BYU isn’t going to dumb down their school

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Dec 21, 2023
6:21:14am

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

They aren’t just going to hire any coach and they aren’t going to spend like a drunken oil tycoon. You’ve been around here long enough, you should have already realized this.

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Honestly. In the new Big12, what does BYU have to offer an athlete that

Squirt

12/21/23 6:15am

Culture and academics

Indy Coug

12/21/23 6:16am

Great. What percentage of top tier athletes are making decisions on

Squirt

12/21/23 6:18am

BYU isn’t going to dumb down their school

Indy Coug

12/21/23 6:21am

Ya'all too cynical now days. A lot of youth aren't looking for party schools

jrifkin48

12/21/23 6:36am

Their parents certainly are looking for culture and academics, and I’d bet a lot

SuperTank

12/21/23 7:48am

Certainly a number of transfers value the culture

niqmadu

12/21/23 7:50am

Not many

Reasonable1

12/21/23 9:35am

I think you underestimate today's youth

ALC

12/21/23 10:43am

Some. And a greater percentage as time goes on.

Refugee

12/21/23 10:49am

BYU is competing for a discreet number, so

Archaea

12/21/23 10:54am

People seems to be blown away by the game day environment.LES I think is a draw

Das_Countach

12/21/23 9:36am

Environment, mostly, physical and spiritual

DubuMfalme

12/21/23 6:17am

Also, BYU is by far the financially strongest & also gets way more TV exposure.

bluebrotha

12/21/23 10:28am

Same question could be asked of any program. Personally, BYU is fantastic.

Boring

12/21/23 6:22am

Post graduation connections

DanSmith

12/21/23 6:30am

This, along with the RBC's efforts to educate and prepare athletes financially for life after sports, is huge IMO.

Conan

12/21/23 6:35am

Not much. The best thing BYU can hope for is good coaching that develops players and leads to winning and

Baron

12/21/23 6:40am

An honor code that will keep you on the straight and narrow.

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

12/21/23 6:40am

alot of them do...

1CougFan

12/21/23 7:51am

Please provide a link to ASU's and Utah's. Curious to see how the reputation matchers up their "code"

CLCougar

12/21/23 8:07am

Hot women

BYURider

12/21/23 6:58am

Visit ASU if you want that

Magneto

12/21/23 7:21am

No kidding,I swam there a few times and girls would hang out on the pool deck in

boxydutch

12/21/23 8:55am

Development to the NFL, Winning culture, Girls, Partying ------------> Academics

Diablo and Doc

12/21/23 7:27am

Cougarboard

royal_blue

12/21/23 7:41am

Mountains, national parks, snow sports etc

Mot

12/21/23 7:49am

A place where there’s enough to do to have fun but not so much that it’s a

moknowssports

12/21/23 8:07am

And if you really need it, Vegas is only a 5hr drive for occasional weekend trip

Das_Countach

12/21/23 9:26am

Nothing the hip hop generation wants.

Big-Q

12/21/23 8:18am

Cody Epps has a great answer for you...look at his interview

coot20

12/21/23 8:24am

Beautiful Scenery. Good Campus.

greatbam

12/21/23 8:51am

Wish there were more hunter types from Texas like Ty Detmer.. really helped recruiting him

CLCougar

12/21/23 9:32am

A religious, non-woke atmosphere. That is huge

CharlottesvilleCoug

12/21/23 9:31am

Flipping it back, what do other schools have to offer?

BYU Fan

12/21/23 9:46am

Money & women.

gopman

12/21/23 10:04am

Love & learn. We also have lots of unattractive nerdy women.

gopman

12/21/23 10:03am

I see BYU as the Big12 version of Northwestern in the Big10. Top tier academics,

CougLoco

12/21/23 10:35am

Let's just hope BYU never becomes the Big XII's version of Vanderbilt

Archaea

12/21/23 10:56am

BYU has the Polynesian ties, which will make it much better than NW

Das_Countach

12/21/23 11:05am

BYU has solid academics.... but we're not in the Northwestern, Vandy, Stanford, Duke, Cal etc tier

krindorr

12/21/23 12:44pm

The level of education at these schools is all a facade, they can just be very

Das_Countach

12/21/23 12:58pm

Recognized brand and tradition, visibility, facilities, academics, network

CougFan4EverEver

12/21/23 11:24am

Christian culture, beautiful geography, academics, and Kalani. Players love him.

BlooCoug

12/21/23 11:26am

Student life at BYU is fantastic! Great academics that actually prepare you for

Judge Judy

12/21/23 12:24pm

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