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RSL is good

Icelandic Cougar

12:00am

They’re very refreshing

Islandercoug Redshirt Freshman

Jun 30, 11:52pm

$60 m for 38yr PG? He isn't great anymore

Deleted True Conservative

Jun 30, 11:36pm

The last 5 seasons he averages like 53 games a year.

byubyu

Jun 30, 11:38pm

Bad move for Philly? George is old and often injured. Seems like they are

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 11:45pm

Glad it’s not the Jazz mortgaging their future

Biyamiti

Jun 30, 11:49pm

Just watched The Last Samurai for the first time. Excellent!! Tom Cruise film. I

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 11:20pm

Great movie.

Zedhead

Jun 30, 11:28pm

Great movie but I’d recommend the sequel “Beverly Hills Ninja”. It does a tremendous job of documenting the ways of the

Zach Morris

Jun 30, 11:30pm

RE: Great movie but I’d recommend the sequel “Beverly Hills Ninja”. It does a tremendous job of

Division Bell

Jun 30, 11:41pm

The restaurant scene is some of Farley’s best work ever.

cruiserhead

Jun 30, 11:44pm

Great movie with an amazing soundtrack

Jericho

Jun 30, 11:36pm

Awesome show. Now go watch Shogun

cruiserhead

Jun 30, 11:40pm

I’m interested.

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 11:42pm

Silence, directed by Martin Scorese is also a good watch.

yorksama

12:07am

The chosen Matthew 4:24. It has a 13 1/2 minute one take! Impressive camera work

wildeone

Jun 30, 11:08pm

Jonathan Marchessault is going to the free agent market

mannheimadler

Jun 30, 11:00pm

Hope he or Stamkos ends up with the Wings!

Frankfromtheballpark

Jun 30, 11:30pm

I hope the Ducks land him

Hawk Talons

Jun 30, 11:59pm

Seinfeld

TNT

Jun 30, 10:53pm

TNT has excellent taste in tv comedy

MaxxPower

Jun 30, 10:59pm

Looks like a few CBers don't approve

TNT

Jun 30, 11:01pm

That's a lot of gum

DirtyWater

Jun 30, 11:02pm

Apparently,Larry David saw this picture and the seed was planted

Islandercoug

Jun 30, 11:29pm

Ringo!

Brisco

Jun 30, 11:47pm

Crazy that Louisiana after all these years has such a strong French connection. North Dakota is another interesting one

Osteotome All-American

Jun 30, 10:49pm

Utah needs more Brazilians. Gotta get Portuguese on the map.

Trent

Jun 30, 11:32pm

Portuguese is basically just bad Spanish.

Japan Coug

12:06am

What is the German connection to North Dakota?

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 11:38pm

I was wondering the same I thought it was more of a Dutch thing

Osteotome

Jun 30, 11:41pm

This article explains it. I had no idea. Link:

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 11:52pm

My 92-year-old mother is a big Seinfeld fan.

Cougar Junkie

Jun 30, 10:49pm

Some people age much better than others.

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 11:22pm

RE: My 92-year-old mother is a big Seinfeld fan.

Islandercoug

Jun 30, 11:35pm

The joys of living next to a golf course

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Jun 30, 10:46pm

Can anyone relate to being in their early 40’s, and the only thing your parents

Alan Schaefer

Jun 30, 10:27pm

Is it true?

Busting Coveys

Jun 30, 10:29pm

And what would they have said 10 years ago?

Brisco

Jun 30, 11:06pm

Cold and rainy here. Wish it would warm up.

John Doe

Jun 30, 11:09pm

Dark Matter. Half way through and 2 thumbs up, however (minor spoiler)

Joe Banks All-American

Jun 30, 10:26pm

One of my favorite shows this year.

cruiserhead

Jun 30, 11:01pm

but it's AppleTV

Croweater

Jun 30, 11:16pm

It’s a really good show that just keeps getting better

RoamingCoug

Jun 30, 11:37pm

Seinfeld S5E12 “The Stall” is absolutely hilarious.

LaVellIfIKnow

Jun 30, 10:25pm

Amazing. I watched that very episode last night and thought to myself

pistol12

Jun 30, 10:37pm

And yet several CBers have mentioned how they don't find the show funny

TNT

Jun 30, 10:51pm

And that is funny in itself!

Cougar Junkie

Jun 30, 10:53pm

Who says soccer isn't entertaining?

DirtyWater

Jun 30, 10:18pm

Toronto’s back line is horrible for not paying attention.

Fatalplacebo

Jun 30, 10:25pm

The 2nd touch was impressive.

CougGolf

Jun 30, 10:57pm

As the song goes: “Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug”

Borg

Jun 30, 10:07pm

I saw Mary Chaplin Carpenter sing that song back in the day. She was the warm-up for a bigger act—Alan Jackson, maybe.

Brisco

Jun 30, 11:13pm

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you are doing a GREAT job

JimmyZ

Jun 30, 10:07pm

RE: I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you are doing a GREAT job

paulb

Jun 30, 10:07pm

Likewise

Ray Shoesmith

Jun 30, 10:12pm

RE: I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you are doing a GREAT job

Ted Lasso

Jun 30, 10:15pm

Best place to get a car key cut and programmed

Dr T-bone

Jun 30, 9:54pm

Idk where you are, but I had a good experience with these guys in Provo.

Adam_Pontipee

Jun 30, 9:58pm

Local locksmith can do it

Fatalplacebo

Jun 30, 10:10pm

Toms online

Thrill

Jun 30, 10:30pm

Some Costcos offer it. It is a mobile third party and they are only there at

sandtrapcougar

Jun 30, 11:07pm

$39 purchase fee per ticket for stadium of fire on Seat Geek!

Shawarma

Jun 30, 9:47pm

Ridiculous

CougarForLife

Jun 30, 9:50pm

Concert promoter fees have gotten out of control. Seat Geek, Live Nation, it doesn't really matter anymore.

Bonoman

Jun 30, 9:50pm

I wouldn't even pay $39 for a ticket. Let alone know fees.

byubyu

Jun 30, 9:52pm

Here’s a fun Puka stat.

Metallicat

Jun 30, 9:46pm

Will be pretty cool 15 years from now when BYU has at least 4 HOFers

LaVellIfIKnow

Jun 30, 9:48pm

And Taysom

AZPTCOUG

Jun 30, 10:05pm

Good insight into Boeing's starliner issues

Zenoch All-American

Jun 30, 9:44pm

Why do the astronauts need helium for the return trip?

DirtyWater

Jun 30, 9:55pm

How badly do the Swiss beat England? 3-1? 4-0?

Mitty

Jun 30, 9:36pm

Nobody but France or Spain will play England in a way that they could score more

shoganai

Jun 30, 9:38pm

What are Seminary/institute teachers salary ballpark? (In UT)

Yes

Jun 30, 9:33pm

$50k

Mexicougazul

Jun 30, 9:34pm

Woah. That’s absurd. I hope the benefits are amazing.

KingDave

Jun 30, 9:38pm

They aren’t. Most corporate benefits are better. Church HR is stuck in the 1990s

Hiccupless

Jun 30, 9:42pm

You don’t think the church’s health insurance is better than most corporations?

chilawcoug

Jun 30, 9:54pm

Totally wrong! I worked for the church and the benefits were incredible

cornellcoug

Jun 30, 9:57pm

I retired from seminary employment four years ago and the Church was a great

BYU I Bleed Blue

Jun 30, 10:04pm

Is it true that seminary/institute teachers make $50k annually? That sounds low

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 10:24pm

That's in line with a first year teacher salary. It's a 9 or 10 month contract.

TSTTKB

Jun 30, 10:38pm

No me likey. The church can and should pay their teachers more than that.

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 10:41pm

Nah, Church benefits are awesome. The pay is comparable to K-12 teachers ...

runnincoug

Jun 30, 10:18pm

Others do it for free so paying anyone to do it is kinda silly.

creameryon9th

Jun 30, 9:45pm

But difference between doing it full time and early morning.

Ted Lasso

Jun 30, 9:49pm

I agree. Even though it would just be part time, they should be paid like $150-200/week.

KingDave

Jun 30, 9:58pm

For sure. That’s a TOUGH job.

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 10:25pm

No, they pay competitively with jr high and high school teachers in the area.

BYU'01

Jun 30, 10:43pm

Very little 50-60k

PickleButton

Jun 30, 9:34pm

It’s all structured on years of experience and credentials (degrees/CES

Hiccupless

Jun 30, 9:40pm

Yeah, they basically match their K-12 teacher counterparts, and it's not much.

runnincoug

Jun 30, 9:51pm

Amen to that. These are very important jobs.

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 10:26pm

And still extremely hard to get the job.

Ted Lasso

Jun 30, 9:41pm

All the seminary teachers in my city have nice houses and decently nice cars. I

Stucoug83

Jun 30, 10:37pm

If they do their wife works. Or parents have money!

Huck

Jun 30, 11:32pm

When my dad was a mission president many years ago, a lot of his missionaries said in their last interview that…

Brisco

Jun 30, 11:39pm

POLL: If BYU were to ever play for a national championship how would you watch?

Metallicat

Jun 30, 9:27pm

Can’t handle watching games live. I’d wait for it be done, check the score and

tevye

Jun 30, 9:41pm

I’d could see recording to skip commercials, but not watching the game at all?

Metallicat

Jun 30, 9:56pm

@The game with family who care about BYU football. Or by myself at home on TV.

AltTabbins

Jun 30, 11:23pm

Two show recommendations:

macdizzle

Jun 30, 9:25pm

Broadchurch season 1 is phenomenal and intense. The other seasons were good, not great.

KingDave

Jun 30, 9:29pm

I agree

macdizzle

Jun 30, 9:30pm

I thought it was pretty corny after season one

Hypnotoad

Jun 30, 10:14pm

FYI, they did an American version of Broadchurch

StantonMac

Jun 30, 9:30pm

Is it Deadwater Fell? I’m combing through his filmography and that kinda looked like it.

KingDave

Jun 30, 9:36pm

No, Gracepoint

StantonMac

Jun 30, 9:39pm

Gracepoint, and the actor is the great David Tennant.

Jeffacka

Jun 30, 9:47pm

I wonder what I would have thought had I seen it first

StantonMac

Jun 30, 10:20pm

I just barely finished the first season of Your Honor. I was disappointed with how it ended. Hoping season 2(Spoilers)

Chemish

Jun 30, 9:36pm

Your Honor was rough during season 2.

Jeffacka

Jun 30, 9:48pm

I co-sign your opinion of Your Honor. I loved the premise and the New Orleans

Cougar Junkie

Jun 30, 10:57pm

POLL: WILL BYU FOOTBALL WIN 6+ GAMES THIS YEAR?

Cougs4Lfe

Jun 30, 9:23pm

Stores like Chipotle that ignore in store customers while cranking out app

Iman23

Jun 30, 9:22pm

Because they are training us to use the apps….with the hope of having less

JohnnyC

Jun 30, 9:26pm

Fewer people and less square footage needed

molodyets

Jun 30, 9:37pm

I would guess volume and margin.

Garn

Jun 30, 9:31pm

Doordash gets a cut from the restaurant.

JuicyJam

Jun 30, 9:38pm

Door dash charges the restaurant

molodyets

Jun 30, 9:44pm

Same reason McDonalds has essentially forced everyone to the app via kiosk.

Cheap Seats

Jun 30, 9:31pm

That happened to us at McDonald’s one time. No customers were inside so we went in to get ice cream.

KingDave

Jun 30, 9:41pm

If you want Chipotle, just walk in and take a bag off the shelf. No app needed.

DirtyWater

Jun 30, 10:28pm

Not to mention chipotle is way overpriced compared to the competition

BYU '80

Jun 30, 11:46pm

Anybody here go see Horizon this weekend? What did you think?

Cougarman

Jun 30, 9:14pm

Zero Dawn or Forbidden West?

BYUtka

Jun 30, 9:30pm

Zero dawn > Deep water > Forbidden West

Saregreat

Jun 30, 9:37pm

The new movie with Kevin Costner

Cougarman

Jun 30, 9:40pm

He isn't a red head... I hate when they try to "reinvent" the source material...

BYUtka

Jun 30, 10:05pm

Good. A little slow. Not enough character development. Followed the traditional

misterpepper

Jun 30, 11:06pm

MT

Ragnar Danneskjold You know...

Jun 30, 9:13pm

re: MT

paulb

Jun 30, 9:15pm

I can imagine one way

Cru Jones

Jun 30, 10:07pm

Very few people will ever touch the clutch in their car.

mncougar

Jun 30, 10:20pm

Always proof read your Chatgpt article before you post it.

Oregano

Jun 30, 9:29pm

POLL: What design would you rather see for the uniform?

Icelandic Cougar

Jun 30, 9:07pm

96. But then the equipment team will ruin it by overthinking it each week

Metallicat

Jun 30, 9:19pm

I get why they did it, fans were asking for variety. But I think they

1984coug

Jun 30, 9:41pm

Agreed. My ideal scenario is classic look for 2/3 or 3/4 of the year.

Metallicat

Jun 30, 9:49pm

Great programs don't need gimmicky uniforms like the UU. It exudes insecurity.

Plantagenet

Jun 30, 10:06pm

Very few schools only have one variation. Those that do, are in an elite class. We aren’t there. No reason to give up a

RealTaysomHill

Jun 30, 11:13pm

I agree… but I think they could go a step further and auction off helmets

1984coug

Jun 30, 11:56pm

The players asking for variety is the bigger deal

GlutealGuy

Jun 30, 9:56pm

RE: POLL: What design would you rather see for the uniform?

Borg

Jun 30, 10:00pm

Any chance you move up Reyna to Weah's spot, then have Musah start?

TO11

Jun 30, 9:01pm

Seems what will likely happen

AFCougK9

Jun 30, 9:12pm

4-1-2-1-2 would be fun

RSL

Jun 30, 9:28pm

What does Berhalter change up for Uruguay? At a minimum Weah is out,

Joe Banks All-American

Jun 30, 8:58pm

Hopefully a goalie that won't let shots go right through both hands

coug10278

Jun 30, 9:01pm

Do we know the status of Turner?

Boring

Jun 30, 9:11pm

He’s had limited practice the last 2 days

Biyamiti

Jun 30, 9:15pm

You need to beat Uruguay, probably by 2 goals.

RSL

Jun 30, 9:21pm

CONMEBOL VAR and CONCACAF ref probably missed a handball or two tonight.

RSL This is my dupe account

Jun 30, 8:36pm

It would've been for mexico's benefit right?

paulb

Jun 30, 9:18pm

It happened today. I'm overly optimistic about FB and excited for this season

Roy D Mercer

Jun 30, 8:34pm

Re: board name…how bout the team put the Utes in a pine box filled w tail whip?

Trent

Jun 30, 8:46pm

Watched a couple highlights of recruits, but still wasn't feeling it

Dr T-bone

Jun 30, 8:49pm

Wait until football media days. It’s coming.

AZPTCOUG

Jun 30, 9:03pm

In a week or two right?

puntersarepeople

Jun 30, 9:06pm

Yeah, I think the week after this week

AZPTCOUG

Jun 30, 9:08pm

Why would a BYU specific event happen at big12 media days that would cause

SUAVO

Jun 30, 10:51pm

I finally started to get excited about football 🏈 season this week

Biyamiti

Jun 30, 8:50pm

Congrats to Zach Wilson and his new fiancee.

SoValleyCOUG

Jun 30, 8:27pm

she married well He's made a small fortune even if he doesn't get a 2nd contrac

qwerew

Jun 30, 8:40pm

Hopefully he's being wise with the money. You can burn a small fortune pretty

Cheap Seats

Jun 30, 9:37pm

He also comes from money. He will be fine for the rest of his life

arizonacougarfan

Jun 30, 10:02pm

Better get a prenup!

fulano

Jun 30, 8:43pm

Denver moms

crimedog

Jun 30, 8:47pm

Another YSA success story……

Phreddy

Jun 30, 8:48pm

Exactly…she looks like she was probably the Relief Society President.

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 10:36pm

They actually look like each other a little.

Don Carlton

Jun 30, 8:51pm

Wow his fiancee looks a lot like my wife

Zoobieman

Jun 30, 8:54pm

don't let your wife meet him.

qwerew

Jun 30, 9:04pm

Haha 🙂

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 9:12pm

She looks like a shrimp. Kids won’t be D1. 😉

Trent

Jun 30, 10:34pm

Shrimp? Nah. Maybe a langoustine.

King of Y

Jun 30, 10:36pm

Another Mutual success story!

StarMan

Jun 30, 9:00pm

Firesides have consequences.

King of Y

Jun 30, 10:02pm

Some thoughts on this Mexican team

RSL This is my dupe account

Jun 30, 8:27pm

RE: Some thoughts on this Mexican team

vagabonder

Jun 30, 8:32pm

Gimenez can be good, but it's a bad side overall. I agree that Liga MX is

shammy

Jun 30, 8:35pm

Liga MX is in a bad place and the country is simply not producing the amount of

shoganai

Jun 30, 8:45pm

POLL: Elon Musk purchasing Twitter has been a . . .

rainorsnow

Jun 30, 8:25pm

Depends on what bothered you more: silent modding, or porn spamming

Supercoug

Jun 30, 8:26pm

For the public, who knows. For me as a sports user, it’s been a small downgrade for two reasons

TCuz

Jun 30, 8:33pm

It's impact on the world for the positive is just scratching the surface

HoustonCougar

Jun 30, 8:33pm

RE: POLL: Elon Musk purchasing Twitter has been a . . .

The Pope

Jun 30, 8:37pm

For the amount of covered up stuff and censorship exposed by the govt it was

Adwight

Jun 30, 8:43pm

How was BlooCoug able to vote multiple times?

futbalmaven

Jun 30, 8:45pm

Dupe accounts. Plus Biff voted too

puntersarepeople

Jun 30, 8:45pm

I would say, tactically bad, but strategically great

EQD2

Jun 30, 8:46pm

It was bad before in some ways and good in other ways. Now it's better in some

benny1982

Jun 30, 8:49pm

The answers of this poll are more indicative of CB skewing conservative to a

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 8:58pm

Agreed. We would get more bad opinions if we did a national poll

puntersarepeople

Jun 30, 9:05pm

RE: Agreed. We would get more bad opinions if we did a national poll

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 9:11pm

We live in a country where Trump and Biden are our presidential nominees

puntersarepeople

Jun 30, 9:14pm

White man far better than orange man. But yes, we can and should do better in

BlooCoug

Jun 30, 10:22pm

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temosabe

Jun 30, 10:43pm

Can someone explain why it was so huge?

fattycoug

Jun 30, 9:08pm

I think the change is largely responsible for the fact that it is acceptable now

EQD2

Jun 30, 9:14pm

Yeah, I saw plenty of that before Musk. Even more than I do now but now it's

fattycoug

Jun 30, 9:16pm

I'm talking about the national conversation. For better or for worse, those tren

EQD2

Jun 30, 9:17pm

I'm saying I saw plenty of anti-anything including trans stuff on Twitter before

fattycoug

Jun 30, 9:31pm

And I am saying that the change in Twitter policy allows mainstream media now

EQD2

Jun 30, 9:52pm

It’s about controlling a narrative

puntersarepeople

Jun 30, 9:18pm

Couple of things on that

fattycoug

Jun 30, 9:35pm

Let me clarify my first post: it’s about NOT controlling the narrative

puntersarepeople

Jun 30, 10:16pm

Community notes for one.

AFewThoughts

Jun 30, 9:41pm

Those are interesting but wouldn't call them huge. Also, who controls them?

fattycoug

Jun 30, 9:52pm

The community does them and it calls things out on all sides of the political sp

AFewThoughts

Jun 30, 11:06pm

Some people can’t believe they could have an internet message board and not

Longseason

Jun 30, 9:16pm

Twitter’s value down two-thirds since Musk takeover

atxcoug

Jun 30, 9:39pm

I really miss third party apps. Twitterrific was awesome

touchdownbyu

Jun 30, 10:12pm

Where's the option for "who cares, why would anyone even use Twitter?"?

Mitty

Jun 30, 11:38pm

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