Brad Wilson

BYU Sports, Utah Jazz, LDS, Banking to Manufacturing to Software Development. Yale School of Management. Skiing @ Alta, Family man, #Movember enthusiast.

[Clint Teeples @TeeplesCY]

“Mormons turned a swamp into a metropolis. Then they turned a desert into an empire. It’s the most American story.”

Their religious beliefs take them to Missouri. Neighbors learn they are anti-slavery and violently drive them out.

They go to Illinois and turn a swamp into a city that rivals Chicago. Only to have violent mobs run them out.

They walk toward Utah. Hoping to find a safe place to gather.

Jim Bridger mocks them. He bets $1,000 they can’t grow crops in Utah. They continue anyway.

The Utah soil is so hard it breaks their plows. So they engineer a way to water a desert.

Their crops grow. Salt Lake City sprawls. They expand. Latter-day Saints settle 500 towns across the West. A network of farms, commerce, and faith.

Their women become the first women to vote. They elect America’s first female state senator.

Their women organize themselves. With very little training, they create a system that lowers infant mortality to among the lowest rates in the country.

When the Depression hits, Latter-day Saints implement the most effective welfare program in the country. Decades later, Ronald Reagan studies it and calls it a model for the country. Its impact is seen today as Utah has the lowest usage of federal food assistance in the country.

The pursuit of knowledge and science becomes a hallmark. They start universities. They send their smartest men and women back east to learn the latest ideas and bring them back.

They are innovative. Technology that changes the world emerges from their culture. The television. The artificial heart. The weapons that won WWII. The beginnings of the internet.

The work ethic and cooperation that propelled them to develop the American West continues today. Their outsized influence on the world is famous.

They know religious persecution better than most. So they champion religious freedom for all, even those they disagree with.

Sociologists are obsessed with their outcomes. A Princeton researcher studied teens in America. She concluded that “Mormon teens are faring best.” Harvard data recently found that kids who grow up in Latter-day Saint homes are the most likely to say they feel loved by both parents. Other national studies consistently find them to be the happiest people in the country.

Gallup finds they are the most observant Christians in the country, a dedication to their faith that is unrivaled. Pew Research finds they know many Bible stories better than any other Christians.

A swamp became a metropolis. A desert became an empire. A persecuted people became the happiest in America. That’s the most American story ever told.

[Brad Wilson @BLWillpower]

@BYUMBB John Linehan out there making us proud with a great set of pipes!

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@JustinDYoung @collinbyu After a charity event I was walking near JL and I told him I loved his hat. He took it off his head, gave it to me and said Go Cougs. It’s true it looked better on him than it does on me but I still love that hat for what it represents. Great dude!

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@rtmccombs Add once in the conference tournament (finals) and once in the NCAA tournament (final four) and we may start to get sick of them!

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@jlinehan9 The fact that Utah moved up THIS year of all years just supports the conspiracy even stronger

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@Average_Homeboy My favorite Bill Murray movie among many good ones!

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@BYUSportsNation I’m confused about all the replies that say RW3 is a bigger signing than Branch. If Branch plays any defense at all, he is a bigger, better and more important signing. Rob is great offensively but needs to increase his assists by double and needs to start trying on D.

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Also the first game in history to feature multiple triple doubles by dudes that nobody has ever heard of…

[NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA]

Jahmai Mashack, John Konchar and Bez Mbeng each had a triple-double, making tonights Grizzlies vs. Jazz game the first to feature 3 players each with a triple-double 🔥

[Shaun McKnight @ShaunMcKnight]

Super excited to hear wonderful messages about our Savior Jesus Christ during LDS General Conference this Easter weekend (today & tomorrow)!
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For anyone wanting to follow along with us, you can do so at the following link…https://t.co/NwaJYsbwtv

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@dtm060322123100 @amesflames

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I’ll boo the refs when they stink, but I don’t normally believe in booing the opposing team when they are introduced. However I will absolutely make an exception when Randy Bennett comes to town and they say his name! Booooooooo!

[Trilly Donovan @trillydonovan]

Sources: Saint Mary's head coach Randy Bennett has agreed to become the next head coach at Arizona State.

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@ontheapricotree @BYU4eva @Eball4BYU If your only criteria is a postseason win, yes you win that argument. If you are saying who is the better team since Feb, BYU has more quality wins including 2 top 10 teams, and the same # of losses vs. non-tourney teams (two). BYU is a better team. With high expectations.

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@BYU4eva @Eball4BYU @ontheapricotree The beauty of March madness is Cinderella. A worse team can beat a better team any day and we all love that. The aggies COULD beat BYU in a one game scenario. One time out of ten. BYU would win 9. They are simply a much better team. Aggies lose by 25 tomorrow btw

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@BYU4eva @Eball4BYU @ontheapricotree BYU beat two top ten teams in the country “at the end of the year”. Utah State hasn’t played as many Quad1 games as BYU has late season Quad1 wins. The strength of schedule is not close to comparable. You are generalizing based on a single tournament loss.

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@Larrywcurtis @CriddleBenjamin Correct, Larry!

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@BYU4eva @Eball4BYU @ontheapricotree USU has 4 losses worse than BYU’s quad1 loss to Oklahoma State

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@Eball4BYU @ontheapricotree USU lost to Nevada, SDSU, Grand Canyon, UNLV. All worse losses than BYU’s “worst” loss. And to USF who just got bounced big in round 1. If USU plays BYU 10 times this season they’d likely get on but be lucky to get 2. Even in a depleted state BYU is just much better.

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Spring skiing at ⁦@AltaSkiArea⁩ was so nice it had us feeling all Hawaiian!

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If someone had asked Kyle Whittingham about AJ he probably would say “who”?

[Greg Wrubell @gregwrubell]

Texas head coach Sean Miller, at his afternoon press conference in Portland, on preparing to face AJ Dybantsa tomorrow: "He's an amazing player and talent. I would call him like, generational. AJ...he's that position-less player. I don't really know what position you want to call him--he can do it all. I think his ability to get fouled is maybe unlike anything I've seen...he shoots eight free throws a game. He can do it in and around the rim, driving, kind of in that odd spot, 15 to 17 feet from the basket. It's a real gift for not only him, but BYU."

"I can't give you the words and accolades to describe him. He is a great, great player...you can go a long period of time and not see somebody like him. Obviously watching him in the Big 12--a great league, you average 25 a game, that obviously jumps off the page."