The "defend your fandom" thread

[Goatnapper'96]

congrats! maybe you can thwart fiyero's devious plan to keep you out of being a top25 poster!

I thought the original post was funny. For such a bitter soul that brother of yours has a damn fine sense of humor!

[Jarid in Cedar]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7Bvk70VsI4"]YouTube- ESPN 360 Fanhood - Restaurant[/ame]

[myboynoah]

I'm a BYU grad. Do I have to have another reason?

I'm a devout Mormon. I ask the same question.

[Sleeping in EQ]

My dad was a ticket holder from the days of Wilson until we moved out of the state in 1986.

Both my wife and I graduated from the Y.

[BlueHair]

I grew up loving BYU sports. When I was a kid, I would pray at halftime when BYU was losing. God would get an earful from me after the game when he didn't answer my prayers.

I also really liked Utah, when they weren't playing BYU. They were always that cute little school from Salt Lake. I remember thinking "good for them" when they would win. Similar to the way I feel about Utah State and Weber State now. I started to dislike Utah when they started to beat BYU and the bandwagon fans showed up. I strongly believe Utah has about 7 or 8 thousand fans and the other 20 thousand fans come around after a good year.

My fandom has waned a bit. Losses don't cause the anguish that they used to. In the past, I couldn't even read a newspaper for a week or listen to the radio after a loss. I don't like anything about BYU other than the football team. The place could go up in flames for all I care as long as they can salvage the football team. I have tried to cheer for other teams in addition to BYU, but I can't seem to get any feelings behind it.

For the record, I took Utah at +7.5, but hope I lose that bet.

[Shaka]

I wrote a long epistle detailing my fanhood and posted it for about twenty minutes. After a bit I decided it was too long and boring and so this is my revised version:

I grew up in the shadow of the U but was a Y fan. I experienced many of the behavioral cliches that are usually attributed to Ute fans. These solidified my status as a BYU fan. Most of my siblings as well as myself went to BYU. In spite of my dad being a U grad we have had season tickets since 1981 and have had the same block of seats since they expanded LES back in '82. I attend as many away games as work and finance allow.

[New Mexican Disaster]

I cried almost all night when the Cougars lost to UTEP in 85' and everytime I would fall asleep I would dream that it was not true, minus the crying the same thing happened in 88 when the Basketball team lost to UAB before we got to #1. My mother woke us up every morning by saying "Rise and Shout Cougars." My parents both worked at BYU. Lavell would talk to my dad and I for a few minutes every time we saw him on campus. I spent more time on that campus than probably any place but home (family nights at the Wilk). And of course I went to almost every game 82-99 in football, basketball and about half of the baseball games.

That is why I love the Cougars, in spite of the obnoxious fans and the stupid honor code, and the ridiculous institutional decisions that are sometimes made.

I have tried to not love the Cougars. But I cannot help it. It is a part of who I am.

[Donuthole]

Bump.

[Bo Diddley]

Bump.