PurpleBlood
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It's game week and I have been trying to figure out a little more about this Brigham Young University and here's what I found.
First of all, the Cougars seem to have an inferiority complex with the Utes. The Utes have been stealing some of their thunder recently so the complex is transitioning more and more to the USU Aggies, as demonstrated by the Cougars rushing the field when beating USU. As the Aggies begin to pass the Cougars, even Weber will eventually keep them up at night.
The Cougars have a large stadium but fail to sell out most games even though thousands of tickets are given away at various church functions. Most of the fans that do show up just sit there reverently with their arms folded while remembering how to act at church gatherings. Many stadiums half the size of BYU's are louder, including several in the Big Sky.
After begging various conferences for membership including the Pac-12, Big-12, Big East and WAC, the Cougars found themselves the rejects of the NCAA. They eventually joined the lowly WCC. It’s a conference in which Weber Basketball would be the number one attended event without the Cougars. It’s a conference that also happens to not have football, leaving the Cougars no choice but to embrace Independence. Independent is a word that women use when nobody loves them.
The Cougars are from an interesting place called Provo. Provo is rich with history, culture and diversity. It has enjoyed some economic success in recent years and is best known for its "ponzi" schemes, multi-level marketing, door-to-door sales companies, as well as coaching and investing programs. Hear that knock on your door during dinner, it’s probably a Cougar. If somebody calls you trying to sell you 10 online businesses for only $30,000, you’re probably talking to a Cougar in Provo.
I recently called a friend of mine who graduated from BYU to see how he was doing. He was very successful during his time in college. In fact, as an Academic All-American, he was considered king of the school. Since he was all the rage in college, he was offered a prestigious job in Sacramento upon graduation. Unfortunately, I was sad to find out that he was likely about to be fired because he could not perform well in a professional environment. The only good thing about this story is he no longer walks around asking people to teach him how to Jimmer.
I did some investigating on how BYU got its mascot. I was not able to come up with a definitive answer but after a little research, I found that in most places women marry at an average age of 24-29 and gain their Cougar status if not married by age 35-40. At BYU, the average woman marries at age 19 and gains Cougar status if not married by age 20-22. This leads to a large number of Cougars on the BYU campus and explains why the Cougar mascot makes perfect sense.
BYU also is sometimes referred to as the Y. This is because many things happen down there for which there's little or no explanation, leaving many people simply asking ...Y?
Sometimes people ask "Y" BYU has such as strict honor code. I consulted with some BYU students about their honor code and was told that it’s too complicated to explain. They told me the honor code is basically more like an honor system, "don’t ask, don’t tell and don’t get caught.” Unfortunately, that doesn’t work with human biology. Just ask Brandon Davies.
First of all, the Cougars seem to have an inferiority complex with the Utes. The Utes have been stealing some of their thunder recently so the complex is transitioning more and more to the USU Aggies, as demonstrated by the Cougars rushing the field when beating USU. As the Aggies begin to pass the Cougars, even Weber will eventually keep them up at night.
The Cougars have a large stadium but fail to sell out most games even though thousands of tickets are given away at various church functions. Most of the fans that do show up just sit there reverently with their arms folded while remembering how to act at church gatherings. Many stadiums half the size of BYU's are louder, including several in the Big Sky.
After begging various conferences for membership including the Pac-12, Big-12, Big East and WAC, the Cougars found themselves the rejects of the NCAA. They eventually joined the lowly WCC. It’s a conference in which Weber Basketball would be the number one attended event without the Cougars. It’s a conference that also happens to not have football, leaving the Cougars no choice but to embrace Independence. Independent is a word that women use when nobody loves them.
The Cougars are from an interesting place called Provo. Provo is rich with history, culture and diversity. It has enjoyed some economic success in recent years and is best known for its "ponzi" schemes, multi-level marketing, door-to-door sales companies, as well as coaching and investing programs. Hear that knock on your door during dinner, it’s probably a Cougar. If somebody calls you trying to sell you 10 online businesses for only $30,000, you’re probably talking to a Cougar in Provo.
I recently called a friend of mine who graduated from BYU to see how he was doing. He was very successful during his time in college. In fact, as an Academic All-American, he was considered king of the school. Since he was all the rage in college, he was offered a prestigious job in Sacramento upon graduation. Unfortunately, I was sad to find out that he was likely about to be fired because he could not perform well in a professional environment. The only good thing about this story is he no longer walks around asking people to teach him how to Jimmer.
I did some investigating on how BYU got its mascot. I was not able to come up with a definitive answer but after a little research, I found that in most places women marry at an average age of 24-29 and gain their Cougar status if not married by age 35-40. At BYU, the average woman marries at age 19 and gains Cougar status if not married by age 20-22. This leads to a large number of Cougars on the BYU campus and explains why the Cougar mascot makes perfect sense.
BYU also is sometimes referred to as the Y. This is because many things happen down there for which there's little or no explanation, leaving many people simply asking ...Y?
Sometimes people ask "Y" BYU has such as strict honor code. I consulted with some BYU students about their honor code and was told that it’s too complicated to explain. They told me the honor code is basically more like an honor system, "don’t ask, don’t tell and don’t get caught.” Unfortunately, that doesn’t work with human biology. Just ask Brandon Davies.
