Is the tail wagging the dog? It would be interesting to determine

Apr 19, 2019
8:27:03am

Dscatdan1 Walk-on

if all the current student body were surveyed, what percentage would say that the PRIMARY reason he or she came to BYU was because of BYU athletics. Has this poll has already been done on CB? Does ROC attendance give any indication?

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If Ty’son can’t get into BYU, it is time to fold up the sports program.

idcougarfan

4/18/19 11:57pm

Let’s wait and see.

WizeGuise

4/19/19 12:03am

Ummm.....no.

Thrill

4/19/19 12:34am

Ummmmmm.... why not? Seems like logical thought

Pretorian

4/19/19 5:52am

I been in lots of organizations where we thought the simple things were covered

SwisshQiumi

4/19/19 10:00am

That’s true

Pretorian

4/19/19 10:03am

For undergrads I have no issue with that. Grad school is different.

Thrill

4/19/19 11:40am

Grad school is harder. More demanding. More expected of you.

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 11:45am

RE: If Ty’son can’t get into BYU, it is time to fold up the sports

Zaphod

4/19/19 12:57am

I disagree that sports should be shut down, but

SL12

4/19/19 1:56am

Nearly ever major school (a lot with way more prestige than BYU) figures out how

Lieutenant America

4/19/19 2:10am

I’m not sure if this response was intended for me or the OP, but I agree

SL12

4/19/19 2:45am

I thought you were implying it’s fine if BYU doesn’t admit the kid because they

Lieutenant America

4/19/19 5:42am

Oh no, it was more about BYU as an academic institution as a whole

SL12

4/19/19 9:43am

Take away football and we might as well be BYU-I

PluPerfect

4/19/19 6:33am

There are tens of thousands of students trying to get in to BYU who couldn't

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 9:34am

It is not about the majority of students who don’t care about sports, never has

Pretorian

4/19/19 10:04am

What's that supposed to mean? I love BYU sports, but the whole point of the

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 10:08am

I’m talking about the purpose of BYU sports I.e. football not about the purpose

Pretorian

4/19/19 4:09pm

Totally agree. This guys checks all the right boxes. 4 star african american RB

Manutd

4/19/19 6:41am

maybe he had really crappy grades?

BlueFrog

4/19/19 6:57am

We are talking about a grad school program

Heinz57

4/19/19 7:01am

I think it's time to admit BYU is what it is, we're having trouble with just

franklyvulgar

4/19/19 8:30am

Why is everyone so sure "we're having trouble" getting Ty'Son in? So much

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 9:08am

Does he check the "got good enough grades and test scores" box?

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 9:23am

OK then

charles

4/19/19 7:03am

Sounds good to me. Too many people are making football their religion anyway.

fbguru

4/19/19 7:11am

Friday night during fall season

Heinz57

4/19/19 7:13am

Negator

bigjohn

4/19/19 7:22am

If you can't manage a B average in HS, you will die at BYU, academically.

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 9:09am

Especially if you have to work your tail off for it.

ochobeeguy

4/19/19 9:19am

3.0-3.9 is a very wide range, add athletics, hard to judge

VballDad

4/19/19 10:02am

Right, but if you're not cracking a 3.0 in high school, you're probably not up

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 10:10am

He’s a grad transfer, proven commodity. Like an Executive MBA grades are not #1

VballDad

4/19/19 10:23am

We're talking about undergrad admissions here, I think. But getting bad grads as

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 10:41am

Yes, and every high school is exactly the same difficulty.

abyunobody

4/19/19 11:11am

No, but if you can't manage a B average at most HS, you are not ready for BYU.

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 11:47am

Completely agree

SL12

4/19/19 9:51am

I don't understand why he wouldn't be able to get in to BYU

boxydutch

4/19/19 8:12am

Is the tail wagging the dog? It would be interesting to determine

Dscatdan1

4/19/19 8:27am

Agree if they want to be an ivy league program time to start admit it and charge

johnnybyu

4/19/19 8:52am

You're right...ute fans have wanted to end BYU sports for 100 years....also the

coot20

4/19/19 9:37am

Some of the BYU admin thinks BYU is Ivy League. They are clueless.

Richbyu

4/19/19 9:57am

BYU is actually harder than some ivy league schools. The open secret about ivy

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 10:03am

BYU grads are not as special as most of us believe.

Richbyu

4/19/19 10:09am

I never said we were special. I said that we are well-respected. Which is true.

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 10:11am

I would completely concur with this as someone

Pigskin Pete

4/19/19 10:53am

You are too small of a sample size.

ditch

4/19/19 11:30am

Everyone I know who did both says the same. Everyone I know who went Ivy League

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 11:33am

I think an Ivy leager is trying to convince me that 4 or even 10 biased people

ditch

4/19/19 11:40am

That's all I can give you. Unless you can find some study on academic rigor

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 11:46am

I agree with him. Sample size doubled.

CougarThug

4/19/19 11:34am

Clearly I am not just basing this on my experience.

Pigskin Pete

4/19/19 5:23pm

You sound like you know him and his situation really well! I hope he gets in al

Incentivize

4/19/19 10:12am

Everyone on CB has all the facts all the time.

Throwaway59840

4/19/19 10:14am

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