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SURPRISE STARTERS...THE
POST-SPRING FOOTBALL DEPTH
CHART IS OUT FOR THE
COUGARS...AND THERE'S A FEW
NAMES ON THE LIST THAT YOU
MIGHT NOT EXPECT.
THE "ZIG" APPLE...IF YOU
THOUGHT B-Y-U'S LACK OF
DRAFTEES WAS A PROBLEM...ZIGGY
IS THE "ANSAH."
AND POST GAME PURSUIT...WE'
)LL SHOW YOU WHAT THE FUTURE
HOLDS FOR B-Y-U ATHLETES WHO +
(AREN'T HEADED TO THE PROS.
I'M KORY ALDOUS.
AND I'M CARSON MCKINLAY. IT'
)S A TRADITION UNLIKE ANY
OTHER...IT'S TIME FOR THE
TUBE.###
BREAKING NEWS...B-Y-U ATHLETIC
DIRECTOR TOM HOLMOE HAS +
(JUST ANNOUNCED A FOOTBALL
SERIES WITH THE ARIZONA
WILDCATS... THE FIRST GAME
WILL BE PLAYED IN 20-16 ON A
NEUTRAL SITE AT THE N-F-L'S
UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX
STADIUM... FOLLOWED BY A 2018
GAME IN TUCSON AND IN PROVOIN
20-20.###
SPRING FOOTBALL HAS COME TO A
CLOSE AND BRONCO MENDENHALL
RELEASED THE POST-SPRING DEPTH
CHART.TAYSOM IS THE ONLY Q-B WIH
ANY PLAYING EXPERIENCE SO IT
IS NO SURPRISE TO SEE HIM ON
TOP... FELLOW SOPHOMORE AMMON
OLSEN WILL SERVE AS HIS BACKUP
JAMAAL WILLIAMS TOPS THE
RUNNING BACKS... AND MICHAEL
ALISA RETURNS AFTER MISSING
MOST OF 2012 WITH A BROKEN ARM
LOOKING AT RECEIVERS... CODY
HOFFMAN IS IN HIS USUAL SPOT
BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE WE SEE A
BIT OF A SURPRISE WITH SKYLER
RIDLEY BEATING OUT ROSS APO.
RIDLEY HAD A BIG GAME TO START
2012 BUT WAS QUIET FOR THE
REST OF THE SEASON.
RYKER MATHEWS ANCHOR'S THE
O-LINE ON THE BLIND SIDE...
WITH FOUR POTENTIAL NEW
STARTERS FILLING OUT THE
LINE... BUT SOME BIG RECRUITS
COMING IN MEANS THAT IS
SUBJECT TO CHANGE
EATHYN MANUMALEUNA WILL BE
CLOGGING UP THE MIDDLE AGAIN
AFTER BEING GRANTED A MEDICAL
REDSHIRT AND REMINGTON PECK
WILL HAVE TO FILL THE HOLE
LEFT BY ZIGGY
THE LINEBACKING CORPS STILL
HAS HADLEY AND KYLE VAN NOY ON
THE OUTISDE... BUT TYLER BECK
AND UANI UNGA LOOK TO GET
OPPORTUNITES AS STARTERS
INSIDE
ITS SHOCKING TO SEE JACOB
HANNEMAN EVEN ON THE DEPTH
CHART... HE DIDN'T PLAY
SPRING FOOTBALL BUT THE BOY
SURE HAS SHOWN OFF HIS WHEELS
ON THE BASBELL DIAMOND. CAN'
)T WAIT FOR THE SEASON TO
ARRIVE###
BACK IN THE 90'S THE "KING
OF NEW YORK" WAS A GUY NAMED
BIGGIE. BUT THIS YEAR THERE'
)S A NEW GUY ASCENDING TO THE
THRONE...AND HE GOES BY THE
NAME OF ZIGGY.
IN THE SPAN OF THREE YEARS
EZEKIEL "ZIGGY" ANSAH HAS
TAKEN HIS ACT FROM THE
PLAYGROUNDS OF GHANA TO THE
BRIGHT LIGHTS OF
BROADWAY...AND TO THE BRINK OF
BYU-NFL HISTORY. THE LAST TIME
COUGAR FANS HEARD A B-Y-U
PLAYERS NAME CALLED IN THE TOP
10 OF THE DRAFT WAS 1982...IT
WAS A CHARACTER NAMED JIM
MCMAHON. HE WENT FIFTH
OVERALL.....ZIGGY COULD GO
HIGHER. MOST ANALYSTS PROJECT
HIM TO GO BETWEEN THE 2ND AND
10TH PICK...AND IT ALL GOES
DOWN A WEEK FROM THURSDAY. HE'
)S ONE OF ONLY TWENTY THREE
PLAYERS INVITED TO THE BIG
APPLE.###
ZIGGY IS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES
WHO ACTUALLY MAKES IT TO THE
NEXT LEVEL... BUT WHAT ABOUT
THE ONES WHO DON'T MAKE IT?
COOGTUBE REPORTER MARK CHALLIS
SHOWS US WHAT COMES NEXT FOR
THE B-Y-U ATHLETES WHO WILL BE
GOING PRO IN SOMETHING OTHER
THAN SPORTS.###
WHEN BYU FANS THINK OF CRAIG
CUSICK THEY THINK OF THIS
GAME-WINNING PUTBACK AGAINST
UTAH STATE. NOW HE'S
GRADUATING AND BASKETBALL WILL
BE JUST A MEMORY. AND WITH AN
ACCOUNTING DEGREE IN HIS
POCKET CUSICK WILL BE SET TO
PURSUE HIS REAL LIFE DREAM.
"My dream is to start my own
business, so that's the
dream, but I might have to
obviously go work somewhere
for a few years and get some
experience."
IT'S THE SAME FOR THE LARGE
MAJORITY OF B-Y-U ATHLETES AS
WELL. THEY PUT THEIR ATHLETIC
CAREERS BEHIND THEM AT
GRADUATION.
"BYU athletes are used to the
spotlight. Thousands of people
have walked through these
doors to watch them play. But
now that they're
graduating... they'll have
to move on to their private
lives and private careers."
ATHLETES PREPARE FOR THOSE
CAREERS HERE IN THE STUDENT
ATHLETE ACADEMIC CENTER. IT'
)S HERE THAT THEY REALLY
DEFINE THEIR FUTURES BECAUSE
THEIR STUDIES ARE MORE LIKELY
TO GIVE THEM A "W" IN THE LONG
RUN.
"Going into their senior year
they really realize, ok, am I
going to be able to make a
career out of this sport or
not, and that's when I
really start seeing a change
and a re-focus on, ok the
career part is also
important."
THE ACADEMIC CENTER DOESN'T
ABANDON ATHLETES AT
GRADUATION... THEY CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH THEM TO HELP THEM
INTO THE CAREER FIELD. ON THE
B-Y-U CAMPUS... MARK
CHALLIS...COOGTUBE###
N-C-A-A REPORTS SAY THE
PERCENTAGE OF COLLEGE ATHLETES
WHO GO PRO IS BELOW 2% IN ALL
SPORTS EXCEPT BASEBALL...
WHICH SITS JUST ABOVE 10%
BECAUSE OF IT'S EXTENSIVE
MINOR LEAGUE SYSTEM.###
WELL ONE OF THOSE SENIORS ON
THE FENCE IS BRANDON DAVIES.
HE'S PLAYING IN THE
PORTSMOUTH INVITATIONAL
TOURNAMENT RIGHT NOW WITH A
NUMBER OF OTHER DRAFT
PROSPECTS. IN FACT IN THE ONLY
GAME SO FAR HE PUT UP 16
POINTS...8 BOARDS...FIVE
ASSISTS...TWO STEALS...AND A
BLOCK. HIS VERSATILITY HAS A
NUMBER OF N-B-A DRAFT WEBSITES
SEEING DAVIES AS A POTENTIAL
SECOND ROUND PICK...
AND WE BROUGHT IN COOGTUBE
REPORTER RACHEL SCHWARTZ TO
BREAK DOWN HIS POSSIBLE PRO
CAREER. RACHEL... AS FAR AS
DAVIES IN THE N-B-A...WHAT'
)RE HIS STRENGTHS THAT HAS
EXPERTS SAYING HE COULD BE
DRAFTED?
WELL UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE
MOST PART HE'S GONE LARGELY
UNNOTICED THROUGHOUT THE
SEASON....
BUT SCOUTS LOVE TALENT...AND
THEY THINK DAVIES HAS THE
TALENT AND VERSATILITY THAT
M.
HE PUT UP JUST UNDER 18 POINTS
AND 8 BOARDS A GAME THIS
SEASON AND HE HAS THE ABILITY
TO STRETCH THE FLOOR AS A
FORWARD. HE CAN SCORE...BE
AGGRESSIVE ON THE BOARDS WHEN
HE WANTS TO...
AND CONTINUES TO IMPROVE HIS
ABILITY TO PASS OUT OF THE
DOUBLE.
IT'S NOT MUCH RISK TO TAKE
DAVIES IN THE SECOND ROUND.
HE HAS THE SKILL SET TO SCORE
INSIDE...26 PERCENT OF HIS
SHOTS COME INSIDE THE
PAINT...AND HE SHOOTS A
RIDICULOUS 83 PERCENT IN THAT
AREA.
WHAT ABOUT WEAKNESSES THAT MAY
PREVENT HIM FROM FINDING
SUCCESS IN THE PROS?
WELL FIRST AND
FOREMOST...DAVIES REALLY NEEDS
TO POLISH UP HIS OFFENSIVE
GAME. HE CAN GET PUSHED
AROUND A LOT IN THE PAINT...WE
SAW PLAYERS LIKE OLYNYK AND
HARRIS FROM GONZAGA
BODY UP DAVIES IN THE POST. HE
ALSO TENDS TO FORCE UP
CONTESTED SHOTS AND HAS A
TOUGH TIME GETTING AROUND LONG
ATHLETIC DEFENDERS. WITH HOW
PHYSICAL THE PLAYERS ARE IN
THE N-B-A...
IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE
IF HE STEPS HIS GAME OUT A FEW
FEET OR IMPROVES HIS POST
STRENGTH.
ALRIGHT CAN'T WAIT TO
SEE...AS ALWAYS...THANKS
RACHEL.###
IT'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
OR BUST FOR THE MEN'S
VOLLEYBALL TEAM... AND THE
BOYS TOOK A BIG STEP TOWARD
REGAINING THE TITLE ON FRIDAY.
B-Y-U SCRAPPED AND CLAWED TO A
5-SET VICTORY ON THE ROAD AT
U-C SANTA BARBARA... CLINCHING
THE M-P-S-F REGULAR SEASON
TITLE OUTRIGHT FOR THE FIRST
TIME SINCE 2004. TAYLOR
SANDER AND BEN PATCH LED THE
CHARGE WITH 18 AND 19 KILLS
RESPECTIVELY.###
WITH THE TITLE IN THE BAG...
THE COUGS LOOKED UNINSPIRED AT
U-C-L-A ON SATURDAY. THE
BRUINS SMASHED B-Y-U IN 3
SETS... ENDING THE ROAD TEAM'
)S 12-MATCH WINNING STREAK.
U-C-L-A RECORDED AN ASTOUNDING
*50 KILLS WITH A FOUR
EIGHTY-ONE HITTING PERCENTAGE.
WHILE THE BRUINS WERE FIRING
ON ALL CYLINDERS... THE B-Y-U
TRAIN NEVER EVEN LEFT THE
STATION. THIS ONE WAS UGLY...
COUGS LOSE 3 SETS TO ZERO.###
THE BEST OF THE BEST WERE
UNDER ONE ROOF ON WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. COUGAR ATHLETES OF ALL
SORTS ATTENDED THE Y-AWARDS TO
CELEBRATE AND RELIVE THE
HIGHLIGHTS OF A GREAT YEAR.
COOG TUBE REPORTER CLARK
GERBER TELLS US WHO BROUGHT
HOME THE HARDWARE.###
B-Y-U ROLLED OUT THE *BLUE
CARPET ON WEDNESDAY... CAPPING
A GREAT YEAR IN COUGAR
ATHLETICS IN THE SWANKIEST WAY
POSSIBLE. JUNIOR LINEBACKER
KYLE VAN NOY SHOWED HE CAN
DOMINATE IN HIS DRESS CLOTHES
AS WELL... WINNING THE MALE
ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AND
PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
AWARDS.
"Picked off by Kyle Van Noy!
15...10... crossing the
field...to the 5... get in get
in touchdown! Kyle Van Noy, oh
yeah, KVN does it again."
NOT TO BE OUTDONE... VAN NOY'
)S TEAMMATE CODY HOFFMAN TOOK
HOME THE MALE CROWD PLEASER
AWARD AFTER *HIS DOMINATING
JUNIOR SEASON. ON THE
HARDWOOD... CRAIG CUSICK'S
BUZZER *** TO TOP UTAH
STATE WON PLAY OF THE YEAR.
BUT THE SENIOR GUARD DIDN'T
LET IT GO TO HIS HEAD.
"What people don't see in
that clip is that I was 0-7
before that in the game and
almost lost the game for us."
WOMEN'S SOCCER ADDED TO
THEIR HISTORIC ELITE 8 SEASON
AS THE WOMEN'S TEAM OF THE
YEAR. GOALIE ERICA OWENS ROSE
UP AS THE *WOMEN'S CROWD
PLEASER AND DEFENDER LINDSI
LISONBEE CUTSHALL SCORED
WOMEN'S ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
HONORS. JARED WARD AND RYAN
BOYCE HAVE UNOFFICIALLY DUKED
IT OUT FOR BEST MUSTACHE ALL
YEAR... BUT FOUND SOME WORTHY
COMPETITION IN ATHLETIC
DIRECTOR TOM HOLMOE.
"Tom... that thing was nasty."
ON B-Y-U CAMPUS... CLARK
GERBER... COOG TUBE.###
WHEN COOGTUBE RETURNS...
LEFT HANGING...B-Y-U BASEBALL
PUT RUNNERS ON THE BAGS BUT
COULDN'T BRING THEM HOME.
AND DOUBLE DOUBLE...TH
AFTER GETTING RAINED OUT THE
LAST TWO GAMES... IT'S ONLY
FITTING FOR THE COUGARS TO
TAKE ON A TEAM WHO'S MASCOT
IS... WAIT FOR IT... A WAVE.PORE
FANS BRAVED THE COLD TO
SUPPORT THEIR COUGS. EARLY
OPPORTUNITY FOR B-Y-U WITH THE
BASES JUICED AND BROCK WHITNEY
AT THE PLATE. WHITNEY HAS ONE
HOMER ON THE YEAR... COULD HE
PICK UP THE GRAND SLAM?...
NOPE... PORTLAND GETS OUT OF
THE JAM UNSCATHED. NEXT
INNING... YOU DON'T SEE THIS
OFTEN FOLKS. A PERFECTLY
EXECUTED SUICIDE SQUEEZE
SCORES THE FIRST RUN OF THE
GAME. B-Y-U ANSWERS IN THE
BOTTOM OF THE SECOND WITH THIS
R-B-I SINGLE BY JARET
JARVIS... KELTON CALDWELL
COMES IN TO SCORE. BUT
PORTLAND WOULD START TO PULL
AWAY IN THE FIFTH AS CODY
LENAHAN KNOCKS THIS BALL DOWN
THE LINE TO SCORE ANOTHER RUN.
THE B-Y-U BATS PICKED IT UP IN
THE SEVENTH. JACOB HANNEMAN
SENDS THE PITCH BACK UP THE
MIDDLE... TWO MORE RUNS COME
IN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE
COUGS ARE WITHIN TWO. THAT'S
WHEN PORTLAND'S KRAMER SCOTT
SAID, 'OK GUYS... ENOUGH OF
THIS." SENDS IT *DEEP TO
RIGHT... OVER EVERYONE'S
HEADS... AND INTO THE TREES
FOR A TWO RUN SHOT.
B-Y-U LEFT *TEN PLAYERS
STRANDED ON BASE AS THE WAVES
CRASH THE COUGAR COMEBACK
PARTY... EIGHT TO FOUR.###
IT WAS MORE BAD NEWS FOR THE
TEAM AFTER THE GAME...JACOB
HANNEMANN GOT INTO IT WITH AN
UMPIRE AND THE UMP TOSSED HIM.
BECAUSE IT HAPPENED
POSTGAME...THERE'S A RULE
THAT SAYS THE PLAYER EARNS AN
AUTOMATIC 2-GAME SUSPENSION.
YEAH THAT'S NO GOOD...THE
TEAM JUST GOT BACK ABOVE
.500...AND NOW THEY'VE LOST
ONE OF THEIR BEST PLAYERS. HE'
)S THE REIGNING W-C-C PLAYER
OF THE WEEK...
HE'S TIED FOR THE TEAM-HIGH
IN HOME RUNS WITH 3 ON THE
SEASON...ALSO TIED FOR THE
MOST DOUBLES WITH 8. HE'S
SLUGGING A RIDICULOUS .542...
CLEARLY HE'S ACCOUNTING FOR
A LOT OF THE COUGAR OFFENSE
RIGHT NOW.
OKAY HE'S ONLY OUT TWO
GAMES...BUT EVERY GAME COUNTS.
..ESPECIALLY AFTER DROPPING
THE FIRST ONE OF THE SERIES TO
PORTLAND. THE COUGARS ARE
REALLY GOING TO NEED JAYCOB
BRUGMAN NOT ONLY
CONTINUE...BUT ELEVATE HIS
OFFENSIVE PRODUCTION THIS
WEEKEND.###
THE BASEBALL TEAM *DID HAVE
SOME LUCK LAST WEEKEND WHEN
THEY HEADED OUT TO SUNNY
CALIFORNIA FOR A 3-GAME SET
WITH THE SANTA CLARA BRONCOS.
THE BATS WOKE UP AS B-Y-U
OUT-HIT SANTA CLARA 30-12 IN
THREE GAMES...THAT WAS MORE
THAN ENOUGH OFFENSE FOR THE
PITCHING STAFF. ACE DESMOND
PAULSEN TOSSED A COMPLETE GAME
GIVING UP JUST ONE RUN...AND
THE COUGARS LEFT NOR-CAL WITH
A DECISIVE 3-GAME SWEEP.###
A THREE-GAME SERIES IN SUNNY
CALIFORNIA GOES OFF WITHOUT A
HITCH...BUT APRIL BASEBALL IN
PROVO CAN BE A LITTLE MORE
DICEY.
RAIN AND SNOW KEPT THE COUGARS
IN THE CLUBHOUSE FOR TWO GAMES
THIS WEEK. WASHINGTON STATE
HAD TO HIT THE ROAD WITHOUT
EVEN SEEING A PITCH IN
PROVO...AND A DESERET DUEL
GAME WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL
MID-MAY. WITH MORE THAN A
THIRD OF THE B-Y-U ROSTER
COMING OUT OF CALIFORNIA AND
ARIZONA...IT'S A WHOLE NEW
BALLGAME.
"It's a little interesting
whe you can't really feel
your fingers and you're
trying to throw a
baseball."###
PROVO MIGHT NOT HAVE HAD THE
BEST WEATHER BUT AT LEAST
LOGAN HAD ENOUGH SUNSHINE FOR
THE AGGIES TO HOST B-Y-U
SOFTBALL WEDNESDAY. JENNA GOAR
GOT THE PARTY STARTED FOR
B-Y-U WITH AN R-B-I SINGLE IN
THE THIRD. THEN THE COUGS BLEW
IT OPEN IN THE FIFTH BEHIND A
THREE-RUN DINGER FROM MADISON
ROBB. B-Y-U FINISHED THE
AGGIES LIKE A CHEESECAKE 5-
NOTHING.###
AFTER PLAYING BACK TO BACK
DOUBLE HEADERS LAST WEEKEND I'
)M SURPRISED THE COUGARS HAD
ENOUGH ENERGY TO SCORE FIVE
RUNS ON WEDNESDAY. THE
DOUBLE-DOUBLE* HEADER WAS
AGAINST PARKWAY RIVAL UVU. ON
FRIDAY THE COUGS SPLIT AGAINST
THE WOLVERINES WINNING THE
FIRST GAME 2-1 IN EXTRAS AND
DROPPING THE SECOND 6-4. LET'
)S TAKE A LOOK AT SATURDAY'S
GAMES.
WE JUMP TO THE BOTTOM OF THE
SIXTH WHERE WE'RE TIED.
JAZMYNE CORTINAS HITS THIS
SOLO BOMB TO PUT THE FREEWAY
FOES ON TOP 2-1. BUT THE COUGS
WEREN'T READY TO GO AWAY.
GORDY BRAVO TIES IT IN THE
SEVENTH WITH THIS BLOOPER...
BAILIE HICKEN SCORES. THE TIE
WOULDN'T HOLD THOUGH. WITH
ONE OUT IN THE SEVENTH JAMIE
NORTH FINISHED OFF B-Y-U WITH
THIS WALKOFF SINGLE.
UVU LEADS THE BOUT 2-1 HEADING
INTO THE FINAL ROUND SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
TORI ALMOND GETS LOOSE HOPING
TO HELP SALVAGE THE SERIES. IN
THE SECOND BYU JUMPS OUT TO AN
EARLY LEAD WHEN ANNA HUDSON
BLASTS THIS DOUBLE ALEXANDRA
SHAMO SCORES. THEN ALMOND WENT
TO WORK. SHE PILED UP 8
STRIKEOUTS ON THE DAY ALLOWING
TWO EARNED IN SIX INNINGS OF
WORK. ONE OF THOSE RUNS CAME
ON A SOLO SHOT FROM KRYSTIN
JACHIM IN THE FOURTH. CARLY
DUCKWORTH THOUGHT SHE HAD
LUCKED INTO A GAME WINNING RBI
WHEN JACHIM LET THIS ONE SLIP
BY IN THE SEVENTH. NOT SO
FAST. UVU ANSWERED SCORING ON
A WILD PITCH IN THE BOTTOM OF
THE SEVENTH. WE'RE HEADED
BACK TO EXTRAS... AS IF THEY
HADN'T PLAYED ENOUGH
SOFTBALL ALREADY. IN THE
TENTH... THAT'S RIGHT THE
TENTH... BOTH TEAMS GET TO
START WITH A BASE RUNNER ON
SECOND.
KATIE MANUMA TAKES ADVANTAGE
FOR B-Y-U BY GROUNDING INTO
THE GAME WINNING OUT WHEN
DUCKWORTH SCORES FROM THIRD.
UVU COULDN'T ANSWER.
SOFTBALL WILL BE BACK TO THEIR
CONFERENCE SCHEDULE THIS
WEEKEND AS THEY PLAY HOST TO
LOYOLA MAYMOUNT. THE COUGARS
ARE 10 AND 2 LIFETIME AGAINST
L-M-U. LOYOLA IS HOT RIGHT NOW
RIDING A FOUR GAME WINNING
STREAK AFTER SWEEPING SAINT
MARY'S.
IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY
WEEKEND AT MILLER FIELD.
SOFTBALL HAS FOUR GAMES AND
BASEBALL WILL FINISH OFF A
THREE GAME SERIES AGAINST
PORTLAND TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
AFTERNOON.###
WHEN COOGTUBE RETURNS...
DESERET DUEL...WE'LL SHOW
YOU IF ANOTHER YEAR'S WORTH
OF COUGARS VERSUS UTES HAS B-
Y-U FANS SEEING RED OR UTAH
FANS FEELING BLUE.
THE 2012-2013 SPORTS SEASON IS
ALMOST OVER AND ANOTHER YEAR
OF THE BYU-UTAH RIVALRY IS
REACHING ITS END. COOGTUBE
REPORTER PHONG PHAM SHOWS US A
FLASHBACK THROUGH THE RIVALRY
GAMES THAT MADE UP THIS YEAR'
)S DESERET FIRST DUEL BETWEEN
THE TWO PROGRAMS.###
THE B-Y-U-UTAH RIVALRY IS ONE
OF THE OLDEST AND MOST FIERCE
COLLEGE ATHLETIC RIVALRIES.
TENSIONS STARTED IN EIGHTEEN
NINETY FIVE WHEN THE FIRST
BASEBALL GAME BETWEEN THE TWO
SCHOOLS ENDED IN A BRAWL.
HOWEVER IT TOOK MORE THAN A
HUNDRED YEARS FOR AN OFFICIAL
EVENT TO RECOGNIZE THE
SUPREMACY BETWEEN THE TWO
ATHLETIC PROGRAMS WHEN
DESERET FIRST CREDIT UNION
PARTNERED WITH THEM TO CREATE
THE DESERET FIRST DUEL IN
2007.
"We created the Deseret First
Duel as a way to measure the
rivalry and all of the sports
that they compete head to head
with."
THE TWO PROGRAMS COMPETE IN
TWELVE SPORTS...CREATING A
FIFTY POINT SCORING SYSTEM TO
DETERMINE THE EVENTUAL WINNER.
The university that wins the
duel each year has its name
engraved here on this granite
monument in the student
athlete building. The
following year's bragging
rights go to the students,
alumni, and employees of the
school that comes out on top."
THIS YEAR THINGS WENT WELL FOR
THE UTES FROM THE BEGINNING.
THEY BEAT BYU IN THE WOMEN'S
SOCCER GAME...MAKING IT THE
ONLY REGULAR SEASON LOSS FOR
THE LADY COUGARS. THOUGH THE
COUGARS GOT BACK WITH THE WIN
IN WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL EVEN
WITH THIS PLAY FROM B-Y-U THE
UTES *STILL CAME HOME WITH A
*DRAMATIC FOOTBALL VICTORY.
UTAH DUG THE DEFICIT DEEPER
WITH WINS IN BOTH SWIM MEETS
BUT THE COUGARS TOOK CONTROL
IN BASKETBALL BEATING THE LADY
UTES FIFTY THREE TO FORTY
EIGHT AND THIS DRIVE FROM
TYLER HAWS HELPED B-Y-U DEFEAT
UTAH BY THREE POINTS.
COUGARS MEN'S TENNIS TIED
THE DUEL WITH THE WIN IN
FEBRUARY BUT THE UTES CAME OUT
STRONG IN MARCH WITH THE WIN
IN WOMEN'S TENNIS AND LEFT
BYU'S GYMNASTS HANGING THEIR
HEADS IN SHAME FOR THE 88TH
TIME OUT OF THEIR 90 MEETS...
GIVING UTAH A COMMANDING 25-19
LEAD INTHE DUEL.
THE DUEL TROPHY AWARDED TO THE
WINNERS OF EACH GAME OR SERIES
ADDS AN INCENTIVE TO AN
ALREADY INTENSE RIVALRY.
"It's always a different
game when you play in a
rivalry game but at the end of
that game or the end of that
series to have them present
you a trophy I think it's a
big deal for our student
athletes."
IN PROVO...PHONG
PHAM...COOGTUBE.###
THE COUGARS WON FOUR OF THE
FIRST FIVE DUELS FROM 2007 TO
2012. HOWEVER...UTAH HAS
ALREADY CLINCHED THIS YEAR'S
TITLE... TAKING HOME THE
TROPHY AND A YEAR'S WORTH OF
BRAGGING RIGHTS.###
GOOD FOR THEM...THEY NEEDED IT
AFTER THEIR FOOTBALL AND
BASKETBALL TEAMS COMBINED FOR
A WIN PERCENTAGE OF 44. B-Y-U
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL HELPED
THE UTES KEEP *THAT TREND
GOING LAST FRIDAY.
EVEN THOUGH IT IS THEIR OFF
SEASON...WE'RE ALWAYS UP FOR
SOME *FRIENDLY COMPETITION
WITH THE UTES. THE COUGARS
RACKED UP KILL AFTER KILL.
SIX-FOOT-SEVEN JEN HAMSON
COULDN'T BE CONTAINED...SHE
FINISHED WITH 11. AFTER
SPLITTING THE FIRST TWO SETS
IT WAS B-Y-U WHO FOUGHT HARD
WINNING THE MATCH 3 TO 1
TO SEND OUR FAVORITE TEAM IN
RED BACK TO THEIR NICE LITTLE
COMMUTER SCHOOL ON THE
HILL.###
THE SEMESTER IS ENDING AND SO
ARE INTRAMURAL SPORTS..
.TONIGHT TWO POWERHOUSE AND
POWER HUNGRY BASKETBALL TEAMS
WILL GO HEAD TO HEAD IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP. COOGTUBE
REPORTER STEPHANIE CAMPBELL
HEADED TO THE R-B TO GET A
FEEL OF THE INTENSE EMOTION
SURROUNDING THE CREATURE THAT
IS INTRAMURAL
CHAMPIONSHIPS.###
THE DIVISION 1 SEMI-FINALS
BROUGHT TOGETHER TWO VERY
TALENTED TEAMS-PRESTIGE
WORLDWIDE AND RYAN EVANS.
AFTER AN INTENSE BATTLE THAT
ATTRACTED LOTS OF FANS AND
SUPPORTERS PRESTIGE WORLDWIDE'
)S RUN FOR THE 'SHIP CAME TO
AN END.
"Honestly, the only words I
can use to describe the loss I
can't say on camera, but I'
)m feeling a little better now
because I got some cookies
with my friends."
DIVISION 1 IS THE MOST
DIFFICULT LEAGUE AND IN THE
TOURNAMENT IT'S DOUBLE
ELIMINATION. NORTHWEST IS THE
CHAMPION OF THE WINNERS
BRACKET WITH AN AUTOMATIC SPOT
IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
TONIGHT. BUT AFTER COMING OUT
VICTORIOUS IN BOTH THEIR GAMES
THIS WEEK, TEAM RYAN EVANS IS
READY TO CHALLENGE THE GUYS
THAT PLACED THEM IN THE LOSERS
BRACKET ALMOST A MONTH AGO.
"Getting a rematch against the
guys that put us out the first
time. We played them in a
tough first round match, we
lost by four. We're looking
to get a little bit of
revenge. "
THE SATISFACTION OF WINNING
MIGHT BE ONE FACTOR BUT THE
KEY MOTIVATION FOR A LOT OF
ATHLETES IS SOMETHING ELSE.
"These students sacrifice
hours out of their school and
social time just to practice
and compete in games all for
the glory of winning that
coveted championship t-shirt."
BUT SOME SAY IT'S MORE ABOUT
HAVING A GOOD TIME THAN
WINNING IT ALL.
"Intramurals is actually
really competitive, but our
team is pretty much the
opposite of it."
...ALL EVIDENCE TO THE
EXTREMISTS AT THE RICHARDS
BUILDING...STEPHANIE CAMPBELL,
COOGTUBE.###
RYAN EVANS AND NORTHWEST WILL
FACE OFF AT 6PM IN THE
R-B...SO THE LOSERS WILL HAVE
LESS THAN A WEEK TO SHAKE IT
OFF BEFORE FINALS..WHILE THE
WINNERS CAN REVEL IN THEIR
GLORY FOREVER.###
WHEN COOGTUBE COMES BACK...
PREDICTIONS ARE DONE
WITH....AND THE BRACKET
CHALLENGE IS OVER. WE'LL
TELL YOU WHO CAME OUT ON TOP
AFTER THE BREAK.
AND...IN HONOR OF THE LAST
SHOW
IT'S NOW TIME TO TAKE A LAST
AND *FINAL LOOK AT
PREDICTIONS FROM THIS YEAR.
COMING INTO FIRST PLACE IN THE
BRACKET CHALLENGE IS....OH I
GUESS THAT'S ME.###
LETS TAKE A LOOK AT OUR FINAL
RECORDS
KORY 9-9
REPORTERS 11-7
CLINT 12-6
CARSON 11-7
CLINT ACCEPTANCE SPEECH.
THAT'S COOGTUBE FOR FRIDAY,
APRIL 12TH.
IF YOU WANT ANOTHER LOOK AT
THE STORIES WE DID TODAY... OR
TO SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS...