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Monday, July 31, 2006
BYU Football 2006 Ads
BYUCougars.com is posting TV adds. They are awesome. Check them out here.
http://www.byucougars.com/movies/football06.html
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Digg This!Friday, July 28, 2006
BYU now the TE factory
BYUCougars.com is announcing that both Johnny Harline and Daniel Coats have been added to the Mackey Award Watch List. The Mackey is awarded annually to the best Tight End in college sports. The award will be given in December.
Only Arizona State with TEs Jamal Lewis and Zach Miller and Missouri with TEs Chase Coffman and Martin Rucker join BYU on the list with more than one TE on the Watch List.
BYU has long been known as a breeding ground for stellar Quarterbacks, but is now receiving attention for producing a long line of excellent collegiate and NFL tight ends. Currently Johnny Harline was ranked as the 4th best TE in the nation, while Coats will be on the Watch List for the 3rd time in his career.
History of the Mackey Award
NFL Hall of Fame member John Mackey is considered to be the best to have played the tight end position. A tight end by whom all others are measured, Mackey was a role model on and off the field as demonstrated by his Super Bowl Championship, his commitment to community and his place in history as the first President of the NFLPA.
The John Mackey Award presented since 2000, lists five NFL players as alumni: Dallas Clark ('01) of the Indianapolis Colts, two-time Super Bowl Champion, Daniel Graham ('02) of the New England Patriots, Kellen Winslow, Jr. ('03) of the Cleveland Browns, Heath Miller ('04) of the 2006 Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers and Marcedes Lewis ('05) of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
2006 John Mackey Award Watch List
PLAYER YR SCHOOL
Martellus Bennett SO Texas A&M
John Carlson SR Notre Dame
Scott Chandler SR Iowa
Daniel Coats SR BYU
Chase Coffman SO Missouri
Fred Davis JR USC
Tyler Ecker SR Michigan
Marcel Frost JR Ohio State
Jason Goode JR Maryland
Johnny Harline SR BYU
Clark Harris SR Rutgers
Matt Herian SR Nebraska
Jamaal Lewis SR Arizona State
Zach Miller JR Arizona State
Martrez Milner SR Georgia
Dan Murray JR Connecticut
Shawn Nelson SO Southern Miss.
Joe Newton SR Oregon State
Greg Olsen JR Miami, Fl
Ben Patrick SR Delaware
Dante Rosario SR Oregon
Martin Rucker JR Missouri
Tom Santi JR Virginia
Derek Schouman SR Boise State
Samuel Smith SR Florida Int'l
Matt Spaeth SR Minnesota
Kory Sperry JR Colorado State
Matt Traverso JR Stanford
Chad Upshaw SR Buffalo
Brad Wood SR Arizona
Links
Coats, Harline Named to Mackey Award List [byucougars.com]
2006 John Mackey Watch List Released [cstv.com]
BYU now the TE factory
BYUCougars.com is announcing that both Johnny Harline and Daniel Coats have been added to the Mackey Award Watch List. The Mackey is awarded annually to the best Tight End in college sports. The award will be given in December.
Only Arizona State with TEs Jamal Lewis and Zach Miller and Missouri with TEs Chase Coffman and Martin Rucker join BYU on the list with more than one TE on the Watch List.
BYU has long been known as a breeding ground for stellar Quarterbacks, but is now receiving attention for producing a long line of excellent collegiate and NFL tight ends. Currently Johnny Harline was ranked as the 4th best TE in the nation, while Coats will be on the Watch List for the 3rd time in his career.
History of the Mackey Award
NFL Hall of Fame member John Mackey is considered to be the best to have played the tight end position. A tight end by whom all others are measured, Mackey was a role model on and off the field as demonstrated by his Super Bowl Championship, his commitment to community and his place in history as the first President of the NFLPA.
The John Mackey Award presented since 2000, lists five NFL players as alumni: Dallas Clark ('01) of the Indianapolis Colts, two-time Super Bowl Champion, Daniel Graham ('02) of the New England Patriots, Kellen Winslow, Jr. ('03) of the Cleveland Browns, Heath Miller ('04) of the 2006 Super Bowl Champion Pittsburgh Steelers and Marcedes Lewis ('05) of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
2006 John Mackey Award Watch List
PLAYER YR SCHOOL
Martellus Bennett SO Texas A&M
John Carlson SR Notre Dame
Scott Chandler SR Iowa
Daniel Coats SR BYU
Chase Coffman SO Missouri
Fred Davis JR USC
Tyler Ecker SR Michigan
Marcel Frost JR Ohio State
Jason Goode JR Maryland
Johnny Harline SR BYU
Clark Harris SR Rutgers
Matt Herian SR Nebraska
Jamaal Lewis SR Arizona State
Zach Miller JR Arizona State
Martrez Milner SR Georgia
Dan Murray JR Connecticut
Shawn Nelson SO Southern Miss.
Joe Newton SR Oregon State
Greg Olsen JR Miami, Fl
Ben Patrick SR Delaware
Dante Rosario SR Oregon
Martin Rucker JR Missouri
Tom Santi JR Virginia
Derek Schouman SR Boise State
Samuel Smith SR Florida Int'l
Matt Spaeth SR Minnesota
Kory Sperry JR Colorado State
Matt Traverso JR Stanford
Chad Upshaw SR Buffalo
Brad Wood SR Arizona
Links
Coats, Harline Named to Mackey Award List [byucougars.com]
2006 John Mackey Watch List Released [cstv.com]
Thursday, July 20, 2006
Cougar News Article from the Future
Thanks to new internet technology that allows us to see into the future, we have retrieved this news article clipping from Jan. 10th, 2007. As you can see, it clearly states that BYU wins the BCS National Championship Game over Texas!
The article reads:
GLENDALE, AZ. (AP) - John Beck and BYU no longer have to answer questions about "having it" that elusive quality that no one can define.
With the national championship down to a final play, Beck scrambled away from pressure before launching an 58-yard touchdown on fourth down with 19 seconds left and the No. 2 Cougars stunned the top-ranked Longhorns 41-38 in the BCS National Championship Game on Tuesday night.
The high-scoring game everyone expected to see broke out in the second half - yet it was a defensive stop that was the key to BYU ending Texas' championship repeat hopes.
When the Longhorns gambled, the Cougar secondary picked off a desperation throw on a fourth-and-2 at midfield with 2:09 left.
Beck, fresh off a surprising Heisman win, wound up with the ultimate exclamation mark on a perfect season. On a night when he ran for 200 yards and passed for 367 more, he capped a performance that Cougar fans will remember forever by scoring the final TD and running for a 2-point conversion.
"It's so beautiful," Beck said as he received the MVP crystal. "Don't you think that's beautiful? It's coming home all the way to Provo, Utah, there's no way we couldn't have done this without Touchdown Curtis Brown rushing for 225 yards tonight."
With the two highest scoring teams in the country, many figured it would come down to which team had the ball last. It basically did, and Texas was denied its second straight title.
BYU players streamed onto the field with the Cougar's first outright national title since 1984. Beck stood on the sideline in a sea of falling confetti, arms raised toward the crowd, and senior tackle Jake Kuresa unfurled a big, white Cougar flag.
Thanks to Fodey for providing us the use of the technology
http://tools.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
ESPN Poll: Who will win Mountain West Conf?
It's time to vote for who you think will win the Mountain West Conference. Come on BYU fans, we can't let TCU hold such a large margin over us!
Vote Now
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
The Mountain West Conf. Football Media Blitz
The Mountain West Conf. is holding it's annual Football Media Blitz. Information, including live and recorded broadcasts can be seen at CSTV.com.
In MWC BYU related news, BYU was picked by the media to finish 2nd in the conference, behind #1 ranked TCU and ahead of #3 ranked Utah.
Offensively, the Cougars are expected to dominate, having 4 players selected to the preseason all conference team. They include, QB John Beck, RB Curtis Brown, TE Johnny Harline and OL Jake Kuresa. On defense, only "The General" Cameron Jensen was named from BYU.
Freshman of the Year honors went to McKay Jacobson of BYU.
Hopefully after the season we will have fulfilled our expectations on offense and the defense will have surprised a few people.
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Beck coming to Provo
BYU recruits #21
Tyler Beck piled on to the record setting recruiting year BYU is putting together by becoming the 21st recruit to give a verbal committment to head coach Bronco Mendenhall.
Beck is a LB heading into his senior year at Vista Murrieta High School in Murrieta, California. He was offered a scholarship to Nebraska nearly a month ago but when BYU recently offered made the choice to play at BYU.
His biography, According to Scout.com:
Had 70 tackles and 11 sacks from his linebacker spot while rushing for 432 yards and 10 touchdowns from his quarterback/fullback spot during the 2005 season. Recorded 16 tackles and three sacks against Paloma Valley.
BYU will benefit from having such a speedy and athletic player on the roster, one who should do great things at BYU.
Monday, July 10, 2006
20 Recruits
Gary Nagy, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound safety at Kahuku High School in Hawaii, became a part of history over the weekend with BYU. BYU has never had such a large recruiting class in July.
Nagy is expected to leave on a mission directly out of highschool.
Thursday, July 06, 2006
Cougar Themed T-Shirts
CougarCorner.com is pleased to announce the release of new themed t-shirts, sweat shirts, hoodies and more. You will find several designs now here, with many more to come.
Some designs include:
More designs will be added over the upcoming weeks, please check back often. If you have ideas for designs that you would like to see, leave a comment and I will see what I can do. Note that you will relinquish all ownership of design!
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Watkins on Receiving End of 3 Year Deal
Watkins making plays in Arizona.
Todd Watkins signed a 3 year deal with the Arizona Cardinals today, terms of the deal were not released. Watkins was drafted in the 7th round by the Cardinals in the 2006 NFL draft. He is expected to have an uphill battle to claim a starting roll on the cardinals already high-powered offense.
According to the Cardinal's website:
Watkins was a two-year starter for the Cougars and amassed 1,605 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns on 94 receptions. He led the Mountain West Conference with 1,042 yards receiving in 2004, good for the eighth best season total in school history and the most yards gained by a BYU player since Philadelphia Eagles running back Reno Mahe’s 1,211 yards in 2001.The 6-2, 191-pounder was named All-Mountain West Conference honorable mention by the NFL Draft Report in 2005 as a senior when he collected 42 receptions for 563 yards and seven touchdowns. As a junior in 2004, Watkins caught 52 balls for 1,042 yards and six touchdowns while also being named Associated Press All-American honorable mention and first-team Mountain West Conference.
Johnson and Watkins become the first two members of Arizona’s 2006 draft class to be under contract.