Posted on 03/02/2011 1:02:29 PM PST by T Minus Four
Ethan Miller/Getty Images It was reported yesterday that BYU starting center Brandon Davies was let go from the team for the remainder of the season for violating Brigham Young's honor code.
Today, 1280 The Zone in Salt Lake City is reporting that Davies' girlfriend is pregnant with his child. The honor code does not allow sexual relationships unless you are married, among a hefty list of other rules.
Davies is averaging 11.1 points per game and a team-high 6.2 rebounds, and not having him available for the NCAA tournament will be a major issue for Mr. Fredette and the Cougars.
If and when they meet up with a big-six conference powerhouse, they will need everything they have down low to bang against the other teams' centers.
BYU's backup centers have not played many meaningful minutes this season and expecting them to do so this late into the season is asking a little too much.
Their sophomore forward, Stephen Rogers, is averaging 4.4 points and 2.3 rebounds in an average of 10 minutes per game. The Cougars' freshman 6'10'' forward/center James Anderson is averaging one point and one-and-a-half rebounds per game in seven minutes of action.
A plan to go with a smaller lineup and to speed their game up more than usual is what BYU is planning on doing with the Davies absence, according to unnamed sources.
Getting away with not having your starting center might fly against the lower seeds, but this all but guarantees they are not going to be able to make a run as deep as many experts have been predicting.
This will also affect their potential seeding in the big dance. As of now they are a projected No. 1 seed, but without one of their key players, the Cougars may fall as low as a No. 3 seed, making the road to the Final Four that much more difficult
Wonder if the writer intended to get all Freudian??? Seems like the player has been using the down low to bang against already.
“If and when they meet up with a big-six conference powerhouse, they will need everything they have down low to bang against the other teams’ centers.”
the author must not have been able to help himself.
Davies apparently had scholarship offers from some PAC 10 and Big 10 schools, so there were probably upwards of 100 D1 programs that would have given him a scholarship, where he could have fornicated all he wanted.
I recall several years back (maybe 10 or more) a BYU football player was kicked out (or off the team) for having consensual sex outside of marriage.
As long as BYU is making the rules clear when they recruit these athletes, the school has every right to enforce them.
Good for BYU standing fast and setting a good example. Too long people have gotten away with violating ethics and morality, especially athletes.
Yes, but at most schools staring at a #1 seed, the star center seldom gets "caught" when it comes to breaking a rule.
Mormonism is still a cult, but hats off to BYU in this situation.
On the other hand, if all the BYU students who have been having sex were dismissed from the school, getting into BYU would be a lot easier.
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IMHO the writer is having a little fun here . . .
He should tell them he has several golden tablets, fortelling that his girlfriend will give a virgin birth, but an angel has told him no one else may see the tablets.
They have a fairy small student body too, don't they? Which makes their story all the more remarkable.
-PJ
Yup he has. He is teacher. Teaching history the RIGHT way. LOL
Honor codes are “garbage”?
>>>>He should tell them he has several golden tablets, fortelling that his girlfriend will give a virgin birth, but an angel has told him no one else may see the tablets.<<<
ROTFL! If his last name were Smith, I’m sure it would work.
But, getting into a BYU coed would likely become a lot more difficult.
It’s mandatory in the NFL, not as much in the NBA.
At least they’re not aborting.
I have a feeling the people who dismissed him from the team aren’t necessarily basketball fans. Not many of those academic types are.
I have no problem with the actions of BYU in dismissing this guy. On the other hand, maybe the Mormon church should change the name of the school to something other than the name of a multiple serial adulterer.
The very same.
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