Why I am Not a BYU Fan

Growing up in the valley, it seems people were always so blindsided to the differences between the U and the Y. It was always so irritating, and it still is, to have people bow down and worship the Y. I think the Y is a great school, but it was by far, no longer the best choice for me.

My parents both attended the Y. However, my dad was from a small town in Wisconsin and he did not grow up with a lot of members. I believe BYU's are for these people, to give them a chance to meet a lot more members. My mom, born and raised in Utah, went to the U first and then the Y, or the Y first and then the U...either way she attended both.

Now especially, with strong institute programs available at more schools, the reason for Utahns to attend a private religious school is gone. For all those still devout Y fans, good for you, but it doesn't and never will make sense, to be rooting for a football team on the grounds that it is the "lords school", and when the majority of the players are not actually LDS.

For those parents that brainwash there children thus, I ask a simple question, "Why?" How does it benefit a child to grow up bashing another University? Bashing education? now who is the tyrant?

The reason I make this stand is because, recently, I was talking to a cousin from out of state who was discussing with me all of the biases of all the BYU's. We talked about how someone from out of state has a much better chance of getting in to BYU, how foreign people have a better chance to get into BYU-H, and how BYU-I is really the only school where I would have an equal chance of getting into. I think BYU has its place, but not for people who have access to great institutes where they already live.