No more drum and feather?

[falafel]

Ditch a nickname altogether and let one arise over time.

So just go by "the university of Utah football team"?

[Portland Ute]

So just go by "the university of Utah football team"?

Utah.

[LA Coug]

Crimson Moose.

I like the fusion of the athletic booster club with the student section .... brilliant!

[Portland Ute]

Go back to the 60's prior to the drum and feather:

[Viking]

That would be a badass helmet.

I think it would be cool just to be known as "Utah"...every other sports club outside the US is known by their location/club name. Flamengo, Barcelona, etc

[Coach McGuirk]

Just stick a PAC12 on the helmet. Your fan base seemed to be behind that logo.

[BoylenOver]

Ditch a nickname altogether and let one arise over time.

If they have to lose "Utes", I agree with this. We'll be "Utah" or "the University of Utah". Any nickname they'd come up with would be bland and contrived.

[BoylenOver]

It was only a matter of time since you are the Pac 12's little bitch.

It's still not as bad as BYU trying to become a member of the WAC and failing.

[Uncle Ted]

It is ironic that Utah has a bird for a mascot but a plucked feather as part of their logo. Swoop, for one, should be happy with this decision.

[MarkGrace]

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?

[TripletDaddy]

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?

Also, shoganai likes SC?

[shoganai]

Also, shoganai likes SC?

I married a Trojan. Being a good sport and cheering for USC is a pretty easy concession to make considering the volume of time and money she gives up to BYU sports.

[LA Ute]

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?

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.

[TripletDaddy]

I married a Trojan. Being a good sport and cheering for USC is a pretty easy concession to make considering the volume of time and money she gives up to BYU sports.

I have no problem with it. The more the merrier.

[shoganai]

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?

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.