Patrick Kinahan's BYU Blog -- Aug 24th
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BYU went through a light practice Friday, with serious preparations for Arizona to begin Saturday.
The practice was much like what the Cougars will go through on a Monday during a normal game week.
"It’s nice to be working on somebody else," said coach Bronco Mendenhall. "I think the players were excited about it; the coaches are certainly excited about it, and it is just a nice momentum and focus change in transition from what we have been doing and there is a lot of excitement."
Mendenhall also discussed the advantage of having offensive coordinator Robert Anae on the staff. Anae worked with Sonny Dykes at Texas Tech (Dykes is in his first year as Arizona's offensive coordinator.
"Between BYU-Texas Tech we think they will blend somehow,"Mendenhall said, "and coach Anae has been integral in both those parts and not to use him would be a mistake. I am not saying that it will be identical but there is a point of reference that will help us."
Mendenhall said it's difficult to prepare for a team with a new coordinator: "How we manage game day in terms of our adjustments and how quickly we can determine what they are doing will be a critical part of this game," he said.
Following is a list of redshirts (more could be decided next week):
David Angilau (DL)
Matt Putnam (DL)
Brannon Brooks (DB)
Gary Nagy (DB)
Blake Morgan (DB)
Spencer Wolfley (DL
Steve Fendry (DL)
J.J. DiLuigi (RB)
Jason Munns (QB)
Ryan Kessman (WR)
Kaneakua Friel (TE)
Matt Shirley (TE)
Manaaki Vaitai (OL)
Matt Reynolds (OL)
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