Visit at your own risk. Lots of not safe for Cougarboard language.

Some highlights:

Copium:
At the end of the day, he really was not a game-changing player, let’s be honest. I understand that he may act as a leadership figure for the team, but I never understood why people freaked out when he announced he was leaving. We will fill his spot; I am not worried.

The LDS Church makes the rivalry ugly:
(Warning: Language and attacks against the church)

Dead to me:
Transfers a dead to me. I cheer for the name on the front of the jersey. I will not wish them anything. Go. Be gone. You’re in the way so get out.

Tampering:
Maybe it’s posted on other threads, but there’s been all sorts of tampering talk online, and tds fans have not been shying away from it. Trying to get Utah defensive players who aren’t in the portal to enter the portal with promises of double or more in NIL.

Now, as we all know, every team is tampering it’s just more common to hear Oregon, U$C or Bama or Michigan, etc… as the team.

Will be curious if this gets the Utah donors upset enough to kick up their donations.

BYU tampers, Utah doesn't:

BYU feeling invincible right now with their football team recording a huge bowl win and finishing an 11-2 season that’s got them flying above cloud 9. I’ve noticed that BYU has been more vocal and public lately with their football and basketball recruiting acquisitions wanting the whole world to know what they are doing, especially their rival Utah. They’ve now gone one step further and tampered with players taking Tanuvasa, but missing on Barton and Snowden.

BYU’s recent actions with the Portal and NIL, IMO, have intentionally crossed the line hitting below the belt letting Utah know, “we are going to destroy you slowly and do what we want, when we want, and how we want, and we know there is nothing you can do about it, because you haven’t done anything about it but go after G5 level players. we have unlimited resources (money) available at our disposal and we have the backing of BYU alum in key positions of the state legislature to oversee every public universities athletic program, who is not private, to ensure they follow standards accordingly dictated by the local Utah state government.”

This is how I see it. I dont recall or heard anything Utah tampering or interfering with players at BYU when joining the Pac12. What I feel is BYU has taken it personal with Utah joining the Pac12 a decade ago and are seeking revenge beyond belief and hell-bent on personally destroying Utah doing it slowly to avoid making it appear as such and any legal ramifications.

Those are my thoughts based off what has transpired since the season ended and the portal.



Link to the full thread:
https://www.utehub.com/forums/topic/tanuvasa-to-tds/