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Nov 5, 3:25pm

Probably the most “Karen” thing I’ve ever done. My email to that BYU professor:

Hiccupless

8:10am

Blog: BYU & Big 12 Football Week 11 Rooting Guide — Playoff stakes on the line View

[Stadium Sportzz] Justin Giles

8:07am

Utah basketball reminds me an exaggerated version of BYU last year

macdizzle

8:03am

We saw our percentage drop in Big 12 play with better opponents. Could get rough for them.

GfB

8:06am

So guarding the perimeter with long defenders

Archaea

8:08am

Good thing we have a plethora of those.

Adwight

8:11am

They're lacking in talent and coming into the B12 don't have a lot of options

stansburycoug

8:09am

They stink.

idcougarfan

8:11am

Love this year no Disney trip and they took the Bye weeks to get better not to

Kolobrdm

8:01am

Blog: BYU Basketball Continues Homestand Against UC Riverside View

[KSL Sports]

8:00am

POLL: Plane tickets kind of pricey. Worth the drive from socal to see Utah lose?

YOHONOMOTO

7:59am

Worth it to see BYU win, yes. Who cares about the Utes.

Cheap Seats

8:01am

In Utah's two wins with Isaac Wilson, they rushed 41 times against USU and 52 times against OSU.

P-Boy Squad All-American

7:57am

They will go ground and pound--lots of 2 TE sets. Watch the OK state game.

kansascougar

8:02am

And lots of TE screens

byulover

8:11am

Lasik building an excellent ad campaign around terrible NFL officiating

oxcoug

7:52am

If the team needs any extra motivation. A win on Saturday would mean a lot for this big fan.

MHallDidNothingWr0ng Nice Leather Pants

7:42am

Good to see AI still having trouble with fingers and toes...

Pete

7:44am

Did you know TCuz is the one who called the authorities on him? Very on brand.

gangbusters

8:01am

The style that Utah and BYU play likely means a win by 12 or more is a blowout

rcbyufan

7:40am

The Utah situation is 15 years of hopium meeting reality.

Longseason

7:40am

True story.

BlueFever

7:56am

Athletic: Demin a fab freshman

Gustav

7:37am

Regarding his #16th ranking:

SinkingQuffa

7:46am

14 years ago this week BYU up 55-0 vs. UNLV until a late score. TCU 47 - Utah 7

NYC and Japan

7:37am

Arizona Snow Bowl opens today. The snow gods have good to Flagstaff this year

Lifi

7:35am

ESPN 960 is expanding throughout all of Utah

cougforever

7:34am

He does a great rough cowboy impression in his Ruby’s Inn advertisement

Forbidden Fruit

7:37am

I like Criddle a lot

Dr MoBYU

7:42am

If they could have found someone better for the pay they would have by now.

EvoIXCOUG

7:44am

All the bandwagon cougar fans are coming home after being 8-0

Magneto

7:45am

what is the frequency for the Wasatch back? Really hard to get 960 on my drive

fulano

7:58am

I disagree strongly. Criddle is great.

Mjolnir

8:01am

Criddle is good at what he does. The cost of having a dedicated BYU station

finnish_blue

8:11am

Demin should have had at least 15 assists on Tuesday

nova_coug_fan

7:30am

Fran Fraschilla had this to say

BYUheaven

7:34am

You could easily get that number up to 18-20 if you isolate all of his

BoiseBlueCoug

7:34am

Absolutely. Our first half involved a lot of wide open bricks. Kudos to Egor for not giving up on his guys.

SinkingQuffa

7:34am

I watched a couple of reviews of Demin's play and was shocked at how many great passes were followed up with misses.

Pete

7:48am

Our red-hot scoring flurry helped us forget how terrible we started I think.

SinkingQuffa

7:56am

Saying nice things about a CB ute fan every day until the game: MartyFunkhouser

LaVellIfIKnow

7:25am

Supportive husband

Samsonite

7:26am

This one is a stretch

Knee Brace

7:26am

Actually

Archaea

7:26am

With horrible political beliefs

BYU '80

7:30am

He is more normal than Big Ute

Carnac

7:27am

He finds common ground — with CB ‘moderates’

vegas guey

7:30am

I’ve had this category blocked until this morning so I just saw this series

Medute

7:30am

RE: I’ve had this category blocked until this morning so I just saw this

LaVellIfIKnow

7:47am

RE: I’ve had this category blocked until this morning so I just saw this

Nakedbootleg

7:55am

Tokolosh right now

Devbo

8:05am

Hitler and Genghis were slightly worse.

HarlemCoug

7:34am

Might not be the worse Utah fan on the board

goofball

7:54am

Very sharing

Mr. Belding

7:56am

Trim nose hair.

Benfica1

8:07am

If you are worried that ticket prices move higher from here... just relax. Be patient. Prices go lower from here. Check

HarlemCoug Intervention Needed

7:24am

I have several tickets on price drop alert. I got 5 notifications yesterday.

fattycoug

7:27am

I have always prided myself in ticket predictions. This year I gambled and lost.

byulover

7:46am

Day 7: ticket prices are dropping. The boys need you. They are 8-0. If you…

AZPTCOUG

7:23am

we are on the same page... go Cougs!

HarlemCoug

7:25am

Everything okay in that announcing booth?

Skeptical Optimist Political Junky

7:21am

Notre Dame lost and an angel received its wings. Nice.

fbguru

7:25am

Ammonius Soulstar weighs in on the Holy War

Gustav

7:19am

I did a little rabbit hole on this last night. Never run across this "guy". Very

fattycoug

7:22am

I love how AI looks like it's poking fun at everything.

BigHouse Coug

7:24am

The spread is back at 2.5 in favor of BYU. Vegas thinks it’s going to be close.

Magneto

7:19am

It is going to be close.

Dark Forest Green

7:19am

Your prognosticator is broken....

jpesk2

7:24am

Vegas has nailed it for BYU all year long

YOHONOMOTO

7:21am

BYU by 3 (+?) scores.

Abe Froman

7:43am

2.5 points not scores.

Magneto

7:44am

I wasn’t talking about Vegas.

Abe Froman

7:54am

Is Frontunner going to get me to Ogden after tomorrow night’s game?

5150man All-American

7:17am

I think Trax runs special after the games but I don't think frontrunner does but

fattycoug

7:26am

Marcus Adams highlights. Seems like he lost a step and his vertical after the

Mostlyaccurate

7:16am

Looks like he learned something on back door cuts from last year’s team

lemonworld

7:21am

Shocking loss of vertical. Could he have been playing 1/4 speed due to comp lvl?

Saxa

7:22am

I never thought he had a large vertical as some here did.

Boring

7:38am

He shot almost all threes in that video no? Did I miss something?

puntersarepeople

7:50am

There are more layups than threes in the video.

Mostlyaccurate

7:54am

72% of Utah’s FGA are from 3

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

7:15am

3 players attempted 10 or more 3s.

Mostlyaccurate

7:19am

It was kind of awesome. Reminded me of the Wazzu version of football

Medute

7:21am

Is 72% 3PA/FGA actually entertaining? I can get that from the 30th Ward’s basketball night

Indy Coug

7:22am

It definitely is when the team makes a high percentage

JoeExotic

7:24am

Maybe it was just fun because they didn’t look so awful

Medute

7:26am

7 catches? Check my math. But that is roughly 50% of their offense this year

bruincoug

7:10am

I think it is 52% but I'll forgive the rounding.

Tokolosh

7:11am

Very benevolent of you, What is your honest take on this weeks game?

Zoobieman

7:15am

This team is broken. It isn't a talent issue, something is wrong behind the scenes and we are just getting snippets.

Tokolosh

7:17am

I disagree. It is a talent issue but it's a talent issue at the most critical role in all of sports. You can figure out

P-Boy Squad

7:25am

Strong disagree. Your defense is too good for that. They’ve more than held up

ldssdl

7:40am

Agreed for the most part, except not a talent issue on Offense

Zoobieman

7:50am

You're pretty bad a math.

cambo

7:17am

But good a writing

bruincoug

7:18am

The actual BYU professor who deserves to be dragged for putting something on his

Defenestrator

7:07am

RE: The actual BYU professor who deserves to be dragged for putting something on his

Skeptical Optimist

7:12am

Yewt smack from Defenestrator. It must be rivalry week.

HuskerFan2

7:15am

when UtahErrorCorrection posts a climate change post, we'll know the end is near

StarMan

7:36am

Having a kid on the team is not a defense of supporting evil. Disown them instead.

TCuz

7:15am

Yep, apostacy comes in many forms.

Hawk in the 303

7:24am

He applied the Gibbs-Helmholtz Equation to his actions. Δ G = Δ H - T Δ S.

Shihan

7:25am

Jan J’s voice and mellow non-competition demeanor is so surprising

NYC and Japan

7:01am

POLL: Which of these two Utah coaches do you like the least?

Zooropa

6:54am

Urban was just a carpet bagger. Kyle is an apostate.

Copelius

7:33am

Patty Gasso re ex-BYU player

jlhazlewood

6:50am

2 weeks ago the cheapest Utah BYU tickets were $250, yesterday $135 was the low, today it's $111. All I've got to say is

MHallDidNothingWr0ng Nice Leather Pants

6:45am

But don't hold too long ... turn that stadium blue!

runnincoug

6:47am

Including fees?

cambo

6:50am

MHallDidNothingWr0ng

6:53am

$100 is the cheapest I can find on KSL.

MHallDidNothingWr0ng

6:54am

Really dumb question but if I buy on KSL do they typically transfer them to me

YOHONOMOTO

7:24am

Yes, but you could meet up and do the electronic transfer in person.

cambo

7:32am

Okay, but outside of KSL there is no place selling that low with fees.

cambo

6:57am

Because fees differ from site to site, and you can buy tickets without fees on KSL and Facebook, I don't include those

MHallDidNothingWr0ng

7:06am

We keep saying “Utah is going to be so fired up bc rivalry game” does BYU not

CycloneCoug

6:39am

BYU averaged over 3 TOs a game over the course of the 9-game losing streak

nephicoug

6:41am

This 👆. It will be dicey if we turn it over more than once. Jake has to take

kansascougar

6:46am

How many of those INTs (pick6s) came as a result of sign stealing?

valcorger

7:56am

BYU players care about this game way more than Utah players. More BYU guys come

runnincoug

6:46am

And more on the line than wanting to play spoiler - they’ll be ready

RWaters

6:49am

Whatever BYU has been doing for the last 10 games hasn’t worked real well.

Ozymandias

6:48am

This is possibly the worst take ever. Hasn’t been working well!?! We are 8-0

kaladin58

6:52am

Eh? I am talking about whatever they have been doing to get ready for the Utah

Ozymandias

6:58am

This isn’t 2017 and acting like Utah is something they aren’t cause “rilvary” is

kaladin58

7:15am

UofU is expert at "emotional manipulation", especially victimhood and hate

notaboy

7:39am

BYU has tried to treat it as just another game. Utes treat it like a Super Bowl

bobsakimano

7:39am

this is not the rose bowl Ute teams we are facing nor are we the 2017 team.

kaladin58

8:06am

Day 9 Everest Base Camp Trek

keithcoug All-American

6:05am

I am very jealous

Madam Pattirini

6:51am

You’re living my dream! Go climb that thing!

Forth Eorlingas

7:11am

POLL: Embrace your pain: Most agonizing of the close Ute losses since 2010

oxcoug

5:52am

Williams on the field with Hill would have helped a bunch in 2016.

Art Director

6:19am

Like the 2017 Houston Asterisks, it's usefully therapeutic to be

oxcoug

6:26am

RE: POLL: Embrace your pain: Most agonizing of the close Ute losses since 2010

Zooropa

6:37am

All of the above

Probable Sacko

6:38am

No Utes jersey to put in the case at the CFB Hall of Fame?

Ned Schneebly

5:47am

Some things are too ugly to put behind glass.

XORCoug

5:49am

I’m ready for the W/L numbers to even out in my lifetime. I’m 45 so when I’m 67? Here’s to 22 straight!

Jimo Dashen

6:01am

When I was a teenager, I thought I'd live to see that happen. I'm 49.

Jeffacka

6:28am

RE: When I was a teenager, I thought I'd live to see that happen. I'm 49.

Jimo Dashen

6:41am

I’m 100% convinced the most important part of this game is our defense

Idacoug

5:22am

I agree. They are good on defense. If the offense struggles early you are going

Blueto

5:27am

They also played Baylor and scored 23.

Mister P

5:35am

*with a non-offensive touchdown.

Yukon

5:40am

And with captain helmet in the game for most? All? The scoring

NYC and Japan

6:48am

They have the element of surprise. With a new coordinator and two weeks to

VACougMD

5:53am

Can you really improve or overhaul an offense in 2 wks with your 3rd string qb?

bald man

6:13am

Not well. But maybe just enough, if you add some run option and a trick play or

VACougMD

6:19am

I can see that, but I'm not sure 1 or even half a dozen new plays will make a

bald man

7:08am

And two receivers just quit! The hand wringing

jre85

7:50am

RE: They have the element of surprise. With a new coordinator and two weeks to

Snakebit

6:35am

I keep seeing the OSU game when they destroyed us on the ground.

Brigham

5:53am

Bernard and Gordon are not the same type of RB. Plus it was Rangel killing us

Yukon

6:16am

We were not assignment sound. If our defense plays their assignments we kill ‘em

kalifi

6:25am

Two different scenarios

ALC

6:31am

I think it’s how our offense executes against their D. BYU’s offense might just

rainorsnow

6:13am

Agreed. And the loss of Money Parks is pretty big.

cambo

6:49am

This. Robinson can lock down singer.

boctabulous

7:03am

Agree except for the TO part. If we give them short fields

ballen

7:00am

I think the most important part of the game is gonna be us not turning the ball

Cougz19

7:18am

Way to go, Idaho

Cooouuugs

4:39am

You shouldn't struggle with it.

SinkingQuffa

4:43am

Yes. I do give this team a game pass for freshman/transfer chemistry, BUT

VirginiaPeanut

5:18am

I would say true posts and pure shooters.

byuballstothewall

7:57am

I'll take the bait:

Boredname Checks Out

7:06am

Thousands went to a fake Halloween event in Dublin thanks to it being optimized to the top results of Google and..

greatbam 1% better everyday

3:17am

I hope Google gets slapped with a hefty government fine or a class action

Cooouuugs

4:40am

This is why we can't have nice things. Don't know that it's Google's fault.

spoxjox

5:09am

Wut. No thank you to getting lawsuits involved in this kind of thing

tiloman

5:52am

20 Decillion bucks should do the trick

Probable Sacko

6:09am

I don't think this was Google's fault. The website knowingly put up false info

The Dark Knight

6:10am

Utah is imploding behind the scenes I think

OU Cougar

1:08am

And they’ll still come out fired up for their Super Bowl this weekend.

timpjynx

1:38am

So will BYU

chismoso

6:20am

They'll mostly blow assignments and start brawling on the sideline.

BlueFever

7:51am

So who was dismissed?

icecougar

2:01am

Pittman and maybe another backup WR

lilpenny

5:09am

Hate is a strong and unifying motivator and Whitt instills his hatred for BYU

Star-Lord

2:21am

I wonder if him trying to pressure his team over BYU is what caused the

Mister P

3:10am

Exacerbated the huge mess by 2 years of QB disaster he caused. How a coach could

NYC and Japan

6:18am

I seriously doubt Cam was practicing the past two years. Where did you hear this

Cougarite

6:58am

That would be so awesome if this were true.

BackPacker

7:54am

Whittingham is a Sith Lord when it comes to channeling hate.

LateToTheGame

6:17am

Look no further than when BYU played Mizzou in KC.

mendoncoug

4:31am

Ooff. I had suppressed that memory.

oxcoug

4:45am

Ha ha - many apologies.

mendoncoug

4:48am

Exactly what I was thinking

Heath Squashwell

5:09am

Those are the types to take cheap shots at the opposing QB. I hope our guys protect Jake well.

Knight-who-says-ni

8:05am

What happened here?

kansascougar

6:37am

Missouri program was in total disarray heading in. If I remember correctly

oxcoug

7:39am

I think? I think Utah has had two weeks to regroup, refocus, and get angry. Some

GMGlenn

5:01am

Only 20% of the players on their team are from Utah. The old high school rivalry

runnincoug

5:25am

They all still live in SLC now. It doesn't take much to manipulate an intense

RedHeadedStranger

6:16am

Only 9 Ute players have played against BYU

NYC and Japan

6:21am

How many times has their defense won games for them? Not the last four at least.

Knight-who-says-ni

8:08am

UCF was supposedly having locker room issues. They seem okay.

ldssdl

5:42am

If all of that is true, then I think

HoustonTXCoug

6:12am

They’re a dangerous team for nearly anyone at home

cajuncoug

6:18am

So dangerous that they scored 17 points COMBINED in last 2 home games

NYC and Japan

6:32am

Yes, those things. Now do their defense. And point differentials at home.

cajuncoug

6:45am

As I opened this thread, critical of the Utes, and don't see any of the usual

EM_Puma

6:26am

We should prepare for a Utah team that is 8-0

runningryan

6:56am

That is exactly the attitude we need going in.

EM_Puma

6:57am

BYU should prepare for and exploit the U team they will play. Why prepare for

NYC and Japan

7:06am

Kalaninsaidnit best. It’s more about us and how we play than it is them. If we

Cougarite

7:10am

My point was we should expect Utah to be prepared, focused, and determined as if it were 8-0 and not 4-4

runningryan

7:43am

For the life of me, I can’t understand how the line is only -3

Medute

7:14am

Agree. But BYU has covered basically every week this year. Vegas hasn’t been kind to BYU all year

SaturdaySpecialDay

7:33am

I don’t know enough about your team to comment. I just know Utah is a mess

Medute

7:53am

Your defense is legit, and BYU has played the worst defensive Big12 teams so far

ldssdl

8:01am

Utah has a good defense. But it’s so hard when your offense can’t score

Medute

8:10am

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