What is a One-Year Mission?

snoscythe wrote:
I hate to start a Manti Teo thread (a pox on me, I know, I know), but I have seen this mentioned a number of places recently:



"Bob Wieneke talked to Te'o about [his mission plans]. He may take a two-year mission or a one-year mission or no mission at all. They will decide after hsi freshman season. If Te'o is gone for two years, I would expect David Posluszny to rise to the top of the depth chart. Even in the two-year scenario, I think it will work out fine. BYU does it all the time and it seems to work well for them. "



Can someone explain to me how one gets a one-year mission call? I must have missed an option on my paperwork.



http://www.southbendtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/netguest?Avis=SB&Dato=20090205&Kategori=Sports&GID=1194

http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/tag/_/name/manti-teo

The answer is simple. It is what the :utard:s like to accuse us of sending our best athletes on. I thnk it holds just as much water here.

Since it now looks like Te'o is postponing a mission, maybe the reporter got the quote wrong. What Teo'o really said was, "One year I'll go on a mission."

I believe that he was referring to the "drag your feet and be a burden to all those around you for one year - until you grow up and stop kicking against the pricks" option.



A very popular and common mission choice.