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Show a } SUNDAY, AUGUST 28, 2005 SPORTS EDITOR | Damell Dickson - 344-2555 - ddickson@heraldextra.com Jason Franchuk | Daily Herald he self-proclaimed motto of this year’s TCU football team is “one heartbeat,” which would also be an apt description of the Horned Frogs as they try to find their rhythm as the new member of the Mountain West Conference. The blood is pumping for bothsides. igare planning on an eaiieaal apie raising more eyebrowsand money,particularly on the football field. Theoften attention-starved MWC added TCU to endear itself to the three most loved and loathed words in college sports: Bowl ChampionshipSeries. Theplanofattack is simple. Adding TCU creates a conference with broader borders and more potential customers. The schoolis located in the seventh-largest media market in the country, Dallas-Fort | | | | | ] e | | Worth, and boasts a history ofsolid if not always superbfootball. In other words,it fits right in the MWC. Location — central time zone — is considered by most in the MWCas aninfluentialaide to recruiting, resources and overall respect for a conference that now viewsitself closerto a larger piece of the lucrative Division-I football pie. “This conference is moving in the right direction and we'd like to think we're FILE/Associated Press TCU quarterback Ty Gunntries to escapepressure from a Texas Tech defender during a gamein 2004. The TCU football teamis the school’s mostvisible athletic program with famous alumslike Davey O'Brien, Sammy Baugh and LaDainian Tomlinson. TCU movesfrom Conference USA to the Mountain West Conference starting this season. See TCU, D4 » Famousalumni: LaDainian Tomlinsonis one of TCU’s famousfootball alums, D4 CROSS COUNTRY BYU FOOTBALL Former Timpviewstars finding Grass Relays kick-start waysto contribute as freshmen season with funcontest Ashworth ae play this year, Covey may be rere neck eating the Timpview lineup as a sopho- team with a n sacks. As a senior, he caught 62 passes for ut morethan 1,100 yards and 17 touchdowns.Former Timpview asked to redshirt coach Chad VanOrdencalled Darnell Dickson DAILY HERALD q Early on in BYU football fall , ide receiver Luke Ashworth a pass and was tackled by freshman safety Stephen Covey. Just one of a thousand plays during fall camp,but this one was unique for several reasons. First, Ashworth and Covey were teammates at Timpview Highin Provolast season and second, it was one of the first tackles Covey has made since his sophomore year at Timpview. See, Coveyto-Ashworth was one of high school’s deadliest offensive combinations in the state of Utah in 2004. is 6 Luke Ashworth —_—_—BYU freshman wide Z Photos by FRANK BOTT/Daily Herald Stephen Covey BYU freshman defensive back Now they're on opposite sides of the ball. “Tackling Luke was the weirdest thing,” Covey said. “I’ve been throwing to him since the seventh grade.” Ashworthis 6-foot-2 and 192 pounds. Hebrokeinto the him oneofthe best receivers he’s ever coached. Ashworth had a strong summerin workouts with his BYU teammates, drawing comparisons tolast year’s freshman All-American, Austin Collie. Right now, BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall said he plans on using Ashworth on special teams andin special situations on offense. “The pace is relentless,” Ashworth said of the jump from high schooltocollegeball. “You haveto keep going, even if you fall down. You have to have mental toughness and be able to adapt.” Covey (yes,he is the grandson of noted LDS author American Fork boysfinish second, Provogirls third in Saturday’s event Chris Peterson DAILY HERALD Typical is not what Saturday’s Grass Relaysis about. Having fun while tuning up for the cross country seasonis the goal. Witha course thatis two miles long as opposed to the usual three and a format where five runners from each team pass the baton, the event at American Fork High School provides a change ofpace. Combinethat with the unique feature of four “hay jumps” throughout the race, andit becomes a totally different experience for the runners. There is a single hay jump at the 400- “| don't puttae a lot of stockinto this event. It's moreofa fun, different formatfor the kids, but it's also a good test for them.” Bruno Hunziker AmericanFork girls coach the “gauntlet” at 1,450 meters, whichconsists of 55 hay bales. “It ‘s just another mental block for the kids to overcome,” Provo coachFloyd Tippetts said. American Forkgirls coach Bruno Hunzikersaid the race’s format is welcomed by the athletes. “I don't put a wholelot of stockinto this event,” Hunziker said.“It's more of a fun, meter mark, double at 800 me- See BYU FOOTBALL, D5 WWW.HERALDEXTRA.COM — CALL 375-5103 TO ‘SUBSCRIBE ters,triple at 1,200 meters and See GRASS RFLAYS, D6 ne |