Cougar Corner Blog
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Cade Cooper coming to BYU
News Agencies are reporting that the National Junior College Offensive Player of the Year, Cade Cooper, will be walking on at BYU. Cooper turned down scholarship offers from Arizona St. and Utah State to have a chance to walk on at BYU. According to Cooper the, "quarterback legacy at BYU, and the fact that it has always been my dream to play there," caused him to stick with BYU, despite not having an immediate scholarship."
Cooper is 6-foot-2, 205-pound and left-handed. He played high school football for Lehi and Timpview, completed 224 of 335 passes for 3,103 yards and 31 touchdowns in 2006 and eight interceptions for a quarterback rating was 170.4.
http://www.sltrib.com/sports/ci_4908463
Labels: Cade Cooper, Recruiting
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Digg This!Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Las Vegas Bowl in Pictures
Here we are at the Las Vegas Bowl. We decided to stay in the Golden Nugget, might as well, you might end up riding up the elevator to the parking garage with Chad Lewis, which we did.
Pregame warmups shows the BYU side of the field to be packed, Oregon fans have yet to make an appearance. This will be a common theme throughout the game.
Pretty clear view of the game, this is right before half time. Oregon fans are still not present, other than a few pockets of the faithful. Cougar fans fill their seats.
Labels: Las Vegas Bowl, Pictures
Las Vegas Bowl in Pictures (continued)
Here are just a few pictures I took from John Beck's 13 yard scramble to the end zone. I've only included the most clear pictures.
Labels: John Beck, Las Vegas Bowl, Pictures
Las Vegas Bowl in Pictures (continued)
After the time ran out and mercifully ended the slaughter of the hapless Oregon Ducks, Cougar fans rushed the field to celebrate with the players.
38 - 8 Scoreboard sums it all up.
Labels: Las Vegas Bowl, Pictures
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Back at the Office
I returned to the office today, after having taken off early last week to spend some time in Vegas and to enjoy the good old fashioned whooping we laid on the Ducks. When I came in, I found that someone had taken the time to cover my office door in pictures from the paper about the game.
You can tell that my office knows the importance of the Bowl game.
Labels: Las Vegas Bowl, Pictures, Work
Saturday, December 23, 2006
"In other words, Brigham Young belongs in a BCS conference"
The title quote, from NBC sports, says it all. BYU completely dominated the completely outmatched and outclassed Oregon Ducks. I was there at the game and saw every moment of the action, along with nearly 40,000 other BYU fans.
In the future, I will be posting pictures and notes from that trip, but in the meantime, enjoy some of these recaps and articles.
NBC - Mormon Conquest [nbc.com]
ESPN - BYU Spanks Oregon [espn.com]
Oregon Live - Bellotti's postgame act is the biggest flop in Vegas [oregonlive.com]
Deseret News - Highlight Harline Unanswerable [deseretnews.com]
Friday, December 15, 2006
You'll Laugh as He Cries
Hear the game winning touchdown call by none other than Bill Riley, Ute homer extrodinaire as his team has their heart ripped out. You'll laugh as you hear him barely holding back the tears.
billrileytouchdowncall.mp3
Labels: BYU, Football, Rivalry, Utah
Thursday, December 14, 2006
John Beck - SI Draft Sleeper?
Sports Illustrated is reporting that John Beck is one of their top Draft Sleeprs to watch in this Bowl Season.
They say:
John Beck/QB/BYU: The unanimous choice as Mountain West Offensive Player of the Year, Beck has watched his draft stock surge in 2006. He completed more than 70% of his passes last season for 3,500 yards and 30 touchdowns and will likely receive an invitation to the Senior Bowl. Originally considered late-round material, he has jumped into the middle frames. In the Las Vegas Bowl against Oregon, Beck squares off against the top-rated pass defense in the Pac-10.
Read it here for yourself.
Labels: Draft Prospects, Football, John Beck
Friday, December 08, 2006
Accolades Everywhere
The Cougars are swimming in accolades following their impressive 10 and 2 season and amazing come from behind victory over Utah.
10 BYU players received All-Mountain West Conference honors. Senior quarterback John Beck who was unanimously selected as the Mountain West Conference Offensive Player of the Year, while coach Bronco Mendenhall was also selected as the 2006 MWC Coach of the Year.
Others being honored include Cameron Jensen who along with John Beck were both unanimous first-team selections. Running back Curtis Brown and tight end Jonny Harline were first-team selections for the second straight year, likewise Jake Kuresa, offensive lineman, also earned first-team honors.
Four Cougar players earned second-team honors, including junior center Sete Aulai, junior safety Quinn Gooch, senior return specialist Nate Meikle and senior kicker Jared McLaughlin. Junior linebacker Bryan Kehl earned honorable mention All-Conference honors.