but the school Pres. is not the one to put blame on. Samuelson might not have bled blue, but I highly, highly doubt he in any way tried to sabotage or even hold back our athletics.
I'm not sure there's an employee at BYU (past or present) to put blame on. I tend to doubt there is. BYU is BYU, & we're a special-interest institution most conferences just can't envision as one of their power teams. And they know if they embrace us, there's a good chance that we would eventually become one of their power teams.
From their perspective, I really can't blame them. Who wants the Mormons walking away every now & again with the conference trophy? A lot of Universities don't want to be associated with that. The Big 12, as well as the Pac 12.
If you want to begin to find honest with yourself about how many perceive our university, think of how you feel about Oral Roberts U.
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