This is true. Which is why BYU has been so successful over the years. Despite being in the mountains. The LDS church has been very successful with their missionary work in both Western and American Samoa.
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Matthew Pola-Mao will not be visiting before NSD
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Yep, EVERYBODY wants to go where there are at least a few others like them.
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Not a coincidence we took a grad transfer that will never contribute last year.
I don't remember him playing at all.... maybe Bethune-Cookman?
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Ya he got some snaps there. They are shuffling him between offense and defense. Basically a death sentence.
He looks really good getting off the bus though.
After the 5-Star Safety and 4-Star CB flip to Alabama, I think that seems like a reasonable take on the current situation. Need to keep bringing in top recruits and see what the staff can develop them into. Interested to see this play out.
Opposing coaches telling their O-line during a key drive against Nebraska that they must stop Matthew Pola-Mao: "I don't care what it takes, you have to stop that defensive tackle, even if you have to hold the Mao."
(1) Not the first time he's heard that joke, I'm sure.
(2) Now that I've gotten it out of the way on Huskermax, it never needs to be used here again.
(3) I'll let myself out.
(1) Not the first time he's heard that joke, I'm sure.
(2) Now that I've gotten it out of the way on Huskermax, it never needs to be used here again.
(3) I'll let myself out.
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How about the Heisman trustee that had no idea how to pronounce Tua's name during the ceremony? What an embarrassment.
Saw that, yes it was embarrassing. He had a whole 3 names to prepare for ... and neither Murray nor Haskins take that much prep. He was either nervous or someone didn't prep him appropriately. Maybe both.
Wow. I had not made that connection at all.
Here is my take on nature and nurture. I got my BA in American History, and I believe the idea of slave breeding was pretty much a myth. Slaves had families, not stud farms. There is one aspect of American slave history that impacts strength, though - the weakest slaves died on slave ships bringing them to America. Only the strongest survived; I believe that experience must have impacted the genetic makeup of African Americans. As to nurture, I know what it is like to grow up poor, and to grow up believing that your ticket out is sports. My ticket out was track, and it got me scholarship offers. Being poor can make you work harder. I think it helps you in sports if your dad was an athlete (mine wasn’t, but my grandfather was a champion boxer and soldier). It can help you in sports if you fail so miserably, and it hurts so much, that you make up your mind you will be the best or die trying (that was me). These things have nothing to do with race. I think genetic makeup counts somewhat, but you need to get competitive fire somewhere, whether it comes from family pride, a way out of poverty, or a desire to prove yourself. If you don’t get that competitive fire or “killer instinct” somewhere, your genetic makeup won’t do you any good at all.
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That is why I discussed both Nature and nurture in reference to Pacific Islanders. So to condense what you said to one sentence. Nature gives you the tools. Nurture gives you the desire to learn how to use them. I agree with that.
