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Re: Spring Practice

2017-03-17T15:55:30-06:00

I would like to personally invite all CougarCorner users to lunch after the spring game. Place: TBD.
Is this still on? Just a week away! And it'll be a bit of a late lunch since the spring game starts at 1pm.
Still on, would you rather meet before the game for lunch?

If it were up to me, yes, I personally would prefer to meet before the game for lunch.

Statistics: Posted by byufan4ever — Fri Mar 17, 2017 3:55 pm

Re: Spring Practice

2017-03-17T15:43:41-06:00

I would like to personally invite all CougarCorner users to lunch after the spring game. Place: TBD.
Is this still on? Just a week away! And it'll be a bit of a late lunch since the spring game starts at 1pm.

Still on, would you rather meet before the game for lunch?

Statistics: Posted by hawkwing — Fri Mar 17, 2017 3:43 pm

Re: Spring Practice

2017-03-17T15:39:59-06:00

I would like to personally invite all CougarCorner users to lunch after the spring game. Place: TBD.

Is this still on? Just a week away! And it'll be a bit of a late lunch since the spring game starts at 1pm.

Statistics: Posted by byufan4ever — Fri Mar 17, 2017 3:39 pm

Re: Spring Practice

2017-03-17T12:32:51-06:00

5 standouts from spring practice per Mitch Harper:
http://www.ksl.com/?sid=43514815&nid=27 ... g-football

Tanner Jacobson, S - has the inside track right to start at free safety alongside Micah Hannemann.

Akile Davis, WR - wide receiver looks to be a permanent stay

Tuni Kanuch, OG - in the best shape of his BYU career, healthy, anchors the interior of the OL w/Koroma.

KJ Hall, RB - impressed in camp with his speed and his ability to always earn positive yards whenever he touches the ball.

Tevita Mo’Unga, DT - emerged as a leader of the defense along with linebacker Butch Pau’u.

Statistics: Posted by Fido — Fri Mar 17, 2017 12:32 pm

Re: Spring Practice

2017-03-16T11:08:41-06:00

Didn't know trey took a redshirt last year. thanks frdbtr.
I was referring to Shumway and Davis as the receivers.

Either way I had to look that up. I thought that Trey played last year a bit. Turns out I was dead wrong. SMH.

Statistics: Posted by BroncoBot — Thu Mar 16, 2017 11:08 am

Re: Spring Practice

2017-03-16T01:09:05-06:00

Didn't know trey took a redshirt last year. thanks frdbtr.

I was referring to Shumway and Davis as the receivers.

Statistics: Posted by frdbtr — Thu Mar 16, 2017 1:09 am

Re: Spring Practice

2017-03-16T00:14:43-06:00

Didn't know trey took a redshirt last year. thanks frdbtr.

Statistics: Posted by BroncoBot — Thu Mar 16, 2017 12:14 am

Re: Spring Practice

2017-03-15T17:37:59-06:00

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Interesting. Two receivers who didn't play last year.

Statistics: Posted by frdbtr — Wed Mar 15, 2017 5:37 pm

Re: Spring Practice

2017-03-15T14:34:24-06:00

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Statistics: Posted by Fido — Wed Mar 15, 2017 2:34 pm

Re: Spring Practice

2017-03-14T14:07:25-06:00

Jay Drew's update on spring practice--has some good stuff.

If they stay healthy, senior Fred Warner and juniors Butch Pau'u and Francis Bernard will form one of the best groups of linebackers in recent BYU football history.
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"Yeah, yeah, absolutely, absolutely," [Bernard] said Wednesday when I asked him if the problem that caused him to be suspended [for the bowl game] has been cleared up. "I am just excited to be here in spring ball, excited to be back with the boys, so we are just going to get it rolling. … I am excited for what is to come and for the future."

A couple leftover tidbits from tight ends coach Steve Clark:
If the season started today, Laulu-Pututau would be the starter at tight end, with freshman Matt Bushman behind him. Last year's starters — Tanner Balderree and Hunter Marshall — had surgery recently and will re-join the team in the fall.

"We use a lot of two tight end sets, so it would probably be those two, is the way we would start," Clark said.

Clark said Bushman has the potential to be really, really good.

"He has put on a little weight — he's just right off a mission. So we have to be a little patient with him. But he caught seven balls in our team [sessions] on Friday. Yeah, he's got a great feel for the game, good hands, big body, just needs to get more strength," Clark said.

Clark isn't concerned that Bushman is also giving baseball a try.

"The baseball coaches there say he could get drafted. He's that good of a baseball player," Clark said. "But he's on scholarship for football. Football is paying the bills right now. So, we have him when we need him … But he goes up and goes through batting practice with them. But when we need him here, he's here."

"I am happy with the numbers at running back," [Sitaki] said. "We have a bunch of guys. it is just a matter of who is going to get the bulk of the carries. It is hard to replace an athlete like Jamaal [Williams]. But you do it with numbers and a lot of guys who are skilled. So we will let them compete and the best will start the game. We are not going to rely on just one guy to carry the load. I think Jamaal deserved that last year and throughout his career. We will see if someone emerges this year, but for now we feel really good with [by] committee, the whole group. We will just see how they progress in the offseason and through spring ball."

Here's Sitake's rundown of the battle at safety:
"Well, having Tanner Jacobsen and Micah Hannemann there, we were able to move Matt Hadley a little bit, and give him a look at running back. We feel good with the guys who could be at that position. We also have the ability to move any of our corners to safety if we feel like we have the need. But we feel good with the numbers that are there with [Utah transfer] Austin Lee and some of the others that are starting to emerge as guys in that position.

Statistics: Posted by Fido — Tue Mar 14, 2017 2:07 pm