Game day for Cougs, moving day for blog
Happy game day, everyone.
I have some news related to this blog for you today. Barring some unforeseen snafus, this is most likely my last post on this particular platform (google-based blogger).
Several Trib staffers have already moved their blogs to a new platform, and my switch-overs (BYU and recruiting) are scheduled to take place today.
So don't be alarmed when you click on this blog later today, or tomorrow, and it looks different that what you are accustomed to. If you're still seeing this old blog, as of now, we have moved! Click here to get to the new blog and bookmark it!
You can still get to this blog via the same address, and the archives will still be available if you want to look up past blogs.
However, if you have subscribed to my RSS feed, that address is changing and you will need to re-subscribe once the switchover is complete.
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My advance story in today's newspaper is about the future of the BYU-Utah State series. You can access that story here in case you missed it.
BYU AD Tom Holmoe confirmed that next year's game will be in Logan, and that the 2011 and 2012 games will be in Provo. Both sides are talking about another three-year arrangement that will begin in 2013, but so far nothing has been signed.
No reason to think that something won't be worked out, however,
"I have made it clear to my athletic director, I would like to have the game on a yearly basis. Again, I think it is great for the state," said BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall.
There are 33 players on USU's roster from the state of Utah, and 46 players from Utah on BYU's roster. Obviously, many played against each other in high school, or were on the same teams.
"That part always adds a different level of intrigue to the game. And you usually see it after the game as players visit a little longer than they normally do."
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Tribune columnist Gordon Monson wrote about USU coach Gary Andersen's history with BYU in today's paper. Check that article out here.
By the way, Mendenhall told an interesting story earlier this week about almost being on the same coaching staff at Northern Arizona as Andersen and USU defensive coordinator Bill Busch.
When Mendenhall was an assistant at Northern Arizona, he helped persuade the head coach there to hire Andersen. However, after Andersen got the job, Mendenhall got a job a week later at Oregon State, and left Flagstaff.
But Mendenhall had paid an extra month's rent on his apartment in Flagstaff, so he Andersen and Busch stayed in Mendenhall's apartment their first month as Northern Arizona coaches.
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Finally, a few more comments from BYU's Jan Jorgensen and Coleby Clawson about playing USU tonight.
Jorgensen: "It is their championship game, and so they are going to get super-hyped and juiced for this game, but we will be up there too. I am not going to say we won't be as hyped for them. We will be up for it, too, and we will be up there to match that excitement."
Clawson on last year's game: "Utah State just controlled the momentum at the end of the game, and I think it almost felt like a win to them, because they controlled the momentum at the end of the game. So that is going to be a big thing -- to be able to come out and stay consistent. Last year, we kind of slowed down in the second half."
I have some news related to this blog for you today. Barring some unforeseen snafus, this is most likely my last post on this particular platform (google-based blogger).
Several Trib staffers have already moved their blogs to a new platform, and my switch-overs (BYU and recruiting) are scheduled to take place today.
So don't be alarmed when you click on this blog later today, or tomorrow, and it looks different that what you are accustomed to. If you're still seeing this old blog, as of now, we have moved! Click here to get to the new blog and bookmark it!
You can still get to this blog via the same address, and the archives will still be available if you want to look up past blogs.
However, if you have subscribed to my RSS feed, that address is changing and you will need to re-subscribe once the switchover is complete.
--------------------------
My advance story in today's newspaper is about the future of the BYU-Utah State series. You can access that story here in case you missed it.
BYU AD Tom Holmoe confirmed that next year's game will be in Logan, and that the 2011 and 2012 games will be in Provo. Both sides are talking about another three-year arrangement that will begin in 2013, but so far nothing has been signed.
No reason to think that something won't be worked out, however,
"I have made it clear to my athletic director, I would like to have the game on a yearly basis. Again, I think it is great for the state," said BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall.
There are 33 players on USU's roster from the state of Utah, and 46 players from Utah on BYU's roster. Obviously, many played against each other in high school, or were on the same teams.
"That part always adds a different level of intrigue to the game. And you usually see it after the game as players visit a little longer than they normally do."
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Tribune columnist Gordon Monson wrote about USU coach Gary Andersen's history with BYU in today's paper. Check that article out here.
By the way, Mendenhall told an interesting story earlier this week about almost being on the same coaching staff at Northern Arizona as Andersen and USU defensive coordinator Bill Busch.
When Mendenhall was an assistant at Northern Arizona, he helped persuade the head coach there to hire Andersen. However, after Andersen got the job, Mendenhall got a job a week later at Oregon State, and left Flagstaff.
But Mendenhall had paid an extra month's rent on his apartment in Flagstaff, so he Andersen and Busch stayed in Mendenhall's apartment their first month as Northern Arizona coaches.
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Finally, a few more comments from BYU's Jan Jorgensen and Coleby Clawson about playing USU tonight.
Jorgensen: "It is their championship game, and so they are going to get super-hyped and juiced for this game, but we will be up there too. I am not going to say we won't be as hyped for them. We will be up for it, too, and we will be up there to match that excitement."
Clawson on last year's game: "Utah State just controlled the momentum at the end of the game, and I think it almost felt like a win to them, because they controlled the momentum at the end of the game. So that is going to be a big thing -- to be able to come out and stay consistent. Last year, we kind of slowed down in the second half."
10:36 AM
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2 Comments:
Link to new RSS feed?
Can you please do a final post on this blog and the recruiting blog of what the new RSS feed is. Thanks
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