"Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated" - The Rivalry Thread

[falafel]

So I went and looked up the drama. really not that big of a deal. I do think it is interesting that BYU chose Tanuvasa for media days. I think it might be to pull attention away from the Jake Retzlaff stuff and back onto "hey, we are big brother, now" sort of stuff. and indeed it did generate some distracting tweets and clips to that end. One question i saw Tanuvasa asked was "how do the programs differ?" he went on to say well, Utah is all about "grit and toughness" where BYU is all about "love", LOL!

It got me thinking about how the programs are actually really, really similar at this point in terms of identity and that of course BYU really wants to differentiate itself. Having Tanuvasa front and center for media to ask "what is the difference?" is probably a branding strategy, but I am admittedly woefully incompetent in identifying such, so just a guess.

Sitake, Hill, Roderick, Pouha, are all Wittingham coaching products(influenced of course, by others way like Gary Anderson, etc.) but the common football-culture denominator between them all is "Utah under Whittingham." BYU's best season in recent years looks very similar to how Utah has had success in the past 2 decades: Tough and gritty defensive play with a serviceable offense that minimizes mistakes. Makes sense that there is a full-court effort to create distinction.

Ahem. The common denominator is

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[wally]

Ahem. The common denominator is

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Nice try.

If we have to go back in time 25 years to when Lavell last coached then why not go ALLLLL the way back to whomever invented the forward pass or the guy that first picked up the soccer ball and ran with it??

[falafel]

Nice try.

If we have to go back in time 25 years to when Lavell last coached then why not go ALLLLL the way back to whomever invented the forward pass or the guy that first picked up the soccer ball and ran with it??

Hahahahahahahaha. Awesome. You want to take credit for all of Whittingham's coaching tree, but don't want to give credit to Whittingham's mentor?

Also, Lavell Edwards did pretty much invent the forward pass. Or at least, he made it successful.

[BigFatMeanie]

Everyone knows Saint LaVell invented the forward pass. Duh!!??

[falafel]

Everyone knows Saint LaVell invented the forward pass. Duh!!??

Major egg in Wally's face.

[wally]

Everyone knows Saint LaVell invented the forward pass. Duh!!??

You guys really need to get wikipedia credentials because LaVell is not mentioned even once on this page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_pass

[Jeff Lebowski]

Lol. wally.

[Shaka]

Hahahahahahahaha. Awesome. You want to take credit for all of Whittingham's coaching tree, but don't want to give credit to Whittingham's mentor?

Also, Lavell Edwards did pretty much invent the forward pass. Or at least, he made it successful.

That would be Dewey Warren.

[myboynoah]

Wally is an awful person. He/she made his/her career from whining about mocking the dipshit Utah fan twitter guy. He/she is a professional victim and has had no qualms about spreading the “Lavell didn’t revolutionize college football via the passing game” bullshit.

[beefytee]

Ban wally!

[wally]

Wally is an awful person. He/she made his/her career from whining about mocking the dipshit Utah fan twitter guy. He/she is a professional victim and has had no qualms about spreading the “Lavell didn’t revolutionize college football via the passing game” bullshit.

I really cannot argue with this take. I didn't know you were so well spoken?!

[wally]

Ban wally!

I'll ban myself for a couple of days to think long and hard about my life choices. Maybe I will come back a better man for it?

[Pelado]

I'll ban myself for a couple of days to think long and hard about my life choices. Maybe I will come back a better man for it?

Is that enough time to leave any Utah fanhood behind you?

[wally]

Is that enough time to leave any Utah fanhood behind you?

Not really. The Cougar collective is gonna have to come up with a HUGE bag for me to switch allegiances.

[MartyFunkhouser]

Not really. The Cougar collective is gonna have to come up with a HUGE bag for me to switch allegiances.

If money is on the table, I am listening.