"Deserve" had little to do with PAC 12 expansion with Utah

Sep 30, 2024
10:01:51am

Belboz Intervention Needed

or at least as far as winning goes.

That conference needed to expand to have a conference championship game. Utah "deserved" an offer because of geography and market.

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Had a Utah fan ask me why BYU fans take so much pleasure in their losing

Mr. Rumsfield

Sep 29, 11:34pm

Short answer: Yewt fans.

BigHouse Coug

Sep 29, 11:39pm

Hopefully once butthead Whit retires the UM mentality curse will slowly lift.

Pro Logic

Sep 29, 11:40pm

Because they have an inflated sense of superiority in many ways. They act like

dYrtbYkerYder

Sep 29, 11:42pm

That’s just it. Look at their conference records by season. Sure, it’s

Mr. Rumsfield

Sep 29, 11:47pm

Saturday night my young son and I were listening to the Utah game on the radio.

44C

9:26am

That's why I like being able to play them this year.

Plantagenet

9:35am

This is such an odd question by him. Ute fans take the same pleasure

LifeLongLakerFan

Sep 29, 11:44pm

Even after all this time they've never forgotten or forgiven the fact that BYU owned them for almost 25+ seasons

Knight-who-says-ni

8:22am

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Knight-who-says-ni

11:02am

Utah fans are the modern riffraff that comprised Johnson's Army.

Brisco

Sep 29, 11:50pm

RE: Had a Utah fan ask me why BYU fans take so much pleasure in their losing

yorksama

Sep 29, 11:54pm

agree with your whole post. I'd say the #1 reason I love when they lose is

4mack

Sep 29, 11:57pm

Isn't that a bit of a "scarcity mentality?"

Plantagenet

9:37am

Did you ask him the same question? #SelfAwareness

mulletino

12:02am

Any Ute fan knows the answer. There is a lot of taunting, unless you're new in

Plantagenet

9:38am

Most students there are BYU rejects.

GoodGuyGary1

12:09am

I wouldn't say most.

dYrtbYkerYder

12:38am

I don’t think so. Most want nothing of what BYU has to offer.

Lifer

3:32am

That’s a joke that has long legs but doesn’t reflect reality…

Refugee

6:07am

It was true 25 years ago when I was there.

WhyaskY?

8:50am

But we're more civil.

Plantagenet

9:39am

Many were pre-application BYU rejects.

Les IsMore

10:24am

What's hilarious about the whole thing is that so many Utah fans have have fully transformed into the embodiment of the

jaromp

12:13am

THIS. Only they are far worse.

Knight-who-says-ni

11:06am

You forgot about the part where Utah tried to torpedo BYU leaving MWC

kapcreations

12:46am

That was 100% out of spite for BYU, they were already gone and it was completely

CameronG

9:22am

RE: Had a Utah fan ask me why BYU fans take so much pleasure in their losing

Ironhide

1:43am

I can speak for myself only. As conference mates for many years, I used to

RebelScum

1:54am

"Deserve" had little to do with PAC 12 expansion with Utah

Belboz

10:01am

Ahh yes the good DOCTOR Chris Hill - dude is a TOOL & huge reason for vitriol

ElkhunterUT

11:32am

Because the vast majority of my interactions with Utes have been bad.

DeepCCoug

4:04am

Yep, wish we would have said no to them joining the big 12

Tuskaloosa Cougar

7:35am

It's b/c I don't like Utah. In fact, I hate them — I hate everything about them.

cougfrvr

4:21am

Saw a Ute fan I know at the BYU vs KSU game, in a KSU shirt. He

sparky

5:31am

I got caught up in the "Ute hate" for years but I've mellowed out. It's not

GMGlenn

6:59am

The rivalry to me became toxic when Urban Meyer took over

docrick

6:26am

One of the best posts I’ve ever read

TheWookie

7:10am

Amen, Halleluja….Go Cougars!..my brother Sat night”Whitt looks like Jed Clampet”

44C

7:11am

I shouldn't say this out loud

bythenumbers

7:26am

We don’t cheer any harder than they do when we lose…

First-n-10

7:33am

What was his answer when you asked him the same thing about Utes?

Gunga Galunga

7:43am

Not to mention they went out of their way to torpedo BYU’s independence plan.

Ham

7:55am

I would rather beat a undefeated ranked Utah.

ParentingNotForSissy

8:14am

I would rather Utah never win another game and become completely irrelevant

bag

8:28am

RE: I would rather beat a undefeated ranked Utah.

gymrat

8:57am

It is the same when BYU loses

dodgersjazzcougs

8:23am

My father raised me to never cheer for Utah. While I wouldn’t say I hate them

Nakedbootleg

8:32am

RE: Had a Utah fan ask me why BYU fans take so much pleasure in their losing

flyonawall

8:33am

You sound like a little child that's been picked on by an older brother.

coventry94

8:43am

OBVIOUSLY you did not read the post

SeattleBYUfan

11:19am

Why does Utah take pleasure in BYU losing? Trust me, they're watching our games

Magneto

9:14am

Any yewt fans care to give their rebuttal? I know a lot of you have read this.

Penske Material

9:25am

Any Ute fan knows the answer.

Plantagenet

9:34am

There are some good people who are Utah fans...and their are some religious

Plantagenet

9:45am

It's more than just the rivalry and the bad fans

AlternateShot

9:47am

RE: Had a Utah fan ask me why BYU fans take so much pleasure in their losing

theonick

10:03am

I never hated on UU. I didn't notice them until they got in the way of BYU going

Ripliancum

10:40am

One more point for us fans here in Utah - The local media went all in on Utah

O Gaucho

10:55am

This was so well written and explains it perfectly!

SeattleBYUfan

11:01am

Very well done. Thank you for writing that.

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