What 17 year old kid looks forward to 5 years of college without booze and sex?

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Sep 20, 2017
2:11:59pm

Backcountry All-American

What 17 year old kid looks forward to 5 years of college without booze and sex?

Maybe 0.3% of the general population is OK with that, and probably like 50% of the Lds populatuon.

Honestly, from the few recruiting stories I have heard directly from players or players families, including an elite starter currently on byus roster, even some kids at by wanted nothing to do with byu but ended up there because of a mothers or parents insistence. Our best recruiting tool right now is to sell mom.

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Does BYU really have a small recruiting pool?

KeithSweat

9/20/17 1:46pm

Yes.

displacedute

9/20/17 1:47pm

Yes

DapperDan

9/20/17 1:48pm

RE: Does BYU really have a small recruiting pool?

Sea Chicken

9/20/17 1:51pm

How about those not in the pool

CougarThug

9/20/17 1:51pm

Imagine not having LDS ties or Polynesian ties?

KeithSweat

9/20/17 1:54pm

You may have forgotten another big one - the academic requirements.

crack

9/20/17 1:56pm

If kids want to go elsewhere then the pool shrinks

SUAVO

9/20/17 1:52pm

RE: If kids want to go elsewhere then the pool shrinks

Sea Chicken

9/20/17 1:54pm

Like a frightened turtle!

SUAVO

9/20/17 2:44pm

Nice boardname, by the way.

crack

9/20/17 1:54pm

There's a right and a wrong way to love somebody...

KeithSweat

9/20/17 1:59pm

Take away the LDS tie-in and BYU becomes Cal Lutheran of Division III.

Everyman

9/20/17 1:54pm

I didn't want to say that but....

KeithSweat

9/20/17 1:55pm

It is shallow, like Shallow Hal. I think we're shallower than BSU.

franklyvulgar

9/20/17 1:54pm

Maybe, but we generally rank higher than BSU in recruiting.

CougarThug

9/20/17 2:38pm

Not really.

displacedute

9/20/17 2:48pm

Here's what it looks like

DapperDan

9/20/17 1:55pm

Very accurate

PhilPete

9/20/17 2:01pm

Trust me, most high school football recruits

bluegato

9/20/17 1:56pm

Yeah, but if BYU wasn't an LDS school or have the PolyPipeline

KeithSweat

9/20/17 1:58pm

Right, good point

bluegato

9/20/17 3:14pm

It's limited if you want to be a good team and aren't in a conference. Kids want

UownsBYU

9/20/17 6:15pm

Just say it: it's the Honor Code. However, I think we should not

BleedCougarBlue2

9/20/17 2:03pm

I don't trust or believe you. They do and will come.

9/20/17 2:22pm

I'm devastated.

bluegato

9/20/17 3:45pm

Like a tract home community in Gilbert

BlueFrog

9/20/17 1:58pm

Compared with everyone else: It's a wading pool compared with olympic-sized pool

84 Grad

9/20/17 2:01pm

The pool is very small.

PhilPete

9/20/17 2:01pm

No. There's plenty of talent that would come here

Linfurd

9/20/17 2:02pm

There's PLENTY more (good, clean kids) who'd come if our BOT & HC

mantis mutu

9/20/17 2:35pm

Agree completely.

Backcountry

9/20/17 2:40pm

Exactly

cajuncoug

9/20/17 2:50pm

I wonder if the brethren keep the honor code to limit applications.

displacedute

9/20/17 2:53pm

What's most alarming is we've gotten noticeably worse in this regard

mantis mutu

9/20/17 3:23pm

AMEN! The Honor Code is a blessing and a curse

CT98

9/20/17 3:53pm

RE: There's PLENTY more (good, clean kids) who'd come if our BOT & HC

Ddawg

9/20/17 5:26pm

Shallow too

8theU

9/20/17 2:07pm

What 17 year old kid looks forward to 5 years of college without booze and sex?

Backcountry

9/20/17 2:11pm

MUCH bigger than a lot of fans think. But much smaller than other programs

9/20/17 2:23pm

Start with all the kids willing to live the honor code while in college

Y05

9/20/17 2:24pm

I know a lot of people who haven't lived the honor code.

KeithSweat

9/20/17 2:41pm

If you have pics, please feel free to send them to me.

displacedute

9/20/17 2:50pm

Yes it is small. But it is also a very rich pool considering the size.

JAGA97

9/20/17 2:27pm

The UNLVs don't typically get the looks from the LDS and Poly kids

KeithSweat

9/20/17 2:39pm

What percentage of the current roster is non-LDS?

Cougtruth

9/20/17 2:43pm

Small is the wrong word. It is a restricted or limited recruiting pool.

Real Men Wear Blue

9/20/17 2:42pm

Of course it's a relatively small pool. However, we get a far bigger percentage of that pool than others do of the much

CalGTR

9/20/17 3:11pm

Our pool is big, there’s just too much chlorine in it!

Rigormortise

9/20/17 3:18pm

How could we..."the world is our campus"

truecougster

9/20/17 3:45pm

There is a small pool of LDS players to recruit from, but most kids from out of

UownsBYU

9/20/17 6:06pm

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