Sure they can, but the losses would outweigh the gains.

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Aug 25, 2016
8:42:52am

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An LDS mission is not the only exemption.

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The path to a college football hustle, by Desmond Howard

cougarmanguy

8/25/16 12:06am

This is as foul as it gets. BYU has been getting away with this for years.

YIsForBrigham

8/25/16 12:10am

I guess we have to do his homework for him?

travelcoug

8/25/16 12:15am

If you named the 20 best football players in BYU history

cougarmanguy

8/25/16 12:20am

Aw man, he has us figured out! Time for other schools to take advantage.

-C9-

8/25/16 12:20am

I don't get this argument. Non lds

thebruce

8/25/16 12:44am

but if it really were a clear advantage don't you think that the coach would force some guys to take a 2 year break?

HarlemCoug

8/25/16 2:20am

No, the player would transfer.

thebruce

8/25/16 7:28am

That is the point. Why don't other coaches and players take advantage of the

NewMexiCoug

8/25/16 6:25am

They don't because they can't.

thebruce

8/25/16 7:29am

Then why do many of those teams discourage missions?

Westsider

8/25/16 8:29am

Some do some don't.

thebruce

8/25/16 8:40am

Also there aren't that many good lds players that want to go on missions out of

thebruce

8/25/16 8:42am

A great majority do

Bgash

8/25/16 10:22am

I'd say the majority are fine with it.

thebruce

8/25/16 10:28am

You just provided information that fits exactly what I said

Bgash

8/25/16 10:36am

they wanted him to come home early enough to make the season.

thebruce

8/25/16 10:40am

btw I don't dispute that BYU is the most accommodating.

thebruce

8/25/16 10:42am

Sure they can, but the losses would outweigh the gains.

NewMexiCoug

8/25/16 8:42am

There is no way a coach can tell a good recruit to sit out for two years

thebruce

8/25/16 8:44am

No. There's no reason WHY a coach would tell a good recruit to sit out 2 years.

IdahoCoug

8/25/16 8:53am

I'm not arguing that it is a competitive advantage.

thebruce

8/25/16 9:01am

I agree with cmg wholeheartedly but let's not start tweeting Desmond. Just win

yahtzee

8/25/16 12:23am

I agree that we shouldn't do any insulting tweets but he clearly doesn't know

travelcoug

8/25/16 12:28am

Overreacting on Twitter solves nothing and just looks thin skinned.

yahtzee

8/25/16 12:32am

Polite info does work

travelcoug

8/25/16 12:34am

Sure if it doesn't fall in the realm of overreacting

yahtzee

8/25/16 9:31am

Naw. I say flex the digital footprint.

HammerTheHive

8/25/16 4:46am

meant in reply to Yahtzee's comment

HammerTheHive

8/25/16 4:49am

Phew! 😅 finally a thumbs down

HammerTheHive

8/25/16 8:23am

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cvd6262

8/25/16 7:17am

I'm just not convinced angry tweeting dh is the way to gain any traction on it

yahtzee

8/25/16 8:28am

I think we should just lose to prove his argument wrong.

sah22

8/25/16 8:18am

We tried that in 2002-03. Worked like a charm...

yahtzee

8/25/16 8:29am

I don't want to argue that it helps or hurts byu (older players)

thebruce

8/25/16 12:37am

What a joke

gurt

8/25/16 12:38am

I think all teams should be required to send more than half of their athletes on 2 year missions - that way we can

HarlemCoug

8/25/16 12:39am

All hustle, no muscle. Taysom was chillin' like a villain.

FierceArc

8/25/16 1:41am

I promise. The church would be happy to have all football players get baptized

mobomanjoe

8/25/16 6:15am

If older players are the advantage in FB then why would UCLA start a FR QB?

BYUFam1

8/25/16 6:52am

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cvd6262

8/25/16 7:18am

I don't know why no other schools were smart enough to think of this first.

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