Blue roundup: Bronco Mendenhall takes heckling in stride

By Jeff Call, Deseret News

Published: Monday, Aug. 27 2012 10:09 a.m. MDT

BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall spoke to boosters at the annual Big Blue Bash over the weekend and has a good attitude after being heckled.

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Summary

Mendenhall talked about winning a national championship, the big picture of BYU football, the broadcasting deal with ESPN, a newly released book about his coaching philosophy while handling a heckler with a good attitude.

BYU opens this season Thursday night against Washington State. Coach Bronco Mendenhall spoke to boosters at the annual Big Blue Bash over the weekend and has a good attitude after being heckled.

Mendenhall talked about winning a national championship, the big picture of BYU football, the broadcasting deal with ESPN and a newly released book about his coaching philosophy. He also shared a recent experience his team had with Elder David A. Bednar, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Washington State coach Mike Leach isn't saying definitely which quarterback will start on Thursday. One longtime WSU football observer is glad that Leach makes Washington State "relevant" again.

ESPN.com chronicles Riley Nelson's path from backup quarterback to starter.

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uteBusters

Park City, UT

Does anybody know why the Utes have never won a national championship, won a Heisman Trophy, won an individual national award, been a perennial Top 25 team, or had a player inducted into the national college football hall of fame?

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11:46 a.m. Aug. 27, 2012
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Swoop

Salt Lake City, UT

JohnInSLC

Yet even during your best decade in history - 2000-2009 - U still didn't manage to win a single national player award of any kind.

Luke Staley - Doak Walker Award - Nations Best Running Back

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