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Show Scoreboard Business Weather ; f;: BS B9 i n B12 EDITOR: TAD WALCH Today Louisville plays the role of rude'host by crushing ...B8 Pro Football.. v- TtJ 1 Inside - " r"' '" r - - "Tifinti ' A iiira SPORTS 4" Jy i ft Utah in college action. B4 Bl. '"' THE DAILY HERALD (www.hroldcxtra.com) 0 FRIDAY, JANUARY 7,2000 BYU QB RACE m O H 1 .t l 1 in 7777 Dick Harmon .Cm., "Cougs need to quit : ; playing the blame :game and relax PROVO If Steve Cleveland's squad is serious about kicking off conference play on the run, it will need to shake off excuses. You see, these guys were in sort of groove before going on a pair of long road trips; one to South Alabama and Miami on the East Coast, the other to UC Santa Barbara out west. But since departing on the first the Cougars have struggled. trip, s, They've been cold shooters. ' They ve been lethargic. I hey ve lacked energy. They've started out behind by 10 points the last three games. Yet, they've won because they've played hot defense and showed some I Matt Berry rrv Departure leaves three in hunt to replace Feterik By DICK HARMON versy surrounding BYU's heir appar- ent at quarterback has shrunk A big 25 percent. Matt Berry, a redshirt freshman who many expected to be the prime candidate to replace Kevin Feterik, withdrew from school and sent in work for an LDS mission on Thursday. Berry's decision leaves sophomore Bret Engemann and juniors Charlie his-pape- mileage. Hey, it's Logan and they hate you guys. Go out and use the electricity in the Spectrum. And Vegas? Enjoy the bright lights l and buffets. Even time your digestions better. And have fun. V again. Play It would also help if there were a few more set plays for the outside jump shooters, like we saw from in the opening minutes. If! the Sometimes , is a forced thing that just results in turnovers. loosey-goose- as The Daily Herald CLEVE'S WANTED the attack to originate from the inside out, and has worked hard at getting the learning Hi curve established. And that's fine. But of the MWC's top ten shooters, the Cougars have three in Todd Christensen (.475), Michael m Vranes (.455) and Terrell Lyday (.414), and the Cougars are ranked No. 7 nationally shooting beyond the arc in recent NCAA stats. How about more set screens for the outside shooters just to throw people off? ni ; "We're a team that really uses five or six people," Cleveland said. "We're not physical so we've got to make our shots count, especially at home. "This team has a long way to go. We're a good team that's going to get better." They're also a team that's complained of the "energy level" for five games. C Hey, energy begins in the mind. Lighten up, guys. Have some fun. Turn these next two trips into positives in the mind. Do some Zen. ' Pray. Be happy. , Then shoot the ball. 1 . ' Dick Harmon is The Daily Herald's executive sports editor. Reach; him via at dharmonHeraldextra.com or 344-254- Berry has heard some talk around the football office that he is deciding to leave because he doesn't want to compete for the job in spring practice. "That is a joke. Anybody who knows me, knows that is not true at all," he said. "Matt had the opportunity to be support." Berry's LDS stake president in Alpine, Steve Studdert, reportedly sent Berry's mission papers to church headquarters on Thursday. Berry expects he could be in the Mission Training Center as early as the end of January. One of the determining factors in Berry's decision was the window of Sec QB, B3 being a down year for the defending state champions. With four starters returning from this last year's Class 5A runner-up- , looked like as good a time as any for Orem to end Mountain View's domifour-tim- e By SCOTT BELL . e Wash. years." the guy," offensive coordinator Norm Chow said. "But what's important is how he feels about his decision, And he goes with our total blessing and topples rival MSI y Cal-Irvin- r Peterson and Brandon Doman to battle for the coveted QB reins when the Cougars open up spring drills in March. "This is something I've struggled with for some time, this decision to " stay or go Berry said. He turned 1'9 this past June before enrolling at BYU following a sterling career at Eastlake High in Redmond "I've thought I would have a good shot to be the starter next year," Berry said. "But this is a sacrifice I believe is important at this time in my life, and I'll just have to postpone my dream to play football for two Off night no problem post-mea- . by 25 percent. , uent-flier REACT, B3 Suddenly the contro- ALPINE Cal-Irvin- this funky mindset. Do away with the grim horizon and travel log. Turn it into a positive Guys, get back to having some fun like early December before the freq- v. ENGEMANN, PETERSON The Daily Herald g Sluggishness got blamed. So did travel. And the timing of digestion of food Bhootarounds and tipoffs. v Cleveland's going to have to change toDfl LTD(or Dl jAoxie. They've got 10 wins, but it's the next 15 ballgames that really count. Now BYU finds itself in Logan on Saturday, playing before an intense, Cougar-hatincrowd at Utah State. And of all the unfair, stupid situations in the Mountain West Conference, the Cougs leave Sunday for Las Vegas, where they play UNLV on Monday without any practice on their lone off day due to school policy. Plus, they've had the flu bug floating around the roster. : AFTER THE win over Charlie Peterson Bret Engemann OREM Mountain View star Danielle Cheesman fouled out and scored four points Thursday night against Orem. stretch in the During a second and third quarters, M.V. scored four points. And, of course, Mountain View had in no problem beating Orem 3 Orem action at High. Region So the streak lives on. Mountain View won its 95th consecutive game, and pretty much ended any thoughts about this 51-3- 9 nance. And with Cheesman gone for nearly the entire second half, fate seemed to be on Orem's side as well. But after Orem pulled within midway through the third quarter, Mountain View went on an 18-- run to take a lead with five minutes left in the game. 25-2- 3 2 43-2- 5 in-sta- te See MV, B5 vj ,s - - The Daily Herald PROVO Uh, son, about those red bloomers ... Imagine the reaction of fans at the Marriott Center Wednesday night. Maybe an hour before BYU faced off against one of the players out shooting around was wearing University of Utah basketball shorts. early-arrivin- g Cal-Irvin- e, OK, they looked more like duds, but still... "I guess I'd better go shopping for something blue," Trent Whiting said with a bookstore-issu- e See WHITING, B3 " j : - JAMJN Oi.StiN lilt imy Herald n Feisty Utah survives technical-marre- d game Don DALLAS (AP) Nelson was so upset with Karl Malone and the officials laugh, "but I'm just a poor college kid." Whiting, remember, is the who former JC out of with Utes the signed Snow College, was forced to quit preseason drills with after Rick aching legs Majerus basically named him and the starting point guard now has transferred to BYU. "I can feefpeopk looking at me" Whiting said. MI don't think it's just the red shorts, either. Leaving Utah for BYU under the circumstances I did is kind of unusual." Actually, spectators might have been gawking at fly Who wants It? Orem's Stephanie Peterson (left) and Mountain View's Leslie Lines battle for a rebound during Thursday's cross-towgrudge match. Whit ing turns Sieaci in arrio Center By STEVE CAMERON - that the Dallas Mavericks coach physically confronted the massive Utah Jazz star. Nelson bumped Malone in the third quarter after the Dallas coach was ejected for arguing about a foul call on a play involving Malone in Utah's 105-9victory It-.- !1 'J ' '.' I 2 i, in , . mi KtVIIN l.KKi Hie Uuily Herald True blue: Trent Whiting has undergone a change of heart, spurning Utah's basketball program by transferring to BYU. Thursday night. "I was taught when I was little to respect my elders, but you're totally out of line wh n you get in a player's fnce," said Malone, who had 24 points and 1 1 rebounds. "He crossed the line and I have no respect for hat." Malone said a physical 1 confrontation between the Nelson and the 260-poun- d power forward would be, "like a Volkswagon and an "That's the first time a coach has bumped me in 15 years," Malone added. "I realize he's an older fellow, but he's probably overmatched." Nelson and Dallas center Shawn Bradley were ejected Sec JAZZ, Bt |