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    Dear Elder Eyring

    Being a Mormon is not always the most fun. BYU BB and FB is about all some of us have in the way of hobby and fun.

    We're awkward at work dinner parties. Our women can't wear the latest fashions. We give up our Sundays. We give our extra money to the church. Having so many kids and with our wives (edit: haha WIVES) tied up watching them all day, we don't have any extra money to begin with. We pissed off all our neighbors with Prop 8. We give up Saturday mornings to move everybody in and out or help them plant sod. We don't need one more sacrifice. We're offering a lot.

    Other college students are doing jello shots off the sorority girls. Ours are bowling at Fat Cats and getting to bed early. BYU FB and BB is a bright spot for them.

    The world knows we're different. They know we sacrifice a lot. We don't need one more example to prove to everyone how righteous we are. They get it.

    Let us have our BYU sports. Please.

    With love,
    Jay Santos

    PS if you say no, I'm going to make a snide comment about the brethren in my next Gospel Doctrine class. Think about the consequences.
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    Isnt Hank a longtime (and I mean looooooooooongtime), ute?

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Katy Lied View Post
      Isnt he a longtime (and I mean, looooooooooongtime) ute?
      Didn't know that. If so, might explain some things.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Katy Lied View Post
        Isnt Hank a longtime (and I mean looooooooooongtime), ute?
        His brother taught at the U for a long time but I don't thing Mr. Slate has any connections to the school

        "Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum

        "And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam Carolla

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Katy Lied View Post
          Isnt Hank a longtime (and I mean looooooooooongtime), ute?
          We've got two ALUF's (HBH and COS) running BYU athletics, and we wonder why we're doing some of the things we're doing.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Mormon Red Death View Post
            His brother taught at the U for a long time but I don't thing Mr. Slate has any connections to the school

            Do you mean Ed? He's still there. A brilliant, soft spoken, saint of a man.

            http://www.chem.utah.edu/directory/faculty/eyring.html
            I intend to live forever.
            So far, so good.
            --Steven Wright

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Mormon Red Death View Post
              His brother taught at the U for a long time but I don't thing Mr. Slate has any connections to the school

              Yes. Though Hank B. has many ties to Utah, I was thinking of the other one, of whom Sterling McMurrin charged that he was denied a Nobel Prize simply because of his religion.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Katy Lied View Post
                Yes. Though Hank B. has many ties to Utah, I was thinking of the other one, of whom Sterling McMurrin charged that he was denied a Nobel Prize simply because of his religion.
                His dad?
                I think, perhaps, the only person who hates BYU fans more than ute fans hate BYU fans, is Bronco Mendenhall.
                -smokymountainrain


                Menden Hall Hates Me.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Katy Lied View Post
                  Yes. Though Hank B. has many ties to Utah, I was thinking of the other one, of whom Sterling McMurrin charged that he was denied a Nobel Prize simply because of his religion.
                  That was Henry Eyring (their father), not Ted (his brother). (though Ted is a brilliant chemist in his own right)

                  I think McMurrin is off base on this one as well. The whole scope of his work on Rates of Reactions and Quantum Mechanics wasn't fully appreciated and recognized as groundbreaking until many years had passed, at which time it was beyond the relavent time period to qualify for the reward. I spent many long hours over several years in the Henry Eyring Building when I was at the U.

                  SM may as well say Henry Eyring was denied the Nobel Prize because he was Mexican (by place of birth).

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