Riley Nelson at BYU

tinplater · Post by **tinplater** » May 29th, 2019, 7:24 am

Brad Rock Deseret News has an article about Nelson who will be football analyst for BYU this season. Interesting quote "He says the decision to transfer from USU to BYU was “the best of my life, related to sports.” That's an interesting statement. Wonder what dynamic made a Logan boy develop that attitude.

taniataylor · Post by **taniataylor** » May 29th, 2019, 7:25 am

Uhhhh wasn’t he their guy before?

AndroidAggie · Post by **AndroidAggie** » May 29th, 2019, 7:26 am

meh.

happy trails, riley.

Roy McAvoy · Post by **Roy McAvoy** » May 29th, 2019, 7:28 am

tinplater wrote: ↑
May 29th, 2019, 7:24 am
Brad Rock Deseret News has an article about Nelson who will be football analyst for BYU this season. Interesting quote "He says the decision to transfer from USU to BYU was “the best of my life, related to sports.” That's an interesting statement. Wonder what dynamic made a Logan boy develop that attitude.

Before being too harsh on Riley, remember that he was at USU during the low point of the Brent Guy years.

I’ll bet guys like Quinn Ficklin would tell you the exact opposite. It’s all about personal situation.

flying_scotsman2.0 · Post by **flying_scotsman2.0** » May 29th, 2019, 7:30 am

NavyBlue · Post by **NavyBlue** » May 29th, 2019, 7:31 am

The Brent Guy years were the low point of Aggie football, imo. I wasn't around for the Chris Pella years, but I bet the Brent Guy years were worse than the Chris Pella years.

dyedblue · Post by **dyedblue** » May 29th, 2019, 7:39 am

Diondre Borel?

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bigblue · Post by **bigblue** » May 29th, 2019, 8:26 am

Some people can't ever let things go.

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NVAggie · Post by **NVAggie** » May 29th, 2019, 8:52 am

I'm okay with that. Sending Riley to BYU was one of the best things we ever did for USU. Bronco couldn't get over the grittiness of Mr. Nelson. He made a lot of people mad at BYU. I'm also sure BYU helped him reach his goal of getting into medical school. I bet he is close to graduating now.

oleblu111 · Post by **oleblu111** » May 29th, 2019, 8:56 am

He is the football analyst for BYU, do you expect him to say leaving USU was a bad decision ?

Madmartigan · Post by **Madmartigan** » May 29th, 2019, 9:19 am

Can't say I blame Nelson for transferring one iota. USU football was at the lowest point it has ever been at that time. Bad facilities, poor fan support, and zero semblance of a winning culture. I despise BYU, but by all objective standards it was a way better program at that time than USU.

JSHarvey · Post by **JSHarvey** » May 29th, 2019, 9:37 am

He did what he did, that can't be changed. I'll be annoyed with him forever for coming in late and winning that game.

Live and let live, but I of course hope his team goes down in flames to eternal irrelevancy.

BigBlueDart · Post by **BigBlueDart** » May 29th, 2019, 9:56 am

He is a very pretty man.

ChicAggie · Post by **ChicAggie** » May 29th, 2019, 10:15 am

BigBlueDart wrote: ↑
May 29th, 2019, 9:56 am
He is a very pretty man.

With gorgeous hair.

USU78 · Post by **USU78** » May 29th, 2019, 10:16 am

BeNo · Post by **BeNo** » May 29th, 2019, 10:16 am

No regrets having Chuckie Keeton, even when injured and unable to play, as our QB in 2011 and 2012.

ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » May 29th, 2019, 10:40 am

2004AG · Post by **2004AG** » May 29th, 2019, 10:54 am

NVAggie wrote:I'm okay with that. Sending Riley to BYU was one of the best things we ever did for USU. Bronco couldn't get over the grittiness of Mr. Nelson. He made a lot of people mad at BYU. I'm also sure BYU helped him reach his goal of getting into medical school. I bet he is close to graduating now.

He didn’t make it into medical school.

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BigBlueDart · Post by **BigBlueDart** » May 29th, 2019, 11:20 am

2004AG wrote: ↑
May 29th, 2019, 10:54 am

NVAggie wrote:I'm okay with that. Sending Riley to BYU was one of the best things we ever did for USU. Bronco couldn't get over the grittiness of Mr. Nelson. He made a lot of people mad at BYU. I'm also sure BYU helped him reach his goal of getting into medical school. I bet he is close to graduating now.
He didn’t make it into medical school.

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Well, he may not become a doctor, but he could play one on TV.

USU78 · Post by **USU78** » May 29th, 2019, 11:27 am

BigBlueDart wrote: ↑
May 29th, 2019, 11:20 am

2004AG wrote: ↑
May 29th, 2019, 10:54 am
NVAggie wrote:I'm okay with that. Sending Riley to BYU was one of the best things we ever did for USU. Bronco couldn't get over the grittiness of Mr. Nelson. He made a lot of people mad at BYU. I'm also sure BYU helped him reach his goal of getting into medical school. I bet he is close to graduating now.
He didn’t make it into medical school.
Well, he may not become a doctor, but he could play one on TV.

They learn to play doctor at yBu? Is that an elective?

JacobMcNeil · Post by **JacobMcNeil** » May 29th, 2019, 12:07 pm

We got the best of the Nelson clan in the end.

flying_scotsman2.0 · Post by **flying_scotsman2.0** » May 29th, 2019, 5:07 pm

2004AG wrote: ↑
May 29th, 2019, 10:54 am

NVAggie wrote:I'm okay with that. Sending Riley to BYU was one of the best things we ever did for USU. Bronco couldn't get over the grittiness of Mr. Nelson. He made a lot of people mad at BYU. I'm also sure BYU helped him reach his goal of getting into medical school. I bet he is close to graduating now.
He didn’t make it into medical school.

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Med school is a tough matchup. We all know about tough matchups.

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » May 29th, 2019, 6:06 pm

dyedblue wrote: ↑
May 29th, 2019, 7:39 am
Diondre Borel?

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LKGates · Post by **LKGates** » May 29th, 2019, 7:54 pm

BigBlueDart wrote: ↑
May 29th, 2019, 9:56 am
He is a very pretty man.

He has a head the size of a blue ribbon pumpkin!

LKGates · Post by **LKGates** » May 29th, 2019, 7:54 pm

USU78 wrote: ↑
May 29th, 2019, 11:27 am

BigBlueDart wrote: ↑
May 29th, 2019, 11:20 am

2004AG wrote: ↑
May 29th, 2019, 10:54 am
NVAggie wrote:I'm okay with that. Sending Riley to BYU was one of the best things we ever did for USU. Bronco couldn't get over the grittiness of Mr. Nelson. He made a lot of people mad at BYU. I'm also sure BYU helped him reach his goal of getting into medical school. I bet he is close to graduating now.
He didn’t make it into medical school.
Well, he may not become a doctor, but he could play one on TV.
They learn to play doctor at yBu? Is that an elective?

Sure! Just ask Brandon Davies!

Imakeitrain · Post by **Imakeitrain** » May 30th, 2019, 7:27 am

Borel >/= Riley
.5 Keeton > Riley

Nelson was certainly a shiny object but in the end today USU is a solidly better program than BYU. Maybe if Riley never leaves we over invest in him as QB1 and we are not where we are today.

GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » May 30th, 2019, 8:35 am

dyedblue wrote: ↑
May 29th, 2019, 7:39 am
Diondre Borel?

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GameFAQSAggie · Post by **GameFAQSAggie** » May 30th, 2019, 8:40 am

Imakeitrain wrote: ↑
May 30th, 2019, 7:27 am
Borel >/= Riley
.5 Keeton > Riley

Nelson was certainly a shiny object but in the end today USU is a solidly better program than BYU. Maybe if Riley never leaves we over invest in him as QB1 and we are not where we are today.

ViAggie · Post by **ViAggie** » May 30th, 2019, 9:36 am

I miss Nightrunner

kofdog · Post by **kofdog** » May 30th, 2019, 9:53 am

oleblu111 wrote: ↑
May 29th, 2019, 8:56 am
He is the football analyst for BYU, do you expect him to say leaving USU was a bad decision ?

^^^^^ This ^^^^^^

This whole post should have stopped here. What else would he say when he just got a JOB for that school! Not a shocker. People on TV say cliche things that they think people want to hear.

inconspicuous · Post by **inconspicuous** » May 30th, 2019, 11:45 am

USU78 wrote:They learn to play doctor at yBu? Is that an elective?

Sounds like a loophole to get around Honor Code Violations.

LKGates · Post by **LKGates** » May 30th, 2019, 2:32 pm

kofdog wrote: ↑
May 30th, 2019, 9:53 am

oleblu111 wrote: ↑
May 29th, 2019, 8:56 am
He is the football analyst for BYU, do you expect him to say leaving USU was a bad decision ?
^^^^^ This ^^^^^^

This whole post should have stopped here. What else would he say when he just got a JOB for that school! Not a shocker. People on TV say cliche things that they think people want to hear.

I look forward to the day when play by play analysts and color commentators are avatars powered by AI.

FloridaAggie13 · Post by **FloridaAggie13** » May 30th, 2019, 3:47 pm

To be fair, USU football was a dumpster fire when he was here. I can't blame him at all for leaving.

Aggieiester · Post by **Aggieiester** » May 30th, 2019, 3:54 pm

kofdog wrote: ↑
May 30th, 2019, 9:53 am

oleblu111 wrote: ↑
May 29th, 2019, 8:56 am
He is the football analyst for BYU, do you expect him to say leaving USU was a bad decision ?
^^^^^ This ^^^^^^

This whole post should have stopped here. What else would he say when he just got a JOB for that school! Not a shocker. People on TV say cliche things that they think people want to hear.

Riley has garnered a ridiculous amount of attention on this board over the years. But nope, no BYU obsession to see here folks, move along...

Imakeitrain · Post by **Imakeitrain** » May 30th, 2019, 4:48 pm

Someone brought up a topic. People responded. That’s not exactly obsession,

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