Why did ASU fans seem to hate BYU so much? As far as I can tell, we've only

Nov 27, 2024
12:18:49pm

Windward_Coug All-American

played them once in like 26 years before last Saturday's game. Maybe a new rivalry was born, but just seems weird that they had so much vitriol for a team that they haven't played consistently in decades.

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Why did ASU fans seem to hate BYU so much? As far as I can tell, we've only

Windward_Coug

12:18pm

They are like that with every fan base. I think it may have been amplified

Thrill

12:19pm

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DudeBro

12:27pm

Remember what happened when the "mormons" started filling up missouri?

notaboy

12:32pm

Yes, they were pissed that BYU had so many fans. We were loud

Burton162

4:07pm

RE: Yes, they were pissed that BYU had so many fans. We were loud

tykarygalu

4:22pm

They seem very sensitive and insecure.

IceCreamButt

12:27pm

Alcohol makes you sensitive?

Plantagenet

2:04pm

A lot of drunken, obnoxious trash talking, but I doubt it was actual hatred.

DudeBro

12:30pm

Sure felt like hatred to me!

SJS

12:38pm

I've gotten used to the tame if still classless mocking of your religion when

Non-mo Coug

12:52pm

Board name checks out and adds even more validity to your claim!

andrewg3

1:33pm

Thanks for your insight!

Love Cougs

3:17pm

Having attended grad school there, and having one branch of family all go and

indocoug

12:37pm

this 100%

doctorthunderpants

12:58pm

I will add this. One of family members is a currently a bishop in an ASU student

indocoug

1:09pm

I was explaining this to one of LDS ASU friends that I play basketball with and

coug719

1:37pm

..ok, so my takeaway from this is that all the low-IQ LDS in AZ are ASU fans?

Das_Countach

3:10pm

There are a whole group of them that will tell you they could have gone to BYU,

indocoug

3:21pm

haha, oh? Well, here's what you tell them

Das_Countach

3:26pm

Thank you. That makes a great deal of sense.

Love Cougs

3:20pm

Growing up in the Valley of the Sun, I can confirm that BYU was not popular

BringYourUltimate

3:46pm

I expected the inactive ASU fans to show up on And rub it in our faces.

gp232

12:41pm

I was at the game, and most didn’t have much to say to us, or the banter was

Polecat

12:44pm

Seems like it is that way with a lot of the PAC schools. Not sure if it is

crack

12:47pm

It is both proximity and religion.

indocoug

12:48pm

I think it’s like Boise St fans. Lots are LDS or grew up around them and they

ProvoSpain

1:35pm

ASU, Boise State, UofU, USU, Wyoming, most places where there are a significant

Parker Schnabel

1:37pm

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maxpowers

1:39pm

And there’s the elitist attitude that was cited earlier in the thread as

DudeBro

2:22pm

🙋

maxpowers

3:10pm

I don't need to pretend. I am proud of my son, an ASU grad rooting for BYU

dratax

2:59pm

They are the big 12's version of saint mary's

Loyal2Royal

1:43pm

We stood between them and the CCG, simple as that

MaximusMeridius

1:47pm

The ASU fanbase is similar to Utah's in their BYU perspective. It's the Church.

seacougar

2:24pm

Liberal, irreligious schools always hate us.

LateToTheGame

3:07pm

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