This. I wish more people understood this. We will never

Sep 22, 2019
1:21:13pm

Traveshamockery All-American

be consistently be in the top 25 as long we have an honor code and high academic standards. But the honor code is the biggest, unscalable wall. Coaches try to frame it as “strength” but they know it’s not and never will be.

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I’m as critical of the coaches as anyone, but the biggest thing that holds us back from P5 caliber program is our

crm48 Pretty...Pretty...Pretty Good

9/22/19 8:45am

We had only 1 2 star player last year for the first time. That’s improvement.

YIsForBrigham

9/22/19 8:47am

False

puntersarepeople

9/22/19 1:16pm

Yep, our starters can compete with most schools. Backups not so much.

califcougar

9/22/19 8:49am

Coaches are the ones that recruit players in college

cougfanz

9/22/19 8:50am

To a college that has an honor code and idiosyncratic aspects that limit the pool of recruits that will listen.

Pistol Shrimp

9/22/19 8:52am

Agree. And what do ya think of these: inflexible academic standards...

ZooBlue

9/22/19 11:36am

Usually yes, but BYU has a big asterik... like no other D1 school

crm48

9/22/19 8:54am

It's so weird how many BYU fans don't understand how unique and "peculiar" BYU is.

Byron McNertney

9/22/19 9:08am

I always tell people, that when people connect that your lds... it’s not far off how you react when you meet a normal

crm48

9/22/19 9:28am

You realize our school is very limited who we can recruit,yes? Then our athletes leave for 2

PessimisticCB

9/22/19 10:13am

We can recruit 90% of who is at Snow,Suu,weber,

CarolinaCoug

9/22/19 1:45pm

What if they don’t like the honor code or can’t qualify academically?

PessimisticCB

9/22/19 1:58pm

Our coaches are handicapped by self-imposed restrictions.

Backcountry

9/22/19 10:49am

And.....? I'm sure there is more insight to your post.

Benfica1

9/22/19 1:47pm

If we go air raid we can be competitive.

idacoug

9/22/19 8:57am

Not with the pasty WRs we recruit

Backcountry

9/22/19 10:52am

I don't think we have enough speed at WR for that

The Dark Knight

9/22/19 11:26am

'Air Raid' at WSU just got punk'd by a terrible UCLA team. (And the D).

Benfica1

9/22/19 1:49pm

Has this not been a limitation for BYU until the past three years?

ataylor

9/22/19 9:02am

No, but I think it’s becoming more and more a factor with how college football is moving... everyone wants to go to the

crm48

9/22/19 9:05am

To add to this

BYU313

9/22/19 11:22am

It seriously blows my mind how bad our WR's are...

Coug

9/22/19 9:05am

And here is the thing also... I think Fesi is doing everything he can...

Coug

9/22/19 9:13am

The WRs were bad yesterday. But they were excellent last 2 weeks. Hopefully

Blue Mountains

9/22/19 10:31am

Romney 4

BeefNoodleSoup

9/22/19 9:15am

Romney was a 3 star on 24/7 and Rivals.

Blue Cat

9/22/19 9:23am

Problem = Too many “Utah based kids”. Solution= Need more “speed, athleticism”. Hmmm, I’m trying to decipher your code

Zach Morris

9/22/19 9:23am

There’s a reason why Kyle has taken his recruiting largely outside of Utah... the elite Utah kids are now

crm48

9/22/19 9:26am

I’m pretty sure you’re not using “Utah based kids” to mean those who grew up within Utah’s imaginary border

Zach Morris

9/22/19 9:31am

Well and the fact the I know Utah has some decent HS programs, but kids look a lot better against weaker schools

crm48

9/22/19 9:36am

I wonder why?

Zach Morris

9/22/19 9:40am

But why are kids from Utah slower? The water? The altitude?

ochobeeguy

9/22/19 2:20pm

Genetics.

crazY

9/22/19 2:46pm

We genetically engineer them to be slower?

ochobeeguy

9/22/19 5:29pm

Some might call it that. I call it breeding.

crazY

9/22/19 6:19pm

Nothing is going to change unless we hit the P5 lottery that Utah won

2FarGone

9/22/19 9:33am

To me this is the only thing that will help recruiting in any way.....

Bonoman

9/22/19 1:41pm

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blackshirts

9/22/19 4:57pm

Tonga wasnt a highly rated recruit. 2 star

TBabyCougs

9/22/19 10:42am

Yeah but he isn’t a typical “Utah Based kid” now is he?

JohnnyComeLately

9/22/19 11:01am

Not sure what you mean by this. Lots of Polys on UT, if that’s what you mean

Blue Mountains

9/22/19 11:36am

Funny how Lone Peak Skyridge. Corner canyon, AF etc, seem to produce plenty

CarolinaCoug

9/22/19 1:52pm

Pretty typical for a poly from Salt Lake Valley so . . .

TBabyCougs

9/22/19 3:12pm

It's called "The Honor Code", Bother...

canndyman

9/22/19 12:05pm

I agree with this

crm48

9/22/19 12:41pm

This. I wish more people understood this. We will never

Traveshamockery

9/22/19 1:21pm

You speak truth. I highly recommend reading about Bud Elliott's blue-chip ratio

avon barksdale

9/22/19 12:42pm

That's just reality for non-P5 teams. Only four 4Star players with P5 offers

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