Wow! The BYU Chearleaders are fired up!

[IB4OU2]

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2133/79346870839861921712198.jpg

:D

[BermudaSooner]

heh

[SoonerAficionadOU]

Approved! :D

[kbsooner21]

LMFAO!

[LawtonBoy74]

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2133/79346870839861921712198.jpg

Very Funny :D

[Crucifax Autumn]

Here's the real deal...

http://www.salamandersociety.com/foyer/byu/070307byu_cultural_diversity.jpg

[deweydw]

That's funny right there. I don't care who you are...

[LawtonBoy74]

Zero diversity lmao

[meoveryouxinfinity]

"the cheerleader effect": they look pretty good in a group and from a distance, but just average when you get them one-on-one and up close.

[btk108]

I wonder if they have their "spankies" on...hmmmmmmmm

[SoonerAficionadOU]

Oooh, Oooh, that one's a little darker....nevermind, spray-tan...

[Crucifax Autumn]

Funny how diversity for them is one of the white guys has shaggier hair. MLK would be proud!

[CK Sooner]

"the cheerleader effect": they look pretty good in a group and from a distance, but just average when you get them one-on-one and up close.

I respectfully disagree.

:D

[DakotaSooner]

Probably the complete opposite of Southern or Grambling huh......

[badger]

Whoops, they snuck a devil in...
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YUWsB-dKD3c/RnhDdrGXikI/AAAAAAAAAUo/YE4dQAPEdAc/s400/byumonkey.jpg

[Crucifax Autumn]

Whoops, they snuck a devil in...
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YUWsB-dKD3c/RnhDdrGXikI/AAAAAAAAAUo/YE4dQAPEdAc/s400/byumonkey.jpg

At least that's more diverse! :D

[NorCaligator]

I think that's a sea monkey, not the devil.

http://tallshortgirl.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/sea_monkeys2.jpg

[Seamus]

Hot chicks that have been brainwashed so they won't even bring you another beer during the football game on the tellie ...

What a waste.

[Crucifax Autumn]

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i105/Rooster866/byu.jpg

[JLEW1818]

lol where did u find that

[OK2U]

They're not the only ones fired up:
http://i.usatoday.net/sports/_photos/2009/09/03/vatechx-large.jpg
(yes, totally unrelated but stupid-funny nonetheless)

[LawtonBoy74]

wow is that real??

[LawtonBoy74]

Oh my land :eek:

[stoops the eternal pimp]

LB74 probably took a team picture like that:D

[Crucifax Autumn]

Typed BYU and Funny in Google! lol

http://www.salamandersociety.com/temple/barbie/BYU_barbie.gif

[OK2U]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_-lN8SZwV3P0/SSoIKKF5RVI/AAAAAAAABKM/onbbcHW20DY/s400/dumb+byu.bmp

[Crucifax Autumn]

Here's one for STEP and Scott D:

http://www.docsportsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/atheist_mormons_joesmith350_1.jpg

[stoops the eternal pimp]

Thats how we roll Cru!

[Crucifax Autumn]

http://morristsai.com/assets_c/2009/03/PolygamyPorter-thumb-400x433.jpg

[IronHorseSooner]

Anyone ever see the South Park Mormon episode?

http://www.videosift.com/video/History-of-Mormonism-by-South-Park

[Crucifax Autumn]

One of their best along with the scientology episode.

[JLEW1818]

i like the Civil War episode, lol

[LawtonBoy74]

I like future immagrant episode...."they took our jobs" lmao

[Crucifax Autumn]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_IKz7ok7bqYE/SMCmCZ6UqCI/AAAAAAAAA1M/qrqU43cK1-s/s320/byu+football.jpg

[OK2U]

don't want to stretch out yer screens:
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Midfield/4706/geebyu2.bmp

[sooneron]

DING DONG!!





http://piedpatter.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/mormon-missionaries.jpg

[badger]

A classic...
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c120/sonofwestwood2002/byu-mormon.jpg

A not-classic...

http://i31.tinypic.com/11tlmx5.jpg

If you GIS "Byu fans" you'll get more

[SoonerCoug]

My Mormon mission to Russia was the greatest experience of my life. There is nothing like working 95 hours a week for two years in -30 degree weather (not to mention learning another language and culture) to teach a kid that the world is much bigger and tougher than the pleasant suburb where he grew up.

You guys can mock it all you want, but these are good kids doing tough work, and they choose to do it on their own dime. There is no experience remotely like this in modern America--19-year-old kids sacrificing everything they have for two years to try to make themselves better people and hopefully to do some good.

To some of you, it's just about them knocking on your door or riding their bikes. (I'd be pissed if someone knocked on my door on Saturday at 9 AM too.) But to them, it's about learning to be a better person and trying to serve people. Heck, in Russia we spent our time plowing potato fields to feed the poor, but that's not the image you advertise. It's always just bikes and nametags. The Mormons have a serious PR problem.

P.S. My wife and I both own those "I can't... I'm Mormon" T-shirts.

[CK Sooner]

My Mormon mission to Russia was the greatest experience of my life. There is nothing like working 95 hours a week for two years in -30 degree weather (not to mention learning another language and culture) to teach a kid that the world is much bigger and tougher than the pleasant suburb where he grew up.

You guys can mock it all you want, but these are good kids doing tough work, and they choose to do it on their own dime. There is no experience remotely like this in modern America--19-year-old kids sacrificing everything they have for two years to try to make themselves better people and hopefully to do some good.

To some of you, it's just about them knocking on your door or riding their bikes. (I'd be pissed if someone knocked on my door on Saturday at 9 AM too.) But to them, it's about learning to be a better person and trying to serve people. Heck, in Russia we spent our time plowing potato fields to feed the poor, but that's not the image you advertise. It's always just bikes and nametags. The Mormons have a serious PR problem.

P.S. My wife and I both own those "I can't... I'm Mormon" T-shirts.


http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s224/lafeeauxchoux/commie.jpg

[salth2o]

"the cheerleader effect": they look pretty good in a group and from a distance, but just average when you get them one-on-one and up close.

Good from far....but far from good!

[soonerz]

Hey, you shouldn't use a picture of Joseph McCarthy to emphasis your point...because he was right! It has been proven that he was correct, and yes, I have read many books on it.

Anyway, BOOMER SOONER!!!

[Gresho Murford]

My Mormon mission to Russia was the greatest experience of my life. There is nothing like working 95 hours a week for two years in -30 degree weather (not to mention learning another language and culture) to teach a kid that the world is much bigger and tougher than the pleasant suburb where he grew up.

You guys can mock it all you want, but these are good kids doing tough work, and they choose to do it on their own dime. There is no experience remotely like this in modern America--19-year-old kids sacrificing everything they have for two years to try to make themselves better people and hopefully to do some good.

To some of you, it's just about them knocking on your door or riding their bikes. (I'd be pissed if someone knocked on my door on Saturday at 9 AM too.) But to them, it's about learning to be a better person and trying to serve people. Heck, in Russia we spent our time plowing potato fields to feed the poor, but that's not the image you advertise. It's always just bikes and nametags. The Mormons have a serious PR problem.

P.S. My wife and I both own those "I can't... I'm Mormon" T-shirts.

you still don't get it

[SoonerCoug]

you still don't get it

No, you don't get it.

Substitute the word "Mormon" with the name of a wide variety of religious or other groups, and you might start realizing how inappropriate some of the posts on this board really are.

Mormon bashing is acceptable in parts of this country, and it shouldn't be that way.

[Mark_in_Tulsa]

No, you don't get it.

Substitute the word "Mormon" with the name of a wide variety of religious or other groups, and you might start realizing how inappropriate some of the posts on this board really are.

Mormon bashing is acceptable in parts of this country, and it shouldn't be that way.

You may start to get it, if you stick around a week after the OU>BYU game.

[Gresho Murford]

No, you don't get it.

Substitute the word "Mormon" with the name of a wide variety of religious or other groups, and you might start realizing how inappropriate some of the posts on this board really are.

Mormon bashing is acceptable in parts of this country, and it shouldn't be that way.

nope, you still don't get it.

[LawtonBoy74]

SoonerCoug I think everyone is just joking man..I know hearing someone mock your religion can be frustrating but just lighten up a bit, as long as you keep your faith and believe in what you believe in..whatever anyone else says really doesnt matter

[DakotaSooner]

SoonerCoug I agree that it is commendable and everything, but don't ever say...."There is no experience remotely like this in modern America--19-year-old kids sacrificing everything they have for two years to try to make themselves better people and hopefully to do some good." unless you served in the military.

[badger]

the fight of the orange spek n00bs :D

[bent rider]

My Mormon mission to Russia was the greatest experience of my life. There is nothing like working 95 hours a week for two years in -30 degree weather (not to mention learning another language and culture) to teach a kid that the world is much bigger and tougher than the pleasant suburb where he grew up.

Nothing like going to another country to tell them that "the one true church" is actually in the US, their cultural customs (glass of wine with dinner, vodka, etc) are all sinful, etc.



You guys can mock it all you want, but these are good kids doing tough work, and they choose to do it on their own dime. There is no experience remotely like this in modern America--19-year-old kids sacrificing everything they have for two years to try to make themselves better people and hopefully to do some good.

Only if you believe in the story, is it "some good", to everyone else it is propagating a fraud.



But to them, it's about learning to be a better person and trying to serve people. Heck, in Russia we spent our time plowing potato fields to feed the poor, but that's not the image you advertise. It's always just bikes and nametags. The Mormons have a serious PR problem.

You might have tried the Peace Corps.

[Boomer Mooner]

the fight of the orange spek n00bs :D

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b249/nicoleskudlarek/peewee.jpg

[SoonerCoug]

SoonerCoug I agree that it is commendable and everything, but don't ever say...."There is no experience remotely like this in modern America--19-year-old kids sacrificing everything they have for two years to try to make themselves better people and hopefully to do some good." unless you served in the military.

I said there is nothing like it. There is nothing like it. These kids don't even date or watch TV for two years. It's completely unique--and it's not like military service at all.

[SoonerCoug]

Only if you believe in the story, is it "some good", to everyone else it is propagating a fraud.

I'm an agnostic, and I always have been an agnostic. You obviously don't understand the full scope of what Mormon missionaries do.

There is nothing fraudulent about trying to do humanitarian service. There is also nothing wrong with respectfully learning about different cultures and people.

People don't realize that Mormons view the mission as an important learning experience for the missionary himself or herself. It's much more about the missionary's own transition to adulthood.

[SoonerAficionadOU]

Ok, so I'm devoutly Southern Baptist (ok, maybe not so devout, but still), and I've roamed around these boards the week before Baylor. But I still get it. Get it?

[SoonerCoug]

SoonerCoug I think everyone is just joking man..I know hearing someone mock your religion can be frustrating but just lighten up a bit, as long as you keep your faith and believe in what you believe in..whatever anyone else says really doesnt matter

I have a problem with ignorance and bigotry, even if it is intended as a joke. I am even more angry about the fact that Mormons had a ban on blacks holding the priesthood until the 1970s.

Like I said, I am an agnostic. I also have zero tolerance for spreading of misinformation, and I am frustrated by the ignorance of the average American about Mormonism. It's even more frustrating to see so many ignorant people who think they are experts on what Mormons believe and why they do the things they do.

[soonervegas]

SoonerCoug.....I think you are taking things a little too seriously. It's more about bashing all things BYU.

It will only last through the weekend....relax. It's all in good fun.

[theresonly1OU]

I have a problem with ignorance and bigotry, even if it is intended as a joke. I am even more angry about the fact that Mormons had a ban on blacks holding the priesthood until the 1970s.

Like I said, I am an agnostic. I also have zero tolerance for spreading of misinformation, and I am frustrated by the ignorance of the average American about Mormonism. It's even more frustrating to see so many ignorant people who think they are experts on what Mormons believe and why they do the things they do.

Hate to be the voice of reason here, but the guy's got a point.

You want to make fun of his football team, fine.

Give the coach some grief, absolutely.

But taking shots at someone's religion because they root for a different football team than yours, I think you cross a line there.

I only say this because I wouldn't like someone stomping around on my beliefs, religious or otherwise, because I scream boomer sooner and they scream the eyes of Texas; but whatever. To each their own I guess.

I can feel the neg spek coming; before I get barraged let me be clear that:

1. I know you are all joking
2. I understand this is something you do consistantly with every opponent

There I said it.

[oudivesherpa]

SoonerCoug, has your experience been different when BYU plays other teams?
Are we harsher on BYU than say, a Pac 10 team? Also, you have to remember that there is a lot of fustration among OU fans during the off season and we are just waiting to take it out on BYU.

While there may be nothing like being a mormon missionary, I don't think it equals military service. I was in the US Army for six years, and I think the conditions may have been a little more harsh than a two year missionary to Russia. Two years in Russia may have been hard, at least you slept in a bed every night, had hot meals, and your hosts weren't trying to shoot you.

[StoopTroup]

"One time...at Cheer Camp..." :D

http://i31.tinypic.com/11tlmx5.jpg

[SoonerAficionadOU]

Don't even want to know what the giant foam finger is for...

[IB4OU2]

Some people watch too much "Big Love" dammit! :mad:

[cougartroll2009]

SoonerCoug, has your experience been different when BYU plays other teams? Are we harsher on BYU than say, a Pac 10 team?

No, I'd have to say that BYU/Mormons' treatment on this board is better than average, and better than Pac-10 schools'. They have a real chip on their shoulder about BYU and Utah, especially after the Mountain West dominated them last year (BYU's bowl loss to Arizona excepted).


Also, you have to remember that there is a lot of fustration among OU fans during the off season and we are just waiting to take it out on BYU.

That's what worries me. OU strikes me as having something to prove. I wish they would look past us and believe all the ESPN stuff, but I'll bet that Stoops and Co. are taking the game seriously.


While there may be nothing like being a Mormon missionary, I don't think it equals military service. I was in the US Army for six years, and I think the conditions may have been a little more harsh than a two year missionary to Russia.

Apples to oranges. My dad was a U.S. Marine during Vietnam and served his mission to northern Germany. Two very valuable, but very different experiences.


Two years in Russia may have been hard, at least you slept in a bed every night, had hot meals, and your hosts weren't trying to shoot you.

I served my mission in northern Germany as well, and didn't always have a bed. In one area I was in, we stayed in a garden shack in an old (non-Mormon, and drunk from sunup to sundown) couple's back yard.

As for the shooting, some missionaries do get shot, stabbed, etc. A friend of mine and Chris Collinsworth (BYU basketball player) were both stabbed multiple times by Lebanese thugs in Australia. But nobody is arguing that military service and missionary service are identical; they are both very different.

[StoopTroup]

Lebanese Stabbings could even happen at Jerry World.

[cougartroll2009]

Lebanese Stabbings could even happen at Jerry World.

So, if Dennis Pitta gets "Tany Harding-ed" at Jerry World by Hezbollah attackers, we'll know where we heard it first . . . ;)

[StoopTroup]

:D

[Jacie]

"the cheerleader effect": they look pretty good in a group and from a distance, but just average when you get them one-on-one and up close.

Exactly which of them do you consider average?

[Wishboned]

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2133/79346870839861921712198.jpg

Very Funny :D

Cougars on the prowl...

[StoopTroup]

Looks like they could use a drink.

[LawtonBoy74]

or makeover

[olevetonahill]

I said there is nothing like it. There is nothing like it. These kids don't even date or watch TV for two years. It's completely unique--and it's not like military service at all.

I aint going Nowhere i cant get Laid or Have some Natty fer 2 years :eek:

[Crucifax Autumn]

Originally Posted by SoonerCoug
My Mormon mission to Russia was the greatest experience of my life. There is nothing like working 95 hours a week for two years in -30 degree weather (not to mention learning another language and culture) to teach a kid that the world is much bigger and tougher than the pleasant suburb where he grew up.

You guys can mock it all you want, but these are good kids doing tough work, and they choose to do it on their own dime. There is no experience remotely like this in modern America--19-year-old kids sacrificing everything they have for two years to try to make themselves better people and hopefully to do some good.

To some of you, it's just about them knocking on your door or riding their bikes. (I'd be pissed if someone knocked on my door on Saturday at 9 AM too.) But to them, it's about learning to be a better person and trying to serve people. Heck, in Russia we spent our time plowing potato fields to feed the poor, but that's not the image you advertise. It's always just bikes and nametags. The Mormons have a serious PR problem.

P.S. My wife and I both own those "I can't... I'm Mormon" T-shirts.


Originally Posted by CK Sooner

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s224/lafeeauxchoux/commie.jpg

http://myspace-703.vo.llnwd.net/00667/30/79/667309703_l.jpg

:D

[StoopTroup]

There's a Church of Latter Day Saints right around the corner from us and they have never stopped to help me with yard work. I've lived here 15 years and they always seem to be on their way somewhere when they pass by me.

[Desert Sapper]

It's always just bikes and nametags.


I disagree:

http://i19.tinypic.com/8g5igic.jpg

:D

[jiminy]

There's a Church of Latter Day Saints right around the corner from us and they have never stopped to help me with yard work. I've lived here 15 years and they always seem to be on their way somewhere when they pass by me.

Maybe you should put a shirt on

[JohnnyMack]

No, you don't get it.

Substitute the word "Mormon" with the name of a wide variety of religious or other groups, and you might start realizing how inappropriate some of the posts on this board really are.

Mormon bashing is acceptable in parts of this country, and it shouldn't be that way.

I'm the resident heathen/atheist. I bash all religions. Don't take it personally.

[SoonerEmpire]

Like I said, I am an agnostic... I am frustrated by the ignorance of the average American about Mormonism. It's even more frustrating to see so many ignorant people who think they are experts on what Mormons believe and why they do the things they do.

For someone who claims to be an agnostic, you sure seem to be carrying the torch for spreading the cause of Mormonism quite admirably.

So, which is it? Are you an agnostic or are you a mormon? I remember seeing in another thread where you mentioned that you are an "agnostic mormon." There is no such thing as an agnostic mormon anymore than there is such a thing as a christian agnostic or a christian atheist... or a christian satanist, for that matter. You might say that since you were brought up in the mormon church and have lived that culture makes you an agnostic mormon, but that still doesn't make sense, and if you think it does, you're just as mentally confused as the doctrine that you say you DON'T believe in, but yet seem bent on propagating. If you're an agnostic, you're an agnostic. No need to insert the "mormon" tag to it.

So, you're either an agnostic, or you are a mormon. I also seem to recall that you mentioned in that particular thread that you and your wife follow the rules and the tenets of the mormon faith as well and attend church, do missionary work etc, but just aren't sold on the concept of the existence of any type of afterlife or deity. If that's the case, it would be hard to properly classify you as an agnostic OR a mormon. That just makes you a hypocrite (i.e. go to church, live according to the beliefs of the mormon doctrine, carry the flag for the mormon church and promote the cause of mormonism, but yet deny the very thing that is central to all belief systems - a divine authority). You can live and lead a good, respectable, decent, and honorable life without having to attach yourself to a faith-based doctrine that you think is bogus at its' very heart to begin with. Do I personally recommend it? Not really, because personally, I am a very strong christian. But it can still be done, none the less, and it would be a lot less hypocritical of you.

Ultimately, it all boils down to this. You can only be one of three things:

1. An agnostic
2. A mormon
3. a hypocrite

Take your pick. If you're a mormon, then just come out and admit it. I'd have an easier time respecting you then. There's nothing to be ashamed of about believing in something, flawed as the doctrine may be, but still... nothing to be ashamed of.

If you're a hypocrite, again, just admit it. I understand that we all are hypocrites to some degree or another, but people shouldn't be hypocrites intentionally. That is beyond appalling.

If you're an agnostic, then why are you fighting SO hard to represent a faith-based doctrine that you don't even believe in? I know that your answer might be something to the effect of, "well, I believe that the mormon doctrine has admirable qualities with regards to how one should live their lives" crap. If you are an agnostic, I would assume that you would be an equal opportunity defender. Why? Because not all, but MOST faith-based beliefs have admirable qualities regarding how people should live. Do you defend Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Orthodox, Greek Orthodox, Judaism, Secular Humanism, Paganism, atheism, agnosticism, Witchcraft, Satanism, New Agers, Jehovah's Witnesses, Scientologists, Buddhists, Hindu, Catholics, Seventh Day Adventists, non-denominational christians, and (insert any other religion and/or denomination I may have left out) as fervently and with the same zeal that you do with mormonism?!?!

If you are TRULY a free-thinker, it would only be rational, reasonable, and logical for you to defend EVERY worldview but still criticize them with the same measure of objectivity by which you defend them. Worldviews that believe in divine authority as well as worldviews that don't. Not just mormonism. I know that some people reading this may think I'm being a bit harsh and well... I am. I realize that. But you have taken offense to things that are ridiculous. If this board was themed on the injustices of how man treats man due to religious persecution, then the tripe that you have continuously posted here would have some merit. But when you have been told time and time and time again that we're only saying the things we say in good fun, yet you CONTINUE to lament the injustices of it all, I'm sorry, but I'm calling you out on it. Either you're a fake agnostic. Or, you're a real mormon (in which case, you should drop the whole "I'm an agnostic" B.S.). Or you're just quite simply... a hypocrite.

So, which is it? All I'm asking you to do is drop the agnostic pretense if you're really a mormon, or drop the mormon pretense if you're really an agnostic. You sound like you must listen to emo music. I hope you don't go and cut yourself up after reading my response to you. But at least if you're an agnostic, you can cheer yourself up by the fact that you have a holiday JUST for the likes of you: April 1st! Must be an awesome feeling!

Are we having fun yet, or would you like to lighten up and actually talk some sports now?

(NOTE: My apologies to any REAL atheists and/or agnostics who may frequent this board about the April 1st comment. That comment was specifically meant for SoonerCoug and those like him who try to ride the fence and have it both ways.)

[Petro-Sooner]

:pop:

[SoonerLB]

The one thing that worries me is that the (insert name of chosen ancient religion here) that wrote (insert name of ancient book written over several centuries, on stone, based on stories passed down over said centuries, you believe in here) also firmly believed that the world was flat. ;)

Not wanting to get involved in any religious wars, I say let's just play some football! OU 49 - BYU 24! :)

[Crucifax Autumn]

Wow..These guys are gonna flip when I reinstate the weekly Schooner pic tomorrow!

[SoonerEmpire]

The one thing that worries me is that the (insert name of chosen ancient religion here) that wrote (insert name of ancient book written over several centuries, on stone, based on stories passed down over said centuries, you believe in here) also firmly believed that the world was flat. ;)

Not wanting to get involved in any religious wars, I say let's just play some football! OU 49 - BYU 24! :)

That's not quite true. Unfortunately, christians have been the ones who have been universally blamed for believing in a flat earth, but the bible actually NEVER supported a "flat earth".

For your reading enjoyment should you choose to do so:

1. http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-c015.html

2. http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-c017.html

3. http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aig/aig-c034.html

Anyway, I'm with you though. Like you, I'm not trying to make this a biblical debate, but the whole "flat earth idea originated from christians and the bible" thing is a complete misconception of what the bible ever taught on the issue.

But again, I'm with you. Football it is! My prediction:

OU - 52
Joseph Smith - 10

BTW, if the Joseph Smith cheerleaders are as fired up as THIS pic which was previously posted, then just imagine how fired up the Joseph Smith PLAYERS must be. We're DOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2133/79346870839861921712198.jpg

[starclassic tama]

mormonism is as much a religion as anything else... just because the other ones have been around longer doesn't make them any different.


football?

[Sirus]

Here's the real deal...

http://www.salamandersociety.com/foyer/byu/070307byu_cultural_diversity.jpg

Nice Muffet;but I'm willing to bet that most of the top row likes fishsticks.

[SoonerEmpire]

Wow..These guys are gonna flip when I reinstate the weekly Schooner pic tomorrow!

I'm looking forward to it. I didn't see you around too much last football season, so I'm looking forward to your masterpiece art with excitement. It's always good stuff! :)

[Crucifax Autumn]

I wouldn't call them masterpieces, but fun at least. I posted the new one and I'll be doing it weekly.

I was here all season, but didn't do the Schooner pics until the end of the year.

[oudivesherpa]

Here's the real deal...

http://www.salamandersociety.com/foyer/byu/070307byu_cultural_diversity.jpg

The BYU Cheerleaders are hot. But did you notice how tightly their knees are together. I wonder what promotes chasity--super glue?:D

[fadada1]

SoonerCoug I agree that it is commendable and everything, but don't ever say...."There is no experience remotely like this in modern America--19-year-old kids sacrificing everything they have for two years to try to make themselves better people and hopefully to do some good." unless you served in the military.

next day spek.

[StoopTroup]

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2133/79346870839861921712198.jpg

Looks like there might be a couple of hawties behind the Head Cheerleaders. They always try to cover them up...but every now and again an ear or a chin can be seen. :D :pop: :hot:

[fadada1]

BTW, if the Joseph Smith cheerleaders are as fired up as THIS pic which was previously posted, then just imagine how fired up the Joseph Smith PLAYERS must be. We're DOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2133/79346870839861921712198.jpg

they're wearing loose-fitting clothing to hide the fact they've been lifting weights in the offseason. that, my friend, is why we're DOOMED.

[SoonerLB]

Any truth to the rumor that all those cheerleaders are married to the same guy?

[Desert Sapper]

Any truth to the rumor that all those cheerleaders are married to the same guy?

That would be the luckiest dude that has ever lived if it were true.:D

[StoopTroup]

Viagra to make it through the tough times.

[A-M]

My Mormon mission to Russia was the greatest experience of my life. There is nothing like working 95 hours a week for two years in -30 degree weather (not to mention learning another language and culture) to teach a kid that the world is much bigger and tougher than the pleasant suburb where he grew up.

You guys can mock it all you want, but these are good kids doing tough work, and they choose to do it on their own dime. There is no experience remotely like this in modern America--19-year-old kids sacrificing everything they have for two years to try to make themselves better people and hopefully to do some good.

To some of you, it's just about them knocking on your door or riding their bikes. (I'd be pissed if someone knocked on my door on Saturday at 9 AM too.) But to them, it's about learning to be a better person and trying to serve people. Heck, in Russia we spent our time plowing potato fields to feed the poor, but that's not the image you advertise. It's always just bikes and nametags. The Mormons have a serious PR problem.

P.S. My wife and I both own those "I can't... I'm Mormon" T-shirts.


This is really not true. The Mennonite Church has a program that sends people to other countries and places in the U.S. as well. It is the VS Program (Volunteer Service) and they do the same things that the Mormons do. From kids fresh out of college to married couples whos kids are grown and finally out of the home and in between participate in the VS program.
Also, you need to cut the guys on here a little slack and lighten up on them cause they just don't understand much about 'hurting peoples feelings'. At times, they even seem to enjoy doing it, but 99% of the time, they are just joking and having a good time. Relax and enjoy the banter.

[Bosley]

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/2133/79346870839861921712198.jpg

Very Funny :D

They really look like dudes with wigs on....I mean really. Check out the front row.

The one on the far left looks like John McCain With hair. The one on the right looks like a thin Tommy Lee Jones, and is that Jude Law in the middle?

[Frozen Sooner]

Folks, I don't know how to say this any more clearly:

This is the football board.

If you want to discuss the merits of the Church of Latter Day Saints as a religion, you do it on the South Oval, not on the Football board.

People have already been given time-outs over this. If it continues, more people will get time-outs.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Just so we're clear...Does the cheerleader talk go here or SO? ;)

[Frozen Sooner]

My personal opinion is making fun of the cheerleaders is good-natured ribbing. Dean's mileage may vary.

Claiming that a religion is based on fraud or denigrating a religious leader (or conversely extolling the greatness of a religion or a religious leader) goes to the South Oval. REGARDLESS of what religion it is or how strongly you feel about it.

[Turd_Ferguson]

Folks, I don't know how to say this any more clearly:

This is the football board.

If you want to discuss the merits of the Church of Latter Day Saints as a religion, you do it on the South Oval, not on the Football board.

People have already been given time-outs over this. If it continues, more people will get time-outs.Concur.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Good...I'm in the clear! lol

[olevetonahill]

If you look i think for the Most part its been the BYU fans that goes off on the religious aspect of this.
Personally Ive tried to stay out of it .

[Crucifax Autumn]

I just make fun of shat the same as I do the sheephumpers, whorns, etc. I try to keep it light though, even in the Schooner pic.

[Frozen Sooner]

OV, if a Mormon is on here extolling the greatness of Joseph Smith or the LDS church, or running down non-LDSers for not being LDSers, feel free to report it. I simply can't keep up with threads anymore.

[StoopTroup]

We got yer back Froze. :D

[Crucifax Autumn]

But This Guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Smith_(American_football)) plays football! That's not OK???? :confused:

[olevetonahill]

OV, if a Mormon is on here extolling the greatness of Joseph Smith or the LDS church, or running down non-LDSers for not being LDSers, feel free to report it. I simply can't keep up with threads anymore.

Its more like a Sooner says
"We're gonna Kill the fighting Mormons"
1 of em start in with a Lecture about the beliefs and such
Plus I try not to report stuff

[Crucifax Autumn]

Yep. Tattling is for Mormons! :P

[Frozen Sooner]

Its more like a Sooner says
"We're gonna Kill the fighting Mormons"
1 of em start in with a Lecture about the beliefs and such
Plus I try not to report stuff

Ah. Well, that's a bit closer but still not OK, at least in my opinion. In my opinion, some of the LDSers could be a bit less sensitive about BYU's connection to the Church. I mean, we make Baylor/Baptist jokes all the time. I dunno-I know that a lot of LDSers feel like they face and have faced a lot of persecution in this country so they might be somewhat sensitive to what they perceive as bashing.

Anyhow, like I said, it's not really appropriate in this forum to extol the glories of your particular version of God-bothering (or not-bothering, or whatever.) If you don't feel like reporting it, OK, but try not to respond to it either. If I see it (and I honestly don't have time to look that hard for it) I'll delete it and hand out cards as I feel necessary.

[Crucifax Autumn]

Vet's already got a full house.