60% of BYU's roster comes from Utah?

[Frank Ryan]

Originally Posted by Hot Lunch

WTF..... Utah a is not Texas when it comes to football talent but hell, give the state of Utah some credit. I think Utah is one of the most underrated states when it comes to high school football talent. There are some good players and some good teams in Utah.

Utah talent has gotten way better over the course of decade

Havilli and Katoa are proof

[Frank Ryan]

Originally Posted by YOhio

Your strategy didn't work out too well for Coach Crowton.

We need some talent from Ohio!!!

[Spaz]

For that matter, I would expect you'll find most D1 programs pull the majority of their talent from their home states.

[Clark Addison]

Originally Posted by BYUTexan

What the hell. I don't know about you guys but I feel that that number needs to be knocked way down. There are so many D1 calibre LDS players across the country that get overlooked or noticed at all by BYU. So whats the deal here? Texas, Florida and other football states are loaded with talent that gets overlooked, why not scour them before offering early to the locals? It's easy to stand out in Utah because the talent level is so thin here. That's all I got to say. WTF.

1. For a lot (most?) non-LDS players in Florida, Texas, etc, there is very little reason to come to BYU. Why would they?

2. I don't know if there's a lot of Talent in Texas that gets overlooked. You have schools like UT, A&M, and Oklahoma that battle over the first tier. Then you have a ton of schools like TCU, Central Florida, Tulsa, etc. etc. etc. who go after the second and third tier. If you are looking for a load of talent that doesn't get recruited, you aren't going to find it.

3. As has been stated before, this is common. Most teams recruit heavily from their geographic area.

4. As has been alluded to already, if BYU gets a lot of players in who don't understand the culture, you end up with mass suspensions and defections. The majority of people, by far, who understand the culture are in the West (Utah, CA, AZ).

[BYU71]

When you put the recruiting restrictions in place that are in place, I am pleased that the number is only 60%.

Now is hardly the time to be questionning what Bronco is doing. Plenty of money rolling in and huge fireside attendance.

I personally think 2-3 years out if we are winning the conference, scheduling the way we have lately and playing a 4th to 5th place team in the Vegas Bowl, money coming in and fireside attendance will drop off. However, right now, all is well.

[TheSizzle36]

Originally Posted by BYUTexan

What the hell. I don't know about you guys but I feel that that number needs to be knocked way down. There are so many D1 calibre LDS players across the country that get overlooked or noticed at all by BYU. So whats the deal here? Texas, Florida and other football states are loaded with talent that gets overlooked, why not scour them before offering early to the locals? It's easy to stand out in Utah because the talent level is so thin here. That's all I got to say. WTF.

I love posts like this... keep posting them so my thoughts that you are an idiot can be verified.

[Spaz]

Originally Posted by BYU71

When you put the recruiting restrictions in place that are in place, I am pleased that the number is only 60%.

Now is hardly the time to be questionning what Bronco is doing. Plenty of money rolling in and huge fireside attendance.

I personally think 2-3 years out if we are winning the conference, scheduling the way we have lately and playing a 4th to 5th place team in the Vegas Bowl, money coming in and fireside attendance will drop off. However, right now, all is well.

I certainly hope that in 2-3 years the Vegas Bowl will have been upgraded to a better-than-5th-place Pac10 team.

I don't know that there's much we can do about the scheduling, especially in just the 2-3 year time frame. Future schedules, according to nationalchamps.net (which is notorious for being wrong here & there) are listed below. We can hope that the MWC has some teams on the even-years home schedules that improve, but otherwise there's not much room for improving the schedule anytime soon.




2009
@ Arizona State
Florida State
Utah State

2010
Washington
@ Florida State
@ Utah State

2011
@ Washington
@ Army
Arizona State
Utah State

2012
Army
Washington
Utah State
@ Boise State

2013
Boise State

2014
@ Boise State

2015
Boise State

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by Spaz

I certainly hope that in 2-3 years the Vegas Bowl will have been upgraded to a better-than-5th-place Pac10 team.

I don't know that there's much we can do about the scheduling, especially in just the 2-3 year time frame. Future schedules, according to nationalchamps.net (which is notorious for being wrong here & there) are listed below. We can hope that the MWC has some teams on the even-years home schedules that improve, but otherwise there's not much room for improving the schedule anytime soon.




2009
@ Arizona State
Florida State
Utah State

2010
Washington
@ Florida State
@ Utah State

2011
@ Washington
@ Army
Arizona State
Utah State

2012
Army
Washington
Utah State
@ Boise State

2013
Boise State

2014
@ Boise State

2015
Boise State

I will look forward to seeing who shows up on the 2013-2015 schedules to get a sense of what they are thinking about for the future.

[RockyBalboa]

Originally Posted by Spaz

I certainly hope that in 2-3 years the Vegas Bowl will have been upgraded to a better-than-5th-place Pac10 team.

I don't know that there's much we can do about the scheduling, especially in just the 2-3 year time frame. Future schedules, according to nationalchamps.net (which is notorious for being wrong here & there) are listed below. We can hope that the MWC has some teams on the even-years home schedules that improve, but otherwise there's not much room for improving the schedule anytime soon.




2009
@ Arizona State
Florida State
Utah State

2010
Washington
@ Florida State
@ Utah State

2011
@ Washington
@ Army
Arizona State
Utah State

2012
Army
Washington
Utah State
@ Boise State

2013
Boise State

2014
@ Boise State

2015
Boise State

I'm really interested to see what they do for the open slots for 09' and 10'.

I wonder if they schedule a home n home with someone or if they try to schedule 7 home games for 09' like they've done for 2012.

[Spaz]

Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

I'm really interested to see what they do for the open slots for 09' and 10'.

I wonder if they schedule a home n home with someone or if they try to schedule 7 home games for 09' like they've done for 2012.

My guess is they'll try for a non-bcs league team, since they've got 2 bcs teams on the schedule already, and it should be easier to find a non-bcs team willing to play a home & home.


Think Tulsa or Nevada...