Missionary positioning wrote:
Records are fallin wrote:
....Did they break their own record for the oldest NCAA competitors ever??
Cuz nuthin says domination like running 23 and 24 year olds against 19 & 20 y.o.'s in the 10k.
If they are two years older it would be 23 and 24 year olds competing against 21 and 22 year olds. Also not all of BYU runners have served missions as was stated.
BYU is sending 4 in the steeple!
Seems to me the advantage is taking a break, not being 2 years older. Most college kids at this level are grinding away to the point that they quit running all together when they graduate.
Why don't they do their little cult missions after they graduate? That's what Mitt Romney did in order to dodge the draft.
resting wrote:
Seems to me the advantage is taking a break, not being 2 years older. Most college kids at this level are grinding away to the point that they quit running all together when they graduate.
Definitely not an advantage. Most of those who go on the 2-year mission never get back into the sport
zoobies wrote:
Why don't they do their little cult missions after they graduate? That's what Mitt Romney did in order to dodge the draft.
You’re so right. It’s not like they are married or have a job lined up. Nothing is going on after you graduate from college.
Add that:
NAU, Portland, Colorado, Stanford, Washington, Iowa State, Wisconsin, Colorado State and Boise State (the entire top 10 teams from NCAA) compete in the West.
6 guys in the top 12 is super impressive.
9 to regionals alone.
All under 8:40 too, had 6 in regionals and 3 in regionals in the 5K and 1 in the regionals in the 1500.
brotown wrote:
A different ballgame that BYU has yet to score over 20 points in, indoors or outdoors, the last couple of years. Let's hope they can get over that low bar with the army of guys they have running and then please let me know where we are getting together for the circle jerk.
Wow, that is some serious mixing of metaphors!
This is the best distance crew ever assembled on the track.
Good suggestion wrote:
zoobies wrote:
Why don't they do their little cult missions after they graduate? That's what Mitt Romney did in order to dodge the draft.
You’re so right. It’s not like they are married or have a job lined up. Nothing is going on after you graduate from college.
Go to BYU. Graduate. Go on mission. Get a job. Get married. Simple.
The only thing different from normal in this sequence is the mission part. If you want to compete in college sports, quit age cheating. It doesn't seem like going on a mission after college would make a bit of difference in finding the kind of job that a degree from clown college BYU affords.
try to assimilate wrote:
Good suggestion wrote:
You’re so right. It’s not like they are married or have a job lined up. Nothing is going on after you graduate from college.
Go to BYU. Graduate. Go on mission. Get a job. Get married. Simple.
The only thing different from normal in this sequence is the mission part. If you want to compete in college sports, quit age cheating. It doesn't seem like going on a mission after college would make a bit of difference in finding the kind of job that a degree from clown college BYU affords.
Great school. You've got an axe to grind...we get it...move on.
Has gotten stale wrote:
try to assimilate wrote:
Go to BYU. Graduate. Go on mission. Get a job. Get married. Simple.
The only thing different from normal in this sequence is the mission part. If you want to compete in college sports, quit age cheating. It doesn't seem like going on a mission after college would make a bit of difference in finding the kind of job that a degree from clown college BYU affords.
Great school. You've got an axe to grind...we get it...move on.
Great school? They have probably a million alumni, probably 350,000 of them are alive now. How many of those million are FAMOUS for contributions to science or society? Not including actors or sports figures. Hate to say it, and feel sorry for those students who are there, but it isn't much more than an extension of a mormon high school and a marriage factory. Also sad to say, but tons of junior colleges and low level state universities are also a near total waste of time and money.
US News ranks BYU tied with Clemson and Texas A&M. It is right ahead of Florida State , Fordham, Pitt, UMass, VA Tech, Minnesota, Baylor, and Colorado Mines. So if it is a clown school, what are the hundreds of schools that are below clown status? The odds are that your school is ranked below BYU.
Forbes recently ranked BYU the #1 University in the country for “best value.” Ahead of Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, and every other university... So referring to it as a “near total waste of money” is probably not your strongest argument.
Sad State of Higher Education in this Country wrote:
Great school? They have probably a million alumni, probably 350,000 of them are alive now. How many of those million are FAMOUS for contributions to science or society? Not including actors or sports figures. Hate to say it, and feel sorry for those students who are there, but it isn't much more than an extension of a mormon high school and a marriage factory. Also sad to say, but tons of junior colleges and low level state universities are also a near total waste of time and money.
Said University, that isn't much more than an extension of a mormon high school just got named as the best value college in all of America. Ranking ahead of other prestigious contenders such as Princeton, Harvard, and Stanford.
https://www.forbes.com/best-value-colleges/#3727e50f245bHmm something isn't quite congruent here...
As far as contributions to society.. I have measure for you. How about looking at new startups, companies innovating and changing lives for the better. One measure of a companies contribution to society is the monetary valuation of said company.
In 2015 BYU was ranked 7th in a list of 13 colleges that have spawned the most $1 billion unicorn startups.
https://www.businessinsider.com/schools-with-most-1-billion-unicorn-startup-2015-10?op=0#7-brigham-young-university-7And have only been on a tear since then with companies reaching or well on the way to unicorn status such as Health Catalyst and Owlett founded by BYU alumni.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2017/04/03/silicon-slopes-vs-silicon-valley-four-tech-unicorns-thousands-of-startups-no-frenzy/#1706ee5a3922Looks pretty clear to me that your unsubstantiated statement has been discredited on both counts.
US News wrote:
US News ranks BYU tied with Clemson and Texas A&M. It is right ahead of Florida State , Fordham, Pitt, UMass, VA Tech, Minnesota, Baylor, and Colorado Mines. So if it is a clown school, what are the hundreds of schools that are below clown status? The odds are that your school is ranked below BYU.
Colorado Mines average SAT: 1400 Acceptance rate: 40%
Minnesota average SAT: 1315
BYU average SAT: 1270 Acceptance rate: 65%
There are academic scholarships at BYU for students who score 770 (that is 770 total, or about what you'd get for signing your name to the exam).
nofacetimber wrote:
Said University, that isn't much more than an extension of a mormon high school just got named as the best value college in all of America. Ranking ahead of other prestigious contenders such as Princeton, Harvard, and Stanford.
Why would anyone want to go to Princeton or Stanford when they could go to BYU?
BYU overpower wrote:
BYU has the most dominant distance program on the track and number 2 on the trails. Yet people try to insult them. That is the pinnacle of stupidity. Everyone should be emulating them. They are great runners who never have discipline problems. BYU is a highly ranked school which doesn’t make it easy to be an athlete and good student.
How is the BYU women's team doing?