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Old 02-23-2010, 03:33 PM   #14
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You're its worst critic and therefore most myopic, BYU that is.

Mike and I are better aware of BYU's shortcomings than you are, but you grossly overstate its weaknesses and ignore completely its strengths, thereby diminishing your credibility.
There isn't any such thing as a school the size of BYU with virtually no research. It's in a special category. A school that is a behemoth by every other measure but has a research budget the size of a small unknown liberal arts college. Look at the stats. "A non-research university" is an oxymoron. That only exists at BYU. I wonder why.

I'm not alone in my assessment of BYU. The Pac 10 agrees with me. Just look how BYU stacks up in terms of attendance:

http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats...dance/2009.pdf

Note also, Utah's attendance is comparable to or higher than half of the BCS schools at least. Just imagine the boost when it gets admitted to the Pac 10.
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