Just imagine the frenzy if it would have been a u cheer coach at a BYU game?

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Dec 20, 2024
7:27:50am

Ojiisan All-American

It would have been 24/7 locally and the yokel media here would have pushed it national.

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I'm struggling to think of a reason why this isn't a bigger story

Ghost of Peanut

7:08am

Always follow the money. That will generally lead you to the answer.

maYbe

7:14am

I thought Randle was a decent guy til the aftermath of that game.

fbguru

7:18am

The fact that he is in leadership at the u is enough to know is is not a good

Ojiisan

7:29am

Because it doesn’t cast BYU in a bad light

HRCougar

7:19am

I get a slight sense of persecution complex from your post, which IMO is only

Polecat

8:42am

You are right.

Love Cougs

9:31am

How are you measuring it's size?

Madam Pattirini

7:22am

Has it been in 1280? In the Trib? Picked up by national news?

runnincoug

7:51am

Search shows it in the Trib. I don't know about 1280/97.5, but I think so.

Madam Pattirini

7:55am

It was discussed on multiple radio stations.

Malathion

8:18am

How many mention the connection to the board of trustees?

runnincoug

8:39am

Where is the report of it coming from the Chairman of the Board Trustees box?

BYU'01

8:46am

Just stop.

Love Cougs

9:33am

Is that true?

insanobueno

11:13am

Discussed on 1280 and KALL 700 both, but not since soon after the game

NYC and Japan

9:38am

Just imagine the frenzy if it would have been a u cheer coach at a BYU game?

Ojiisan

7:27am

This says much more about BYU actually.

stonecougar

7:43am

This is true, but… is it the media that’s yokel, or the public who eats it up

Polecat

8:38am

It's Utah. Conveniently, negative stories don't get covered.

rainorsnow

7:28am

Especially nephew of the chair of board of trustees. Should be national news

runnincoug

7:32am

There are different aspects of a response. I’d think the U would ban him from games & that would be ok. The cheer coach

Soupie

7:34am

Because it wasn’t the religious school that threw the water bottle

maxpowers

7:37am

There is some guy on here who loves, adores, defends Randle but haven’t heard from him on this one

Forbidden Fruit

7:49am

Did Cox ever weigh in on this?

Abe Froman

7:49am

Too busy getting his face paint on

Ojiisan

8:34am

Local coverage was always going to be minimal. Long history of glossing over

rivercitycoug

7:51am

Am I the only one that thinks this isn’t a national story? I don’t like that it

conetah

8:04am

Common occurrence in your world of football fandom?

Ghost of Peanut

8:08am

nah, I just don't think a kid throwing a water bottle at someone warrants

conetah

8:14am

There might be some other part of the story you're glossing over. Maybe.

Ghost of Peanut

8:17am

the water bottle knocked her out?! I change my tune. Slide over NIL, it's a

conetah

8:19am

To me it comes down to

BigHouse Coug

11:33am

Beans is right. Mistakes are made daily in society with more dire consequences than this.....

Bonoman

12:23pm

There were stories on Fox News, MSN, Yahoo, New York Post, Athlon, CBS, TMZ

Malathion

8:34am

RE: There were stories on Fox News, MSN, Yahoo, New York Post, Athlon, CBS, TMZ

runnincoug

8:40am

There were some, 1280 mentioned it on air but I didn’t follow it much after the

Malathion

9:47am

It wasn't racist so it didn't show up in ESPN... oh wait...

VinnyBYU

9:20am

Utah sees what happened as natural consequences

VenomFarmer

9:31am

Too bad the victim can't sue the school.

BlueFever

9:32am

This is as excellent an illustration of media bias and agenda as anything.

Mitty

10:19am

Quite frankly, a young man made a stupid emtoional decision.

BYU2ATM

10:31am

That doesn't excuse the university president for not stepping up and apologizing

Ghost of Peanut

11:23am

the young man made a bad decision...because of the toxic atmosphere.

runnincoug

12:34pm

Max Hall's parents didn't even get injured and that was a bigger story.

BigHouse Coug

10:42am

Because he was 18, I hope it doesn't ruin his life. He should pay all the

BYUCougarsFan

11:23am

You’d have to think if it happened at byu it would be a bigger story

ColonelMustard

11:31am

THIS happening in Provo was uglier.

I Bleed Red

11:33am

The Ute fan would like everybody to know that not knocking somebody out is

Ghost of Peanut

11:45am

Ahhh, so as long as no one got hurt, then that's not so bad in Provo.

I Bleed Red

12:14pm

It was ugly in RES. It's ugly wherever fans do it.

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