Post graduation connections

Dec 21, 2023
6:30:12am

DanSmith All-American

I know every team has some but BYU has alumni everywhere in the country and even if your NFL dreams don’t work out you’ll have connections for life no matter where you go to be successful.

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DanSmith

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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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