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Tracking The Cougars: BYU Football Links

How’s your grade? Taking a look at BYU’s 2010 recruiting class
Darnell Dickson of the Daily Herald takes an early look at the 2010 recruiting class. From that class three players made significant contributions already and two made the two deep. Along with those five several others are expected to have an impact on the 2011 season.

BYU football trio has become 'blood brothers' | Deseret News
Jake Heaps, Ross Apo, and Kyle Van Noy are blood brothers? Looks like it. They all met at a BYU summer camp three years ago and have been close ever since. And that chemistry seems to be leaking all through out the team. This can only be good for BYU.

Schedule analysis: Texas Longhorns - Big 12 Blog - ESPN
ESPN's Big 12 Blog is analyzing the schedules of all the Big 12 schools and Texas is up. David Ubben labels BYU to be a non-conference challenge. He says beating the Cougars would be a huge step. He also says BYU's improved passing game should be a tough test for Texas' secondary.

New rivals, thriving NBA free agent highlight intrigue about Fredette
Is Jimmer like Dallas' J.J. Barea? Barea, like Jimmer, is sneaky quick and can finish well around the rim despite his size. In fact, he's listed as two inches shorter than Jimmer (and looks shorter than that.) Jimmer does have a better outside shot though.

Should the Jazz take a chance on Jimmer Fredette? | The Salt Lake Tribune
Should the Jazz take Jimmer at the 12 pick? (If available.) Jazz beat writer, Brian T. Smith, takes a look at the ups and downs of picking Jimmer.

Utah Jazz: Jimmer Fredette, Kemba Walker to work out for Jazz Wednesday | Deseret News
There are some great quotes in this article from Suns management on Jimmer. They were very impressed with his defense, saying he has the quickness and strength to stay in front of his guy. 

Scott D. Pierce: BYU helped WCC; Utah didn’t help Pac-12 much | The Salt Lake Tribune
BYU more important than Utah? We all like to think so. But it may be true; at least when it comes to TV deals. The Pac 12 and WCC recently renegotiated their TV deals and BYU seemed to have more of an impact than Utah. 

INFOGRAPHIC: The Complete Guide to Jimmer Fredette
Check out this Jimmer infographic made by GetJimmered.com. Pretty sweet.

KFAN 1320AM - Listen: DJ & PK, Sam Amick Internview, June 15th
SI's Sam Amick was on DJ & PK talking Jazz and Jimmer. Skip to about the 7:40 mark for Jimmer stuff.