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Rivalry for Charity Golf: Bronco loses, but avoids singing and contract talk

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:31:19 MDT

Rivalry for Charity Golf: Bronco loses, but avoids singing and contract talk

by Jay Drew The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 11, 2013 03:31PM MDT

Bronco Mendenhall’s BYU team once again got drubbed by the Utah team in the annual Rivalry for Charity golf tournament Monday at The Country Club in Salt Lake City, but at least the Cougars’ head football coach didn’t have to sing the Utes’ fight song this time. “It was much better that way,” Mendenhall said. “So I’m happy.” He was also happy to skirt questions about his contract status, with his current three-year agreement set to expire after the 2013 season. In his first public appearance sin...

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College baseball: BYU’s Jacob Hannemann on Louisville Slugger freshman team

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 16:02:04 MDT

College baseball: BYU’s Jacob Hannemann on Louisville Slugger freshman team

The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jun 5, 2013 04:02PM MDT

BYU outfielder Jacob Hannemann was selected to the 2013 Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American team. The team was name by the publication Collegiate Baseball. Hannemann and left-handed pitcher P.J. Conlon of San Diego were the lone representatives of the West Coast Conference named to the team. Hannemann was the WCC Freshman of the Year, was selected to the All-WCC First Team and the All-WCC Freshman Team by the coaches. Additionally, he was named College Sports Madness WCC Freshman of the Yea...

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BYU football: Kyle Van Noy, Cody Hoffman named to preseason All-America team

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:31:03 MDT

BYU football: Kyle Van Noy, Cody Hoffman named to preseason All-America team

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Published Jun 5, 2013 12:31PM MDT

Provo • BYU linebacker Kyle Van Noy and wide receiver Cody Hoffman were both selected to Phil Steele’s 2013 Preseason All-America Team released Wednesday. Van Noy is a first-team selection while Hoffman earned second-team honors. Both electing to finish their senior seasons at BYU before an NFL career, Van Noy and Hoffman make the Cougars one of only nine programs with players named to both the first and second teams, including Alabama, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Stanford, Kansas State, Texas A&M, ...

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BYU football: Home opener against Texas on ESPN2

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:52:02 MDT

BYU football: Home opener against Texas on ESPN2

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Published Jun 4, 2013 10:52AM MDT

BYU’s 2013 home opener against Texas on Sept. 7 will be televised nationally on ESPN2 in a 5 p.m. (MDT) kickoff from LaVell Edwards Stadium. The Cougars’ home game against Idaho State on Nov. 16 will start at 1 p.m. and be televised nationally on BYUtv. Texas, one of seven teams that participated in a 2012 bowl game on the Cougars’ 2013 schedule, will face off with BYU for the fourth time in series history. The Longhorns edged the Cougars, 17-16, in the last meeting in Austin in 2011 after BY...

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Monson: BYU’s Victor Weirich is doing a most irregular thing

Thu, 30 May 2013 21:32:52 MDT

Monson: BYU’s Victor Weirich is doing a most irregular thing

by Gordon Monson Tribune Columnist

Published May 30, 2013 09:32PM MDT

Like almost every other kid from Texas, Victor Weirich wanted to play football. He did not want to do what he ended up doing: compete in a sport that few kids in Texas wanted to pursue, that few kids anywhere ever even try, an offbeat, kind of weird sport that has been around for centuries, but that almost no one fully comprehends. He did not want to sprint down a 120-foot path with a five-pound, 17-foot fiberglass or carbon-fiber pole, plant the pole, transferring kinetic energy into potential...

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Holmoe’s future hopes include more Bronco, games vs. Utah

Thu, 30 May 2013 12:23:36 MDT

Holmoe’s future hopes include more Bronco, games vs. Utah

by Jay Drew The Salt Lake Tribune

Published May 30, 2013 12:23PM MDT

Provo • BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe intends to keep football coach Bronco Mendenhall around as long as he can, and is cautiously optimistic that the football rivalry with Utah will proceed mostly uninterrupted after it goes on two-year hiatus following this season. In his annual State of BYU Sports discussion on Wednesday, Holmoe acknowledged he is working on a contract extension — likely for three years — for Mendenhall, whose current contract expires on Dec. 31. The rivalry’s future is a...

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College baseball: Y’s Hannemann named WCC’s top freshman

Wed, 22 May 2013 14:07:02 MDT

College baseball: Y’s Hannemann named WCC’s top freshman

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Published May 22, 2013 02:07PM MDT

Four members of the BYU baseball team, outfielders Jaycob Brugman and Jacob Hannemann, and infielders Adam Law and Brock Whitney, were named to the All-West Coast Conference squad. Hannemann was also named WCC Freshman of the Year. Hannemann was one of two freshmen on the All-WCC squad and was also named to the 10-member All-WCC Freshman team along with teammate Hayden Nielsen, a shortstop. “I’m extremely happy for all of our players who were recognized for their tremendous seasons,” BYU coach M...

Women’s softball: BYU’s JC Clayton earns top player honor; 7 others all-conference

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:38:03 MDT

Women’s softball: BYU’s JC Clayton earns top player honor; 7 others all-conference

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Published May 21, 2013 01:38PM MDT

BYU’s senior shortstop JC Clayton was named the PCSC Player of the Year, while Gordy Bravowas named Freshman of the Year and head coach Gordon Eakin was given his fourth Coach of the Year award. The BYU women’s softball team had a conference-high eight players on the All-PCSC team. In addition to Clayton and Bravo, senior outfielder Alexandra Hudson Shamo, senior utility player Bailie Hicken and junior pitcher-utility Katie Manuma were also named to the all-conference first team. Senior pitc...

Kragthorpe: Chickening out? Bronco won’t say so, but why not?

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:44:39 MDT

Kragthorpe: Chickening out? Bronco won’t say so, but why not?

by Kurt Kragthorpe Tribune Columnist

Published May 20, 2013 02:44PM MDT

When coach Bronco Mendenhall addresses crowds of BYU followers this week during Cougar Fan Fest events in Spanish Fork and Sandy, he’s unlikely to say anything memorable. There’s a lot of provocative material going around elsewhere in college football these days, though. And I love it. Florida offensive line coach Tim Davis referred to Alabama’s Nick Saban as “the devil himself.” Michigan coach Brady Hoke spoke of Notre Dame’s “chickening out” of the traditional rivalry. Davis’ boss, Florida co...