gmj81 wrote:

I wonder if the coaching staff might have just been straight up and honest with him saying they'd love for him to come in to the program and that the best guy would always start but that they really had their eye on a certain QB in the 2010 class. But I'm sure BYU would have to feel pretty confident that they stood a good chance at landing that 2010 QB in order to risk losing out on a talented 4* this year in Hill.

who's the 2010 QB that can't-be-named?

I know you can't win them all, but it does seem like we have more than our fair share of running backs in the upcoming classes when we've already got some serious backs in the stable. I'd have liked to see another good qb coming in.

It is a HUGE loss for BYU. Taysom is a family friend. I have seen him play. He is highest rated QB in the region, a 4 star prospect and a top 25 in the country according to Scout.com. He seriously plays like a man among boys, and is quite the dual threat.

He is no primadona thats for sure. Yes, he was disappointed that BYU didn't pursue him earlier but man enough to seriously consider them when they did. BYU was a very close second. He anguished about the decision. Doman and Mendenhall really impressed him. In the end, it was the lure of the Stanford education primarily that swayed him.

At the Stanford QB Academy, Taysom competed with all the Stanford QB recruits including highly touted Josh Nunes and a couple of other top 25 nationally rated prospects. At the end of camp, Stanford told Taysom he was their man. He shined above the rest. Nunes called Harbaugh after camp to see where he stood, Harbaugh told him that Taysom was their first choice and that it depended on what Taysom did. The next day Nunes commited to Tennesee.

I hope we get Heaps next year, even though I think that Taysom is a better prospect and would have played in front of him. I am sad for BYU, but happy for Taysom. I wish him well.

IdahoCougar wrote:

It is a HUGE loss for BYU. Taysom is a family friend. I have seen him play. He is highest rated QB in the region, a 4 star prospect and a top 25 in the country according to Scout.com. He seriously plays like a man among boys, and is quite the dual threat.

He is no primadona thats for sure. Yes, he was disappointed that BYU didn't pursue him earlier but man enough to seriously consider them when they did. BYU was a very close second. He anguished about the decision. Doman and Mendenhall really impressed him. In the end, it was the lure of the Stanford education primarily that swayed him.

At the Stanford QB Academy, Taysom competed with all the Stanford QB recruits including highly touted Josh Nunes and a couple of other top 25 nationally rated prospects. At the end of camp, Stanford told Taysom he was their man. He shined above the rest. Nunes called Harbaugh after camp to see where he stood, Harbaugh told him that Taysom was their first choice and that it depended on what Taysom did. The next day Nunes commited to Tennesee.

I hope we get Heaps next year, even though I think that Taysom is a better prospect and would have played in front of him. I am sad for BYU, but happy for Taysom. I wish him well.

Dang, I really was hoping BYU would land this kid. Sounds like the real deal. I hope that he discovers the fault in his ways much like Nelson and returns to BYU after a few years.

IdahoCougar wrote:

It is a HUGE loss for BYU. Taysom is a family friend. I have seen him play. He is highest rated QB in the region, a 4 star prospect and a top 25 in the country according to Scout.com. He seriously plays like a man among boys, and is quite the dual threat.

He is no primadona thats for sure. Yes, he was disappointed that BYU didn't pursue him earlier but man enough to seriously consider them when they did. BYU was a very close second. He anguished about the decision. Doman and Mendenhall really impressed him. In the end, it was the lure of the Stanford education primarily that swayed him.

At the Stanford QB Academy, Taysom competed with all the Stanford QB recruits including highly touted Josh Nunes and a couple of other top 25 nationally rated prospects. At the end of camp, Stanford told Taysom he was their man. He shined above the rest. Nunes called Harbaugh after camp to see where he stood, Harbaugh told him that Taysom was their first choice and that it depended on what Taysom did. The next day Nunes commited to Tennesee.

I hope we get Heaps next year, even though I think that Taysom is a better prospect and would have played in front of him. I am sad for BYU, but happy for Taysom. I wish him well.

From someone who may be less biased: NO WAY would Hill play ahead of Heaps.

Best of luck to Hill in Stanford, I hope he values losing as much as education-Stanford has perfected both.

IdahoCougar wrote:

I hope we get Heaps next year, even though I think that Taysom is a better prospect and would have played in front of him. I am sad for BYU, but happy for Taysom. I wish him well.

I guess that it's possible that this could turn out to be true. But considering that there isn't a single credible source that I have seen that ranks Hill above Heaps, and that Heaps is still only going to be a Junior, I wouldn't bet on it. After reading about Heaps watching film at BYU with Max Hall, he is coming to BYU, I would almost bet on it. And, he is bringing Richard Wilson with him.

I have heard so much talk about the fact that recruits are impressed with the "Stanford education". I guess I am confused. I am currently in surgical training at perhaps the best medical institution in the country and it is almost embarrassing how many BYU grads are in surgical and medical residencies here. The wards here (midwest) are like Utah wards due to the huge influx of mormon grad students. Honestly, I don't know a single person who graduated from Stanford in any program, while BYU is heavily represented in almost every specialty. What gives with all this Stanford education talk?