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Show tHSlDE Today B3 B7 B9 B12 Preps Scoreboard Business Weather , Chipper Jones and the Atlanta Braves completed a sweep of the New York Mets. B5 SPORTS O'ffc FDITOR: TAD WAIjTH Bl THE DAILY HERALD KR1DAV. I'll SI MBI R 24. IW o o 1 -- Cougs continue to face inexperienced QBs I Scott Bell ULOCllCVC H3 11 Ul 11UI. By TAD WALCH M WC tougher than t . the mighty PROVO Remember how confused BYU quarterback Kevin Feterik looked at times during his sophomore and junior seasons? He's made quite a leap as a senior in 1999. Even BYU's coaching staff has been surprised quite happily by the extent of his success through two games. "We've never had anyone who's been more in a zone than Kevin's been the last two games," head coach La Veil Edwards said this week. Let that sink in for a minute ... Detmer, Young, McMahon ... you get Pac-1- 0 May the Football Fates be merciful if I go too far. What I'm about to embark on may fr But this season, it might be rue as well. It's very conceivable that the Mountain West Conference is better . from than the Kind of funny, isn't it. BYU fans love to belittle the WAC and . speculate about a possible future in Of course, the MWC is the Pac-1the old WAC, and BYU still has the league's premier athletic program. is stm me Deuer Ana me rac-i'0 'conference. But for one season at least, the Cougars might get better competition ,among the Rocky Mountains than they HT. Should on the shores of the Pacific. How this came to be is a mystery. But after the first three weeks of college football, 1899 appears to be a 5 solid season for the MWC and a down year in the Pac-1- JLJj Pac-10- the picture. Edwards and Feterik have said the light just switches on for quarterbacks after they get a certain amount of experience. Which makes it interesting to see what an advantage the Cougars have over most of their opponents this year. Feterik had started 21 Division games entering this season. BYU's first eight opponents this year don't have a single quarterback who had started more than four games prior to 1999. In fact, you could add up all the prior starts by quarterbacks on those eight teams and not match Feterik's total of 21. So while computers and college football experts agree that No. 17 BYU is playing one of the nation's 25 toughest schedules, it's one of the softest in terms of facing experienced QBs. "I'm sure it's extremely tough," Feterik said when asked how hard it would be on these rookie quarterbacks to face a defense like BYU's. basi-'call- y ,-- r u AS USUAL, let's go to the num- bers for verification. The MWC and Pac-1have hooked up four ticvps thus far, with only Z BYU's Oct. 9 game against Cal still The MWC is assured of v remaining. winning the season series with a advantage so far. BYU and Air Force both beat jWashington, Utah whipped Washington State, and Southern California downed San Diego State. Of course, Washington State would probably struggle against Ricks PnllfcTfi Tf tlinr foam urine n aincrln " conference game this year, the entire Pac-1should be shipped to Division 0 , v 3-- a I ROOKIE QBs The Daily Herald ft.-- - 1 CounetyACC Under the gun: Virginia quarterback Dan Ellis will lead the Cavaliers against on Saturday. He is one of many first-yea- r starters BYU will face this season. BYU In in games this year BYU's defense ml face eight quarterbacks their first year as starters, seven of them in the first seven games Tmm 99 916 925 101 109 1016 1023 1030 116 1113 1120 QB Wash CSU Maiques Tuisasosopo Matt Newton Dan Ellis Virginia Utah St Jeff Croscre Cal Kyle Boiler Sam Demons Cal New Mexico Enc Jaworsky New Mexico Justin Mobtey New Mexico Sean Stem UNLV Jason Vaughn Ah Force Cale Bonds SDSU Jack Hawley Bnan Russell SDSU Wyoming Jay Stoner Darnell Arceneaux Utah 'Career starts entering Current starter Vr. Jr. Jr Starts' 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Jr So Fr. So Jr Fr Jr 0 0 Jr Sr Jr Jr Jr Jr 3 0 10 18 999 "It is true you have to get some game experience because there are so many things you have to do and know out there. "(Virginia's Dan Ellis) is a junior, but it's his first year starting and probably the biggest game of his career so far as road games. There will be 65,000 screaming fans to deal with on national television." Ellis, whose three career starts have all come this month, is only the third in a line of seven consecutive rookies BYU faces to open the season. Some of the Cougars didn't consider Washington's Marques Tuiasosopo a rookie, though he'd started only three games in his first two seasons with the Huskies. Those three starts could also be discounted because the BYU game was Tuiasosopo's first game in a new offense under new coach Rick Neuheisel. See BYU, B2 Gray, Morris questionable for Virginia game 0 for a year. f jJ Actually, San Diego State s loss to USC mav be more insightful than anv "5?3-A- By DICK HARMON The Daily Herald Hf - j)f the victories. USC lf ranked Pac-1Swill at Nn IB 0 "V!" is the highest team in this week's AP The status of PROVO Rob Morris and Brian Gray for Saturday's clash with The Aztecs are probably the MWCs sixth-bes- t team, yet they fell just 24-2- 1 to the Trojans in Los Angeles. Making judgments from individu- als games is always dangerous, but it will interesting to watch how the Aztecs and Trojans fare in their respective conferences. 2 Virginia? Scratched heads and no answers. That was the consensus when No. 17 BYU practiced BOTH CONFERENCES have two .r teams aniece in the AP noil. UCI.A is P the f'No. Pac-10'- s second representative at 18. BYU leads the MWC at No. 17, and Air Force is 24th, - In play, the MWC is 12-6, while the Pac-1- 0 is 13-1'' Obviously, the Pac-1- 0 plays tougher competition. But it hasn't exactly shined against schools. Stanford was absolutely mbarrassed by Texas, and Arizona was exposed by Penn State. In the MWCs two biggest ference games, Wyoming lost to Tennessee and Colorado State beat Colorado 2 : ?2 BYU and Air Force look like the MWCs best teams, and both have Jbeen dominant. Meanwhile, UCLA had win over Fresno to squeak out a and Arizona State got smoked "State, k against New Mexico State. v3 So for this season, it looks like a case of the smaller kid finally getting jo.x ' a little revenge on the bully. '' For this one year, it might be time to get some redemption. The Cougars - and the rest of the Mountain West I foes when I- - should hope to eet Pac-1season comes around. i . , Because they better enjoy their run ' n of supremacy as long as they can. big-nam- 7, 41-1- 35-2- 1 - T- -- 0 301 'iiC ys n (i-- , . , r m ocou oeu is a spuria wrucr jur i lie Herald. jPaily 4t WRCOPY Provo set for city war with Timpview The Daily Herald PROVO war. Football isn't But it can make for a pretty good "Hatfields vs. McCoys" neighborhood bat- tle. Take, for instance, tonight's Provo (No.4 in The Daily Herald Valley Top 5) at Timpview (No. 2) rivalry Virginia from the Atlantic Coast Conference. If coaches and staff members had to bet on whether the two stars would play Saturday, they'd go with the "no" vote. Morris would be replaced by Jeff Holtry and Gray's reliever is senior Rob Warcup or another senior, Provo's Doug Henstrom. If either Warcup or Henstrom strug All-WA- C the practice field, neither Morris or Gray were on the decision." field. Both were completing game-timSchmidt said the same treatment. "If we played today, I'd say about the decision to play Morris. no," BUY defensive coordinaBoth Morris and Gray tor Ken Schmidt said of canmuscle have abdominal Morris, his and are didate at linebacker. questionable injuries "I dunno," cornerback coach with for the matchup e I ftgmgjn $ am' (pin? PROVO TIMPVIEW TIMPVIEW (2-7 p.m. Audibles: Last year, Timpview 0, 3--1) ... Timpview defeated Provo 24-1has beaten Provo nine consecutive times ... Timpview coach Chad Van Orden has never lost to Provo. S By BRAD TOWNSEND The Dallas Morning News BROO KLINE, Mass. Call it luck, happenstance or if you're so inclined, fate. Golf fans won't have to wait for the dream Ryder Cup matchup. Tiger Woods versus Sergio Garcia. Golfs two young PGA lions. The Champion (Woods) and runner-u- p (Garcia). Well, not in the strict sense. But Woods and playing partner Tom Lehman will face Garcia and playing partner Jesper Parnevik on Springville at Am. Fork 7 p.m. Provo at Timpview 7 p.m. Lehi at Uintah 7 p.m. Tonight's schedule Jordan at Timpanogos 7 p.m. Alta at Orem 7 p.m. Layton at Mountain View 7 p.m. Spanish Fork at Pleasant Grove 7 p.m. Spanish Fork at Pleasant Grove 7 p.m. Lone Peak at Payson 7 p.m. top-ranke- d nine-gam- e 3 simple: You either bleed green (Provo) or orange (Timpview). every year. Both teams boast passing games. Timpview has the valley's best quarterback, senior Dan Southwick, and a talented receiving corps led by Joe LaFollette and Bryant Atkinson. high-power- Nothing else matters. "If I asked my guys which game on the schedule they wanted to win the most, it would be this one," Van Orden said. "This is for city bragging rights between neighboring schools. There's a lot riding on this game Gilford. "That may be the pecking order," Mitchell said. "We'll just have to see what happens." The decision on whether Morris or Gray will play for the Cougars will be made by BYU's medical staff. 2-- 0 worked this out for yall." Actually, per Ryder Cup rules, each captain submitted their Friday morning See PREP, B2 pened Woods-Lehma- v.A -- ' T 11 HA, r -- - n Garcia-Parnevi- k .r i four- some (alternate shot) pairings and order of play, independently. It just so hap- and are playing in the second match. "I think it's got a lot of people excited," Crenshaw said. "It's got the players excited because they know who's down there on either side. They are two of the most exciting people in the world to watch play golf. "But no, I don't think if it feaFriday morning in the one way or the other, it goes foursomes ture match as the will have a lot to do with the 33rd Ryder Cup commences outcome." Cup's Ryder at The Country Club. after all, be 28 There will, United States Ryder Cup the next matches during Ben Crenshaw joked captain ceralmost There three days. that he and European capwill numerous be tain Mark James met by the tainly pond near the third hole "and See RYDER, B4 Park City at Wasatch 7 p.m. Delta at Carbon 7 p.m. Richfield at North Sanpete 7 p.m. Manti at Grantsville 7 p.m. Gunnison at Juab 7 p.m. game. Provo is riding high under new coach Frank Henderson and playing for a 6hare of first place in Region 6. Timpview is the state's Class 4A team winand has a this series. in streak , ning But don't tell Timpview coach Chad Van Orden that more is on the line this year than in years past. Because in this game, its gled against the Cavaliers, the third choice may end up being true freshman Jenaro Young stars will open Ryder Cup 3--1) (2-- 0, at 0 By DARNELL DICKSON e non-co- n 42-1- . Brian Mitchell said of Gray, cornerback. his "I'd say no right now. But Brian's condition will be a on Thursday. When the gates closed on "W'.-'- VJM 'WWHaslSSSW |
