GolfDiveNCougar that was one of the best posts I've seen in a while Karma to you.

I tell my kids that there is no food in the living room. On occassion, I let them eat popcorn in the living room.

Bronco has a guideline of not actively recruiting missionaries that are in the field. The purpose of the rule is his to decide and the letter of the rule is his to decide. He did not violate a rule made by someone else for him to follow. It is not the radio guys job to inform Bronco of how his rule works. If I make a rule for my house it is my perogative to change the rule, interpret the rule, and throw the rule out the window if I so choose.

i'll be honest, as being from salt lake i think i have enough right to say this: As soon as you mentioned 1320 i completely disreguarded any points. It's been embarressing how poorly both 1320 and 1280 have responded. I would have guessed they were a bunch of yewt/aggie fans...even though they are supposed to be somewhat impartial...here's a real valid point...bronco wants to bring in the best, certainly in terms of being a missionary he wants them to work-but when he WANTED to come to BYU BEFORE he even went to ut st. should say a few things, Bronco didn't go after a missionary, he didn't break his word, If anything wrong happened it was between Riley and the aggies...certainly this happens to all schools including byu at times. If BYU had been any other school, it would have been mentioned once, and passed along and forgotten. Earlier on the radio they mentioned that BYU ONLY recruits local players...what? "BYU should look at the U for a good example of how they should be recruiting" -What the hell? Where were these radio guys when BYU landed the top 5 local players and I suppose our cali, ariz, florida kids (both members and Not) count as local, and my final point against the radio shows:earlier when BYU got the best local players, Kwhit said:"It doesn't matter, cause we weren't going after those players anyway." So Kwhit didn't want the best Local players? Of course the radio progs. didn't want to make him look stupid because it's the U, better show lots of respect...i guess my rant is against the radio progs. but also to prove Bronco made no mistake, I won't be one of those crowton fans, yewt fans, radio fans, just a true blue cougar-and back him up for HIS program that works!

here's what press that are more impartial should sound like:

Questions, But Few Answers
The Riley Nelson transfer comes during a void in the sports news cycle in Utah, and is spreading like wildfire. Everyone is speculating about BYU's recruiting tactics and asking if the Cougars are being "hypocritical" by pursuing players serving missions when they have been burned in the past.

But the truth is, nobody knows the full details because nobody aside from Nelson's father is speaking. Utah State coach Brent Guy issued a release - which are never the coach's own words because who really talks like that if you read the quotes. BYU is not commenting about the situation and Nelson can't give interviews while serving in Barcelona.

So it's hard to tell what really happened and who sought out whom. Transfers happen all the time all around the country. This season alone a boatload of QBs switched schools. Obviously, Nelson's issue wasn't playing time. But it could have been the chance to play for a winning program. BYU was in need of a QB for when Max Hall departs, but not at the point of pure desperation quite yet.

The issue will soon slow down for a few weeks before fall camp begins and the coaches can't run and hide from the questions.

For one man's great opinion on the move, check out Kurt Kragthorpe's column this morning - http://www.sltrib.com/sports/ci_9400372

blogs.sltrib.com/byu

mraven wrote:

ammoncougar1 wrote:

Just for fun...does anyone have a link of Bronco's purported statment regarding the recruiting of missionaries? I seem to recall the general statement but I've yet to see any documentation to an actual statement and the context under which it was given.

Go Cougs!!!
J. Child
Ammon, ID

I think if anyone did have this information, it might just clear this all up.

I've been looking for the same thing for a good chunk of the afternoon. Most I've found is referenced in my previous post, an article by Lewis in the SLTrib today, citing some of Bronco's comments 2 years ago regarding Austin Collie being contacted by other schools for recruiting purposes. I concede that the quotes cited probably aren't the extent of his position, but at least they are direct quotes by Bronco that indicate the radio idiots are way off base.

I agree with OompaBluePaw that the assistant coaches in charge of recruiting in Cache Valley would be the idiots if they didn't report to Bronco that the Logan High Coach mentioned Nelson and his parents were interested in transferring him to BYU. If anybody actually thinks Bronco or any of his assistants were up there specifically to poach one missionary player, they're REALLY stretching to accuse (unless they actually think the High Schools up there really produce that few quality recruits. Either way, the thought process really isn't flattering to the Logan area...)

(TIC) I guess the only honorable thing for Bronco to do now would be to encourage Riley Nelson to sign with the Utes. However it appears that Riley would rather play for a school with class.