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Originally Posted by Heckubus97
I went to U of L and there is a big mormon population there as well. I reflect your sentiments on how polite and happy they are with one exception - sports. Watch out if you ever have to play the mormon team in intramurals. They tend to be athletically talented and in shape (no smoking or drinking could have something to do with that), but will show no mercy. They ran up the score on us in soccer and celebrated their 10th, 11th, etc goal as if each was the world cup winning tally. Extremely heightened aggressive tendencies in basketball were present as well. Our theory was that all their suppressed emotions and urges found an outlet in sport, to everyone else's misfortune.
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True. Raymond, Magrath and Cardston are known for their talented amateur athletes. Basketball in southern AB is dominated by these guys and their football teams are almost always good. I do some business with a guy who coaches youth football in Cardston and there is a huge rivalry between them and Raymond.
Also on a side note, I've found many of the mormons down there to be ruthless businessmen. They take no prisoners in their dealings and generally will do whatever it takes to stomp out a competitor. Ruthless, I kid you not.