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Dec 9, 3:31pm

POLL: Better NBA talent?

CougfromtheSouth

1:29pm

How many other times has a high school player signed with Nike?

Icelandic Cougar

1:23pm

It happens quite a bit across all sports. I think they signed 5 or 6 bball

BYUheaven

1:27pm

Probably not very many since it was against NCAA rules until very

DieHarder

1:27pm

POLL: Do you collect anything? If so, post it in thread below

Icelandic Cougar

1:18pm

Baseball helmets

Knee Brace

1:19pm

Just debt

braddahmike

1:20pm

That usually accompanies the things you collect

Ted Lasso

1:30pm

I seem to collect all sorts of computer/electronic cords without even trying 😀

Hoopster

1:20pm

POTDs

Ted Lasso

1:24pm

All the Cosmo bobbleheads, my wife hates it 😃

Royal_Minister

1:24pm

Golf Logo Balls wherever I play and Pin Flags from destination Golf Courses

Bonoman

1:24pm

Magnets from places I've visited. Ornaments when we go as a family, along w/

runnincoug

1:24pm

Air Jordan’s, also collect baseball/football/basketball cards

Cougar86

1:24pm

Bikes and guns according to my wife. I prefer to think of myself as a connoisseur

Bar7h

1:25pm

Measuring Tapes. And one day I'll find them all.

Rusty Crab Daddy

1:26pm

the toy cars from the cars movies and NASCAR diecasts

FieroCoug

1:29pm

POLL: Besides Demin & Catchings, do we have any players on the current roster that KY would sign were they 3 inches shorter than they are?

SinkingQuffa Intervention Needed

1:17pm

Has anyone checked on Michelle Peralta since the AJ signing?

Ham

1:12pm

Thoughts and prayers out to her and her family

Mitty

1:14pm

Poor Oscar

JimmyZ

1:15pm

What happened now?

O Gaucho

1:15pm

I hear the chive garden is flourishing and she eats avocado toast every day. She

Hoopster

1:17pm

What are the chances AJ gets his own shoe while in College?

rawww

1:10pm

Air Brigham?

thewaterboy

1:11pm

Gotta appeal to the alumni base so...

COUGND

1:13pm

Those would be lit with either my new Kirkland Signature jeans or cargo shorts!

IdahoCoug

1:21pm

I'm surprised how committed AJ already is to BYU.

Mostlyaccurate

1:08pm

I was actually really pleasantly surprised to see how well he knew the team

Mitty

1:13pm

He's genuinely excited about the direction BYU basketball is going and he's genuinely excited to help elevate it to the

BackPacker

1:14pm

In one of his interviews, he was also very frank about where he needs to improve

LeGrandBleu

1:20pm

I worry (as I always do about BYU) that a fairly poor showing this year could

Scooter

1:30pm

Has anyone ever been to places like "the back 9"

Powerbait DPM

1:04pm

My proposal. TG weekend is the last weekend of the season with no +1 CCG format.

thewaterboy

1:03pm

Schools aren't going to go for less games under the present conference landscape. Huge loss of revenue.

byujacob

1:06pm

My proposal only eliminates 1 extra game per conference, but a CCG is still

thewaterboy

1:10pm

What is TG?

Plato

1:11pm

Thanksgiving

thewaterboy

1:17pm

I see. I'd say we should be more focused on our own conference and not the

Plato

1:21pm

Is 9 not enough conference games to play?

thewaterboy

1:24pm

AJ and Peach Jam

mjmill All-American

1:02pm

Wow, a lot of midrange

Bobber

1:12pm

Who was the last BYU player who knew how to draw fouls?

Mostlyaccurate

1:19pm

Great handle, great at scoring through contact, great vision in passing- easy to see his ranking is justified

BeyondTheMark

1:28pm

Big action thriller announced for next year starring two big names:

byujacob INSUFFERABLE KNOW IT ALL

1:00pm

I’d watch that.

WDaddy

1:08pm

Here’s the teaser for it:

The Pope

1:16pm

AJ's eyes are intense! In every interview he seems softspoken but with a look of

TailgateU

12:59pm

It's confidence. He loves to play the game.

Plantagenet

1:19pm

Maybe I'm crazy

The 435 All-American

12:52pm

Who r we talking about?

Dr MoBYU

12:52pm

Boise state guy and anybody else who fits that description

The 435

12:53pm

Maybe Arod can bring out the best in him and get him back to that 5 star level

ChubbyMoose

12:59pm

Usually, the rating was just incorrect based on limited info. So it's not a

Plato

1:14pm

Huard?

Moab Rising

1:01pm

Malachi Nelson

Jeffacka

1:03pm

BYU recruiting is only going to be disappointing for this signing class after AJ

SBB

12:51pm

Just watch the games & enjoy. Following recruiting is clearly a drug you shouldn't be messin with.

SinkingQuffa

12:54pm

How can you not see that as a joke? You can’t get better than #1. Therefor…

SBB

12:59pm

Reading too much CB, clearly. Yes, a drug I SHOULDN'T be messin with. I confess.

SinkingQuffa

1:01pm

There is an 8-footer kid on Mars that few people know about.

Tricky

1:03pm

RE: There is an 8-footer kid on Mars that few people know about.

Himni

1:17pm

POLL: Would you rather?

ChubbyMoose

12:50pm

Dan Mullen to UNLV

RC Vikings

12:50pm

Been a few years since his wife has been able to give pre-game kisses to players

rivercitycoug

12:56pm

RE: Been a few years since his wife has been able to give pre-game kisses to

kansascougar

12:56pm

Link:

Tricky

1:00pm

Tiny dog yapping non stop my entire flight. Everyone on plane could hear it

Warner

12:44pm

2 solutions

JAGA97

12:44pm

RE: 2 solutions

goidcougs

12:48pm

Wrong category warning! The should be under “Ute Smack.”

BluesBrother

12:45pm

RE: Tiny dog yapping non stop my entire flight. Everyone on plane could hear it

Jericho

12:47pm

RE: Tiny dog yapping non stop my entire flight. Everyone on plane could hear it

Team Chaos

12:47pm

People with noise canceling headphones probably couldn't, which this day and age, kind of mandatory travel equipment.

BIG XII Coug

12:47pm

That dog should be put down.

fredetteaboutit13

12:48pm

Or you could invert those two... either way works.

BoiseBlueCoug

12:49pm

I am sure glad my frequent flying days ended before dogs on planes became the

Hoopster

1:02pm

Biggest issue I see is countering CU's pass rush. They led the BIG 12 with 37 sacks. We don't seem to have much of a

BIG XII Coug Unemployed BIG XII advisor

12:42pm

18 of their sacks came from DEs. Love the drag route idea. You are right,

Captain Stubing

12:47pm

We aren't going to be ready for their speed on both sides of the ball. Going to need to play our best game of the year

byuTX

12:49pm

Hunter had 14 Rec. TD and Wester had 10. Lots of big plays between the two of them

BIG XII Coug

1:01pm

I'd take that over Skateboo.

Plantagenet

1:22pm

Doesn't look like DLs deflect a lot of balls, most PDs are DBs. This is good.

Captain Stubing

1:04pm

Devon Dampier’s stats in LES in 2025***

Icelandic Cougar

12:40pm

does Utah comes to LES in 2026?

It's A Bowling Ball

12:47pm

I’m really dumb. I thought next year was 2026.

Icelandic Cougar

1:17pm

Whitt just printed this post out and hung it in Dampier’s locker.

Yucatan

12:50pm

I thought they were coming in 25

CougarLucas

12:51pm

Yeah… see my message above

Icelandic Cougar

1:17pm

My division just spent money on a 1 min personalized shout out from Kenny G

compcoug

12:40pm

Probably spent $100 on Cameo to get it. Surprising how cheap some of those are

Disco Lemonade

12:43pm

Wow, assumed they were asking for more than that.

compcoug

12:58pm

meh. Peanuts. They very well might have spent more on employee time spent

SalmonOfCapistrano

12:46pm

And the fact that they chose Kenny G shows how little budget they had for this

Tricky

1:07pm

Calm down. These cost almost nothing now days. Probably just did it for the

CougaRR4L

12:51pm

My kid's football coach did this last year with Ray Lewis

braddahmike

1:02pm

We got Oscar from the office for my bosses birthday. He was hilarious.

CougaRR4L

1:09pm

40% seems low.

fredetteaboutit13

12:38pm

Worked out for me, but, I am a boomer and everything works out for us (or so I

Hoopster

1:13pm

Interesting. I’m working on my MBA. I guess I’ll report back in few years let

JohnnyC

1:21pm

Utah hasn't won a bowl game since 2017.

Dangerous

12:35pm

yeah, well Utah sucks.

It's A Bowling Ball

12:39pm

That can’t be right. I’ve seen them bragging about all their Rose Bowl games.

Disco Lemonade

12:39pm

Utah hasn't beaten BYU for over 1,932 days. That's over 5 years 🤣😂

BYU Grounds

12:45pm

🥀🥀🥀🥀

O Gaucho

1:11pm

Will BYU go after the Boise St. transfer QB?

WJCougar

12:32pm

No, we're going after Wilson

2FarGone

12:32pm

I don't think we have to go after Wilson. I think he's knocking on Sitake's door

Schultz is back

12:35pm

Let’s get him

Borg

12:36pm

Nah, there's a reason he keeps bouncing around

darkcoug

12:37pm

No

Jeffacka

12:37pm

crazy to think he was rated that high in high school, but might just suck

CougarLucas

12:48pm

HS QB star ratings are a much bigger crapshoot than other positions I have noticed

darkcoug

12:52pm

Joke Hypes, anybody remember him!!

imdocrob

12:55pm

So he could compete and eventually be QB2 behind JR? Didn't we just live that

BoiseBlueCoug

12:53pm

Steve Bartle School of Journalism: A QB is an important part of football team

Longseason

12:32pm

They are getting way hyped over an MWC QB.

WJCougar

12:33pm

That can’t throw the ball. You can’t survive in the big12

BYU '80

12:33pm

a 5'10" run first QB. I'm not seeing a bright future.

Longseason

12:36pm

When he is the only QB on the roster, it is a big deal.

Longseason

12:35pm

I think BYU would be happy to land him as well, if he were a target.

Captain Stubing

12:38pm

Here is the problem with their QB. He's literally the ONLY guy in their QB room

CougarCanuck76

12:41pm

Dampier arriving to the QB room

Disco Lemonade

12:45pm

Dampier isn't very big. Electric but he's going to get beat up in the Big 12.

pinolero

12:45pm

Slow your roll. That’s a big assumption that he’s coming for 2 years.

5150man

1:17pm

Is that a joke? D.D. has a long way to go as a passer before NFL. Ute Lalaland.

pinolero

1:25pm

Wow. Just seeing that Baylor gets LSU in the Texas bowl on New Years Eve

MaxxPower All-American

12:22pm

It's pretty dumb to play a conference opponent in a bowl game. Will still be fun

JAGA97

12:25pm

Exactly. Give your best teams a chance to make a statement for the conference.

Six Foot Seven

12:30pm

Alamo Bowl History: The2019 Alamo Bowl featured the 11th ranked Utah Utes

momowagon

12:16pm

That was a great game. Texas was plagued with injuries much of that year but

BlueFever

12:20pm

"the schools that are the angriest, are the ones that used to cheat"

Count Cougar

12:15pm

No lies detected in this statement

RenoCoug

12:20pm

"Oh shoot...now the schools who actually followed the rules can let their

Manti

12:21pm

I can't wait for the follow up to the Bagmen article Sports Illustrated

byusage

12:26pm

I remember reading that. That was a fascinating article.

dilbert

12:40pm

The next one should be on shady NIL 'agents' - this seedy underbelly of the NCAA

Captain Stubing

12:40pm

Where did you get that quote?

Archaea

12:30pm

read the original post

Count Cougar

12:42pm

Same dynamic is in evidence w/ Utefans who know they have blown a 12-year lead

Abe Froman

12:30pm

#truth

BluesBrother

12:35pm

Of course they're angry, because they took advantage when everybody else was

Schrodizzy

12:37pm

And now fans of those schools want more limits/caps imposed. (of course, that's so they can go back to cheating)

BackPacker

12:44pm

Yep, caps for everyone else but not us.

Schrodizzy

1:28pm

Which movie wins?

arizonacougarfan

12:12pm

No Die Hard?

BYUheaven

12:13pm

Not a Christmas movie. Sorry.

Jay_L

12:22pm

How is it not? It's basically a Hallmark Christmas movie.

BYUtka

12:25pm

It's got Santa, Christmas music, presents, work Christmas party

RenoCoug

12:39pm

It's as much a Christmas movie as Home Alone.

BYUtka

1:01pm

Probably Home Alone or Elf

Borg

12:14pm

These are the two movies I need to watch every Christmas.

Russell Feathers

12:19pm

My favorite is Mr Krueger's Christmas. Short, sweet, and with the right message

homegrown

12:14pm

Also love The Man Who Invented Christmas

homegrown

12:15pm

Christmas Vacation. Also, Spirited and Klaus should've made the tournament.

cougfanblue

12:14pm

Klaus is high in my rotation.

benny1982

12:16pm

1. Die Hard 2. Scrooged 3. It's a Wonderful Life (mostly for Donna Reed)

2FarGone

12:15pm

Mary Bailey is such a great character.

Manti

12:16pm

RE: 1. Die Hard 2. Scrooged 3. It's a Wonderful Life (mostly for Donna Reed)

Russell Feathers

12:19pm

Oh that is a difficult decision

BYU Grounds

12:16pm

Christmas Vacation

kimdaddy35

12:17pm

Wow. There's some bad movies on that list.

Niiineteeen84

12:18pm

If you don’t vote for It’s a Wonderful Life, you are a commie that tortures

UNLVcougar

12:21pm

It's a wonderful life is only good with the altnerate ending

BYUheaven

12:28pm

Dana Carvey as George Bailey makes me laugh every time.

Manti

1:04pm

Ted needs to be on the Christmas list movies

RC Vikings

12:23pm

8 bit christmas!

diluigifan

12:25pm

Gremlins.

BYUtka

12:26pm

I can only conclude that this is the Christmas movie NIT and The Muppet

DieHarder

12:29pm

Home Alone, ELF, and Christmas Vacation win in Round 1 in absolute blow outs.

Doogal McCougar

12:31pm

Muppet Christmas carol is a top 5 and should be on the list.

CougarGeorge

12:32pm

No George C Scott Christmas Carol on this list is a crime.

UNLVcougar

12:34pm

These seedings are terrible. Bad Santa gets a 4 seed?!?

BluesBrother

12:38pm

Home Alone, because it has the easiest bracket. Other favorites might get upset.

fbguru

12:39pm

This list is pathetic. No Miracle on 34th, Christmas Carol- George C Scott, the

CougaRR4L

1:05pm

This guy would be a great fit at Utah....

BYU Grounds Intervention Needed

12:12pm

Wandered over to UteHub. Interesting that the consensus is they lost interest in

Methusaleh22

12:10pm

They'll never lose interest in hating BYU or the Church. That always burns

DirtyWater

12:12pm

I'd lose interest too. Whitt won't retire, so a repeat of 2024

BlueFever

12:23pm

Fair weather fans that is what they are.

Jay_L

12:24pm

Video: MIC'D UP: with AJ DYBANTSA | Welcome home, AJ! | BYU Basketball View

[BYU Cougars Video]

12:04pm

Cooper Kupp or Davante Adams? I'm in the playoffs this week.

CougaRR4L

12:03pm

Ugh. Cooper Kupp. His targets are dwindling. he'd be a great sell high guy

Belboz

12:06pm

He's asking who to play, not who to trade.

OPINIONS

12:10pm

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BlueFever

12:14pm

I think you missed the context.

Belboz

12:16pm

Adams

I'mBatman

12:10pm

I hate that Kupp is Thursday this week. I have to decide on him for my flex

PHXSUNS31

12:42pm

with White, you don't need to worry so much about Irving

Belboz

12:48pm

Ya in one league I lost my 1st round playoff matchup because of Irving

PHXSUNS31

1:00pm

Get rid of CCG games and just do this:

nephicoug

11:59am

That takes away the fun of crowing a true conference champion

mudpupper

12:00pm

* One True Champion

DirtyWater

12:13pm

Once conferences are so big that you don’t play everyone, they become less

Rexy Coug

12:28pm

A better alternative (suggested by someone I read somewhere) is to have game 12

TailgateU

1:04pm

Could even be fun to have cross conference games the week of CCG

PHXSUNS31

1:17pm

No. Each conference should have a 4 team conf playoff.

Icelandic Cougar

12:01pm

5 extra games for the champion is like an extra half-season.

OPINIONS

12:02pm

shorten the regular season to 11. 16 games max.

Schultz is back

12:08pm

We're already there. If a Round 1 team plays in the CCG and then plays for natty

Doogal McCougar

12:13pm

1 CCG and 4 (max) CFP games currently. So no different if you eliminate the CCG

thewaterboy

12:48pm

I'd say do both. Make the final weekend conference championship weekend. Have

thewaterboy

12:05pm

Money

Charles Darwin

12:12pm

Careful. People love first round byes for undeserving teams around here.

Methusaleh22

12:12pm

I like this concept....

BYU Grounds

12:13pm

This looks great BUT... Making the postseason better at the expense of the regular season isn't appealing to me. I enjoy

HarlemCoug

12:13pm

That’s not true re cutting regular season unless you count CCGs as regular seaso

chilawcoug

12:25pm

There is no reason to include teams like Ohio, Marshall, and Jacksonville State

RealTaysomHill

12:15pm

If they play in the same FBS level, they absolutely should be included.

Doogal McCougar

12:21pm

Auto bids to all conf champs ranked 20 or higher

byuTX

12:25pm

If you have a 24-team playoff, it seems like you'd have to give autobids out to

thewaterboy

12:52pm

He wants it down to 16, so it would do some work

chilawcoug

12:53pm

Unranked teams don't deserve a shot

byuTX

12:55pm

No, they shouldn’t. We don’t have to pretend like a 9-4 Jacksonville State might be the best team in the country

RealTaysomHill

12:29pm

We all know UMBC sucks. No way they are as good as Virginia. UVA is the number 1

chilawcoug

12:31pm

Stop pretending like basketball and football are the same

RealTaysomHill

12:38pm

Stop pretending that they aren’t similar

chilawcoug

12:41pm

It took a long time for a 16 to upset a 1, but those games are getting more and

CameronG

12:45pm

The increase in 15 seeds and 16 seeds winning also coincides decently well with

chilawcoug

12:48pm

Let's also get rid of the 13-16 seeds in the NCAA bball tournament. No reason to include teams like them.

SierraCoug

12:22pm

In a 68 team playoff in football, we can include them. But not now. Especially when basketball and football are so

RealTaysomHill

12:25pm

It’s actually about the same ratio because there are fewer FBS conferences

chilawcoug

12:27pm

You misunderstand what I’m saying

RealTaysomHill

12:38pm

But there are fewer BS teams than D1 basketball teams, so that negates the

chilawcoug

12:40pm

Everyone needs to remember these clever ideas when we roll out the new national championship playoff

Underhill

12:19pm

Replace undeserving teams like Ohio, Marshall, Jacksonville to get it down to 16. No byes, 4 weeks. 1st 2 home sites

byuTX

12:22pm

Or let them in so it’s a playoff where every team 100% controls their own

chilawcoug

12:28pm

No thanks. Let them earn a spot rather than give it to them

byuTX

12:34pm

Hahahaha earning a spot is exactly what I’m advocating. If an invitational is so

chilawcoug

12:35pm

Quite the opposite. Let them in if they can make it ~top 20

byuTX

12:36pm

“We’ll let the NCF West champion in if a committee with unlimited discretion

chilawcoug

12:39pm

The "NCF West champion" made its team up of drafted players, trades and FA's with a salary cap, collective bargaining,

byuTX

12:42pm

Okay substitute any sport or any league you want.

chilawcoug

12:43pm

Find me a sport where the resources are so different within the same division, whose teams aren't acquired through draft

byuTX

12:46pm

Every other college sport and division?

chilawcoug

12:49pm

there isn't a sport close to as different from biggest spender to lowest as FBS FB. The real solution is G5/P4 split

byuTX

12:51pm

You don’t think that D1 basketball is similar or even close? lol

chilawcoug

12:52pm

You do? lol

byuTX

12:55pm

Yeah I think the difference between Duke basketball and Coppin State basketball

chilawcoug

12:59pm

And who decides if they're Top 20? How do they "prove it" if the big boys

CameronG

12:51pm

I think it makes sense…put top 4 from each P4, each G5 champ, 3 at-large

PHXSUNS31

12:54pm

RE: Get rid of CCG games and just do this:

Greg4BYU

12:55pm

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