There's always been nerds in college but he's correct.

Dec 22, 2023
5:25:04am

gopman All-American

There're far more nerds at BYU today then back in the 70/80's.

That's completely understandable due to the high academic entrance standards thanks to huge US Church growth in the 2nd half of the 20th century.

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gopman

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Who else is worried that BYU is becoming too nerdy. When I was there in Nov the

Mr. Rumsfield

12/21/23 10:01am

You're sayin' it looks like Cougarboard?

KCFan85

12/21/23 10:02am

CB is more like this

Schultz is back

12/21/23 10:06am

You say that like it's a bad thing

TNT

12/21/23 10:14am

It's not a great thing that's for sure.

TO11

12/21/23 1:16pm

Needs more cargo shorts

Mabuhay Coug

12/21/23 12:34pm

Hate to say it, but Gen Z is all about the nerdy look, so although they may look

Das_Countach

12/21/23 1:24pm

I’m not worried about it, but you are right

reagan21

12/21/23 10:03am

It's always looked like that

Nuke

12/21/23 10:04am

Not in the 80's it didn't. And back in the 70's Playboy rated the gals of byu #1

Parker Schnabel

12/21/23 10:11am

I don’t think the OP was talking about “the gals.”

reagan21

12/21/23 10:12am

Woah. Playboy people were allowed on campus?

TNT

12/21/23 10:17am

Yeah I'm not talking about the girls at BYU.

Nuke

12/21/23 10:35am

Correct. Changes started in the 90's because if Church growth. Only nerds

gopman

12/21/23 12:43pm

So you got it to read that article?

Mabuhay Coug

12/21/23 4:21pm

Urban Legend

Parker Schnabel

12/21/23 10:04pm

Highly likely an urban legend but there's some truth there having

gopman

12/22/23 5:21am

Before I went to school I was at the Orem mall and a bunch of students dressed

Magneto

12/21/23 10:08am

You're not the only person who has mentioned this on this board

gopman

12/21/23 10:08am

All the cool kids are surfing at BYU-Hawaii

RobertCohn

12/21/23 10:17am

Based off the kids in our ward who went to BYU, probably

RC Vikings

12/21/23 10:23am

It’s also a product of us older people misremembering how “cool” we looked

sidsie716

12/21/23 10:43am

The older I get, the cooler I was in college.

thirdgencoug

12/21/23 12:43pm

This is it this is the lowest point in cougarboard history - we’re reduced to

theonick

12/21/23 12:04pm

Pretty sure BYU has always been that way

zerome4sooners

12/21/23 1:09pm

There's always been nerds in college but he's correct.

gopman

12/22/23 5:25am

I feel like it’s been that way for a long time

Your Royal Blueness

12/21/23 1:18pm

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