PROVO (KSL.com) — When BYU knocked off Stanford over the weekend, it wasn’t just another early-season Power Four nonconference victory.

The 27-3 win evened the all-time series at 2-2 and symbolized far more than a single game: It was a statement to future recruits considering both Stanford and BYU.

Stanford once had the upper hand on and off the football field, both in securing high-level athletes of the sponsoring faith who were BYU prospects and defeating BYU on the gridiron.

During arguably some of its lowest points in recent history (2003 and 2004), BYU found itself floundering on the football field. And in subsequent years, Stanford was able to take advantage of the high ground and recruit some of the best Latter-day Saints talent in the nation to Palo Alto.

But as the infantile M

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