BYU morning links: Sitake flips a Pac-12 linebacker, football recruiting and rivalry golf

Good morning, friends. Let’s look around the interwebs for some BYU sports stories as you start your summer day.

TOP STORY

• From the VTF wire: Former Oregon State signee Christian Folau flips to BYU

Christian was a star in the state of Utah in 2015 and originally committed to Oregon State before leaving on his LDS mission. He was also committed to Stanford and Wisconsin at different points during high school — but his relationship with Kalani Sitake was also well-known.

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• Daily Herald: BYU-Utah golf event evolves with its coaches

The “new normal” when it comes to the BYU-Utah football rivalry this summer is good friends, moderately good golf and a good cause. But no fight songs.

• Des Moines Register: Jacob Hannemann continues his turnaround in I-Cubs win over Omaha

“I’m grateful for the restart, I guess you could say,” said BYU alum Hannemann, who had two hits in a blowout win. "I don’t forget about what happened in Tennessee. I respect the game. I know it’s hard.”

• SL Trib: Jay Drew’s thoughts on BYU landing transfers, tally of won/lost recruits

Sitake credited his assistant coaches for the hard work and deflected praise for landing the linemen who were big-time recruits a few years ago.

• Daily Herald: BYU and state of Utah benefits from Utes sanctioning men's lacrosse

BYU men’s lacrosse coach Matt Schneck couldn’t be happier for the guys up north or for his own program.