You know what I'd like to see? A list of BYU recruits (especially BYU legacy kids and Latter-day Saint kids) who end up choosing Stanford. I'd like to see that list, and then I'd like to see how many of them actually graduated from Stanford. And then, of those who graduated, I'd like to see what they're doing with their lives right now--i.e. how they're using their prestigious Stanford degree.
If I were to guess, I'd say most of them could have gotten exactly where they are today through BYU. And they could have played in front of stadiums full of fans who actually care about football.
If you sense a degree of bitterness in the tone of my post, it's because I am bitter. I have no love in my heart for Stanford.