The cornerbacks, Robbie Buckner, Jordan Johnson, Preston Hadley and others look more athletic. We'll have to wait and see with the safeties.
It's a different feel to BYU football. Independence hangs on the horizon with an ESPN window ready to hop through.
"What makes this spring unique is I really believe we are gaining momentum," said Mendenhall after the first 25-segment practice ended.
"From what I saw today, it looks like the team believes we can be good. Then we have new leadership and coaches and a new offensive system, so it feels like a fresh start, even if this has been seven years. It feels like beginning all over again, only from a further place than we started from six years ago."
What does it all mean?
It is too early to say. Even Mendenhall admits what he witnessed on Monday with close friend, former Colorado and Boise State coach Dan Hawkins observing in the wings is to early to predict as a product for a few more weeks.
But it's different.
No question.
This is not the BYU football team of spring 2010, that is certain.
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