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Feb 18, 2018
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Cashmeousside
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I wouldn't send any such son to BYU right now. In Bronco days, I'd have sent LB,
WR, TE, or maybe QB sons to BYU if they had NFL hopes.
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POLL: If your son was a 4-5* FB player this year w/ STRONG aspirations and potential to go to the NFL...
Traveshamockery
2/18/18 5:52pm
I'd have a hard time saying no to Chris Peterson or David Shaw.
VenetianCougar
2/18/18 5:53pm
Good coaches, but I'd go P4. Dabo would be #1 option
Ulysses14
2/18/18 5:56pm
I have a west coast bias (and in particular a UW bias) but that'd be great too.
VenetianCougar
2/18/18 7:47pm
Yep Coach Pete develops talent
Coogar2
2/19/18 12:06pm
His choice of any top 20 program? Is this a trick question?
mosterlow
2/18/18 5:57pm
Offers from the usual top 20 programs.
Traveshamockery
2/18/18 5:58pm
if his goal is the nfl, I would encourage him to chose a top 20 school that he
mosterlow
2/18/18 6:06pm
The spot thst fits his style the best and would give him the best chance.
blueaussie
2/18/18 5:58pm
I wonder what percentage of 4 or 5 * players who don't go to a UT college go inactive.
HarlemCoug
2/18/18 5:58pm
A high percentage
donnerstag
2/18/18 6:01pm
Even at Stanford it is high
BountifulCoug5
2/18/18 9:27pm
please tell Bountiful Coug. U are wrong. 6 RM's- I heard all striving @Stanford
Swishfromdeep3
2/19/18 12:23am
Going to be very hard to reach level desired if we don't get some to come...
coug10278
2/18/18 5:58pm
There are too many doofuses on the top teams like USC, Alabama, Ohio State
donnerstag
2/18/18 5:59pm
All those schools you mentioned are good academically aren't they?
Pasadena
2/18/18 7:42pm
Good not great
donnerstag
2/18/18 7:54pm
But better than BYU?
Pasadena
2/18/18 8:24pm
This seems contradictory
JadonY
2/19/18 7:42am
What I am saying is that many athletes who go to top schools
donnerstag
2/19/18 9:54am
I’d want him to pick Notre Dame
SL12
2/18/18 6:01pm
Great school, but it almost has no LDS support system
donnerstag
2/18/18 6:03pm
I have three nephews who have all attended there on academic scholarships who
wcj99
2/18/18 7:30pm
It's different if you're married
donnerstag
2/18/18 7:51pm
I dunno, heard Math and Science nerds at ND looooooooooooove to party...
icecougar
2/18/18 7:52pm
Not true. Just not the place to find a spouse.
Cougstreak
2/18/18 9:47pm
No singles ward = dealbreaker for most kids
donnerstag
2/18/18 10:00pm
First I'd let the kid decide
shakarocks
2/18/18 6:06pm
Of course. That's why I said opinion.
Traveshamockery
2/18/18 6:07pm
There is much I cannot stand about the U, but frankly, all of these viable
cajuncoug
2/18/18 9:55pm
I don't think the BYU experience is what it was
shakarocks
2/18/18 10:16pm
Great post
JadonY
2/19/18 7:57am
It’s a funny question because as a parent there are many experiences I would
BYUCLA
2/18/18 6:07pm
The priority for all my kids is not shortterm fame and fortune. As a parent my highest priority is for them to develop
Zenoch
2/18/18 8:06pm
BYU IF (big IF) I have a reasonable amount of confidence in the coach.
WizeGuise
2/18/18 6:13pm
I don’t think this is a fair poll, because I wouldn’t “recommend” just one. I’d
ray ray
2/18/18 6:17pm
Alabama, Stanford, UCLA, UW, WSU
BIG XII Coug
2/18/18 6:22pm
Blue goggles off...that’s funny
gwill
2/18/18 6:23pm
So...a guy like Fred Warner who is a projected 2nd round pick?
Thrill
2/18/18 6:27pm
Well I hope the people who are saying BYU have a bunch of 4 and 5 star kids
Cougarealist
2/18/18 6:30pm
Yeah, Ziggy would've had a much higher draft status elsewhere
Carlos E. Queso
2/18/18 9:26pm
Meh
shakarocks
2/18/18 10:18pm
How do you get much higher than #5 in 1st round? Remarkable w/ so little exp -
MajorPain
2/19/18 1:06pm
It’s the coaches and staffs job to sell me not going elsewhere and
Gerald-DeGroot
2/18/18 6:31pm
Given their track record in the past 18 months
BIG XII Coug
2/18/18 6:32pm
Or needs to end.
Gerald-DeGroot
2/18/18 6:33pm
A fourth option should be to advise him to do what he thinks would be best.
Ned Schneebly
2/18/18 6:38pm
That's a given.
Traveshamockery
2/18/18 6:38pm
I wouldn't send any such son to BYU right now. In Bronco days, I'd have sent LB,
Cashmeousside
2/18/18 6:42pm
Sadly, it probably wouldn't be BYU right now
Byu_1988
2/18/18 7:17pm
Honestly, it doesn't matter if he has NFL aspirations and is that good.
JamesWestfall
2/18/18 7:59pm
Stanford, then BYU.
Junior Deputy
2/18/18 8:01pm
Depends on which position he played.
zerome4sooners
2/18/18 8:02pm
If you’re truly good, you’ll get solid play time at BYU and get noticed
Heath Squashwell
2/18/18 8:50pm
BYU rarely to never gets these guys.
Countcougula
2/18/18 9:11pm
BYU: Great education, big pool of females to find a wife and unique environment
cougarnw
2/18/18 9:15pm
This is the only logic that makes sense to me, well put.
Pretorian
2/19/18 8:22am
That's only a portion of what athletes look at
shakarocks
2/19/18 11:54am
How is the third option even a thought to 19 of you.
Pobs
2/18/18 9:27pm
their board sucks so they have to read ours....
HarlemCoug
2/18/18 10:17pm
RE: their board sucks so they have to read ours....
displacedute
2/19/18 12:20am
Amen
Pretorian
2/19/18 8:22am
The player will make NFL with work, not the school.
Count Cougar
2/18/18 9:38pm
That's not entirely true. Playing with better talent around you helps a player
BigBrotherUte
2/18/18 10:24pm
Not to mention being taught good technique
displacedute
2/19/18 12:21am
Just saw a mock draft with Josh Allen from Wyoming going #2
Count Cougar
2/20/18 2:11pm
Priority Number 1 would be to get my son on a mission, then ...
sandiegocgrfan
2/18/18 10:48pm
BYU isn't just a school
Bob Vance
2/18/18 10:57pm
What do you mean "blue goggles off"? There's nothing outside BYU — NOTHING.
ArchbishopMitty
2/18/18 11:32pm
Stanford... the rest aren't even close... but after that it would be
jomo
2/19/18 1:02am
Any BYU fan that marked "UofU" in the poll should be disbarred from CB and have
CObluezone
2/19/18 4:37am
RE: Any BYU fan that marked "UofU" in the poll should be disbarred from CB and
displacedute
2/19/18 6:19am
He should be disbarred.
CObluezone
2/19/18 8:49am
Would've said Stanford...
wilsdad
2/19/18 4:59am
To me Stanford is the best the secular world has to offer, from both a football
Junior Deputy
2/19/18 7:19am
I think culturally I find more in common with the South
wilsdad
2/19/18 8:46am
Some kids will want BYU regardless, others will go wherever they feel comfortabl
Cyclogist
2/19/18 7:51am
it would depend on what my son wanted to major in. I am that guy who emphasizes
DJROSS
2/19/18 8:11am
i wouldn’t want my kid to go to the nfl with out the foundation of the BYU
Pretorian
2/19/18 9:22am
I'd probably go a more conservative route....get into the best undergrad
Nat Gas Man
2/19/18 10:07am
does Stanford MBA allow football players?
HarlemCoug
2/19/18 10:16am
not sure...it would be weird to not allow those that can do the work and grades
Nat Gas Man
2/20/18 1:54pm
I used to say BYU but can’t with Kalani as coach. He is killing talent like
Coogar2
2/19/18 12:11pm
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