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BYU Loses Recruiting Battle with Navy

by Mars · 11/7/2009

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snake
" I think it's safe to say Champaign got left out in the cold. Maybe he never even wanted to come here which is fine...."



BYU was a favorite of Joseph's, just not his family's. He and Kori were very interested in playing together in college, but in the end, the opportunity to enhance his medical degree opportunities steered him to Navy. Sometimes it really isn't about football. Can't blame an 18 year old for thinking 10 years down the road.
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Y 4 Ever
I would ALWAYS expect BYU to lose any battle to Navy. Especially one fought on Utah Lake.
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gmj81
snake wrote:
" I think it's safe to say Champaign got left out in the cold. Maybe he never even wanted to come here which is fine...."



BYU was a favorite of Joseph's, just not his family's. He and Kori were very interested in playing together in college, but in the end, the opportunity to enhance his medical degree opportunities steered him to Navy. Sometimes it really isn't about football. Can't blame an 18 year old for thinking 10 years down the road.


Agreed. I have always admired kids like him. A few years back it was Sione Fua who chose Stanford over BYU for the education but did it enough in advance that BYU could still go after others on their list. This year, Chris Badger did the same thing. While it would have been nice to have any one of the three, I could never hold a grudge against them for choosing the best option for their future and not just the possible best football option.
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scott715
33311710 wrote:
I would ALWAYS expect BYU to lose any battle to Navy. Especially one fought on Utah Lake.


I disagree, we have never lost on our home lake.
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Kbear
Maybe Champaign had the wrong last name... don't we have a Bourbon hanging around also... Maybe its and HC thing :P
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Mars
snake wrote:
BYU was a favorite of Joseph's, just not his family's. He and Kori were very interested in playing together in college, but in the end, the opportunity to enhance his medical degree opportunities steered him to Navy. Sometimes it really isn't about football. Can't blame an 18 year old for thinking 10 years down the road.

He really seems like a great kid. I think Coach Mendenhall had been holding onto hope that he would commit to BYU. Best of luck to him!
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