BlueSouth,
Look man, I didn't mean to start a big argument over this. As you can probably tell by some of the responses, little stats about LDS guys in football mean a lot to most of us. I'm guessing that perhaps you are not LDS and don't really understand this...but let me try to explain...
You're right, other religions might not be like this, but it's just a culture thing. I mean, I live out East, and if I see someone in public with a BYU shirt on, I'm going to think it;s cool and start talking to them. It's simply because in our faith we all live the same values so closely, that we feel that we have very much in common with any other mormon. In fact, A mormon in California has the same Sunday school lesson as a mormon in north carolina as a mormon in Mexico, as a mormon in south africa as a mormon....you get the point. Combine all of this with the fact that we are relatively small in number, and you can begin to see why it hits close to home when we here about other famous mormons.
Anyway, I apologize if perhaps you didn't realize that this is part of the mormon culture. But it doesn't matter, you don't have to understand the culture to be a BYU fan and we're obviously glad to have another fan. In fact, many of us think it's pretty cool to have a non-lds fan. I know "Catholicmat" is one of my favorite posters on this board and I think many agree.
Anyway, sorry for any confusion. Tell us, where are you from and how did you become a fan??
Go COUGS!
