Thursday games, byes, give college coaches chance to recruit
One good thing about the Utes playing Oregon State tonight is that Utah coaches will be able to recruit at high school football games on Friday.
Last week, BYU sent out seven coaches (the most allowed by the NCAA) to watch high school and junior college games because it had a bye. The Utes will get that chance tomorrow.
Both schools play TCU on Thursday nights, so that will provide an opportunity for coaches to see Friday and Saturday prep games.
BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said at his weekly news conference Monday that he met with the seven coaches who went out last weekend and got basically the same report from all seven: the Cougars' national ranking is being noticed.
"What each of them [talked about] was the overwhelming response and the amount of interest being generated just by the winning, number one, but now by the national recognition, and they find by themselves, much maybe similar to myself as a head coach, having to answer questions about those things.," Mendenhall said. "They are not in the outside world, rather than in staff rooms, working. I think they were surprised by the amount of attention, and having to field questions about how does it feel to be seventh or eighth or to be on ESPN or articles in Sports Illustrated, or all those kinds of things."
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Provo basketball star Brandon Davies confirmed to Jerry Meyer of Rivals.com that he has eliminated Gonzaga and is now focusing on just BYU, Utah State and Cal.
"After his October 11 visit to local school BYU, Davies will cut his list to at least two if not down to one," Meyer wrote. "The number one issue directing his decision making will be how far away from home he wants to go to school."
Here's what Davies told Rivals about each school:
BYU -- "It's 10 minutes from my home, so it might be nice to stay close to home."
California -- "They play in a top league, and I'd have a chance to play against some of the top players in the country."
Utah State -- "Utah State is in between distance-wise. It is close enough to home where I wouldn't be that far away, but I'd also be getting away."
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Mark Saxon, who covers UCLA football for the Orange County Register, blogged today about UCLA's chances of landing Manti Te'o, the No. 1 linebacker recruit in the country from Hawaii.
"UCLA may still be a long shot for his services, but I've heard that five-star linebacker Manti Te'o from Hawaii has spoken highly of UCLA since taking his official visit recently. In fact, there are some people who believe Te'o will choose between UCLA and BYU, though he still lists 14 schools (including USC) as possibilities," Saxon wrote.
For more, go to this link.
-- Jay Drew
Last week, BYU sent out seven coaches (the most allowed by the NCAA) to watch high school and junior college games because it had a bye. The Utes will get that chance tomorrow.
Both schools play TCU on Thursday nights, so that will provide an opportunity for coaches to see Friday and Saturday prep games.
BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said at his weekly news conference Monday that he met with the seven coaches who went out last weekend and got basically the same report from all seven: the Cougars' national ranking is being noticed.
"What each of them [talked about] was the overwhelming response and the amount of interest being generated just by the winning, number one, but now by the national recognition, and they find by themselves, much maybe similar to myself as a head coach, having to answer questions about those things.," Mendenhall said. "They are not in the outside world, rather than in staff rooms, working. I think they were surprised by the amount of attention, and having to field questions about how does it feel to be seventh or eighth or to be on ESPN or articles in Sports Illustrated, or all those kinds of things."
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Provo basketball star Brandon Davies confirmed to Jerry Meyer of Rivals.com that he has eliminated Gonzaga and is now focusing on just BYU, Utah State and Cal.
"After his October 11 visit to local school BYU, Davies will cut his list to at least two if not down to one," Meyer wrote. "The number one issue directing his decision making will be how far away from home he wants to go to school."
Here's what Davies told Rivals about each school:
BYU -- "It's 10 minutes from my home, so it might be nice to stay close to home."
California -- "They play in a top league, and I'd have a chance to play against some of the top players in the country."
Utah State -- "Utah State is in between distance-wise. It is close enough to home where I wouldn't be that far away, but I'd also be getting away."
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Mark Saxon, who covers UCLA football for the Orange County Register, blogged today about UCLA's chances of landing Manti Te'o, the No. 1 linebacker recruit in the country from Hawaii.
"UCLA may still be a long shot for his services, but I've heard that five-star linebacker Manti Te'o from Hawaii has spoken highly of UCLA since taking his official visit recently. In fact, there are some people who believe Te'o will choose between UCLA and BYU, though he still lists 14 schools (including USC) as possibilities," Saxon wrote.
For more, go to this link.
-- Jay Drew
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"...he has eliminated Gonzaga and is now focusing on just BYU, Utah State and Gonzaga."
Does anyone proofread this stuff or is spending too much time in Provo taking a toll?
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