Cecil was a huge Utah fan. I'm sure he didn't care about BYU sports as much as

Nov 24, 2017
4:14:06am

Game Changer Contributor

BYU fans would have wanted him to. Obviously nobody believes he sabotaged the Big 12 bid, but he definitely could have been somewhat lukewarm about the whole thing, given he had spent his entire life as a hardcore Utah fan.

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So Kyle had a handshake agreement with Cecil. It was a done deal. Then the U

BlueTooth

11/23/17 8:41pm

Care to share your source?

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

11/23/17 8:45pm

Haha why would he ever do that on a public message board. Unless he wanted his

4mack

11/23/17 8:47pm

One could generalize...otherwise it's most likely the sister-in-law who has a

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

11/23/17 8:54pm

It's not that. A member of my family that knows Cecil. Not a big deal.

BlueTooth

11/23/17 8:59pm

President Samuelson was a good dude and a great President of BYU...

icecougar

11/23/17 10:47pm

He often spoke of the evils of professional sports with the athletes... not a

1984coug

11/23/17 11:43pm

I agree and the little bit I knew him he seemed quite interested in BYU

pappabear246

11/24/17 5:16pm

Starts with a V. Ends with an L. Rhymes with Skedderhall.

Cougarpolis

11/24/17 1:15am

Cecil was miffed because he knew he couldn’t match the offer? He certainly

Polecat

11/23/17 8:45pm

I understood him to mean that Cecil was miffed that Kyle would entertain a

BlueTooth

11/23/17 8:53pm

The sex scandals of the late 90s and during the Crowton era probably stopped

84 Grad

11/23/17 8:48pm

Then there are a lot of missions that would be bad missionary tools.

tebowned

11/23/17 9:55pm

Negative national headlines make for bad missionary tools

84 Grad

11/23/17 10:04pm

Your information isn’t quite accurate. Close...but not quite.

RalphWiggam

11/23/17 8:58pm

Interesting...

BlueTooth

11/23/17 9:00pm

Care to share the full story?

WorfoSAUR

11/23/17 9:23pm

Thats a lot of speculation with little substance.

rockyrd

11/23/17 8:59pm

Yep, that is true. I just thought the comment was a fun blast from the past.

BlueTooth

11/23/17 9:03pm

I had a professor at BYU who said Cecil didn't give a crap about sports at

IceCreamButt

11/23/17 9:00pm

Cecil was a huge Utah fan. I'm sure he didn't care about BYU sports as much as

Game Changer

11/24/17 4:14am

I hope, forevermore, that one non-negotiable qualification of President of BYU

teancum

11/24/17 9:55am

This is an uninformed, and somewhat unintelligent

rockhound

11/24/17 1:44pm

Not every apostle is on BOT. What makes you think Holland is on BOT?

(Private)

11/23/17 9:06pm

Correct, this is the current Board of Trustees:

Still Open

11/23/17 9:08pm

I just made that assumption. I've heard that before, but didn't know.

BlueTooth

11/23/17 9:15pm

Oaks is a huge BYU sports fan. But his first priority at BYU is academics

(Private)

11/23/17 9:18pm

Holland was on the BOT as of a few months ago. There are now two others

Hoss Bonaventure

11/23/17 9:32pm

RE: Holland was on the BOT as of a few months ago. There are now two others

Rebelwocause

11/24/17 10:56am

Tulsa.

Big Time 55

11/24/17 1:24pm

Tulsa seems to be more conservative than many schools and originally founded by a Presbyterian, but

cwilke1

11/24/17 1:39pm

Your list is a little out-of-date. Linda Burton and Elaine Dalton would no longer be on the BOT because

cwilke1

11/23/17 9:56pm

And just what decision are you infuring is being made at this time?

Count Cougar

11/23/17 9:11pm

I'm not. The second half of my post is speculation, I hope I made that clear...

BlueTooth

11/23/17 9:13pm

My neighbor's cat was constantly infuring their couch.

CougarThug

11/24/17 10:05am

Kyle had been a Yewt for 10 years already

Mr. Jerry

11/23/17 9:15pm

never knew wittingham coached Miami? I thought he was at Utah the whole time

BallisLife

11/23/17 9:37pm

RE: So Kyle had a handshake agreement with Cecil. It was a done deal. Then the U

Millhouse

11/23/17 9:50pm

RE: So Kyle had a handshake agreement with Cecil. It was a done deal. Then the U

The Natural

11/23/17 9:57pm

I’m so glad KWHITT was never HC at BYU

Coogar2

11/23/17 10:36pm

President Nelson is a huge sports fan.

Mr Blue

11/23/17 11:44pm

Church is also big on "we don't negotiate". I've seen this 1st hand

keylimesoda

11/24/17 12:49am

You know, I'm torn on this. I think the church should pay market rate but if...

Blue Cougar

11/24/17 1:05am

Not just hiring. They don't negotiate contracts. Not for hardware, food vendors

keylimesoda

11/24/17 10:50am

Pretty common knowledge at the time.

rockhound

11/24/17 6:01am

The Worthen/holmoe team isn't as strong as the Romney/Ainge team in Admin

MajorZeus

11/24/17 7:17am

Yet most posts blame all the problems on outside forces.

DoseOfReality

11/24/17 9:06am

BOT is not committed to FB. Which is why we need to just own up to being G5.

Big Time 55

11/24/17 9:15am

SMU is a religious school. What other AAC is school is a religious school?

cwilke1

11/24/17 10:48am

Kyle was using BYU to negotiate a higher offer from the yewts

CougarThug

11/24/17 10:07am

The handshake part was correct but the rest of the info is not accurate...

Cougarpride

11/24/17 1:38pm

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