Same. This thread is cool. It’s a family tie for me… not a religious one. Didn’t

Sep 22, 2024
9:05:50pm

46in96 Starter

consider bailing on fandom. Too strong a tradition and a connection to family through BYU sports. Plus, childhood nostalgia, Utah sucks, on and on.

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Games like last night are precisely why I stay BYU fan despite my areligious

Agnostic-alumni

2:42pm

There is no rule that says you have to be active LDS to be a BYU fan.

crimedog

2:43pm

I’m not even a Republican and I still love the Cougs!

Jericho

2:45pm

ok even I'm not that far lost....

Agnostic-alumni

2:55pm

RE: ok even I'm not that far lost....

crimedog

3:02pm

Last night I parked in a handicap spot so I can hurry and get to the game

44C

8:49pm

Thanks… so I could push my wheelchair child an extra 10 blocks…..

BYU4eVeR

9:36pm

RE: I’m not even a Republican and I still love the Cougs!

vagabonder

2:57pm

Are you me? I converted to BYU football at 7 YO when I witnessed that game

Oscar Bluth

5:29pm

I wonder how many we converted last night.

WaffleCheese

8:09pm

Yeah, games like this get stamped on to your soul! Twas so much fun! And I'm

jaba166

9:06pm

I'm get your point, but am dubious you're non-Repub. You have too large of an armory...so..

CLCougar

6:54pm

I’ve never been a BYU sports fan because of anything religion-related. Just been my “franchise” since I was a kid.

mulletino

2:44pm

Same . . . and it felt weird when Bronco tried to make it church.

BlueDiver

3:23pm

agree with you there. Just play football!

Agnostic-alumni

6:54pm

Opposite fur me. I was enamored by the 84 team as a kid and how the represented

Idacoug

4:41pm

This is my son never liked church and has not gone in years.wehave BYU sports!

barebones

5:07pm

That’s pretty much me. I was LDS and did go to BYU but my love for their sports

Your Royal Blueness

7:20pm

I have family that left the church and immediately became UTE fans after being

WaffleCheese

8:11pm

To each their own but I’d like to hear the logic behind this.

Your Royal Blueness

8:13pm

That is really sad. However, it fits the general trend I've observed.

DeepCCoug

8:36pm

This is 💯 my bil/sil— used to be BYU season ticket holders- left, now “diehard”

Das_Countach

10:49pm

I get asked all the time why I still am I die hard BYU fan after leaving the

Chefcurry

2:49pm

Right there with you brother (or sister)😂

happyhiker

2:52pm

And it shouldn’t! Room in the BYU athletics tent for all.

rivercitycoug

3:00pm

What do you usually tell people?

ColonelMustard

5:35pm

With one drink in my hand and a bird in the other

Chefcurry

8:50pm

Wow! I’m surprised how many of us there are

Your Royal Blueness

7:21pm

Same. This thread is cool. It’s a family tie for me… not a religious one. Didn’t

46in96

9:05pm

I've never been a member, but both sides of my family are.

rtNelson

3:18pm

My dad graduated from BYU in the 50's, left the Church in the early 60's, and he

BYUlv

5:01pm

A couple I was talking to the other day mentioned that they went to the 1980

thirdgencoug

7:09pm

RE: Games like last night are precisely why I stay BYU fan despite my areligious

luckyday

5:12pm

But you need to go to church to be able to gloat over ALUFs, if for nothing else.

zonacougar

6:33pm

Amen! I’m out of the church. I just simply don’t believe. BYU sports are where

Your Royal Blueness

7:19pm

There's a uniqueness to BYU. True for the all-in LDS to the not at alls

cajuncoug

9:53pm

My dad is 80. & I grew up going to all the games with him and my fam…Many great

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