Trouble in paradise

[Chitz]

I agree with all these comments, and would add that as an LDS parent, I strongly discouraged my kids from even applying to that place. Athletic dumpster fire aside, academically and socially that place is destructive.

Superficially, I can fathom non-LDS parents wanting their kid to choose a safer, more balanced program. At first blush, BYU may seem like such a choice. But any amount of research will reveal it’s just the opposite. That place ruins lives and families.

[Steggys_Mixtapes]

… there. I still don’t understand how they get black athletes to play at a school named after a guy who supported slavery and had priesthood restrictions. I don’t understand how BYU isn’t a bigger recruiting joke than it already is. Especially when the parent company has almost as much cash in reserve as Apple and won’t spend more than minimum wage on a coach. I’d rather play anywhere than Provo.

LOL! I wish someone would post this on cooterboard!

[zeous]

Slow and getting slower. It used to be that byu had a couple of guys who could run, not enough of them, but they had one or two.

All that soy and carbs in the diet…

[zeous]

… there. I still don’t understand how they get black athletes to play at a school named after a guy who supported slavery and had priesthood restrictions. I don’t understand how BYU isn’t a bigger recruiting joke than it already is. Especially when the parent company has almost as much cash in reserve as Apple and won’t spend more than minimum wage on a coach. I’d rather play anywhere than Provo.

Same question for the entire SEC. Though unpopular in political media, it is possible (and healthy, imo) to recognize that people who live today were not part of things that happened when they weren’t alive. But screw the zoobs anyway.

[RojoDiablo]

…emory, they need to have somehow relayed that respect for BYU to their recruitable kid.Then if, by some miracle, you do find that unicorn, you’ve also got to recruit against teams who’ve done what BYU did 30+ years ago in the last 5 years.Just about every poster on CougarBoard believes there is some valley filled with those unicorns that Sitake, Mendenhall, Crowton didn’t/don’t know how to tap into.

But hey they landed Josh Wilson, younger brother of Zach Wilson, to play LB. He was a low 0.83 rated 3* and this includes his drama Mama and her tweets.

[Mokus]

So another few years of her 15 minute interviews right in the middle of a quarter?

[RedDon]

…Seen on Facebook:image828×1165 813 KB

Well, at least they’re knowledgeable and grounded in reality. This is from this morning.

“Why don’t we bring in one of our historically great QBs, like say, Ty Detmer, to Coach the QBs and run the offense?”

[RedDon]

So another few years of her 15 minute interviews right in the middle of a quarter?

I already know what’s in her closet; what’s left to talk about?

[UtahFanSir]

Brilliant.

[ExquisUte]

The older generation of byu-p fans who can remember the 1984 season remind me of the Dennis Hopper character Shooter from the movie Hoosiers, except that they don’t have the option of drowning their sad, longing, sorrowful memories in a bottle of booze. Their pain is exquisite, and cannot be numbed by any medication.

[salUTE]

Shooter and I both resent that remark

[LAUte]

I don’t go to cougar board, but I sometimes see gems like the one above and this one on Facebook:

So there!

[Steggys_Mixtapes]

LOL! That is rich. Zoobs know how to justify a loss. Poppinga anyone?

[Wild_Ute1]

…80s, but by and large with a few exceptions have been a middle to top quadrant MWC team and nothing more at very, very best for three decades.My whole point is that not a single recruit they are going after even has a memory of BYU being a ‘national power’ and most likely if their parents do it is a very fleeting memory, so there is nothing that Kalani Sitake can do to diminish that, its gooooooone.

BYU fans have become the Utah fans of the 80s. It is so funny to watch them now. My grandfather played football at BYU he wanted to go to Utah but followed the advice of his parents and played for them because of the religion. He told me he regrets the decision everyday they were offer when he played Utah.

[Wild_Ute1]

…t, I strongly discouraged my kids from even applying to that place. Athletic dumpster fire aside, academically and socially that place is destructive.Superficially, I can fathom non-LDS parents wanting their kid to choose a safer, more balanced program. At first blush, BYU may seem like such a choice. But any amount of research will reveal it’s just the opposite. That place ruins lives and families.

They think it is academically superior than Utah, but it’s supply and demand. A lot of BYU graduates want their sons and daughters to go to BYU so they won’t be corrupted and they can find a mate. Because of that BYU can raise the entrance requirements and accept the so called cream off the top of LDS kids. Utah joins the AAU BYU not so much.

[Greginslc]

BYU fans have become the Utah fans of the 80s.

I was a fan during the dark times that were the 1980’s, and we had more going for us than these bowl floaters.

Our season always started with “Let’s go win the WAC!!!” Because we had a conference to play in and try to win. “Indy isn’t a conference.”

A couple of games into the season, with the WAC dreams promptly flushed down the toilet after a couple of losses, we reset to “Let’s get to .500!!!” Because a .500 record/season was better than another losing season. .500 gets them to a bowl, which is an improvement, sort of, but to get to the next point…

When a .500 season was lost, the cry became ■■■■■ it - let’s gear up to beat BYU!!!” It was the last thing on the list - and I remember a few seasons during that time where we hit this threshold as early as the fourth game of the season. With the game coming at the end of the season, it at least kept us interested in watching out the string. They get to get ■■■■-hammered by us right out of the chute, then have to play out the string for some third-tier bowl game - if they can get to .500.

Their life sucks!!! And it couldn’t have happened to a more deserving school.

The 1980’s sucked for Utah, but there was always something to play for. TDS, after we kick their asses every season, has nothing to play for. It is no wonder they can’t fill Rice-Eccles South.

[midnightversion]

Nobody outside Provo was even aware that game was on. Even hardcore college football fans aren’t going to watch byu play Hawaii on Christmas Eve.

I watched it.

[LAUte]

I watched it.

I watched the last couple of minutes. I was surprised to see an experienced D1 quarterback stare down a single receiver in probably the most important play of the game up to that point, resulting in an easy game-ending interception. Who is coaching the quarterbacks there?

[redrumu]

I caught it by accident. Had some old episodes of Star Trek or Dr. Who or something playing in the background and decided to see what else was on.

Flipped back and forth between that and reruns from 20+ years ago… The G5 and FCS games are a good tune-up for the real stuff.

[sweetgrass]

…They think it is academically superior than Utah, but it’s supply and demand. A lot of BYU graduates want their sons and daughters to go to BYU so they won’t be corrupted and they can find a mate. Because of that BYU can raise the entrance requirements and accept the so called cream off the top of LDS kids. Utah joins the AAU BYU not so much.

additionally, undergrad tuition isn’t just a bargain its a steal at $5,800 per year. You could graduate from BYU and pay about the same as you would for a new Honda Accord (with leather seats and power windows).