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Show 10 THE DAILY UTAH CHRONICLE QB when it's time to graduate the current stud quarterback, there's one waiting in line right behind him, ready to take continued from Page 8 the reins and fill in the mold left behind from last year's modeL championships: BYU. Young did it with the San Francisco 49ers and Mc"They have always been able to get Mahon with the Chicago Bears. good quarterbacks there, and shoot, The list of great quarterbacks who that's always something you have to preplayed at BYU can be intimidating: Vir- pare for when you take on BYU," Sitake gil Carter, Gary Sheide, Nielsen, Wilson, said. McMahon, Young, Robbie Bosco, DetRecruiting is the biggest reason BYU mer, Steve Sarkisian and most recently, has been able to acquire so many proJohn Beck. It seems as though every year lific passers. When La Veil Edwards be- came head coach in 1972, he realized he couldn't compete with the big-name schools for the athletes, so he came up with a strategy to recruit players of finesse rather than muscle. It was a passing attack in which smaller, less athletic, but gifted athletes could win. The system has stuck ever since. BYU continues to find therightguy to fill the role of quarterback exactly when necessary. "Obviously they have to be smart first, being able to come into the system and grasp it," said Sitake on the quarterbacks BYU recruits. "Then they can really flourish in it. If you have a good quarterback, you are going to have success, and that's why they have had success." BYU quarterbacks have finished as the NCAA total offense leader seven times. Three of the top five career passing efficiency leaders are from BYU. This season, Max Hall has the second-highest quarterback rating in college football at 166.5, trailing only Kellen Moore of Boise State, who has a rating of 172.5. c.godfrey@chronicle.utah.edu RIVALRY GAME ON 30 PLUS TV'S $2 Steins $3 Soup of the Day WED NOV 25th Upstairs DJ EROCK Downstairs Live Music $2 Turkey dinner shots - November 2009 / / Rivalry Guide free soda $2 Select bottles •Students get in Free* with I D Card 602 East 500 South 801-532-4200 mm THE STRENGTH TO HEAL and le-arn lessons m csovrz- The pride you'll feel in being a doctor Increases dramatically when you care for.our Soldiers and their Families. Courage is contagious. Our Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) helps you reach your goal by providing full tuition, money towards books and lab fees, a $20,000 sign-on bonus, plus a monthly stipend of $1,992. To learn more about the U.S. Army Health Care Team, call SSG Kelly Duke at 801-355-0494, email kelly.duke@usarec.arjny.mil, or visit healthcare.gbarmy.com/Info/mchpsp1. • • * . • ! * , • * ' • : iV ARMYSTRONG: fi 39. Paid for by the United States •I rights resi |