Ken Beazer's BBC Update

This week Ken talks about the golf tournament, Aggies on TV, and brings the latest in results and scheduling for Utah State athletics!

Welcome those who are receiving their first issue of the BBC (Big Blue Club) Update.  The BBC Update is a two-way communication venture between Utah State University’s Athletics Department and Aggie fans everywhere, geared specifically to enhance dialogue between the two entities.  The BBC Update is disseminated via e-mail and we encourage each of you to forward e-mail addresses of those individuals you believe would enjoy receiving this weekly letter.  This is not a venture to duplicate the efforts of Aggie Media Relations; however, it is a medium to increase awareness about Aggie Athletics that reaches beyond geographic boundaries.  Furthermore, it is not necessary to be a member of the BBC to receive the Update. 

NOW SERVING 542
A special welcome to those from Southern California who are receiving their first issue of the BBC Update

BBC ST. GEORGE GOLF TOURNAMENT
The BBC Golf Classic scheduled for March 10 in St. George at Sunbrook Golf Course is still looking for a few more teams.  Please call Heidi at (435) 797-BLUE (2583) to sign a team up.

CS NORTHRIDGE GAME
When USU hosts CS Northridge in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum on Thursday, March 6, please note that tip-off will be at 6:35 PM due to the television coverage of FOX Sports West 2.  Fox Sports Rocky Mountain will carry the game in Utah.

AGGIE AUCTION
A reminder that the annual 2003 Aggie Auction is scheduled for May 17, in the Taggart Student Center.  Those wishing to help with this year’s auction, or to offer items for the auction, please call [phone] for more information.

KEVIN CURTIS AT THE NFL COMBINE
USU’s recording setting receiver, Kevin Curtis, appears to have made some noise at the NFL Combine last week.  An Aggie fan sent me the following quote from ESPN’s NFL analyst, Len Pasquarelli, on Kevin and asked me to share it.

“There were some very good 40-yard times posted by wide receivers on Sunday but no one hit the kind of daily double that Kevin Curtis of Utah State did. One of the fastest-rising players in the off-season, Curtis clocked a time between 4.38-4.40. But get this: He also scored a 48 on the 50-question Wonderlic test, the psychological profile battery administered to players. That could be the second-best score ever. Former Cincinnati punter Pat McInally, a Harvard man, is believed to be the only player to ever record a perfect 50 on the test.”

You can read the text of Pasquarelli’s full report at http://espn.go.com/nfl/columns/pasquarelli_len/1513355.html

PHIL OLSEN ON HALL OF FAME BALLOT
Former Aggie great, Phil Olsen, has just been put on the ballot for the 2003 National Collegiate Football Hall of Fame.  The former Aggie All-American’s name was submitted for the ballot through a combined effort of USU athletics and the Utah’s chapter of the National Collegiate Football Hall of Fame and now national panel of voters will decide if Phil is one of the 2003 inductees.

GYMNASTICS MEET TIME CHANGE
The start time for the gymnastics meet against Ohio State has been changed to 11:00 AM this Friday, February 28, due to the Jamie O’Neal and Billy Dean concert later that evening in the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum.

WE’RE #1
Utah State University put in the largest requests for tickets to the 2003 Big West Basketball Tournament in Anaheim, CA on March 13-15, and consequently will receive a block of tickets for the best seats in the house.  The Aggie ticket allotment is due to arrive any day and the ticket office will mail out the tickets as soon as they receive them.

STUDENT-ATHLETE FEATURE STORIES
This week’s student-athlete feature introduces you to K.C. Comadena.
http://utahstateaggies.ocsn.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/022103aaa.html

1993 LAS VEGAS BOWL REUNION
On the weekend of September 27, 2003 when USU football  hosts its first ever Sun Belt Conference game against Louisiana-Monroe, the Athletics Department will also welcome the members of the 1993 Las Vegas Bowl Championship team back to campus.  Specifics for the event are not yet solidified, but details are forthcoming.

MICHELLE WILSON ACCEPTS POSITION AT AFA
Utah State University’s Director of Marketing and Promotions, Michelle Wilson, has accepted an offer to become Air Force Academy’s Director of Corporate Sales for athletics.  A native of Colorado, Wilson has occupied her current position at USU for three years and will leave for her new position in Colorado Springs on March 5. 

SPRING FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE IN DAVIS COUNTY
On Friday, April 4, 2003 Mick Dennehy will take his Aggie football squad to Northridge High School in Layton, UT for a scrimmage.  The event is scheduled for 7:00 PM presents a great opportunity to get an early look at the upcoming season.

USU GYMNASTICS RANKED #22, HOSTS #14 OHIO STATE
http://utahstateaggies.ocsn.com/sports/w-gym/spec-rel/022403aab.html

GAME STORIES AND RESULTS
To read the stories and scores of each Aggie team in action last week visit www.utahstateaggies.com.

WEEKLY UPDATE
http://utahstateaggies.ocsn.com/genrel/022403aaa.html

LAST WEEK’S ACTION
Basketball (19-7, 10-5) def CS Fullerton 62-41; lost to UC Riverside 65-72
Gymnastics (6-5) def BYU 195.925-195.625
Men’s Track MPSF Championships 8^th
Women’s Track MPSF Championships 9^th
Women’s Tennis (2-2) def Weber State 5-2
Softball (0-6, 0-0) lost to SUU 3-5, 2-10

THIS WEEK’S ACTION
Friday, February 28
Gymnastics vs. Ohio State 11 AM
Men’s tennis @ BYU 5 PM
Softball @ Red Desert Classic
        vs. Oregon 11 AM
        vs. Georgia Southern 1:30 PM

Saturday, March 1
Basketball vs. Idaho 7:05 PM
Softball @ Red Desert Classic
        vs. Arkansas 11 AM
        vs. Alabama-Birmingham1:30 PM

Sunday, March 2
Softball @ Red Desert Classic
        vs. Southern Utah 11 AM