BYU has more stringent criteria when it comes to what players are offered a football scholarship. Players are expected to be upstanding citizens, academically applied, Division 1 athletes, willing to live by the honor code, willing to represent the LDS church and many other unique traits. This offseason has been another interesting one in recruiting as the crop of LDS talent is better than ever, led by Manti Te’o.

As we did with the general updates, to some peoples chagrin, we’ll do a recruiting general overview today and we can get in to more details in the near future. Continue Reading »

If there’s one thing the Internet has done to college football fans, it’s made them (myself included) afraid of the unknown. We’ve become accustomed to knowing every detail that we ever cared to know about our teams, players, coaches, recruits, other teams’ players, coaches, and so on. We’re hooked on instant information gratification, but recent trends in Coach Mendenhall’s recruiting strategy are going to reacquaint us with the concept of “wait and see.” Or we’ll go nuts.

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I have never been on a recruiting trip with Coach Mendenhall, but, having once been recruited myself and knowing the high standards Bronco expects of his players, I can imagine what some of his visits are like. Here’s one possibility:

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This story isn’t related to BYU (thankfully!), but was so unbelievable that I wanted to pass it along. Peter sent me the link to an article about an offensive line prospect from a small Nevada town who committed to Cal…without being offered a scholarship. This is really a strange story and it will be interesting to see what the investigation uncovers.

Beyond Belief 

We’ll stay on top of this story as it unfolds and post any developments.

The program just keeps getting stronger. Consecutive 11-2 seasons have led to one of the best recruiting classes ever. Although time will pass the final judgment on the incoming class of ‘08, there are some things we know about these players already. Several of them were intensely recruited by some of the major programs in the country, and a number of them already have personal connections to the team. Here’s a brief list of some of the athletes and interesting facts about them:

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