Random Thoughts

The arrogance of the byu continues to amaze me.
I'm not a Utah fan that hates the byu more than I like Utah but listening to Bronco Mendenhall during the MWC football media day made my stomach churn. Mendenhall was asked on numerous occasions if he felt Utah going to the PAC-10 might in anyway negatively impact the byu's recruiting. Mendenhall responded boldly each time that he didn't think it would impact at all. He said the following:
"I don't think it will be effected one bit. They may say it it will be effected a ton but I don't think we will lose a single player who wants BYU to any other team in the country," he said.
"There have been some people who have been recruited nationwide but a kid who wants the byu experience can only get it at byu. There is no other place that is as unique, as specific and as special as Brigham Young University for all the reasons that make it special."
To say that byu won't be impacted negatively by Utah going to the PAC-12 is not only arrogant, it's plain stupid. If Mendenhall's statement is true, he doesn't need to recruit. Players will just come knock on his door because they want that experience. To think that a local kid won't be swayed in his decision to go to Utah is crazy. It appears that Mendenhall thinks that the only type of kid that wouldn't want the byu experience is one it doesn't want or couldn't hack it. This arrogance drives me nuts!

To hear what Larry Scott is doing in the PAC-10 makes me that much more excited that Utah is going to be a part of that conference. Scott has been on an east coast trip with PAC-10 football coaches the past week. Scott seems like the guy that is an Urban Meyer of conference commissioners. His optimistic outlook and aggressive style is a breath of fresh air and should make PAC-10 schools excited. He seems different than any other commissioner in the country right now.

Utah's level of success in the PAC-12 the first few years it joins the conference will indicate how legitimate the MWC really is. If Utah is in the upper part of the league immediately I think it will indicates that the MWC is what it claims to be. However, if it falls into the middle to bottom of the pack it means that the MWC is a conference that can't compete with the big boys. It seems that the MWC would have a better argument for BCS inclusion if Utah is immediately successful.