Easy to say because it is true. My motivations are not yours or anyone elses.

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Sep 1, 2015
4:05:12pm

Cosmodiar

I don't understand why you find it so hard to believe that some people would actually choose BYU over Duke.

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POLL: If you had scholarship offers from BYU, Utah, and Duke, who would you want

Jericho

9/1/15 3:24pm

I'd rather be a God at BYU than another player at Duke.

Walter Bellhaven

9/1/15 3:26pm

Doesn't that depend how good you really are? That's not on the school

RaggaeCoug

9/1/15 3:29pm

If I'm getting an offer from Duke, chances are, I'm pretty good.

Walter Bellhaven

9/1/15 3:31pm

Thats probably not your mindset if you are someone as good as Frank

Utesplease

9/1/15 4:13pm

Depends, are we talking about me, only I'm as good as Frank and 17 years old?

Walter Bellhaven

9/2/15 9:00am

Take a Duke on the Utah offer and pick BYU

Bronoc

9/1/15 3:27pm

Unfortunately, playing in the WCC would loom very large in my decision.

Josef K

9/1/15 3:28pm

Tell all the ESPN Top 100 kids at BYU and Gonzaga.

Gentleman Stan

9/1/15 3:35pm

How many of those kdis had actionable Duke offers?

Josef K

9/1/15 3:43pm

Maybe MAYBE Tyler Haws?

Dillinger

9/1/15 3:43pm

nope

BYUheaven

9/1/15 3:55pm

Not even close. Lot's of players on both rosters rated way above him out

Gentleman Stan

9/1/15 4:01pm

Doesn't mean Duke offered them anything.

Dillinger

9/1/15 4:02pm

And? You thought Haws was rated higher than

Gentleman Stan

9/2/15 10:04am

Can you not read good? Or are you responding to someone else?

Dillinger

9/2/15 11:42am

RE: Can you not read good? Or are you responding to someone else?

Gentleman Stan

9/2/15 12:48pm

Lol. What kind of question is that?

Gentleman Stan

9/1/15 4:00pm

The question is directly related to the hypothetical posed by the OP.

Josef K

9/1/15 4:30pm

Frank likely wouldn't have had he stayed committed to BYU. Would that have made

bagman

9/1/15 6:29pm

No. Some kids commit early to BYU and that prevents them from getting offers

Josef K

9/1/15 6:40pm

Does it really matter what we would say?

CoopDizz

9/1/15 3:29pm

A bunch of liars on this board

Dillinger

9/1/15 3:29pm

That was my thought. How could anyone really serious about basketball

RaggaeCoug

9/1/15 3:30pm

Because I don't let current trends determine my choices in life.

Walter Bellhaven

9/1/15 3:32pm

What about Duke basketball is a "current trend"?

Dillinger

9/1/15 3:34pm

So the chance to play at BYU trumps

RaggaeCoug

9/1/15 3:35pm

Jabari Parker being a top 5 pick had very little, if anything, to do with Duke

Cosmodiar

9/1/15 3:40pm

True, but he was on ESPN every single night. Almost every game was national

Dillinger

9/1/15 3:42pm

Jimmer was on ESPN every night too

SaintGeorgeYFan

9/1/15 6:30pm

You pick the singular time that has ever happened at BYU and use it as an

Dillinger

9/2/15 9:39am

It was in the last 5 years. Recency=relevancy.

Gentleman Stan

9/2/15 10:03am

That's completely subjective

RaggaeCoug

9/1/15 3:43pm

Probably helped him get a Gatorade contract.

Josef K

9/1/15 3:44pm

Ya, Duke is so flavor of the week, no staying power.

Crush4

9/1/15 3:37pm

Talk to Danny Ainge, maybe Michael Smith, I am sure there are others.

Acorn

9/1/15 3:33pm

For these reasons...

runnincoug

9/1/15 3:41pm

^^^To this I give a hearty "amen." Basketball is not life.

byujdmba

9/1/15 6:30pm

Ever heard of loyalty? Fandom? Why is that so hard to understand?

SaintGeorgeYFan

9/1/15 6:29pm

Who are the liars? The ones who voted for BYU or the ones who voted for Duke?

Jericho

9/1/15 3:31pm

Just because someone wouldn't choose to go to BYU doesn't make them less a fan

RaggaeCoug

9/1/15 3:36pm

With the players BYU's getting the next few years I might just go with BYU.

mantis mutu

9/1/15 3:30pm

that's a big consideration now more so than it was a few years back...

icecougar

9/1/15 6:47pm

Duke all the way... Why pick BYU when you could mess up

RaggaeCoug

9/1/15 3:32pm

Did you go to BYU?

Jericho

9/1/15 3:34pm

No, never wanted to.

RaggaeCoug

9/1/15 3:35pm

Oh, well that makes sense... and explains why you are in the minority

Jericho

9/1/15 3:36pm

Married into a big BYU family and they converted me...

RaggaeCoug

9/1/15 3:39pm

If you grew up as a BYU fan and your parents were BYU students/fans

Jericho

9/1/15 3:42pm

Trends are starting to move away from that ideal.

RaggaeCoug

9/1/15 3:45pm

Not really. We get a lot of legacy kids, but when you have as many as we do

Jericho

9/1/15 3:47pm

I have always liked Duke and everything Coach K stands for.

RaggaeCoug

9/1/15 3:50pm

Go talk to Brandon Davies.

bagman

9/1/15 6:38pm

So basically I am reading some diehard Dads who just love everything about BYU

RaggaeCoug

9/1/15 3:40pm

????

Jericho

9/1/15 3:42pm

Just saying a lot of responses are guys saying

RaggaeCoug

9/1/15 3:46pm

I know my sons would choose BYU if they had the choice

Jericho

9/1/15 3:49pm

And you may be right for many kids but not everybody cares about Duke or wants

Cosmodiar

9/1/15 3:51pm

That's kind of my point. Ya that's easy to say for some of us

RaggaeCoug

9/1/15 3:58pm

Easy to say because it is true. My motivations are not yours or anyone elses.

Cosmodiar

9/1/15 4:05pm

I find it hard to believe that if faced with that situation, that would be the

RaggaeCoug

9/1/15 4:08pm

Play at BYU because there is a less of a chance of your weaknesses from

BYULAWGUY

9/1/15 3:44pm

I wouldn't want to let the whole Church down.

Random Walk

9/1/15 4:06pm

Sick burn, dude, sick burn

CoopDizz

9/1/15 4:07pm

Any of you that don't choose Duke are idiots.

bbqelitist

9/1/15 4:06pm

not really...but put Stanford on that list and I would have a very difficult ...

icecougar

9/1/15 6:53pm

if i was good enough to play at duke i'm probably playing NBA in 2 yrs so i'd

nashty

9/1/15 4:08pm

Careful, you will now be called less of a fan for that.

RaggaeCoug

9/1/15 4:11pm

Are you familiar with his recent past on CB? Either way, your comment is funny

Jericho

9/1/15 4:22pm

you mean this one?

nashty

9/1/15 4:36pm

Oh I am familiar with his "past" on CB....

RaggaeCoug

9/1/15 5:18pm

might be a harder decision if you replace Duke with UNC. I'd go to BYU but

fattycoug

9/1/15 4:16pm

I would have chosen BYU because I love BYU and want to make it better.

Cougar Insider

9/1/15 4:34pm

There are 44 people who should have their membership revoked

gurt

9/1/15 5:41pm

Not many in their right mind pick BYU or Utah over Duke for basketball. Coach K

GoCubsGo

9/1/15 5:46pm

So far about 1/3 of the host of BYU have apparently chosen wrong

Y'zMan

9/1/15 7:26pm

I get why people choose Duke, but BYU is my first love

SconnieCoug

9/2/15 8:12am

These poll results are silly.

pink22

9/2/15 3:03pm

I know. I can't believe we have 12 ute fans on here... I didn't even know there

Jericho

9/2/15 3:11pm

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