Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football
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GAME PREVIEW: BYU Deseret News. "We've heard different things, but it is a serious back injury. … [Lark] was highly recruited out of high school and the State Player of the Year out of Utah — going way back, because he served a [two-year Mor- mon mission from 2007-08 after red- shirting at BYU in 2006]. He has not had very many snaps in his career. The most he ever played was against Facts & Figures BYU AT NOTRE DAME Satellite Radio (channel 129). Series Facts: This marks just the seventh meet- Game Info Date: Oct. 20, 2012 Site: Notre Dame Stadium (80,795) Kickoff: 3:39 p.m. ET Television: NBC Radio: This broadcast can be heard live on SIRIUS ing between the two schools and the first since 2005. Notre Dame is 4-2 versus the Cougars, which picked up a 20-17 victory in Provo, Utah, in 2004. BYU Head Coach Bronco Mendenhall's Record • 70-26 (.729) in eight seasons at BYU games (back), the fifth-year senior quarterback has thrown for 754 yards and five touchdowns, with five interceptions, and rushed for 84 yards. He started seven of 12 games played in 2011, winning six of those starts while compiling 1,717 passing yards, 19 touchdown tosses and a quarterback rating of 153.93. • RB Jamaal Williams (21) — The 6-0, 190-pound Prime Personnel • QB Riley Nelson (13) — Even after missing two Weber State. He played most of the second half. He's a very different quar- terback than both Hill and Nelson. "He's more of a drop-back passer. Hill and Nelson, as you know, are both runners. If they have to turn to Lark, it will be interesting because they'll have to change their offense to Lark's skill set. The one thing about this team this year is they have not been very effec- cornerback has one interception and six passes broken up to go along with 22 tackles so far in his redshirt sophomore campaign. He saw action in 13 games last fall, including time on special teams. freshman leads the backfield with 309 rushing yards (6.2 yards per carry) and three touchdowns. Williams, a native of Rialto, Calif., was heavily re- cruited by Boise State, Arizona State and UCLA, and was a league MVP as a senior at Summit High. allowed fewer than 300 yards a game for a sea- son. The Cougars have surrendered 229.3 a game through six outings after allowing 243 in a 6-3 win against Utah State. BYU hasn't allowed 300 yards or more in its last 13 games overall. • Next season, BYU will lose 34 percent of its ros- For The Record • It has been 14 years since Brigham Young has ter (30 seniors and 20 players bound for required two-year Mormon missions). linebacker has 10.5 tackles for loss (minus-64 yards) and 6.5 sacks — both team highs. Van Noy (6-3, 235) was a two-way star (he also played re- ceiver) at McQueen High in Reno, Nev. He was named to the Bronco Nagurski Trophy, Lombardi Award and Bednarik Award Watch Lists prior to the start of the 2012 season. • CB Jordan Johnson (6) — The 5-10, 185-pound • LB Brandon Ogletree (44) — The 5-11, 228-pound fifth-year senior linebacker paced the Cougars with 49 tackles through six contests, and added four passes broken up to his season stat line. He started 12 games as a junior and produced a program-best 76 tackles (36 unassisted). In the preseason he was named to the Lott IMPACT Tro- phy Watch List. • LB Kyle Van Noy (3) — The disruptive junior