I played basketball at a small college

Sep 19, 2014
7:27:56am

lbmango

I can tell you that trying to get back in shape to play basketball at a competitive level after returning from a mission was one of the hardest things I've ever done. It takes months and months to get back to that level.

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lbmango

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the hoos point out that 10 of 11 starters on D Served missiions

OU Cougar

9/19/14 3:23am

I wonder why they don't encourage their players to go on missions.

flyusaf

9/19/14 4:05am

Because real Christians don't go on missions

Indy Coug

9/19/14 4:16am

Tebow disagrees, they totally go on 2 week mission trips

Q-grr

9/19/14 9:18am

And welcome back, hadn't seen you in quite sometime.

Q-grr

9/19/14 9:21am

or the Peace Corps

byukirty

9/19/14 7:45am

Or the military

Greg4BYU

9/19/14 8:24am

or the couch

LV Mike

9/19/14 9:24am

I wish someone with time and an interest

Magellan

9/19/14 4:40am

The best response is even simpler than that.

flyusaf

9/19/14 4:55am

It isn't true there are no advantages

mogelijk

9/19/14 5:10am

Disadvantages clearly outweight any advantages for most players.

flyusaf

9/19/14 5:15am

RE: Disadvantages clearly outweight any advantages for most players.

greatbam

9/19/14 6:30am

If you don't think so, you haven't been on a mission

jdub

9/19/14 7:57am

RE: If you don't think so, you haven't been on a mission

greatbam

9/24/14 9:43am

Care to elaborate?

Eddie

9/19/14 10:07am

Most schools couldn't do it, because a player would rather go to a school that

GSwarriorcoug

9/19/14 4:43pm

In their eyes though, missionaries are training 7 days a week on a mandatory

giftedfish

9/19/14 5:16am

Not to mention parasites.

Marking Time

9/19/14 5:25am

Along with that though, everyone is free to grey and redshirt if they want to

Niiineteeen84

9/19/14 6:55am

BYU's penalties suggest that greater maturity and self-control are hypothetical

gustav88

9/19/14 7:07am

Yup. Best response is tell other teams they can recruit future missionaries too.

BluebloodOR

9/19/14 11:14am

Woot...Woot

CougarPilot

9/19/14 12:04pm

average team age would only matter if every player were playing significant time

pellegrino

9/19/14 7:06am

Leavitt, daniel, davis and stout didnt serve

cougarmanguy

9/19/14 5:41am

Nor Pikula, JLD, Fua, etc.

NewMexiCoug

9/19/14 6:03am

IOWs, none of our DBs but one, & none of our LBs, but one.

Mantis Mutu

9/19/14 8:38am

I immediately thought the 2 corners--& then quickly realized half the D

Mantis Mutu

9/19/14 8:16am

Wonder where they get the 10 out of 11 number? I can't think of any combination

NewMexiCoug

9/19/14 5:42am

Not to mention that RM's are always assumed to be significantly older

Mantis Mutu

9/19/14 8:27am

with that many RMs, they about to get served!

Mister P

9/19/14 5:46am

Ba-doom tshhhhh

runcougrun

9/19/14 6:01am

I went through the math on last year's roster and that team's average age was

BlackBart

9/19/14 6:00am

The math really is quite straightforward, even without knowing birthdates:

NewMexiCoug

9/19/14 6:15am

It's five of the 11 starters on D served missions

Hoosier Coug

9/19/14 6:32am

LIAR! It is 10 out of 11 and they are all 25 years old.

BYUheaven

9/19/14 7:47am

I played basketball at a small college

lbmango

9/19/14 7:27am

I can only think of 5 starters on D who are RM's

GeraldGarner

9/19/14 7:38am

Mission Trips!! The greatest training camp of all.

ChunkyBasty

9/19/14 8:01am

Truth is, we COULD field RMs at 10 outah the 11 spots--IF we were at all

Mantis Mutu

9/19/14 8:18am

And when BYU loses its because the players are too old and

digitalayon

9/19/14 9:39am

I love how this NEVER really comes up from opponents when we are in down years

CatManBlue

9/19/14 10:11am

I wonder why our NFL-aged players never get drafted in the NFL! Such an advantag

truecoug1

9/19/14 10:22am

I love their talk of "an extra 2-3 years in the weight room".

Eddie

9/19/14 10:29am

We also make sure they go to countries lacking laws on steroids.

JAGA97

9/19/14 10:57am

Classic. P5 whining about an independent that they don't believe is P5 caliber.

BluebloodOR

9/19/14 11:26am

You know what makes me laugh is LDS players are turned down from other schools

nhatch82

9/19/14 12:23pm

Where'd they come up with 10 out of 11 on either side of the ball?

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