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Originally Posted by mpfunk
LA Ute is right the only reasons for Haws to go to BYU are non-academic and non-athletic.
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LA Ute is mistaken, and both of you engage in the kind of binary thought that any disinterested observer would mock, but I understand that rivalry prejudices can distort the thinking of even the brightest. People choose BYU (or most any school) based on a variety of factors, looking for the greatest combination of strengths. When considering, say, academics, athletics, social life, and spirituality (and there are other factors as well), BYU isn't number 1 in any of them. But many applicants have found that in the all-around competition (based on whatever weighting the applicant wishes to assign), BYU ranks first.
Allowing one's bitterness over the loss of a recruit to dismiss athletics or academics as having played a significant role in the decisionmaking process should temporarily strip one of the right to comment on the zoobishness of others.