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MormonTimes.com: Ricks revisited

Published: Thursday, June 12, 2008 12:09 a.m. MDT
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REXBURG, Idaho — Professional Utopia was waiting for Garth Hall in southeastern Idaho. He just didn't realize it.

A longtime assistant coach at the Division I level, Hall once turned down an opportunity to run the Ricks College football program because he wanted nothing to do with junior college athletics. That was before he became disillusioned with big-time college sports.

By the time Hall ended up in Rexburg, he was simply looking for an opportunity to "change lives." He found the environment he was looking for at Ricks College, where the program matched his ideal of what athletics should be.

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I still wish the intercollegitate athletic program would come back...

Anonymous | June 12, 2008 at 8:29 p.m.

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Tons to do at BYU-Idaho | June 12, 2008 at 9:37 a.m.

Garth Vader -

My experience matches yours. Most of my Ricks...

soakblue | June 12, 2008 at 9:19 a.m.

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