I live in the Baton Rouge Mission, though in South Mississippi not Louisiana

Jan 15, 2019
7:40:49am

Mississippi All-American

Still almost everyone here that is an NFL fan is a Saints fan as New Orleans is the closest big city. I do get people at work mentioning Taysom to me, because they know we both went to BYU, which sometimes includes a church discussion tangentially.

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I wonder how missionary work is going in Louisiana?

pittsburghcoug

1/14/19 9:03pm

I moved from New Orleans a few years ago but I’ve had a lot of discussions

BigEasyCougar

1/14/19 9:14pm

My son served in the Texas Houston East mission, which goes into LA. But, he returned home before Taysom.

jdub

1/14/19 9:29pm

I served a mission in the Bible Belt (including New Orleans) in the mid-80s.

BleedCougarBlue2

1/14/19 10:32pm

I was just in Baton Rouge, I asked a member there if there is alot of talk about

BYUFBDAD

1/14/19 10:52pm

In Baton Rouge many of the members are big LSU/sec homers that hate BYU. Kind

travelcoug

1/15/19 12:11am

“Tiger bait! Tiger bait!”

LV Mike

1/15/19 12:19am

Corn Dogs! Corn Dogs!

BamaCoug

1/15/19 9:21pm

Go BYU Tigers

BYULAWGUY

1/15/19 6:26am

They killed it in that Potato Bowl

squidmark

1/15/19 4:30pm

I think part of that comes from the expectation BYU fans have for other LDS

ReggaeCoug

1/15/19 9:15am

there is no expectation of that from normal BYU fans. I just wonder if they

idacoug

1/15/19 9:30am

I totally agree with this. The amount of missionary work done by BYU athletics

travelcoug

1/15/19 9:55am

There it is. If you're Mormon and dislike BYU, you're a hypocrite and

kos

1/15/19 10:36am

RE: I totally agree with this. The amount of missionary work done by BYU

Eagles96

1/16/19 7:34am

I guess you could say they wag their fingers of scorn from their ivory towers

travelcoug

1/15/19 9:57am

So if I hate the government . . . I should hate the Utes!!

puntersarepeople

1/15/19 6:23pm

The problem with that is that BYU is a program of the church. We are expected

travelcoug

1/15/19 9:50am

Even better. If you're Mormon and dislike BYU, you're weak minded. Keep going!

kos

1/15/19 10:38am

Ok. If you Mormon and you rally against tab choir, missions or any program the

travelcoug

1/15/19 10:55am

Sorry but I disagree with you a lot. To each their own I guess.

ReggaeCoug

1/15/19 11:16am

LSU fans are pretty much the worst... Even being LDS can't help them. 🙂

BamaCoug

1/15/19 9:23pm

Well they’ll always be Bama’s little brother. Say that to them to get under

BountifulCoug5

2/17/19 10:27am

*Bigger deal in the BYU community.

crazY

1/15/19 9:26am

This is like saying Utahns have a sudden interest in France because of Gobert.

mobomanjoe

1/15/19 5:26am

Gobert has me so interested in France, that I am willing to give up

Alsippi89

1/15/19 5:39am

I mean, he did have 25 rebounds last night

Roko's Basilisk

1/15/19 9:37am

Is france trying to get us to repent of our non wine drinking?

stonecougar

1/15/19 6:25pm

This past summer I talked with a friend who was in the same ward as Taysom.

TheBlueCougar

1/15/19 6:34am

As others have pointed out (even though I don’t think it was the point

hamaca

1/15/19 7:22am

I live in the Baton Rouge Mission, though in South Mississippi not Louisiana

Mississippi

1/15/19 7:40am

Mine is. He says it has never been easier to talk to people. They talk football

LaVellIfIKnow

1/15/19 7:50am

I ALMOST believed....

rerunc

1/15/19 11:15am

My nephew is in Taysom’s ward on a mission, Taysom is the ward mission leader

Graig Swame

1/15/19 8:33am

Nice. 🙂

ditch

1/15/19 9:07am

I served my mission there years ago...

SaintJeff

1/15/19 10:44am

I’ll ask

Graig Swame

1/15/19 11:51am

Probabaly the same as always

palangi

1/15/19 8:51am

I was at the game wher Taysom scored his first regular season T.D. & Brees

SaintJeff

1/15/19 9:38am

I believe that BYU sports is the big missionary tool

MagicHappen$

1/15/19 11:37am

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