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📌 Y's Guys live stream today at 6:00 PM with Dave Rice, Kelly Smith, Dane Iorg

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8:00am

POLL: If the general expectations for this BYU season are 5-7/4-8, how do your expectations compare?

CaliWG

1:24pm

After visiting Utah I wish I could live as large as you guys. Lifted HD trucks

Windward_Coug

1:23pm

Mortgage rates down 3/8 today. Economy is turning more and more.

TailgateU

1:21pm

RE: Mortgage rates down 3/8 today. Economy is turning more and more.

paulb

1:22pm

Video: TONIGHT! Football, Basketball and Baseball Champions! Guests Kelly Smith, Dave Rice, and Dane Iorg View

[Y's Guys Podcast] Y’s Guys

1:20pm

"An oven has dry heat, and it cooks stuff!" - a BYU professor I had

Rhubarb

1:19pm

Six weeks ago I got something on a flight from Miami to Cancun

PortlandCoug

1:18pm

Feline AIDS

Six Foot Seven

1:19pm

That seems to be a popular diagnosis on CB

PortlandCoug

1:22pm

POLL: What is your ([annual earnings]) / (36 - [ACT score]) ratio?

RGGeemer

1:15pm

Too much math. I didn't do well on that section of the ACT 😉

runnincoug

1:16pm

Rough for those of us who got a 36 on the ACT.

OPINIONS

1:19pm

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RGGeemer

1:19pm

RE: POLL: What is your ([annual earnings]) / (36 - [ACT score]) ratio?

Future_Tacos

1:20pm

I'm confused should high ratios be proud? Low bummed?

Wife_Apologist

1:21pm

So a bunch of you got 24 and make $350K?

Kilgore Trout

1:24pm

POLL: What do you think of this t-shirt?

Pollster QB2

1:14pm

gotta scroll down one - sorry.

Pollster

1:15pm

I'd like it better without the tail.

ManicBlue

1:24pm

POLL: What is your annual earnings to ACT score ratio?

mulletino Truly Addicted User

1:08pm

Didn’t take the ACT…

UVCoug

1:10pm

I got a 35 without studying the first time.

BYUCougarsFan

1:11pm

Bless you and your 1,000 ratio.

mulletino

1:12pm

Any context to this? Where should it be?

Wife_Apologist

1:19pm

Keegan Bradley is USA’s next Ryder Cup Captain

UVCoug

1:08pm

I like it. Zach Johnson was ..... not so great.

Pollster

1:10pm

That seems like a big middle finger to Zach Johnson.

garyfan

1:11pm

Oh, and…

garyfan

1:14pm

Job opening at my company: Transactional attorney with 7-10 years experience

slappy All-American

1:05pm

Could I work from home and hire an attorney under me to do most of the work?

Plato

1:08pm

That's pretty much what I'm doing

slappy

1:10pm

The only thing I have that makes me more qualified than a Maverick clerk

gangbusters

1:10pm

A true FAANG company or a FAANG level company?

Warner

1:15pm

It's a true FAANG. Sent you a board mail.

slappy

1:15pm

POLL: Did your AP classes result in you making a disproportionate amount of money?

mulletino Truly Addicted User

12:57pm

FYI

Pollster

1:00pm

For Utah, I find $263,000 as top 10%. That sounds more correct to me

byusage

1:17pm

it's fun when I can take a poll, or in this case NOT take it, because I'm retired and no longer concerned about earning

ChinaFan

1:01pm

Answer, then, according to your peak years of earnings.

mulletino

1:02pm

I took one AP class and it got me out of American Heritage so I feel like I got

Mikey

1:01pm

How about, I took AP classes but don't assume causation between that and income?

Himni

1:02pm

Yes, there is an other category and you are asked to share your thoughts. Thank you.

mulletino

1:03pm

Exactly. I'm in the top 1% of income for reasons other than the AP test I passed

volleyjiver

1:04pm

If you do it right you can take less college credits which saves you thousands

Warner

1:03pm

The only AP thing that has helped me is me serving humbly as an AP for a mission record 14 months. We had a record 318

Zach Morris

1:04pm

Missing the option "I took AP classes but found I'm not so good at taking tests

TheNerd

1:05pm

If you got 1 year's worth of credit, then you get 1 year of extra earning power

inertiaman

1:06pm

I got enough credits to change my major twice and still graduate on time

Himni

1:15pm

I took AP English to get out of regular English

PortlandCoug

1:09pm

Try hards who take AP classes also run on hedonic treadmills

Still Blue

1:10pm

Turns out I was a natural at it & didn't have to take a P class, let alone

foofcoug

1:18pm

Good restaurants in Park City? Are Baja Cantina or El Chubasco good? BC wasn't

Penske Material Don't worry about it

12:57pm

Chubasco is much better, in my opinion.

Scratch

12:59pm

Grub Steak

Knee Brace

12:59pm

We eat there a lot. Here are our favorites.

Chefcurry

1:02pm

I wouldn't say there's been any noticeable improvements at Baja over the years. I like it, I take a stack of flautas

mokelembembe

1:19pm

Not surprised Florida State is reducing stadium capacity. When BYU played them

snowcoug

12:56pm

POLL: Kind of a shocking video actually. Can you spin a basketball on your finger?

dYrtbYkerYder

12:52pm

Haliburton's looks just like mine.

ochobeeguy

1:10pm

I can do a lot of things with a basketball, this is not one

RealSimsShadY

1:13pm

BGB does it again!

Cougs4Lfe

12:52pm

LOL, BGB hates (or loves trolling) the utes.

Pollster

12:56pm

Ranked too high.

gangbusters

1:07pm

POLL: Who is more listenable?

greatbam 1% better everyday

12:47pm

What’s the Utah equivalent to Steak n’ Shake or Braum’s?

Adam_Pontipee

12:44pm

Braum’s is superior to AC in every way

CommodoreCoug

12:47pm

Freddy's

bacon

12:48pm

Except Freddy's is from Iowa.

kccougar

1:24pm

JCW?

ochobeeguy

12:51pm

That’s what my wife said

Adam_Pontipee

12:57pm

I'm at the beach ⛱️ this week with my IL's, oh my goodness the beach is boring.

Dark Forest Green

12:42pm

The beach sucks. The ocean is great.

2FarGone

12:44pm

There's is only so many times you can ride a wave before it's just not even

Dark Forest Green

12:50pm

Get some gear and swim under the waves then

2FarGone

1:03pm

Wrong beach.

StarMan

12:44pm

You're hanging at the wrong beaches if in Cali...beaches here in Florida are much more intriguing...for example:

CLCougar

12:48pm

That would give me something new to do.

Dark Forest Green

12:54pm

Sounds like you need a football and a throwing buddy

RealSimsShadY

12:48pm

I threw the Frisbee yesterday so many times my fingers were bleeding from

Dark Forest Green

12:51pm

If I had a nickel . . .

RealSimsShadY

1:09pm

We just finished a week at the beach. We went once with a family whose idea of a beach week was to head down at 8:00 AM

Clark Addison

12:52pm

RE: I'm at the beach ⛱️ this week with my IL's, oh my goodness the

Blueto

12:54pm

Yea, I understand that I'm weird. But the beach sucks.

Dark Forest Green

12:56pm

lake vacation >>>> beach vacation

ProvoProwler

12:56pm

depends where

Flyingdolphin

1:14pm

Better with beer

Honor Code

12:57pm

That is probably correct. I've had a lot of people tell me alcohol always makes

Dark Forest Green

1:04pm

Its great with young kids. Without it gets old fast

willkie40

1:07pm

Spent a day at Cardiff Beach last week in SoCal. So relaxing, but I can see why

LeGrandBleu

1:07pm

It's the ultimate decompression (for me), but I love watching the ocean, being in the ocean, listening to the ocean.

dingus79

1:19pm

Article: What kind of pressure are Kalani Sitake and Kyle Whittingham feeling this season? View

[Deseret News] https://www.deseret.com/authors/brandon-judd/

12:35pm

Remember this? Good times.

Knee Brace .5 Deviation Thunder

12:34pm

POLL: There is strong belief that the Fed will begin cutting interest rates in September. How much of a rate cut will there need to be to have a meaningful impact to you financially?

Tare

12:33pm

Wait, start in September?? But Zions Bank told me there would be 5 rate cuts this year!

RdF3

12:37pm

They lied to you

Tare

12:38pm

As someone who works at a bank and constantly discusses what the FED may do, we

RH84025

12:39pm

You think a 25bps cut in September is going to impact the election?

Tare

12:41pm

I'm not a political expert, I just know that a rate cut would make zero sense

RH84025

12:44pm

Agreed. This would be completely political and would likely result in a rise of inflation to around 6-7%.

specsauce

12:42pm

It definitely would not bring inflation down anymore than the "Inflation

RH84025

12:45pm

It will be small, they don't want to have to raise them again.

RC Vikings

12:43pm

Agreed on the September cut. Just wondering at what point people will feel an

Tare

12:45pm

lowering the rate costs me money, low savings interest

Count Cougar

1:07pm

How many other Big 12 teams have a QB better than BYU

HimmerFredette

12:25pm

We'll have a pretty good idea on or around September 22.

Pollster

12:30pm

injuries will do that to you

Flyingdolphin

12:30pm

I think Just Arizona State and Houston

DataMouth

12:56pm

Healthy Bohanon at Baylor was nearly identical to Rising. Fingers crossed.

molodyets

12:56pm

Alan Bowman stats and Jake Retzlaff stats are basically identical when you

molodyets

12:58pm

Bowman has a much better OL too

DataMouth

1:05pm

Two tickets to see Nickel Creek and Andrew Bird this Wednesday at Sandy Amp.

BYUHawk

12:22pm

I saw Nickel Creek a couple of months ago. Great show.

gwalker

12:24pm

is that Sandy Ampitheater?

fulano

12:27pm

Yes it is (edited original post)

BYUHawk

12:28pm

Napoleon Dynamite at his 20 year high school reunion

BYULAWGUY

12:19pm

When you’re referred a sale/job/contract what percentage do you typically pay

bornbyu93

12:19pm

Depends on if it’s legal or not.

BlooCoug

12:24pm

What is your typical CAC?

molodyets

12:55pm

Zero.

Malathion

12:59pm

Who I think will be the QB day 1

HimmerFredette

12:12pm

Jake

AltTabbins

12:15pm

Thank you

MaxxPower

12:15pm

Man I hope not, if so that means we are struggling

CountryBumpkin

12:16pm

It'll be Retzlaff until Hillstead takes over.

2FarGone

12:29pm

LJ Martin has added 20 lbs of muscle. Any type of improvement in the O-line and

Goliath

12:11pm

6 YEARS A CARRY?!?!?!

HimmerFredette

12:13pm

RE: 6 YEARS A CARRY?!?!?!

Knee Brace

12:13pm

RE: 6 YEARS A CARRY?!?!?!

RGGeemer

12:14pm

Missed it by that much

RGGeemer

12:14pm

Incredible that we picked the same GIF though

Knee Brace

12:15pm

I almost went with this one.

RGGeemer

12:25pm

Light years, that is

Goliath

12:16pm

I'd be thrilled with 4.5 ypc if he gets a lot of carries. It's a tough league.

TailgateU

1:19pm

LL Cool J.

BlooCoug

12:13pm

Do those 20 pounds include the brace and crutches?

Six Foot Seven

12:14pm

Goliath

12:15pm

Probably just the weighted sling he's been sporting until recently.:)

basman

12:58pm

I don't think questions around LJ's effectiveness are OL-related right now

2FarGone

12:40pm

I cannot comment on any rumors that may or may not exist

Goliath

1:02pm

20 lbs of muscle?

BYU Grounds

12:52pm

Norovirus

Coug123

12:10pm

Everybody has had Norovirus and least once. When you are feeling better you can

Rusty Crab Daddy

12:11pm

RE: Everybody has had Norovirus and least once. When you are feeling better you

Coug123

12:12pm

You may rejoin society 48 hours after your last vomit or watery stool

Nikomedes

12:15pm

Almost everyone here has had it, but they called it "flu" or "stomach flu"

Nikomedes

12:11pm

It ran through our family about a month ago. It was really bad for a day or two, then lingering symptoms for a few more

Bar7h

12:13pm

RE: It ran through our family about a month ago. It was really bad for a day or

Coug123

12:19pm

You must have long noro

foofcoug

12:44pm

You mean "stomach flu?"

scall

12:13pm

RE: You mean "stomach flu?"

Coug123

12:14pm

Yeah everyone calls it "stomach flu" and it is pretty darn common.

scall

12:15pm

You have to like the Netherlands on Wednesday after the news this morning

BYUheaven

12:06pm

Correction: You have to like the Netherlands regardless of any outside noise.

CertainDeath

12:24pm

I’m impressed by Spencer Linton

HimmerFredette

12:01pm

Why was he threatened?

DreamerCoug

12:05pm

He made some comments about what would happen if Utah doesn’t win the conference

HimmerFredette

12:06pm

They attacked and threatened his family?

tamasiaina

12:20pm

Not attacked but threatened

HimmerFredette

12:25pm

For basically saying if Ute FB doesn't meet expectations (win) there would be an

TheRowdy

12:06pm

I guess they missed the irony of….epically melting down.

Jstak17

12:16pm

RE: I guess they missed the irony of….epically melting down.

TheRowdy

12:18pm

Because Ute Twitter sucks.

O Gaucho

12:07pm

RE: Because Ute Twitter sucks.

HimmerFredette

12:08pm

Not just twitter

Ojiisan

12:09pm

Ute twitter is just the tip of the awful iceberg

tacallaway

12:28pm

I didn't see what was said, but bringing up family members of a sports commentator for doing his job is just wrong.

AltTabbins

12:11pm

Wouldn’t expect anything else from the Yewts

Bleeding Blue

12:31pm

Oh brother

NacoCoug

12:51pm

Does threatening on twitter count the same as real threats?

ochobeeguy

1:00pm

The Empire Strikes Back debuted on TV in 1987 and came with an intro from Vader

Captain Rex

12:00pm

I can't comprehend how someone could buy Star Wars and not make ridiculous

CougarCanuck76

12:12pm

It's really easy to mess up: Just put someone in charge who thinks they can do

cvd6262

12:18pm

One small quibble - not "reflect our modern world", but manipulate others to fit

RedHeadedStranger

12:31pm

Those were the good old days when a movie premiering on TV was a really big deal.

KingDave

12:30pm

Hike recommendations in Utah or Salt Lake County areas.

BYUHawk

11:55am

RE: Hike recommendations in Utah or Salt Lake County areas.

RGGeemer

11:56am

Lake Blanche is great. Strenuous but not crazy and a good payoff at the end.

Rivers Cuomo

11:57am

Agreed with this. Not a casual hike, though.

Yukon

12:06pm

We're ok with something more difficult--just not Timp level difficult.

BYUHawk

12:06pm

Nebo is awesome, last mile is steep but overall a great hike

rov

12:00pm

You could even just hike till it gets rocky and it's still great.

ochobeeguy

1:13pm

Too many to count. The All Trails app will have the highest rated hikes.

BlooCoug

12:15pm

I've done a bit of research online and have a list. Just wanting to get people's

BYUHawk

12:23pm

Deseret Peak

Cougar-Duck

12:28pm

Just did Lake Blanche last Saturday with my wife - just under 7 miles round trip

ElkhunterUT

12:45pm

Thanks! Very helpful. I have done Horsetail Falls. Beautiful but probably will

BYUHawk

12:52pm

Good call - both Lake Blanche and Red Pine are better for sure.

ElkhunterUT

1:16pm

For Utah County, I like the Grove Creek - Battle Creek Loop. Lots of waterfalls

BackPacker

1:17pm

ESPN

Top 10 recent

Miles Davis and Adam Hine

Who is the better player- Kanon Catchings or Collin Chandler?

I listened to the JJ & Alex show that was aired on Friday. Dave McCann was on

I’m impressed by Spencer Linton

LJ Martin has added 20 lbs of muscle. Any type of improvement in the O-line and

This AJ comment seems like a pretty big deal for BYU

Will there be major long-term consequences to the general decline in in-person

BYU is still paying their head coaches chump change

The Lawsuits against USU keep coming.. Former AD has now also lawyered up.

LOL, what a great memory

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