BYU good news: Both Cody Hoffman and Kyle Van Noy have announced that they'll be staying for their senior seasons. I would have been behind any decision they made, but I'm very glad both are coming back. Hopefully Taysom Hill will be fully recovered and BYU will once again have a real quarterback. The last couple of years with Jake Heaps and Riley Nelson have been long.
Also I'm coming close to buying into this BYU Basketball Team. This is BYU's second season in the West Coast Conference. They are now 12-4 overall and 2-0 in the WCC. They have super senior Brandon Davies. Also they have two solid sophomores in Tyler Haws and Matt Carlino. They also have a bunch of solid players that surround them. Two indicators of how good this team could be will come on January 16th and January 24th.
On January 16th BYU welcomes Saint Mary's College to Provo. Currently the Gaels are 12-3 overall and 1-0 in the WCC. On January 24th BYU goes to Washington to play #10 Gonzaga. The Bulldogs are 15-1 overall and 2-0 in the WCC. Thursday night should also be a great WCC game, Saint Mary's travels to play Gonzaga. The WCC is shaping up to be a three team race, but Gonzaga will probably win this conference.
On to BYU football: This past Friday it was announced that Robert Anae will be returning to BYU as their offensive coordinator. Brandon Doman, their previous OC, is mulling his options. He was their OC for two years. Their offense was less than stellar those two years, but I think that Doman should have been given at least one more year. It's hard to judge how good an OC can be when his two main quarterbacks were Riley Nelson (the left handed fullback) and Jake Heaps (the prima donna).
Of course maybe it evens out with BYU's brutal schedule next season:
Date OpponentTime/TVTicketsSaturday
08/31/13
at Virginia Cavaliers Scott Stadium, Charlottesville, VA TBA---Saturday
09/07/13
Texas Longhorns LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT TBA---Saturday
09/14/13---TBA------Saturday
09/21/13
Utah Utes LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT TBA---Saturday
09/28/13---TBA------Friday
10/04/13
at Utah State Aggies Romney Stadium, Logan, UTTBA---Saturday
10/12/13
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT TBA---Saturday
10/19/13
at Houston CougarsSite TBA, Houston, TX TBA---Saturday
10/26/13
Boise State Broncos LaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT TBA---Saturday
11/02/13---TBA------Saturday
11/09/13
at Wisconsin Badgers Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, WI TBA---Saturday
11/16/13
Middle Tennessee Blue RaidersLaVell Edwards Stadium, Provo, UT TBA---Saturday
11/23/13
at Notre Dame Fighting Irish Notre Dame Stadium, Notre Dame, IN TBA Saturday
11/30/13---TBA------Saturday
12/07/13
at Hawaii Warriors Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI TBA---
(Thanks to fbschedules.com and this should be considered very tentative.)
So Anae and BYU will have their hands full next season. I'm thinking about using some of my tax refund money to buy season tickets again. BYU will finally have a good home schedule again next season. Texas, Utah, Boise State and Georgia Tech will all be coming to Provo. I love this schedule.
It will be interesting to see how the BYU offense looks next year with Anae, Hill and this brutal schedule. Go Cougs!
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