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“[Q]uashing more bad BYU fan narratives.”

Can you give me an example? Paste a link to a social media influencer that you know for a fact is being funded by the church.

I am actually not that familiar w/ what you’re referring to here. Are you saying that the church pays social media influencers to say good things about them?

I know the church spends money on it’s missionary effort (which is not new or, in my mind, controversial) and I know that social media is a newer tool they are using within their missionary…[Read more]

I said this in a different post somewhere else. None of us really know and so it’s all speculation based on available information. What we do know is that Utah retained most of it’s top players from last year (and not for a lack of interest from other teams). Fano and Lomu are both projected first-round draft picks. Snowden obviously had…[Read more]

We found the younger Utah fan here. BYU has always had more money. Why do you think they were so dominant in the WAC in the 70’s and 80’s.

BYU’s budget was 2-3 times larger than any other WAC school and it showed.

All Utah needs to be is physical and competitive with money. When that is the case, Utah wins 70% of the time.

And going with…[Read more]

This is my take. I’ve always figured it would be Shah. Why else would he have stuck around so long?

I would make Jay Hill a priority for DC. I think he comes back home for equal or more money. BYU will not be outbid!! He is worshipped in Provo. Their donors won’t let that happen. He would have taken the Utah State job if it wasn’t for transfer portal and NIL. Tough to win at USU without a large NIL budget. He will get some lucrative offers nex…[Read more]

I think the revenue sharing and oversight of what we can call endorsement deals (Deloitte) will help bring some of this under a little better control. Collectives and just people giving cash to hand out will not be allowed the same it has in this wild west version of NIL. Direct pay for play will have to go back under the table.

Listen, I don’t care for BYU and its often arrogant culture, but your short argument is riddled with logical fallacies.

1) Argument from ignorance, and begging the question. “I have no doubt they have a giant chest of untaxed revenue.” So, churches are tax-exempt and receive tax-exempt donations. If they receive revenue, this is taxed and is not…[Read more]

I like internal/family culture, but it’s nice to get coordinators with experience at this level. Someone with the same style for the personnel we have, recruiting chops, etc. If it’s a perfect fit, sure, hire from within, but sometimes fresh ideas are welcome.

Utahs success teamed with BYUs lack of national notoriety has been eating at their fans for many years. Getting in the Big12 put them back on equal footing with us. Suddenly $$ starts playing a major factor in team success. The theme has changed from “we won’t allow pay for play” to “we won’t be outbid”.

Suddenly getting non-LDS and top LDS rec…[Read more]

Is there anything less interesting than two fanbases arguing over which has the bigger inferior complex?

Athletic dept expenses are carefully kept separate. There could perhaps be some underlying infrastructure paid through CES funds, but even facilities, etc. are not paid from church funds.

I agree and its unfortunate that Utah fell flat on its face the first 2 years of major NIL changes in college sports.

I mean, it feels like it already has, no? Utah’s last win was what, six years ago?

Are you sure you are not a byu fan pretending to be a Utah fan? Or browsing Cougarboard a lot, and letting that influence your opinion? Just kidding, but I wonder, since the “six years” comment is constantly brought up by byu fans.

I mean, there have only been T…[Read more]

I mean, this changes nothing considering we’re looking at a year where BYU very likely will out-recruit Utah.

I’ll also point out that in the MWC era, the difference between Utah and BYU recruiting-wise was generally only a few spots – not as dramatic as we’ve seen from Utah in the Pac-12 era where they were out-recruiting BYU by a lot.

Just…[Read more]

I don’t think anyone should concern themselves with the idea that BYU will return to the era of Peak LaVell but it’s just silly to say the rivalry can’t change.

The dynamics of the rivalry, whether we like it or not, has changed. Utah and BYU are no longer on unequal ground like when the Utes were in the Pac-12 and BYU was independent. In that…[Read more]

I’ll be surprised if it is not Shah. They have been friends for a long time, they have both been in the same system for a long time, and Shah has demonstrated a lot of loyalty to the program.

Anyone who has been around Shah knows just how bright and charismatic he is. His path of inner city California to Utah All American to Utah Law School to…[Read more]

I really like Jay Hill. But, I do not see him coming to Utah at this point. I do think he will leave BYU at some point for a HC position.

As for our new DC – We have some good candidates in-house that Scalley knows well. I think he stays in-house when he picks his DC.