The BYU Football Player Epidemic

It's definitely been 6 months since my last (and only) post.  I'm the worst, I know.   

Disclaimer: Most of the athletes I know at BYU are the kindest, sweetest, most genuine people I can associate myself with.  This is more about the exception to the rule, not the rule itself.

Yesterday, my friends and I went to the BYU Cougar Kick-off. The people that attend the BYU Cougar Kick-off can be broken down into four groups:

1) Parents with little children getting autographs
2) Hot-shot college athletes
3) College students trying to win free things (Carl's Jr. coupons, water bottles, chaptstick, etc.)

and last but not least..

3) 18-21 year old girls walking around aimlessly to get all the hot boys autographs.

I'm not too sure which of those that my friends and I fell into.  I mean, we walked in with a poster ready for autographs, but left with a purse full of sunscreen flavored chapsticks and cowbells. You can decide which category we fall into.


Now onto my main point.  The BYU Athlete Epidemic.

As you walked onto the field you could see all of the football players standing around just waiting for the girls come and talk to them.  I mean, just w a i t i n g .

Like it was expected! That's the issue. It's like they wear a t-shirt with BYU Football written on the front and they just know that everyone was bowing down to them.  Awkward... my friends and I got a photo with a group of them.  I'm kind of hypocritcal.

But to get that photo? Oh my. I think their exact words were, "Oh. You guys want a photo with us? Well, I guess we could maybe do that for ya." Just imagine that with a bunch of jerky grins and a strong burst of ego in the air.

Then, one of the boys asked my friend if we knew any bad girls, preferably non-mormon girls. He wanted to "hang out" with her. Like, what? Yes, let me whip out my list of all of my questionable Provo friends and hand them over. Please control yourself for like two seconds. Thanks.

Moral of the story is, football players just play a sport.  Hot?  Maybe.  Could cradle me like a baby? Yes. Just like every other student on BYU Campus? Definitely.