So, when we beat BYU

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it will mean that they obviously are a tougher school academically than we are, right?

I was surprised to learn today that a fraud U like unc was tougher academically than VT. Who knew?
 
Miami is a private school and the average student is nothing like their "student athletes." It has always carried a good reputation academically. It is just the imagine of their football players and sidewalk fans that makes you think otherwise.
 
Winning or losing to BYU means nothing.. We are out if the race for the coastal. All we can do is get some more reps for Vad, and possibly some revenge.
 
texstinger said:
it will mean that they obviously are a tougher school academically than we are, right?

I was surprised to learn today that a fraud U like unc was tougher academically than VT. Who knew?
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The amount of threads you start arguing against a straw man is breathtaking.
 
gtg936g said:
Winning or losing to BYU means nothing.. We are out if the race for the coastal. All we can do is get some more reps for Vad, and possibly some revenge.
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This isn't like baseball when your team is eliminated from a shot at the playoffs. There is still a chance at a 10 win season.
 
BYU is about one dimensional we are with a QB with sub par arm. We'll get back in the win column next week
 
How many D starters do they return?

Our O dropped 3 on them last year.
 
Salter21 said:
We won't score more than 20. No way we beat BYU on the road
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That may be all we need to win. Every game, let me rephase that, MOST games are won in the trenches ( I thought we did a good job vs. UM Dline). If Roof gives BYU offense as much respect and cushion as he did the U, ill start the meltdown thread next week
 
We should ask the Lions if we could borrow Ziggy Ansah for the game. To make it a fairer match-up.
 
BYU has the bullpucky religious exemption from the NCAA's "ticking clock". Sure, they may be out of practice by a few years. But they also had a few years to hit the weight room. To realize that college long distance relationship thing was a bad idea. To sort out their personal life. To grow up. To eliminate most of the off the field distractions 18 and 19 year olds deal with.

And despite that advantage they're still not competitive. Turns out the following restrictions courtesy of LDS aren't very popular with today's youth:
- Abstinence from illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco, coffee, and tea (substances forbidden by the LDS Word of Wisdom)

No sweet tea just killed their entire program in the deep south.

- No involvement with pornographic or indecent material

Andddddd there went virtually every 18 year old male on planet earth.

- No inappropriate sexual activity (no sexual relationships outside of marriage)

Another huge restriction.

- No homosexual behavior
- Active participation in church services (according to whatever religion a student is a member)

Unenforceable? Probably. But atheists are still 15% of the US population. Agnostics are another decent chunk.

- Clean language (no profanity)

That's f***ing bull****.

- Following the "Residential Living Standards" (visiting hours for members of the opposite sex)

What is this ... a Leave It To Beaver episode?

- Dress and Grooming Standards: Abiding by the guidelines for dress, grooming, and housing. Skirts must reach to the knee and shirts may not be sleeveless. Form fitting, strapless and revealing clothing is not appropriate. Male students may not wear beards or goatees, hair length must be above the ears, and sideburns must not extend below half of the ear.


In other words, their ENORMOUS advantage of being exempt from the NCAA's ticking clock is blown out of the water by their own LDS restrictions ... which read like set guidelines for Leave It To Beaver ... or perhaps the inspiration for Kinzy's alternate reality hell in Saints Row IV (an obscure reference, but I'm rolling with it.)

We like to say it aint the 60's anymore when trying to get The Hill to change. At least The Hill doesn't enforce 60's social guidelines too.
 
KrazieJacket said:
This isn't like baseball when your team is eliminated from a shot at the playoffs. There is still a chance at a 10 win season.
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The point I was trying to make is winning or losing this game is much less significant than the previous games. We could run the table, but we are out of the race for the coastal barring the NCAA excluding a team from bowl games.
 
georgia_tech_swagger said:
BYU has the bullpucky religious exemption from the NCAA's "ticking clock". Sure, they may be out of practice by a few years. But they also had a few years to hit the weight room. To realize that college long distance relationship thing was a bad idea. To sort out their personal life. To grow up. To eliminate most of the off the field distractions 18 and 19 year olds deal with.

And despite that advantage they're still not competitive. Turns out the following restrictions courtesy of LDS aren't very popular with today's youth:
- Abstinence from illicit drugs, alcohol, tobacco, coffee, and tea (substances forbidden by the LDS Word of Wisdom)

No sweet tea just killed their entire program in the deep south.

- No involvement with pornographic or indecent material

Andddddd there went virtually every 18 year old male on planet earth.

- No inappropriate sexual activity (no sexual relationships outside of marriage)

Another huge restriction.

- No homosexual behavior
- Active participation in church services (according to whatever religion a student is a member)

Unenforceable? Probably. But atheists are still 15% of the US population. Agnostics are another decent chunk.

- Clean language (no profanity)

That's f***ing bull****.

- Following the "Residential Living Standards" (visiting hours for members of the opposite sex)

What is this ... a Leave It To Beaver episode?

- Dress and Grooming Standards: Abiding by the guidelines for dress, grooming, and housing. Skirts must reach to the knee and shirts may not be sleeveless. Form fitting, strapless and revealing clothing is not appropriate. Male students may not wear beards or goatees, hair length must be above the ears, and sideburns must not extend below half of the ear.


In other words, their ENORMOUS advantage of being exempt from the NCAA's ticking clock is blown out of the water by their own LDS restrictions ... which read like set guidelines for Leave It To Beaver ... or perhaps the inspiration for Kinzy's alternate reality hell in Saints Row IV (an obscure reference, but I'm rolling with it.)

We like to say it aint the 60's anymore when trying to get The Hill to change. At least The Hill doesn't enforce 60's social guidelines too.
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How would explain Baylor's rise to football prominence under pretty much the same type of religious restrictions?

http://www.baylor.edu/student_policies/index.php?id=32256
 
KrazieJacket said:
There is still a chance at a 10 win season.
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Georgia State also has a shot at running the table. Expectations of some of our fans are completely unrealistic with our talent level. We played Miami pretty tough at their place. What more were people expecting?
 
ElCidBUZZingFAN said:
The amount of threads you start arguing against a straw man is breathtaking.
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The fact you think it is a straw man shows you either have not read the whine threads for 10 years here, can not comprehend what you are reading, or you are an idiot.
 
The Champ said:
How many D starters do they return?

Our O dropped 3 on them last year.
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From what I remember they lost both DEs, a really good LB, and a pretty decent corner.

We have a better shot this year (their D line was really good last year), but the guys they have now will be a handful.
 
While I don't agree with their religious mission and all, I think it's cool how different BYU is. They're a unique school, like us. It's a diversity you don't see at all in the boring, homogeneous NFL.
 
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