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Dec 9, 3:31pm

So just how cold is too cold to play football?

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

9:48am

For those still sitting on the sideline on inheriting property

Doctor Rosenrosen

9:48am

Decided to go watch Interstellar on 70mm IMAX here in AZ since it is showing

BYU Superfan

9:46am

TNT enjoys being a P4 shill. The G5 is substandard football. Let it be done

TNT

9:46am

BYU's defensive efficiency was nearly 100th going into last week. It's climbed back up to 79th

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

9:45am

I think Jeanty probably should have won the Heisman, but I'm glad a BSU player

Sparkling Delirium

9:45am

The Nutcracker is a form of sanctioned public obscenity - c'mon.

oxcoug

9:42am

You don't like Christmas nuts?

Plato

9:48am

Blue turf is so stupid.

IdahoCoug Truly Addicted User

9:38am

My biggest problem with Denver is the hail the size of golf balls it gets every spring. That city seems to get more

Sandstone Cougar Your true friend

9:36am

My problem with Denver

Wife_Apologist

9:38am

RE: My problem with Denver

COUGND

9:41am

RE: My problem with Denver

kimdaddy35

9:42am

Wait till you hear what people in Denver think of Utah

spinner

9:43am

Denver gets some extreme weather for sure.

Busting Coveys

9:43am

That’s pretty typical of a mountain city.

Housemartin

9:46am

No. Actually it’s not. It’s more consistent with a city out on the plains.

Busting Coveys

9:49am

Pretty cool/interesting tweet by Dewey Gray about Lenny Gomes' connection to the

Das_Countach

9:17am

"Rear air"? As a kid we called that a fart and then we laughed and laughed 😅

BYUFam1

9:29am

Rearified air.

byulover

9:35am

When am I supposed to start Dark Side of the Moon so it syncs with Wicked?

Great38

9:09am

Right after the Baker gives Red the basket.

BYUtka

9:34am

Playground bullies

Underhill All-American

9:04am

Where is this?

HenderCoug

9:18am

Underhill's front yard

reagan21

9:21am

Which hill though?

TNT

9:21am

The second one

reagan21

9:22am

Sorry, can't help it: those are bucks (not bulls)

cougarmeister

9:34am

But they both begin with "B"

TNT

9:39am

RE: Sorry, can't help it: those are bucks (not bulls)

TheHop

9:48am

Looking to work with more recruiters in my job search that's growing increasingly urgent. Any recommendations? Places

BlueBlood94 All-American

9:01am

What type of help are you looking for?

SBB

9:33am

Someone with a pulse on openings that could be an extra set of eyes to find potential matches, and help facilitate an

BlueBlood94

9:35am

Speaking of BYU's NET ranking, we really needed more Quad 2 and 3 games

nova_coug_fan

9:00am

Could NC State get to a quad 2 win?

pinolero

9:02am

Absolutely. Currently 109. Just have to get to 100 to become Q2.

jreid191

9:04am

That would be helpful. Go Wolf Pack

pinolero

9:05am

Schedule was way too soft imo.

JoeExotic

9:06am

Sounds like KY agrees.

Soupie

9:07am

BYU will have all the quad games it needs

Indy Coug

9:10am

Will it? The big 12 is not nearly as strong as hoped.

Kdubb

9:13am

Every road game will likely be Q2 or better

JoeExotic

9:15am

It’s still the second strongest conference

Indy Coug

9:17am

Maybe, but the Big 12 definitely isn’t as highly rated in the NET as last year

CPAcoug87

9:13am

Last year we had 11 Q1, 5 Q2, and 2 Q3 conference games. This year projects to

jreid191

9:20am

That's definitely true.

CPAcoug87

9:33am

We also have 16 teams instead of 14. In addition to that, last year we had the

jreid191

9:40am

Its understandable to have cautious scheduling for a new coach. But…

Kdubb

9:11am

BYU made the list! (2nd to last one). This tweet has 20M+ views, so not…

BamaCoug

9:00am

Bring back bullying

yorksama

8:54am

In all seriousness, the demise of bullying (social policing) has created a ton

RugbyCoug

8:57am

There is no more social policing in schools? That's not what I hear from kids.

bluesloth

9:02am

And seems like bullying is more with no reduction + addition of social media

ochobeeguy

9:07am

Prosocial bullying v. antisocial bullying. Good social norms v. bad social norms

CougarMandias

9:13am

Now that they have had some easy and a couple not easy games, I think the team

bald man

8:52am

Currently 53 in NET, no quad 2 wins, 7-0 in quad 4 wins, our two losses are

Avery

8:43am

Some surprisingly low NET ratings in the Big 12...

CPAcoug87

8:55am

I'm kinda worried about that

Avery

8:59am

Prediction: Knell gets drafted in the 2nd round (never thought I would say that)

CocaColaRecovery

8:41am

Playing really well, might take Hall's spot in the starting lineup

Projectoor

8:45am

I love Knell this year so far, but he’s also 26 years old.

coug719

8:46am

Would love to see it. I hope he shows

BYU71

8:48am

Not sure he will get drafted, but he will get a run in Summer League for sure.

gp232

8:50am

RE: Prediction: Knell gets drafted in the 2nd round (never thought I would say

fredetteaboutit13

8:51am

I put chances of that at less than 1% but he’s having a good year for sure

JoeExotic

8:56am

great player, his team defense has always been solid, for some reason CBers

BYUheaven

9:15am

You still shouldn't be saying (or thinking that). Given Knell's skillset & athleticism he'd need to be 6'10+

SinkingQuffa

9:20am

lol good one

arizonacougarfan

9:37am

Niners just suspended the LB who refused to go in against the Rams Thursday. Three games, so his season is over

RealTaysomHill Truly Addicted User

8:39am

Suspend him to deliver $ penalty, don't cut him to deny him opportunities

BruceBruce

8:42am

I don’t think it’s to deny him opportunities. If they cut him, they have to pay him. When they suspend him, they don’t

RealTaysomHill

8:43am

I think there was another report that said it was partly to deny him

CameronG

9:10am

What’s the story on this guy? Why refuse to enter the game?

ninja math

8:42am

This is from ESPN:

bluesloth

8:51am

In a nutshell, he has been starting until their actual started returned. The actual starter returned, Campbell got mad

RootieBoy

9:15am

RE: Niners just suspended the LB who refused to go in against the Rams Thursday.

Coooooooooolin

8:50am

Bigger issue is try to recoup part of $3.5 sign on or bonus as part of $5M deal

MajorZeus

9:11am

Housing market brutal out there

Chefcurry

8:33am

Unbelievable

TNT

8:36am

Weirdest music video? This one has to be right up there. Stumbled across it after not having seen it since the 90's

Chemish All-American

8:30am

This guy would like a word…

squints

8:39am

Here's a whole playlist of weird music videos

Saregreat

8:50am

I think Weird Al is more awesome than weird. But I'm pretty white and nerdy.

Chemish

9:00am

RE: Weirdest music video? This one has to be right up there. Stumbled across it

COUGND

9:40am

This one I always thought was weird and funny, mostly due to the singer.

Ode to Hoy

9:44am

Everyone talks like the only Daylight Savings options are to permanently move to

TheNerd

8:28am

Will you put your personal time zone on your linkedin profile next to your

JimmyZ

8:30am

2 weeks before daylight savings time we send a cow out and

cougarfann888

8:31am

Finally a decent suggestion on CB

TNT

8:54am

I like #3, the length of the work/school day should be proportional to hours of

Great38

9:15am

My 16yo already uses his own (continually shifting) time zone

cougarmeister

9:30am

Arizona residents watching the argument

paulb

9:47am

Anyone selling/donating tickets for Friday’s game?

Blue for Life

8:26am

Kalani to be the BYU devotional speaker on March 11 followed by Gabe Reid on the

O Gaucho

8:23am

I was just thinking about this the other day, that it was interesting he hadn't given a devotional talk yet.

durandal

8:25am

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CocaColaRecovery

8:21am

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CocaColaRecovery

8:37am

Crunch labs kits seem to have gone downhill unless I am just really unlucky

WhirleyPop

8:21am

Wouldn’t be the first company to start up all domestic, then see profit margin

AggieWeekendCougar

8:43am

Is this bad?! This seems bad.

russkiejedi

8:21am

He should be released tomorrow. He doesn't belong on a NFL roster

BIG XII Coug

9:03am

As bad as that performance last night was, I'm even more amazed by the tweet

russkiejedi

9:25am

Watching "It's a Wonderful Life" is kind of haunting. I don't think Jimmy

Windward_Coug

8:19am

Gal Gadot is a modern day Jimmy Stewart.

aplusfan

8:22am

Woah. Sex change and everything?

TNT

8:24am

This Snow White meme is hilarious

Windward_Coug

8:38am

The queen was always hotter than Snow White. #mirrorlied

Ghost of Peanut

8:50am

Yep

Windward_Coug

8:54am

He enlisted as a private before the war in March 1941 and rose to full Colonel in March 1945

2FarGone

8:50am

"Warfare" Trailer - Has a "Blackhawk Down" feel to it

RockyBalboa

8:16am

Who are those names? Never heard of any of those people.

pink22

9:11am

Nephew told me last night he bought tix @ $450 each

SV72 Sale

8:11am

Byu really botched that one. Still hurts

Mr. Scoobs

8:12am

I just about bit after the Utah game but I decided to wait because I figured the prices couldn't get much higher. #lucky

byuluvr

8:13am

I got flights, hotel, and car reserved, but nothing I couldn't cancel.

Jesse Pinkman

8:14am

My son and his buddies were going to buy them after the Utah game.

Manti

8:15am

He wasn't aggressive early enough. On a race to the bottom like that, which was evident by Sunday, hit it hard early on

BIG XII Coug

8:15am

I decided to not go after the play

BYU71

8:19am

That’s why you don’t buy tickets until you actually know your team is playing

JoeExotic

8:23am

flights and hotels are little risk if you do it right but I agree on game tix

fulano

8:36am

I would have gambled if we beat KU but that game made me very nervous

DanSmith

8:25am

It seemed like a good bet. I mean Kansas wasn't playing all that well.

bald man

8:28am

Hey you and me both. And even better we share the same hair style. 😁

Blue for Life

8:30am

I wish I could say the hair style was by choice. 🙁

bald man

8:40am

Only reason I didn’t buy tickets is because we were hoping to go to the

Powerbait DPM

8:29am

We lost quite a bit of money

AFtotheNW

8:36am

my buddy sold his and got half back, had he waited a few days later he would’ve been lucky to get an eighth of

JOPE

8:38am

My son was pushing to get tickets after the Utah game. I said, "Not until after

Six Foot Seven

8:52am

We should file a class-action lawsuit against A-Rod to recoup the losses.

COACHdrn

9:01am

We only lost $20. I think we bought them before prices really jumped and listed

Metallicat

9:09am

Way overpriced. BXII really ripped off everyone.

sfeuz

9:18am

Tickets were relatively cheap early in the season. Secondary market drove up

Metallicat

9:28am

I bought tickets after the Utah game

CariocaCoug

9:31am

I live in the DFW Metroplex and I was sorely tempted many times to buy, but...

Frustrated Coug

9:39am

CC game sucks because nobody knew what teams were going to it until 8pm the week

Magneto

9:47am

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8:07am

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[Deseret News]

8:00am

Blind lady just brought her dog on my flight. Give me a break.

shimmy In play, run(s)

7:57am

The new generation is weak. Back in the day, blind people used a white walking stick. Now they have dogs guiding them?!?

WDaddy

7:59am

Replace it with a raccoon. See what ahppens!

SJS

8:03am

RE: Blind lady just brought her dog on my flight. Give me a break.

Preppy

8:10am

RE: Blind lady just brought her dog on my flight. Give me a break.

Blue for Life

8:33am

Ryder Cup players will be paid for the first time, $200,000 for them and

RC Vikings

7:57am

JohnnyC

8:00am

Why? This change does nothing to my interest in the Ryder Cup

chilawcoug

8:02am

What makes you believe that, if anything it seems to be picking up in popularity

RC Vikings

8:02am

Because of the perception of its now about money.

JohnnyC

8:28am

I don’t think a flat $200,000, which is less than most of these players make in

chilawcoug

8:32am

Maybe so, but the 2025 is Ryder cup is setting up to be the biggest one of all time. There’s already mass hysteria

RdF3

8:11am

I hope not. I love the Ryder Cup. Most forms of international competition, rly

Gunga Galunga

8:35am

This won’t change anything. Ryder Cup will continue to be a big draw.

pink22

9:13am

I’m just glad these guys will be able to feed their families now

JohnnyComeLately

8:03am

The thing that would be bug me and why I’d clamor for that cash is others have been taking it and making good $ off the

RdF3

8:09am

The event brings in more that $50 million with tv right and ticket sales, a lot

RC Vikings

8:18am

Sure is funny to track packages sometimes...

Xenon

7:54am

Have you ever tracked Santa? The dude's routes make UPS/FedEx look sane!

Hoopster

8:07am

I'm in Utah County. I had one go from California->Utah->Pennsylvania->Arizona->Utah and final delivery.

byuluvr

8:10am

My best/worst is from PG to SLC to Rhode Island to Massachusetts to Colorado to SLC to Provo.

touchdownbyu

9:27am

Some observations from the game Saturday:

macdizzle

7:50am

Crawford didn't play at Stanford a year?

Covid-19

7:53am

No

Indy Coug

7:53am

Good, makes me feel even better about him

Covid-19

8:14am

Catchings has a ton of potential, but he needs to learn how to earn and take good shots

Indy Coug

7:53am

Yeah he needs to play but his efficiency has been poor so far.

JuicyJam

7:58am

Feels like he doesn’t trust his ability to be physical

Zombre

8:05am

And needs to slash to the basket without the ball and drive more. His spin and drive on the inbounds was awesome.

GoodBetterBestBYU

8:24am

part of me wonders that in high school it was too easy for him

bald man

8:31am

That’s seems right. Hopefully he develops confidence.

GoodBetterBestBYU

9:02am

On your Knell point: agreed, but don't understand how people ever thought

oxcoug

8:02am

Agreed, two really coaches are high on Knell, but many on CB aren’t. He doesn’t get his face caved in like Richie

GoodBetterBestBYU

8:26am

Catching is 3rd in minutes per game at 25.5.

Spiff

8:10am

The upside for Crawford is very, very high.

bald man

8:29am

I noticed it, and now I can't not notice how short Knells arms are. T-rex arms.

pinolero

8:30am

Knell's been playing very well overall — & splendidly at his main role of finding his screens & hitting open shots

SinkingQuffa

8:33am

He actually got to the basket at times in Big 12 play

puntersarepeople

8:37am

Yes, WHEN the opportunity arises he needs to take that. So long as he's not forcing the issue--like we NEED others to do

SinkingQuffa

8:39am

Elder Christofferson was a Stake President in

deljdc

9:22am

Knell was great on defense last year.

rockyrd

9:48am

Move the portal window

Longseason

7:36am

Move it to when?

BigTex

7:38am

After the season

fattycoug

7:40am

It’s the only thing that makes sense. Can’t do it during the season

Borg

7:41am

It makes little sense from an academic standpoint

RGGeemer

7:42am

Yep, and they are still students

Littlerich

7:43am

They are essentially pros. Missing a semester or making a mil is a no brainer

Borg

7:48am

That’s both a non sequitir and a strawman.

chilawcoug

7:49am

No. It’s obviously the only thing that matters to these guys else they wouldn’t

Borg

7:50am

Twice in a row. Impressive again

chilawcoug

7:51am

Not everyone is leaving for money

fattycoug

8:06am

I would venture the majority are

Borg

8:19am

Quite wrong. The well known ones are leaving for $$. The vast majority will not

NYC and Japan

8:33am

Fair enough

Borg

9:09am

The number who are "making a mil" is miniscule

NGB

7:50am

Then the athletes are screwed with the academic year

RealTaysomHill

7:42am

Yep. They have to drop out of the old school (have to enroll for the new

chilawcoug

7:45am

They can dry their tears with hundred dollar bills. It’s not about academics.

Borg

7:49am

If you had read my post, you’d know I never said it was about school

chilawcoug

7:50am

If the portal opens mid Jan (after NC game) …they can still make it

Borg

7:52am

Only at some schools, and only if they enter, get offers, make decision

chilawcoug

7:53am

Hmm…I guess there are risks hitting the portal. Guess the grass isn’t always

Borg

7:56am

I know you are already on your condescending high horse so whatever I say

chilawcoug

7:58am

I hope they do bust up the current system with an anti trust lawsuit. What’s

Borg

8:13am

Okay so you admit your proposed system won’t work. Got it.

chilawcoug

8:16am

Academics are still part of it though. Players can be suspended for poor grades. If you’re arguing that college sports

RealTaysomHill

7:51am

Do players enroll in Spring semester if they plan to leave in the portal?

Borg

7:53am

They have to enroll in the school they will be attending if they want to participate in spring ball

RealTaysomHill

7:57am

Can’t they transfer after the season is over and finish the semester and then

ballen

7:51am

If my season ended in Dec. And I’m hitting the portal. Why would I enroll in

Borg

7:55am

Wait now you want a variable window depending on the team?

chilawcoug

8:00am

Make it so that if they enter the portal before the end of the season, including

Submariner

8:00am

Many reasons for entering the portal… team performance, coach changes,

NYC and Japan

9:00am

That is why I said "is enforceable" and not that it must be enforced.

Submariner

9:21am

Closes the later of January 9 or 1 week after you play your last game.

unctoothman

8:55am

This is what Deliingham was talking about. He told his guys they can enter the transfer portal, but he still wants

P-Boy Squad

7:42am

Did he get him in the position they’re in, or did they get him in the position

Polecat

9:19am

The bigger problem is timing of the playoff/bowls. School starts in January.

chilawcoug

7:42am

Don't most schools allow transfers at the beginning of the quarter (mid-semester

thewaterboy

7:45am

Some do, some don’t. And even for those who do, it’s not always in time for

chilawcoug

7:46am

In addition, one portal entry a year might be susceptible to antitrust claims

chilawcoug

7:46am

There's already a spring portal. They need to lengthen the time on that one and

thewaterboy

7:43am

Reinstate sitting out a year and move the portal dates

Indy Coug

7:46am

They’d have to make athletes employees and collectively bargain that restriction

chilawcoug

7:47am

the settlement with congress already paved the way to make athletes employees

Saxa

8:01am

Settlement with Congress? What do you mean?

chilawcoug

8:03am

I really wish this rule came back.

TADOW

7:49am

Athletes sued and the courts got rid of it. Not much the NCAA could do.

Ghost of Peanut

8:11am

Is someone making him transfer?

benny1982

8:27am

That is a "back up the brinks truck if you want me to play in the playoffs" move

JimmyZ

8:33am

The easier answer is you let them opt out of the next season for the transfer

sandtrapcougar

8:49am

Heavy heart? Pretty sure he meant open wallet.

KCFan85

8:50am

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