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Nov 7, 2024
9:42:26am

LeonMarek All-American

Short of 1 game, every game in the past decade has been a dogfight up until the

end, regardless of how good either team is.

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LeonMarek

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Last login: Nov 7, 2024
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I’m new to this rivalry. I started school at BYU in 2017. Help me understand

CycloneCoug

9:40am

Short of 1 game, every game in the past decade has been a dogfight up until the

LeonMarek

9:42am

Battered fan syndrome

Scrog

9:42am

History between Whit and Kalani. He has his guys ready and they should

tony

9:43am

BYU by 3+ scores.

Abe Froman

9:43am

Because crazy things happen in this rivalry.

Submariner

9:43am

You saw 2 losses and 1 win and missed the 3-12 before that.

ochobeeguy

9:44am

But didn’t we have a hand and foot tied behind our backs by independence then?

CycloneCoug

9:45am

Not for all of it. I'm just explaining why some people are not confident.

ochobeeguy

9:49am

BYU fans over 35 have had to eat an enormous humble pie the last 20 years

SLC-Durham

9:45am

Because it’s Utah

TADOW

9:45am

Most BYU fans don’t remember BYU being this much better than Utah

CasualFan

9:48am

BYU has been the better team too often and still lost.

Belboz

9:49am

This is the answer. During their 9 game win streak BYU had the better team for

jtm0001

9:57am

That 54-10 is a really bizarre result admittedly. But when was BYU

CycloneCoug

9:57am

Never in recent past. Probably before 1996 even.

Great38

11:12am

living through 9 losses in a row leaves deep wounds

akammerman

9:49am

go watch the first quarter of the 2015 Las Vegas Bowl

9:51am

Such a painful game. I drove to Vegas and left at 35-0, then listened in my car,

jtm0001

9:58am

Ouch! only game outside of LES that I've ever been to. Not fun.

akammerman

10:04am

Utah has had our number for over a decade.

durandal

9:52am

Coach Whittingam made a pact with Lucifer a long time ago.

Shore10

9:52am

Except the most recent experience is BYU winning

CasualFan

9:56am

Yes. Recency Bias is real and relative to how long you've been a fan.

Shore10

10:10am

I was a Bronco fan but clearly he had no clue how to coach the rivalry

CasualFan

10:23am

Usually, weird things happen in the rivalry game.

dut99002

10:02am

To understand the impact of the rivalry game on the Gen-Xer psyche, you have to understand trigonometry

SaturdaySpecialDay

10:06am

Emotions run high. Mistakes are made. We are battered BYU fans.

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

10:06am

Utah's defense over the last decade has single-handedly won games against BYU.

ldssdl

10:07am

I have to wonder if part of this is

CycloneCoug

10:22am

I have no clue, but they have a pattern of self sabotage.

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

11:33am

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