I think the nerdification of BYU has definitely increased in the last 20 years.

Sep 16, 2014
5:31:06pm

eddog

Nerds tend not to care about sports as much. There are still some BYU students who love sports, but I would wager that there are significantly less of them than there used to be back when academic standards were lower.

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One reason attendance is down:

spoxjox

9/16/14 2:20pm

I think there is a lot of truth to that, this generation doesn't care as much.

BYU81

9/16/14 2:22pm

empty seats were in the norht endzone

v1k0u6

9/16/14 2:23pm

I could see them in both end zones

BYUFam1

9/16/14 2:27pm

Stanford?

crm48

9/16/14 2:26pm

Have you seen their stadium? It is never full and usually its half empty

TrueAndBlue

9/16/14 2:29pm

RE: Stanford?

JAGA97

9/16/14 2:33pm

As someone else pointed out, they are kind of a bad example

darkcoug

9/16/14 2:33pm

People have been saying that since the '90s. I don't think there has been a

Mikey

9/16/14 2:26pm

I don't think it's fair to lay the blame on the students.

swingcat

9/16/14 2:27pm

Students are going still, I don't think that's a problem. Large families that

Duke Silver

9/16/14 2:29pm

I thought Mormons have stopped buying Cable and share Netflix & Hulu accts

crm48

9/16/14 2:33pm

What a great idea! Anyone want to go in with me?

spoxjox

9/16/14 2:34pm

I've been rockin my friends Comcast login for the ESPN app...fantastic!

CougarPilot

9/16/14 3:18pm

I agree. CB is proof that nerds care about football.

frontrowcougar

9/16/14 3:25pm

The Student Section is a lot better than it was when I went 10 yrs ago

CougarCanuck76

9/16/14 2:35pm

I think that's been BYU Athletics/Marketing leading the way

BlackBart

9/16/14 2:35pm

As a season ticket holder for years and years....

Bonoman

9/16/14 2:35pm

Yup. The home schedule this year is crap. They should reduce prices for crappy

Mikey

9/16/14 2:38pm

Waaah...gotta love spoiled local fans.

Fdnman

9/16/14 2:40pm

I'm not local, but I certainly understand why people don't want to pay that kind

Mikey

9/16/14 2:46pm

Lately I buy tickets to support the program. Not so much because of the schedule

Bonoman

9/16/14 2:54pm

How is that different than previous years in the WAC/MWC?

darkcoug

9/16/14 2:40pm

It's not...just some major short term memory going on

Fdnman

9/16/14 2:41pm

In terms of quality of teams it is not much worse, but those were conference foe

Mikey

9/16/14 2:51pm

McMahon will be honored at the Utah St game

pspack41

9/16/14 5:29pm

This guy knows how to humble brag..... its cuz he's so smart

4mack

9/16/14 2:36pm

No humblebrag intended, unless it's about my kids. But I don't even pretend to

spoxjox

9/16/14 2:39pm

Big 10 schools?

Pasadena

9/16/14 2:40pm

Big 10 schools have higher academic entrance requirements than BYU? Seriously?

spoxjox

9/16/14 2:42pm

Umich composite ACT is 28/32 and the average

Pasadena

9/16/14 2:54pm

You sure? I went to Penn State for grad school, and found the undergrads less

spoxjox

9/16/14 3:01pm

yeah, I'm sure. I can't vouch for them once they

Pasadena

9/16/14 3:10pm

not to mention Virginia

run26

9/16/14 4:07pm

Sounds like BYU needs to offer Biggest Fan scholarships

germ1

9/16/14 2:45pm

This is definitely part of the equation. I've watched the student body at BYU...

BearsandBulls

9/16/14 2:47pm

wrong. grad in 2010. i breathed football and homework.

karatekid

9/16/14 2:51pm

This doesn't mean he's wrong. You're 1 guy, I also graduated in 2010 and I think

4mack

9/16/14 3:12pm

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BearsandBulls

9/16/14 3:28pm

I graduated in 2008 before they relegated all the students to the endzone.......

Bluedomination

9/16/14 2:54pm

I think BYU should start actively recruiting UVU students to go to BYU games

4mack

9/16/14 3:13pm

This reeks of desperation. It seems highly unlikely...

BearsandBulls

9/16/14 3:33pm

But UVU students might be less nerdier and more apt to be football fans. better

The Farm

9/16/14 3:39pm

Based on my experience with UVU grads, they are content to be Wolverines.

BearsandBulls

9/16/14 4:13pm

What about BYU not having any freshmen guys? It was such a huge thing

YSeattle

9/16/14 3:42pm

I don't think students are the main culprit, although they may attend less now.

StalwartBraveTrue

9/16/14 4:48pm

No you're right on that

byufan2489

9/16/14 5:09pm

I think the nerdification of BYU has definitely increased in the last 20 years.

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