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

Nov 27, 2024
1:35:35pm

ProvoSpain Starter

Have their bias one way or the other. Many of their students probably applied to BYU and didn’t get in or failed out for some reason, and the players/coaches seem very familiar with each other through recruiting etc.

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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

Being a part of the crowd it was hard to tell how loud we were to the rest of

Crowd Factor

4:32pm

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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