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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
A fan base that is known for being mostly white and conservative and Mormon. Guess what? They're going to identify more with white Mormon athletes.
Staley also came from the era where we felt more positively towards BYU football. Now we know it is headed to disaster from an institutional standpoint.
There is no doubt that Williams is better than Staley. It's not even close.
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It depends upon your definition of "better."
If you mean durable and reliable, then yes Williams is heads and tails above Luke. But in terms of explosive power, Luke was better as was Jenkins who was the most explosive runner BYU has ever fielded.
Jamaal wasn't special as a receiver and I don't remember Luke that much but he did seem to have that flash.
I disagree that the favoritism is based on race but based on the memories of defeating Utah and of those dashes to glory. We have lots of great memories of Williams but none of him defeating Utah in the last minute.