Thought that was interesting. BYU football and the church demographics

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Sep 15, 2024
12:09:24am

johnnybyu All-American

Thought that was interesting. BYU football and the church demographics

probably play a lot into it. Jewish people seem to be over represented in business and less in sports. Pro

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johnnybyu

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Really liked the TV announcers today, but they stated one thing that was odd

OU Cougar

Sep 15, 12:05am

Part of it is Jewish people are more concentrated in big cities on the east

cougarfann888

Sep 15, 12:07am

Tell me you know very little Judaism, in one sentence. While roughly 30% of Jews

Utefaninenemyland

Sep 15, 12:36am

The book on famous Jewish athletes is a pamphlet

JosephAllenMaldonado

Sep 15, 1:33am

Reading compression is hard apparently

cougarfann888

Sep 15, 8:22am

Intent was understood and accepted. Source considered in the amt of slack given.

Ripliancum

Sep 15, 9:28am

You said Jews are concentrated on the east coast, I would not consider less than

Utefaninenemyland

Sep 15, 9:54am

To be exact, 42% of the 7.5 million Jews live in NY, NJ, PA, MA. I'd say that

Jasbo

Sep 15, 12:54pm

I thought they said the only Jewish starting QB

m1k3l33

Sep 15, 12:08am

But maybe only QB also? I don't know.

m1k3l33

Sep 15, 12:09am

The quote was specifically starting qb

eyes4byu

Sep 15, 9:53am

And FBS or D1, iirc.

Cougarbib

Sep 15, 10:18am

I'm not educated enough to know all of the particulars of the Jewish community in the US — I just notice

Indy Coug

Sep 15, 12:09am

I think you’re somewhat right about community priorities. Sabbath makes sense theoretically, but I think in reality

mvtoro

Sep 15, 1:04am

Friday night/Saturday play (Shabat) likely puts a big dent in the number of Jews who play

jdub

Sep 15, 12:09am

Because a lot of them can't play on their Sabbath? Just a guess, that might

Sep 15, 12:09am

Thought that was interesting. BYU football and the church demographics

johnnybyu

Sep 15, 12:09am

Jews were never really big into football.

DeepCCoug

Sep 15, 9:28am

Fifita is LDS? Also missing Leavitt at ASU

BYU '80

Sep 15, 12:09am

He probably meant leavitt and not fifita, fifita is Methodist (quick search)

BYUFootballisBack

Sep 15, 12:16am

Yeah, I think this is right

Sep 15, 6:11am

Yeah Fifita isn’t LDS but Nico Iamaleava at Tennessee is LDS

Kolipoki

Sep 15, 8:17am

Because BYU has a football team.

Great38

Sep 15, 12:10am

Then why do none of them play for BYU?

akmewg

Sep 15, 12:49am

Anything to do with the Frieberg paintings in the BoM of Captain Moroni, Helaman, and Nephi being jacked?

2FarGone

Sep 15, 12:10am

Culture

Sep 15, 12:17am

It’s all about the New York Mets baby, all about the Mets

BaseCoug

Sep 15, 12:28am

I heard that on average, Jewish Americans are a little smaller in stature/size.

Undefeated

Sep 15, 12:58am

We have lots of poly members. They are waaaaay over represented in the NFL

ALUF 1990

Sep 15, 8:57am

They said only Jewish Division 1 starting quarterback. Why? It may surprise you

King of Y

Sep 15, 8:57am

Fafita at Arizona is LDS?

Coug98

Sep 15, 8:58am

No, he comes from a family of faithful Methodists

BYU'01

Sep 15, 12:16pm

If you google Jewish quarterbacks

Repete397

Sep 15, 9:00am

1) BYU SID provide this info to broadcast teams. 2) Those announcers were

4n18

Sep 15, 9:55am

You sure all those dudes are LDS?

RedSox

Sep 15, 10:24am

I’ve heard Fifita has LDS heritage

OU Cougar

Sep 15, 12:28pm

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