The PAC12 Celebration Thread

[Jarid in Cedar]

Lindley only completes 54% of his passes, and in his two road games this year he is only completing 45%. Hopefully that shows up Saturday.

I was looking more at their total offensive output

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal...=2010&sort=524

500+ yd/game is impressive, but I want to see if that is smoke or fire.

[UtahDan]

Of course! This is the obvious conclusion. Your insistence on such certainly indicates that Utah and its fans are well beyond the Deseret Duel. How soon before you guys vacate this place and head on up to the BuffUteForum?

Colorado will not be our rival, they aren't any good. Rivalries develop over time when schools compete for important things like conference championships. Since BYU will never win another one of those it is sort of off the radar as anything other than a novelty game. I think the real Utah rivalries will develop, in time, with whoever the other competitive teams in Utah's yet to be announced division are.

[TripletDaddy]

Rivalries develop over time when schools compete for important things like conference championships.

In this, I agree, BYU and Utah were never rivals.

[UtahDan]

UtahDan's avatar and the trophy for the BYU-Utah State rivalry. Because the Utes aren't are rival anymore, it's way more important than it used to be. That's what UtahDan says. The guy with the Wagon Wheel as his avatar.

I am just happy for Gary Andersen. I don't imagine he will be at Utah State long.

[U-Ute]

He is better than Burton right now.

You know, for how much crap you give SU, you two are more alike than different.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Colorado will not be our rival, they aren't any good. Rivalries develop over time when schools compete for important things like conference championships. Since BYU will never win another one of those it is sort of off the radar as anything other than a novelty game. I think the real Utah rivalries will develop, in time, with whoever the other competitive teams in Utah's yet to be announced division are.

That's a shame.

Is it time to change the board name? I kind of like TD's suggestion "cougarstadium.com"

[UtahDan]

In this, I agree, BYU and Utah were never rivals.

They are programs with completely different trajectories at this point. But unlike BYU, I do expect that USC will overcome it's current coach and be a great team again. I'm glad we will still be cheering for rival teams. You and HFN are the only friends we won't be leaving behind. It will be nice to have some familiar faces along for the ride!

[Jeff Lebowski]

They are programs with completely different trajectories at this point. But unlike BYU, I do expect that USC will overcome it's current coach and be a great team again. I'm glad we will still be cheering for rival teams. You and HFN are the only friends we won't be leaving behind. It will be nice to have some familiar faces along for the ride!

There is no hope for us? Things will never get better?

[YOhio]

There is no hope for us? Things will never get better?

Considering that BYU and Utah have never really played for a conference championship, I think UD's bluster about the rivalry is a bit misplaced.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Does anyone watch movies with Freddie Prince Jr. in them?

Don't hate. He's a stud muffin.

[TripletDaddy]

They are programs with completely different trajectories at this point. But unlike BYU, I do expect that USC will overcome it's current coach and be a great team again. I'm glad we will still be cheering for rival teams. You and HFN are the only friends we won't be leaving behind. It will be nice to have some familiar faces along for the ride!

USC will always be a great team. Hence when they are 4-1, most consider the season to be a failure.

Utah in the PAC will be fun and I think they will do well.

Your hope that a rivalry will be developed with any of the big schools is misguided, although I don't blame you. SC has one rival...Notre Dame. UCLA is a local nuisance.

UW and Oregon hate each other.

Stanford and Kal.

Beyond that, who knows. Perhaps the Utes can get something going with the Zona Zoo. There is just way too much history between the other schools to ever really be a part of it. Not saying that the schools won't enjoy hosting the Utes or visiting RES. Just that there will never be a day when SC or UW consider Utah to be a rival.

Nonetheless, welcome to the PAC and you can now openly worship at the altar of USC, whereas you previously only could do so in secret.

[cougjunkie]

There is no hope for us? Things will never get better?

Remember back in 2004 TopUte said this that BYU was done and that they will never be back on top. Never. 4 straight 10 win seasons later.......He predicts the same thing with us going independent. I think that is a good sign.

[Jeff Lebowski]

USC will always be a great team. Hence when they are 4-1, most consider the season to be a failure.

Utah in the PAC will be fun and I think they will do well.

Your hope that a rivalry will be developed with any of the big schools is misguided, although I don't blame you. SC has one rival...Notre Dame. UCLA is a local nuisance.

UW and Oregon hate each other.

Stanford and Kal.

Beyond that, who knows. Perhaps the Utes can get something going with the Zona Zoo. There is just way too much history between the other schools to ever really be a part of it. Not saying that the schools won't enjoy hosting the Utes or visiting RES. Just that there will never be a day when SC or UW consider Utah to be a rival.

Nonetheless, welcome to the PAC and you can now openly worship at the altar of USC, whereas you previously only could do so in secret.

WTF? How can you be a rival with ND with no conf. championship on the line?

[TripletDaddy]

WTF? How can you be a rival with ND with no conf. championship on the line?

Well, there is this wooden wagon wheel, you see......

[creekster]

Whatever happened to the beehive boot?