No more drum and feather?

[LA Ute]

FYI, this guy is the main player forcing the UofU into making the change. He's a fairly polarizing figure in the Utah native american community as a whole, but to my understanding is the most powerful voice within the Ute tribes.

Tell us more. What's Cuch doing to force this change? (And which change are you talking about - the logo or the Ute nickname?) Inquiring minds want to know!

[MartyFunkhouser]

Ditch a nickname altogether and let one arise over time.

Should we also train our players to roll around like they are about to die from the pain every time someone comes within 5 feet of them?

Steal from Euro Kicky-Kicky ball, no thanks.

[TripletDaddy]

Tell us more. What's Cuch doing to force this change? (And which change are you talking about - the logo or the Ute nickname?) Inquiring minds want to know!

Shoganai, ignore LA Ute. He is upset that his sources are wrong and yours are right.

[LA Ute]

Shoganai, ignore LA Ute. He is upset that his sources are wrong and yours are right.

I just want to know what his sources are saying. He has important inside information from the Ute tribe, which is appearing right here on CUF first. The public has a right to know, and Lebowski should enjoy credit for providing the place for the scoop.

[Viking]

Here's a guy all facepainted for a Y football game:



Of course, in his case the Y is Yale, which has the same colors as BYU and the same "Y" symbol, but happens to have been founded 174 years before the Provo campus. BYU's founding fathers evidently liked the blue and white colors and using a "Y" as their school's symbol.

Gee, is it the: a) hockey puck with the Yale Bulldog; b) goatee; c) garb never before worn by the Cougar Marching Band (including face painting) or d) your poor trolling history that gives this picture away as a non-BYU student and likely a Yalie?

Despite the inclination to vote, d, I'd say a is the obvious choice.

[YOhio]

http://www.cougarboard.com/board/mes...tml?id=7994898

Who knows if Shoganai is correct, but if he is, Utah even steals its mascot changes. In 1999 the Seattle University Chieftains became the Redhawks. Would Utah have gone with that if it wasn't already taken?

Same with Miami (OH), even down to Swoop.

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_RedHawks"]Miami RedHawks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

[TripletDaddy]

I just want to know what his sources are saying. He has important inside information from the Ute tribe, which is appearing right here on CUF first. The public has a right to know, and Lebowski should enjoy credit for providing the place for the scoop.

Scoop? He already posted this on CB.

What are your sources saying?

[TripletDaddy]

Gee, is it the: a) hockey puck with the Yale Bulldog; b) goatee; c) garb never before worn by the Cougar Marching Band (including face painting) or d) your poor trolling history that gives this picture away as a non-BYU student and likely a Yalie?

Despite the inclination to vote, d, I'd say a is the obvious choice.

[il Padrino Ute]

What is the justification of BYU copying Utah State's colors?

[LA Ute]

Gee, is it the: a) hockey puck with the Yale Bulldog; b) goatee; c) garb never before worn by the Cougar Marching Band (including face painting) or d) your poor trolling history that gives this picture away as a non-BYU student and likely a Yalie?

Despite the inclination to vote, d, I'd say a is the obvious choice.

Yes, son, that's, um, the point. It is a Yalie, sporting the colors and "Y" symbol BYU's early enthusiasts borrowed from Yale. You finance guys just never can appeciate ironies, can you? Happy to spell this one out for you, though.

[LA Ute]

Scoop? He already posted this on CB.

You read CougarBoard? And you think it's a reliable source of info about U. of Utah matters? Oh, dear.

[Viking]

Yes, son, that's, um, the point. It is a Yalie, sporting the colors and "Y" symbol BYU's early enthusiasts borrowed from Yale. You finance guys just never can appeciate ironies, can you? Happy to spell this one out for you, though.

No, we all get it. BYU stole the Yale "Y" and look how cute it is to show someone whom you assumed we might mistake for a BYU student. Except that not a single Y grad on God's green earth would think that guy could be a real life BYU student.

And, I was an Econ grad, not a finance guy. I, like most other BYU econ grads, know how to do finance without a calculator

[mUUser]

No, we all get it. BYU stole the Yale "Y" and look how cute it is to show someone whom you assumed we might mistake for a BYU student. Except that not a single Y grad on God's green earth would think that guy could be a real life BYU student.

And, I was an Econ grad, not a finance guy. I, like most other BYU econ grads, know how to do finance without a calculator

The tattered G's make it a close call though.

[pellegrino]

Here's a guy all facepainted for a Y football game:



Of course, in his case the Y is Yale, which has the same colors as BYU and the same "Y" symbol, but happens to have been founded 174 years before the Provo campus. BYU's founding fathers evidently liked the blue and white colors and using a "Y" as their school's symbol.

Of course, this couldn't possibly have anything to do with it.

Professor Ernest D. Partridge was assigned to conduct a survey and designed the emblem. When this was complete, a line of high school and university students, and some faculty, passed buckets of lime, sand, and rocks up the mountain in order to fill up the letters. After six hours of hard labor, only the Y had been completed, so the filling in of the remaining two letters was postponed and later abandoned.

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Mountain"]Y Mountain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

[Viking]

Of course, this couldn't possibly have anything to do with it.



Y Mountain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an excellent find. I had never heard this before.