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New coach Kalani Sitake has one of those good problems at quarterback with two proven signal-callers fighting for the job.Sophomore Tanner Mangum stepped in months after returning from a church mission last season after Taysom Hill went down in the first game and went on to set school freshman records with 3,377 passing yards and 23 touchdowns.Hill, on the other hand, was in the Heisman conversation when he threw for 2,938 yards and rushed for 1,344 with 29 combined touchdowns in 2013. Injuries, however, have ended Hills other three seasons.Now Sitake and Heisman winner turned offensive coordinator Ty Detmer have a decision to make. Stick with the young, strong-armed Mangum and let him continue to grow or hand the reins back to the dual-threat veteran in the final year of his college career.Everyone knows that theyre competing for the spot, Sitake said Its a great example for all the other players that are competing for spots as well.KEY GAMES: BYU enters the season with one of the toughest schedules in the country and every game is key for the independent program. Two losses essentially eliminate the Cougars from the College Football Playoff and leave them in the already-contracted Poinsettia Bowl. BYU has a chance to improve its lot with a New Years Six bowl but likely needs to avoid having more than two losses.The Cougars play six Power 5 schools, including an opening stretch against Arizona, Utah, UCLA and West Virginia. Only UCLA is coming to Provo. BYU also has a challenging October with Michigan State, Mississippi State and Boise State.SWITCHING UP: Detmer brings a pro-style offense to BYU. The quarterback will be under center much more than in the past and there are expectations that the tight end will be more involved. The defense has also been tweaked under Sitake and defensive coordinator Ilaisa Tuiaki with a 4-3 base and the cornerbacks playing more press-man coverage than in the past.GO TIME: There have been high expectations for receiver Nick Kurtz since he arrived as a transfer in 2014. He caught 39 passes for 578 yards and three touchdowns in 2015, but the Cougars want more out of the 6-foot-6, 215-pound Kurtz. Kurtz has worked on his strength and hopes to play better against aggressive, physical cornerbacks.EYES ON THE PRIZE: Running back Jamal Williams is back after taking a year off for personal reasons. The senior is 930 yards shy of breaking Harvey Ungas school rushing record of 3,455 yards, a record Williams openly talks about chasing. He rushed for 1,233 yards as a sophomore and suffered a knee injury in the seventh game of the 2014 season. BYU ranked No. 112 in the nation with an average of 128.31 yards per game last season. Williams should immediately improve that ranking.SEASON OPENER: BYU kicks off the season Sept. 3 against Arizona at a technically neutral site, University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona -- the home of the Arizona Cardinals. Glendale is just under 130 miles from the Wildcats campus.PREDICTION: 6-6Wilbert Montgomery Youth Jersey . Vokoun departed practice on Saturday morning after discovering swelling in his thigh. He was taken to a local hospital where the clot was revealed. The club announced the surgery following a 5-3 exhibition loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Jerome Brown Youth Jersey . The Vancouver coach and an announced sellout crowd of 18,910 watched in dismay as the Canucks lost 7-4 to the New York Islanders on Monday night by squandering a 3-0 lead in the third period. https://www.eaglessportsgoods.com/Womens-Jj-Arcega-Whiteside-Inverted-Jersey/ . -- For the first time in two months, an opponent was standing up to Alabama. Mike Quick Womens Jersey . They hope to persuade the other team owners and commissioner Roger Goodell to put pressure on Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to drop the nickname they find offensive. "Given the way the meeting transpired," Ray Halbritter, an Oneida representative and leader of the "Change the Mascot Campaign," said Wednesday, "it became somewhat evident they were defending the continued use of the name. Clayton Thorson Jersey .Y. -- Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills defence made life miserable for Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco.VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- This was a bounce the Vancouver Canucks felt they deserved.Bo Horvat scored the go-ahead goal off a lucky bounce in the third period, helping Vancouver beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Friday night.The Canucks blew a 5-2 lead in a demoralizing 8-6 loss to Carolina on Tuesday to close a 1-4-0 road trip, but came back with a rebound victory behind to Horvats fortunate tally.Horvat scored on a power play after the puck caromed off Loui Eriksson at the Tampa Bay blue line and skipped to surprised goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy. It bounced off the netminder and right to Horvat, who buried his ninth goal of the season 7:46 into the final period.Weve had so many bounces that havent gone our way this year, Horvat said. To get one like that, it was kind of a relief.The breakthrough was Horvats first goal and second point in the last eight games.It was almost one of those ones where youre like, `Wow, that went our way for once, goalie Ryan Miller said. Hes got a flat-footed goaltender and a lot of net. Hes not going to miss too many times.With the Canucks and under-fire coach Willie Desjardins getting ripped by fans after the collapse in Carolina, former defenseman Mattias Ohlund -- who was inducted into the clubs Ring of Honour during a pre-game ceremony -- spoke with Vancouvers current roster on Friday morning.A lot of the things he said made sense, forward Alexnadre Burrows said. Where we are at right now, we cant get too high, we cant get too low. We have to embrace it, keep fighting and work. Its not going to be easy.Miller had 25 saves and Brandon Sutter, Luca Sbisa and Burrows also scored for Vancouver. Eriksson and Markus Granlund added two assists.Victor Hedman and Cory Conacher scored for Tampa Bay, which is 2-7-1 over its last 10.Vasilevskiy made 20 stops.You cant say we didnt play well, Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. They had 10 scoring chances the whole game.Were playing pretty well defensively, unfortunately some of these turnovers are ending up in the back of our net.Miller made a nice save on Hedman with under eight minutes left to keep the Canucks in front, and Vancouver held the fort from there to pick up a much-needed victory after Burrows sixth into an empty net.The Lightning, who lost 5-1 to Vancouver on Dec. 8, trailed 2-1 after 40 minutes but got even 3:53 iinto the third on the man advantage.dddddddddddd The Canucks were fuming after Jannik Hansen was whistled for tripping, and Conacher made them pay with his first of the year in his third game by ripping a shot upstairs on Miller.Sutter got them on the board at 1:37 after Eriksson forced a turnover in the Tampa Bay zone. The puck fell to Granlund, who fed Sutter from his knees for a one-timer from well out that beat Vasilevskiy under the blocker for his eighth of the season.Daniel Sedin had a couple of chances for Vancouver later in the period before Miller, who allowed six goals on 30 shots prior to getting pulled last time out against the Hurricanes, made a nice stop on Jonathan Drouin at the other end.Sbisa then gave the Canucks their first lead with 6:35 left in the period after pivoting in the Tampa Bay zone, feeding Burrows at the point and popping home the rebound.Vancouvers banged-up blue line got a boost with the return of Christopher Tanev, who missed the last 20 games with a lower-body injury, but fellow defenseman Erik Gudbranson sat out with an undisclosed in jury.The Lightning, meanwhile, were without a number key players up front, including Ondrej Palat and Nikita Kucherov. Ryan Callahan missed his eighth straight game for Tampa Bay, while Steven Stamkos remains out longterm with a knee injury.Despite that missing firepower, the Lightning opened the scoring 6:31 into the first period on a forgettable shift for Vancouvers Nikita Tryamkin. The hulking Russian defenseman needlessly iced the puck to pin a tired group in the Canucks zone, and then accidentally bumped Miller as Hedman was scoring his sixth of the season off a nice feed Valtteri Filppula.Game notesPrior to the game, the Canucks inducted Mattias Ohlund into the clubs Ring of Honour. Ohlund played 11 seasons for Vancouver and owns the franchise mark for goals (93) and points (325) by a defenseman. ... Canucks D Alexander Edler remained out with a broken finger. ... Palat and Kucherov are expected to miss Tampa Bays game in Edmonton on Saturday, but Callahan could return.UP NEXTLightning: Play at Edmonton on Saturday.Canucks: Host red-hot Columbus on Sunday -- the Blue Jackets have won eight in a row. ' ' '