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Show SECTION 2006 FRIDAY, AUGUST 18. Darnell Dkkson SPORTS EDITOR J ddicksonheraldextra.com 344-255- 5 UTAH FOOTBALL PGA Johnson to redsliirt, QB race down to two quickly enough that Johnson was challenging Brett Ratliff and Tommy Grady for the starting job, but the knee isn't ready. Johnson tore his anterior cruciate ligament in the 10th game last season and had surgery Dec. 1 "We've got a great quarterback situation. Mjcome back 100 percent healthy and tear it up," Johnson said after sitting out a scrimmage Thursday. "You still want to play. It's still tough for you, but at the same time you have to be Redshirt year allows Johnson's knee to fully heal ' Doug Alden THE ASSOC ATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY Brian Johnson will take his redshirt season this fall, allowing his knee to completely recover from surgery and narrowing Utah's quarterback race to two. The rehabilitation had gone mature about the situatioa" He said he has no plan to transfer. issue. We have the luxury to take the medical redshirt." Johnson still has two years of eligibility. He played as a freshman in 2004, backing up Heisman Trophy finalist Alex Smith as the JUtes went 12-"It's not perHe started the first 10 formance games last season before driven. It's the ligament in his left knee Johnson a medi popped late in a loss to New n Mexico. Ratliff took over and decision," coach was 0 as the starter, leading Kyle Whittingham said. "We said from the very beginning, the Utes to a overtime if it's not 100 percent perfect, we're not going to force the See JOHNSON, C4 Final two Brett Ratuff, Senior Ratliff led Utah to wins two games last season against BYU and Georgia Tech. 7 in its final r 1 Tommy Grady, Soph. Grady was the second-rate- d the country in 2002. He transferred from Oklahoma to Utah. QB In cally-drive- 2-- 41-3- 4 ROB CARR Associated Press III examines his putt with caddie, John Burfet?, top, on the 12th hole during the PGA Championship on Thursday. Davis Love Glover, Riley BYU FOOTBALL lead PGA Jason Franchuk ' kr WOlll championship on first day Mickelson-Tige- r Daily Herald showdown doesn't live up to hype r empers flared ' again at BYUs football practice Thursday morning, but there was one thing that could bring the feisty group into harmony for a few minutes field goal kicking. Doug Ferguson ' Camp Cougar week, the Cougars gave their first showing of ' their new kicking unit. The experi"If you could tell, ment ended with Jared McLaughlin, the timing was a who made all of little off on some of his handful of attempts, nailing a the kicks. We need Aside from the distance it was a fairly vanilla gig, as new snapper Jayson Clark is within the NCAA's required five-da- y acclimation period. He cannot go Jared McLaughlin BYU kicker II just-as-ne- JF""i, "...ii Play of the Day: Props to new guy Jayson Clark, who had his teammates excited because of some good ucc 9iia3 uii nciugucn attempts. One led to a 55- yarder. Quote of the Day: "We had to force yet. But he did hike the ball to holder Jason Beck, who has added on to his backup quarterback duties. And it looked pretty smooth. See t " Player of the Day: Make it two, as backup quarter- back Jason Beck hooked up with a pair of young tight ends for nice pass plays. The first recipient was sophomore Vic So'oto, who made a nice leaping catch despite pass interference. Shortly after, freshman Andrew George streaked across the middle of the field, made trie catch and bowled over a defender for a few extra yards. Since bringing in a new long snapper this more repetitions, which is fine this time of year." ' THE See CAMP, C4 J - " "' fI ? So was Medinah. In the 193 rounds since this major switched to stroke play in 1958, par has never been such a pushover. Lucas,Glover and Chris 66 to lead Riley each shot the assault on that 7,561-yar- d cream puff called Medinah Country Club, which yielded 60 scores ;yJ l TsrT"" 4h AH - That big MEDINAH, 111. showdown between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson was overrated. , I w Jf - . , . - ' JT jm- ' under par. If that wasn't enough, it didn't take long for the Ryder Cup to - I I I J I I I ''.I AtrH1 . jf f XJT I JT' t ' f See Jr Jr m J Leaderboard Jr Ky0 First round "" jf J Lucas Glover 34-326- Chris Riley 33-336- 6 Andrade 34-336- Stewart Cink KICKING, JEREMY HARMON; Daily Herald kicker Jared McLaughlin gets some work in during practice earlier this year. BYU J .J-.- PGA, C5 n Billy JF . come into focus. Glover made sure of that, with three birdies on his last four holes to put his name atop the leader-boarHe is 14th in the standings and needs to finish at least eighth 1 g ASSOCIATED PRESS . 6 7 35-336- 8 Robert Allenby 34-346- Luke Donald 34-346- 8 JJ. 33-356- Henry 8 8 Henrik Stenson 33-356- 8 Davis Love 30-386- III 8 Notables" , Phil Mickelson 35-346- 9 Tiger Woods 35-346- 9 Mike Weir 38-347- 2 Dean Wilson 4 I Complete results, C6 HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Old, washed-u- p Zuke still the best I'm not going to lie, I've the talk. The Zuke's up. He's old. What once as a beautiful mind, is AWOL The talk around Timpanogos is I am like Jerry Rice with the Seattle Seahawks, I'm Smith with the Arizona Cardinals. I am hanging on five years longer than I should In other words, you all think I'm past my prime. May I remind you about Buck O'Neil. This summer, O'Neil became the oldest player in baseball history to play in a professional game when he participated in a minor league r game at age 94! I i Prep season kicks off with full slate ofgames tonight Jared Lloyd DAILY Em-mi- tt have. Football is back in Utah Valley Hockey great Gordie Howe finally retired from the NHL in 1980 at the age of 52. Warren Moon was selected to the Pro Bowl at 41. Last season, Washington Redskins lineman Ray Brown became the oldest lineman (43) to participate in a playoff game. See ZUKE, C2 HERALD As the 2006 high school football campaign kicks off tonight with endowment games across the state, the coaches are sure that their teams will be flawless right out of the gate, that they'll display impeccable execution and perfect discipline. Well, not quite "You'd like that, but it's not realistic," said Provo head coach Clint Christiansen. "You just hope you don't make too many mistakes. We want to WWW.HERALDEXTRA.COM control the ball and sustain some drives. They'll be jitters and things are going to happen." Yes, sports fans, the long summer is over. Football is back in Utah Valley. Christiansen's Bulldogs know they don't have a lot of room for error as they open the season on the road against a strong American Fork squad. Both teams are com- ing of impressive seasons last fall and want to keep the ball rolling. "Some times you say that you learned things from a loss or that you can take a loss or two," Caveman head coach Davis Knight said "I don't think a loss is ever good. It's See FOOTBALL, CALL 37V51Q3 TO SUISOttSE JDK Msfesr Daily Herald tile photo Provo'i Austin Alder (41) looki for an opening as he is pursued by iimpview deciaers last season. Alder will lead Provo C2 against American Fork tonight as the prep season kicks off. Jl |
