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Show Sports SECTION m SPORTS EDITOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2007 Darnell Dickson ddicksonheraldextra.com 344-255- 5 BYU FOOTBALL Holmoe addresses football scheduling issues Darnell Dickson "We were in conversation with two good teams, teams you'd say 'wow' if you heard" Holmoe Tom was fresh and When their names. In the end, they were the ones green in his new athletic director role : at BYU, the Cougar football team who said, 'no thanks.' " ZUKE KNOWS WHOWULWIN THE BIG GAMES it sucks to be me. Sometimes know what it's the bearer of bad news every week? Wednesday night, I saw Timpanogos' Gentry Croft and had to break the news to him that Timpanogos was not going to beat Pleasant Grove. "But we always play Pleasant Grove tough. We Croft said. Zip. It's not going to happen, and of course it didn't. Croft had to go to the game knowing the outcome. The same thing happened to Tyler Hanks, who asked me if I thought Spanish Fork could beat Lone Peak. "They beaf them last year and I think Hanks said, '"' ' Zip. I told him Lone Peak by 15, but I was wrong. It was Lone Peak . by 20. Hopefully Hanks kept that little secret to himself. No sense in canceling the games. With that uvmind, I'm ready to deliver the bad n&ws to several teams tonight as I prepare to tip- - ' off Week 1 of the Beat the Zuke contest. If you haven't entered the contest this week, do it now. Go to heraldextra.com and click on sports. Go to preps and look for the Beat the Zuke contest. gone 2 in both the past two seasons. In November of 2007, Nevada pulled out of a contract game with BYU to play Grambling State, an FCS team. BYU had a 2008 home opener to fill and not much time to do it. Holmoe said BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall gave him an extensive 11-- A " DAILY HERALD TJat. needed to fill a scheduleppt. eventually became Eastern Illinois, a Division (now Football Championship Subdivision) team, in 2005. "That was my fault," Holmoe admitted. "I was young and naive. I hung in there with two Division teams. They were like, 'Sure, we'll play you; just hold on a second.' I thought I was doing well with two teams and turns out they were playing me. Once they got their games, they dropped me r Tom Holmoe list of (now Football Bowl Subdivision) teams he wanted to play. "None were available," Holmoe said. "We wefean conversation with two good teams, teams you'd say addressed those issues and more at an 'wow' if you heard their names. In the informal news conference on Thurs--' end, they were the ones who said, 'no BYU Athletic Director on the process of filling 1L a 2008 schedule spot after Nevada backed out A It's a dangerous game, scheduling for Division I football. Agreements are reached many years out and games are moved around. Promises are made, then broken. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Holmoe : off." thanks.'" day. It stands to reason it is much harder to schedule if you're a team like BYU, which has non-BC- Holmoe also said the day it was See S ZUKE, n i OlUUfJUU Kleiza scores a to lead Denver past Jazz DENVER For one night, Linas Kleiza overshadowed Allen Iverson and Carmelo An- hi thony. Kleiza scored a "rC e Midwest trip Darnell Dickson DAILY HERALD Back when BYU men's volleyball coach Shawn Patchell played AT 0) At J f 1 (0-- 1) Today, 6 p.m. MT Gates Sports Center u. RadloTV: None Internet: www.byucougars.com volleyball m The Word: IPFW leads the overall series 4-- but the two teams haven't met since 1996. ... The Cougars will also play at Lewis on Saturday and ) University ) at No. 14 on Monday. ... BYU is a combined 10-- against those two programs. t (1-0- "I DAVID ZALUBOWSKIAssociated Press Utah Jazz center Mehmet Okur, left, ft fouled as he goes up for a shot by Denver Nuggets forward Linas Kleiza in the first 41 points to lead the Nuggets past the Jazz, quarter in Denver on Thursday. Kleiza scored a career-hig- 109 remember this nighf for the rest of my life.' The Nuggets have been searching for a consistent third scorer behind Anthony and Iverson, and Kleiza filled the role Thursday. He got going early, leaking out on the fast break and getting easy layups. He then moved to the outside, from going range. "He got a couple of easy ones, and once you get a couple of layups, the basket looks bigger," said Iverson, who had 28 points. "He played a great game, and hopefully he can continue to play that way." Kleiza scored 27 points in the first half, 20 in the second quarter when Denver took a lead at the break. "I knew after the fiijst half when I had 27 it was going to be a special night," Kleiza said. Kleiza had 39 points when he See JAZZ, C3 120-10- h HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING Freshman Rice's big pin helps Pioneers edge past Lone Peak . : . the Pioneers a surprisingly close and exciting 3 road win and help his squad remain perfect in Region 4 duals on the year. Rice, who also happens to be the coach's son, was confident going into 40-3- DAILY HERALD (1-1- 120 UTAH definitely ajspecial night," Kleiza said. "I will 61-5- 11 Russ Lyman (Fort Wayne, Ind.) Loyola-Chicag- i 1 1 DENVER C4 WW NO. 1 BYU (2-NO. 10 IPlAV i - I st VOLLEYBALL, h 120-10- 4.wt.iM.i... for the Cougars (1990-93- ), volleyball beyond the borders of California simply couldn't compete. In fact, the first 24 NCAA men's volleyball champions were all West Coast teams and of the 48 programs which made the championship match, only one (Penn State) wasn't from the West. In 1994, Penn State (coached by future BYU mentor Tom Peterson) finally broke through by winning a national title. Of the 13 championships since that season, five have been won by Coast teams, including three by BYU and one each by Hawaii and Lewis University, which beat the Cougars in the title game in 2003. "There used to be a little less talent in the Midwest and East back when I played," Patchell said. "There were some great athletes, but they had a little less ball career-hig- points and grabbed nine rebounds as the Denver Nuggets 9 beat the Utah Jazz on Thursday night. "I've now scored 40 points on the highest stage you can ever score," said Kleiza, whose of 29 came previous career-hig- h March 15 against the Los Angeles Lakers. "It was 41 BYUspikers head out on See ASSOCIATED PRESS C2 BYU VOLLEYBALL non-We- 41 career-hig- h ' three-gam- C4 UTAH JAZZ THE See HOLMOE, After 90 minutes, a pair of shocking finishes and several dominating performances, Thursday night's dual between Lehi and Lone Peak came down to the two smallest kids on both J See PIONEERS, C2 teams, neither of whom attends the high school they represent because MARK JOHNSTON Daily both are in 9th grade. Lehi'i Daniel Rice, top, attempts to With his team clinging to a lead, Lchi freshman Dallin Rice pinned pin Lone Peak's Alex Lindstrom on Lone Peak's Sam I leninger to give Thursday at Lone Peah High School. 34-3- 3 , o i Km , ; |