concern and convince the school to give Big East football <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/s tory/2012/09/12/brennan-notre-dames-move-is-college-sports-reality/57766840/ 1&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAteXGggVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=fl6tMKYogC8&usg= AFQjCNHcM8Z1H7bFaZxUzRVkxQDz3CBh0Q> Brennan: Notre Dame's move is college sports' reality USA TODAY Its decision to move from the Big East to the Atlantic Coast Conference in everything but football and men's ice hockey, and to become more affiliated with a conference in football than it ever has, is as close to a defining moment as we'll get amid <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/b log/college-football-rapidreports/20167831/how-will-the-big-east-respond-to- the-departure-of-notre-dame&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAEoATAAOABArvLEggVIAVgAYgVlbi 1VUw&cd=qIQ_yIsXy0I&usg=AFQjCNGJjfCWDvQ-sP76u4QYkf2KqYmJpw> How will the Big East respond to the departure of Notre Dame ... An affiliation with the Big East could help BYU rekindle rivalries with Boise State and San ... <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.tulsaworld.com/site/articlepath .aspx%3Farticleid%3D20120913_204_B1_Allrig916887&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAO ABA8JnGggVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=ROUFOSQ2UjA&usg=AFQjCNGVVlFf1bltqFFRzYTcDrmFI Yqa7Q> The Picker: Here's a pep talk about what really matters in football Tulsa World BYU (-3 1/2) at Utah: With Boise State back where it belongs on page 4, BYU is the only potential BCS buster. Two more years of the BCS is like two more years of a live-in in-law. BYU by 7. Alabama (-14) at Arkansas: This one is all about the Ark <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.profootballweekly.com/2012/09/1 2/colts-wr-collie-cleared-to-practice&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAgOzFggVI AVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=lnrw7a0YXSo&usg=AFQjCNHgwMzpxKerrxAVDhXjz9crBXnMjQ> Colts WR Collie cleared to practice Pro Football Weekly Colts WR Austin Collie will practice this week and could play in Week Two's game against the Vikings. Head coach Chuck Pagano told reporters that doctors cleared Collie earlier this week. The fourth-year receiver was diagnosed with a concussion on Aug <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/54884 103-88/utah-cougars-yards-byu.html.csp&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAr9zFggV IAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=0GXGxAioBAs&usg=AFQjCNF7HLs5bon3AEbrZK_spxARsa859Q> BYU football: Will Notre Dame's ACC deal cost Cougars future games? Salt Lake Tribune When it became a football independent two years ago, BYU announced it would play Notre Dame six times between 2012 and 2020. Two of those games, both at Notre Dame, are scheduled - Oct. 20 this year and Nov. 23 next year. But the remaining four <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7656037 05/BYU-football-Will-Notre-Dame-ACC-alliance-impact-BYU-Irish-series.html&ct =ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABAnK_FggVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=xRuVaxbsSyY&usg=AFQj CNGph9aD8bIRt_74-7qWCEMsCYCuFA> BYU football: Will Notre Dame, ACC alliance impact BYU-Irish series? Deseret News BYU's Jonny Harline makes a touchdown catch against Notre Dame's Chinedum Ndukwe as Brigham Young University losses to Notre Dame 49-23 in football in South Bend, Indiana, <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://seattletimes.com/html/highschoolspo rts/2019139773_prepnotes13.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA89LFggVIAVgBYg Vlbi1VUw&cd=v49_laS5-JI&usg=AFQjCNFLkNeLQtQp2xBpaiq9ADl8HYHeLg> Big night for 'small' schools King's, Archbishop Murphy | Football ... The Seattle Times King's is led by offensive lineman Mason Friedline and quarterback Billy Green, a BYU commit with nine touchdown passes in two games. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/more /wires/09/12/2080.ap.montana.athletic.director.1st.ld.writethru.0506/index.h tml&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABA27PDggVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&cd=Iy-MRMeiYJY&us g=AFQjCNE-f3gH_hsOrZk6a3ffnlUPWCFTWA> Montana picks Haslam as athletic director SI.com ... athletics and because he has the attitude, capabilities and energy to lead us forward.'' Haslam earned undergraduate degrees in broadcast journalism and Japanese from Brigham Young University in 1993 and a master's in education from NAU in 2004 <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://blogs.evtrib.com/varsityxtra/2012/0 9/11/payton-dastrup-update-other-boys-hoops-notes/&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAIoATA AOABAq7TDggVIAVgAYgVlbi1VUw&cd=rUQz4QM4f_M&usg=AFQjCNFsL_B9WeviTkbE6jNk_a4s_ razGQ> Payton Dastrup update, other boys hoops notes | Varsity Xtra By Kyle Odegard Mountain View junior power forward Payton Dastrup recently returned from John Lucas' elite 40/40 camp, which brings 48 of the top girls and boys players. <http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/ravens/ ravens-insider/bal-andy-reid-has-been-a-big-influence-on-john-harbaugh-20120 912,0,1337787.story&ct=ga&cad=CAcQARgBIAAoATAAOABApMHCggVIAVAAWABiBWVuLVVT&c d=D0UDl4mo7K4&usg=AFQjCNG-5lPaV8df4pMGj6QdZccmTtI8_A> Andy Reid has been a big influence on John Harbaugh Baltimore Sun (blog) The strong rapport between quarterback Joe Flacco and tight end Dennis Pitta was on full display during the Ravens' 44-13 rout Monday night of the Cincinnati Bengals. Flacco trusted that Pitta would come down with a high arcing lob. And Pitta delivered