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Dick Harmon is a columnist for the Deseret News with a focus on college athletics. He previously worked as executive sports editor, sports columnist, city editor and police reporter for the Provo Daily Herald for 26 more ..
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If these young men want that experience only BYU can offer that is clearly their best choice. However, if they have NFL aspirations it's also become pretty clear the U is the place they should play football.
In a related story; many college basketball teams are looking to recruit tall players.
This article makes the same erroneous assumption that many LDS BYU fans make. They assume that all Latter-Day Saints want to and should go to BYU. Isn't that the reason Roger Reid was fired? Not every LDS member is a BYU fan, and BYU fans More..