1993: The year the modern rivalry era began

[Jeff Lebowski]

For the all the flack SeattleUte gets, at least he is a Ute fan.

He used to be.

[Fiyero]

Go to Utefans.net and it's currently a who's who of "Why I switched allegiances" and it always starts around 1988 or 1993. Curious. I think it's time to change the shocks on that bandwagon.

Do you have a neato story to share? You seem like an intelligent, well-adjusted person.

[TripletDaddy]

He used to be.

At least he can say that he was a fan through the thick and the thin (if you recall, SeattleUte attended a Utah football game alone when he was 6 or 7?).

UtahDan basically committed message board heresy. It is even worse than when Goatnapper told everyone that he once bought a Utah hat at the mall because he loved Rick Majerus so much.

[LA Ute]

Go to Utefans.net and it's currently a who's who of "Why I switched allegiances" and it always starts around 1988 or 1993. Curious. I think it's time to change the shocks on that bandwagon.

I grew up a BYU fan and spent my first two semesters of college at BYU, post-mission. I then pursued the woman of my dreams to the U. That didn't work out, but I stayed and due to other (very positive) events in my life became a very Crimson guy. It was 1976. Our football program still stank then. Hoops was a very different story.

[beefytee]

I grew up a BYU fan and spent my first two semesters of college at BYU, post-mission. I then pursued the woman of my dreams to the U. That didn't work out, but I stayed and due to other (very positive) events in my life became a very Crimson guy. It was 1976. Our football program still stank then. Hoops was a very different story.

You let some girl lead you down the garden path. Very Sad!

[kccougar]

I grew up a BYU fan and spent my first two semesters of college at BYU, post-mission. I then pursued the woman of my dreams to the U. That didn't work out, but I stayed and due to other (very positive) events in my life became a very Crimson guy. It was 1976. Our football program still stank then. Hoops was a very different story.

I transferred from BYU to the U after my mission because my girlfriend/fiance only had a year left there and I had a long way to go. But there was no way a couple years on a commuter campus was going to change my allegiance.

[TripletDaddy]

I grew up a BYU fan and spent my first two semesters of college at BYU, post-mission. I then pursued the woman of my dreams to the U. That didn't work out, but I stayed and due to other (very positive) events in my life became a very Crimson guy. It was 1976. Our football program still stank then. Hoops was a very different story.

Switching in 76 is not the same as switching in the early to mid 90s. Technically UtahDan attended the 93 game as a BYU fan, so it is quite possible that he switched even later on. Inexcusable.

Your tale of falling in love with a woman that couldn't get into BYU is perfectly acceptable.

[UtahDan]

what? you switched sides? and in the year "we" began to be competitive?
that is not a good factoid. I thought you were a legit Utah fan.

I'm the most legit kind of all, the kind who began at BYU and graduated from the U.

And to be clear, I started attending there in 1996. That is when I became a Ute. 94-95 I had a lot on my mind and college football wasn't much part of it. 1996 I started following again.

[LA Ute]

I transferred from BYU to the U after my mission because my girlfriend/fiance only had a year left there and I had a long way to go. But there was no way a couple years on a commuter campus was going to change my allegiance.

Never brag about your lack of enlightenment.

[Donuthole]

I'm the most legit kind of all, the kind who began at BYU and graduated from the U.

And to be clear, I started attending there in 1996. That is when I became a Ute. 94-95 I had a lot on my mind and college football wasn't much part of it. 1996 I started following again.

Seriously, just stop. You are essentially trying to rehabilitate the credibility of your expert witness who just admitted he cheated on his board certification exams. Not going to happen.

[TripletDaddy]

I'm the most legit kind of all, the kind who began at BYU and graduated from the U.

And to be clear, I started attending there in 1996. That is when I became a Ute. 94-95 I had a lot on my mind and college football wasn't much part of it. 1996 I started following again.

You realize that this is hurting your cause, not helping it?

Please feel free to post over in the LAKERS thread. We are always looking for new recruits and the Lakers are doing really well this year.

[UtahDan]

You realize that this is hurting your cause, not helping it?

Please feel free to post over in the LAKERS thread. We are always looking for new recruits and the Lakers are doing really well this year.

You're not making sense, though I can almost smell the drops of sweat which have gathered on your forehead in the attempt. The diploma hanging in the hallway outside my office is the only credential I need to establish my fandom.

Maybe we should talk about your football loyalties which wax and wane depending on which of your two teams is doing better. Do you have undergraduate degrees from both schools? I'm just asking, maybe you do.

[Blueintheface]

Do you have a neato story to share? You seem like an intelligent, well-adjusted person.

Indirect insults aside, I started attending BYU games as a young child and was hooked. Is that interesting? No, but I dealt with Crowton and I deal with Bishop Bronco. I laugh at people who switch allegiances when a team begins to tip the balance of power. It let's me know that the majority of Utah fans are either old people or very young students and nothing in between.

I have 3 siblings who owe their success at least in part to their education from the U. Btw, my cousin and I used to sell peanuts at Utah football games during the 80's before I had season tickets to the Y (we'd catch about 3 BYU games per year at that time is all). She and I would sit in her parents unused seats for the second half and for 5 or 6 games a year and I would just laugh at how empty the place was. She's one of the few true Ute fans I know and has remained a Ute fan (Not that it matters but my successful Ute cousin is none other than Sammy Linebaugh, sideline reporter for the Mtn).

Another interesting tidbit that you don't care to know but I will share anyway is that I have very few close BYU friends. The majority are Ute fans but sadly, like most 30 somethings, they only started following the Utes when Urban came to town and readily admit it. 2 of them are now quite rabid and went to both BCS games but continue to maintain that success of the program played a large part in that.

[falafel]

Indirect insults aside, I started attending BYU games as a young child and was hooked. Is that interesting? No, but I dealt with Crowton and I deal with Bishop Bronco. I laugh at people who switch allegiances when a team begins to tip the balance of power. It let's me know that the majority of Utah fans are either old people or very young students and nothing in between.

Another interesting tidbit that you don't care to know but I will share anyway is that I have very few close BYU friends. The majority are Ute fans but sadly, like most 30 somethings, they only started following the Utes when Urban came to town and readily admit it. 2 of them are now quite rabid and went to both BCS games but continue to maintain that success of the program played a large part in that.

Let me guess: you grew up in the 80s. Right smack in the middle of BYU's hey day.

[UtahDan]

Indirect insults aside, I started attending BYU games as a young child and was hooked.

Did you go to BYU?