Collie: No decision yet
I've been exchanging text messages the last few days with an Austin Collie confidante, and this much I know: The BYU receiver has not made a decision yet whether he will forgo his senior season and enter the NFL draft. The junior has until Jan. 15 to decide.
Collie has enrolled in classes for this semester at BYU, and began attending some on Monday.
He is watching as closely as he possibly can the news about which other underclassmen who are receivers will be entering the draft.
Monday, North Carolina junior Hakeem Nicks announced that he will turn pro, and he's another prospect that most mock drafts say will be picked ahead of Collie. Nicks is the receiver who made that incredible behind-the-back catch in the Meineke Car Car Bowl.
Rutgers' Kenny Britt, another underclassmen receiver, also said recently that he is turning pro.
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BYU basketball coach Dave Rose said in his MWC teleconference on Monday that this isn't he best time to be playing a Division II opponent, and that's why he didn't schedule a game against Western Oregon for tonight.
But poor weather in the Northwest forced the Wolves to postpone their trip to Provo on Dec. 23, and the game will now be played tonight in the Marriott Center.
Still, it will be nothing more than a tuneup for the Cougars, who open MWC play on Saturday at Colorado State. All it means is that BYU had to spend some of Monday's practice time focusing on the Wolves, rather than CSU. And, they won't be able to practice today.
Here's my article on the state of BYU basketball that was in this morning's Tribune. Generally, the feeling among the Cougars and their coaches is that they can make a nice MWC and NCAA Tournament run if they can develop some depth and if they can learn to close out games against big-time teams.
Collie has enrolled in classes for this semester at BYU, and began attending some on Monday.
He is watching as closely as he possibly can the news about which other underclassmen who are receivers will be entering the draft.
Monday, North Carolina junior Hakeem Nicks announced that he will turn pro, and he's another prospect that most mock drafts say will be picked ahead of Collie. Nicks is the receiver who made that incredible behind-the-back catch in the Meineke Car Car Bowl.
Rutgers' Kenny Britt, another underclassmen receiver, also said recently that he is turning pro.
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BYU basketball coach Dave Rose said in his MWC teleconference on Monday that this isn't he best time to be playing a Division II opponent, and that's why he didn't schedule a game against Western Oregon for tonight.
But poor weather in the Northwest forced the Wolves to postpone their trip to Provo on Dec. 23, and the game will now be played tonight in the Marriott Center.
Still, it will be nothing more than a tuneup for the Cougars, who open MWC play on Saturday at Colorado State. All it means is that BYU had to spend some of Monday's practice time focusing on the Wolves, rather than CSU. And, they won't be able to practice today.
Here's my article on the state of BYU basketball that was in this morning's Tribune. Generally, the feeling among the Cougars and their coaches is that they can make a nice MWC and NCAA Tournament run if they can develop some depth and if they can learn to close out games against big-time teams.
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1 Comments:
If nothing else, Collie should come back and savor the joy of beating Utah next year. Not an easy task but I believe it will happen. Utah will not have Johnson next year and he was so great in the latter part of the season.
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