"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Not sure why I hate myself so much today, but this two minute listen gave me a smile. Missed it by that much.
https://youtu.be/C1tNNBGvJRQ?t=3m42s
Taysom's shot at a Heisman reminds me of a joke I heard a comic tell:
"Studies show that a number of women may be interested in me. That number is zero."
It's not so much the facts that are important, it's how you report the facts that counts.
“It only ends once. Anything that happens before that is just progress.”
Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Since I plan to live forever, I have the same shot at the Heisman as an infinite number of monkeys at at infinite number of word processors have of writing Hamlet.
An excellent point. College football programs each have a culture. BYU's is a QB/offense culture; ours is a defense culture.
You are of course right. I just like to poke fun at the hype that comes out of BYU Athletics. To me it seems like a special kind of hype, a little more breathless and starry-eyed than any other I know of. It's hard to describe.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
This is the very reason that I posted the second clip with Blaine Fowler. Despite the cycle they seem to go through every year, they just can't help themselves from over reaching. In that clip not only are they posturing about having an undefeated '14 season, but they even double down and carry their undefeatedness through September '15 and a top 4 ranking! What could possibly go wrong?!
“To me there is no dishonor in being wrong and learning. There is dishonor in willful ignorance and there is dishonor in disrespect.” James Hatch, former Navy Seal and current Yale student.
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold."
--Yeats
“True, we [lawyers] build no bridges. We raise no towers. We construct no engines. We paint no pictures - unless as amateurs for our own principal amusement. There is little of all that we do which the eye of man can see. But we smooth out difficulties; we relieve stress; we correct mistakes; we take up other men's burdens and by our efforts we make possible the peaceful life of men in a peaceful state.”
--John W. Davis, founder of Davis Polk & Wardwell
Off the top of my head ...
1995: Keep Fouts (Sarkisian)
1996: Trade Fouts (Sarkisian)
1997-2000: This is a really choppy era. Outside of Arceneaux, none of our QBs are worth keeping. Trouble is, none of BYU's are worth trading for.
2001: Trade Rice (Doman)
2002: Keep Elliott (BYU's worst QB year ever)
2003: Keep Alex (see above)
2004: Keep Alex
2005: Keep Brian (John Beck)
2006: Trade Ratliff (John Beck)
2007: Keep (healthy) Brian (Max Hall)
2008: Keep Brian (Hall)
2009: Keep Cain/Wynn (Hall)
2010: Keep Wynn (Nelson/Heaps)
2011: Keep Wynn (Heaps)
2012: Jon Hays vs. Riley Nelson. Really?
2013: Keep Wilson (Hill)
2014-present: Trade Wilson (Hill)
On pure skill set and ignoring personality (is that against the rules?), I don't agree with 2009.