BYU Football - A slow death

[TripletDaddy]

"antartica"

lol.

[Art Vandelay]

"antartica"

lol.

and the moone

[DU Ute]

True story. My old boss, Carnegie-Mellon graduate, world traveler, and big Pittsburgh Steeler fan was very excited in 2005 when the Steelers drafted Shaun Nua and Chris Kemoeatu because Steeler-Fans loved the guys they get from BYU. True story.

None of this makes any sense to me. I've been led to believe BYU football is a well known and respected national brand.

[Art Vandelay]

None of this makes any sense to me. I've been led to believe BYU football is a well known and respected national brand.

It is, and frankly we are all more than a little tired of you, Big Micking our mojo*.




* It make me sad to realize 75% of the board is too young to get the reference, without the assistance of google.

[il Padrino Ute]

I go to sports bars all the time. You are making me think you've never been outside the state of Utah. Actually, sports fans are more likely to not be confused by this than your average shmuck in the Occupy Seattle tent village.

If you've been to sports bars, then you would know that you're wrong about people thinking Utah and BYU are the same thing. Try a sports bar that doesn't serve a chardonnay.

[USUC]

I don't give a shit about any of this. The only thing I worry about is BYU burning bridges and it coming back to bite them in the ass scheduling wise.

[il Padrino Ute]

The Rumble in the Rockies was just the pick-me-up I needed before going to bed. Nothing like a totally contrived rivalry game to bring a smile to my face. I'll bet there will be a boatload, literally, of red and black pirate Miami fans in attendance.

Even in the midst of a great stroke of good fortune Utah fails to allow a tradition to develop, opting instead to try and manufacture it by popular vote or out right theft.

As the Dude would say, oh brother.

[myboynoah]

None of this makes any sense to me. I've been led to believe BYU football is a well known and respected national brand.

Give it some time and think about it some more, then it will make sense.

This was a true story.

[MarkGrace]

When people hear BYU, they think of Mormons. When people hear Utah, they think of Mormons.

Yes

[il Padrino Ute]

Yes

Even in Seattle? :yikes:

[SeattleUte]

Yes

That doesn't mean they confuse or conflate the two schools.

[SeattleUte]

True story. My old boss, Carnegie-Mellon graduate, world traveler, and big Pittsburgh Steeler fan was very excited in 2005 when the Steelers drafted Shaun Nua and Chris Kemoeatu because Steeler-Fans loved the guys they get from BYU. True story.

Again, it doesn't mean they think Utah and BYU are the same school. I might confuse whether a player went to Stanford or Cal. It doesn't mean I thought they were the same thing.

[TexTechCoug]

That doesn't mean they confuse or conflate the two schools.

I am confused now. I almost wonder if SU didn't support my argument knowing everyone would rabidly disagree with him.

If so that would be a brilliant piece of trolling.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Seriously, here's how it works.

When Utah was dominating Alabama in the Sugar Bowl, 5 of my closest (non-LDS, college-educated, Texan) friends text messaged me stuff like "Your boys are kicking butt." "You must be loving this game."

Sure if they stopped and thought about it for a second they know that I went to BYU and this was Utah, but they know me as the Mormon dude from Utah and so there isn't much distinction between the schools in their minds.

Yeah, I encounter that all the time when I travel. "Isn't BYU in Salt Lake City?" "Are there any other universities in Utah?" "What's the difference between BYU and Utah?" Stuff like that.

[Portland Ute]

There was a flub on the electronic sign at the 2005 Fiesta Bowl that listed one of the participants as the Utah State Aggies.