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BYU went into the Big 12 on their knees and stroked everyone’s ego.

It’s what those people do. Building trust and all that. Lie about who they really are.

Wait until Colorado is up 35-10 at the end of the third and then Colorado wins 49-35 and has to hear about how BYU would have beat them if the game was 5 mins longer…

Their true inten…[Read more]

Here’s a good example

The top responses on reddit are comments to BYU such as:

“You could have played in the real Big 12 championship If you didn’t throw the ball five feet over your guy’s head on a slant route

Or lose at home to Kansas”

“Hope they have fun battling for third place!”

“I think ASU is already “the people’s” Big XII champion.…[Read more]

BYU being BYU. Being in the Big 12 is not pleasant and being in the Big 12 with them is like having dirty hair all the time. Even while being in the PAC as fun as that was, you knew the pestilence was always nearby.

This is nonsense.

We boos players in Philly if they play like shit. The players know that. And yet, we worship you if you succeed.

And Philly has no trouble signing players. Bryce Harper, Paul George, Saquan Barkley…all absolute stars who just signed in Philly.

Aaron Nola, who has been booed a lot, took less money to stay in Philly. Rhys H…[Read more]

This is BAU. They can’t fool anyone from Utah though. It’s as ghastly under the veneer as you’d expect from other set of sheltered folks.

Make sure you share this sort of stuff wherever you can. Like I said the other day: They’ll always be themselves and we know how ugly it really is. Just share them being themselves and the Big12 will have…[Read more]

I don’t boo and I try not to yell at the TV. IMO, they accomplish nothing of value and it scares my dog when I yell at the TV. I don’t engage with athletes on social media unless it is to be positive. I hate to see fans engage negatively with recruits, current players or those leaving through the portal. I don’t believe it is a good look for t…[Read more]

Right now I think they’re chasing $$$. Nothing else matters.

Better option for USU transfers would have been Tate Kjar. Not only does he have the chemistry with Wilson, he also was under-recruited. Go and watch highlights from the Bishop Gorman game from 2023. In addition, his performance at every elite camp was impressive.

Brit Covey 2.0.

A great fanbase is another tool in the recruiting toolbox.

If a player is deciding between two schools that are otherwise equal (money, etc), do you think they would pick the team with fans that are known to boo their players if the others don’t?

If I were a recruit with options, I would certainly consider the fans when making my decision. Who…[Read more]

I generally don’t boo my teams (no matter what the playing level). But does indeed change things when ‘student athletes’ are now essentially professionals and many are looking for a better offer every season.

I still won’t boo, but am becoming much more understanding and tolerant of those who do.

The minute they became professional athletes it was game on. They want to be adults, they can get treated like adults. That said, a little booing is where I stop. I’m not going to get on their X account and light them up or anything. There is such thing as crossing the line as a fan.

Boo away is my feeling. Being financially and emotionally involved gives you the right to be frank in the discussion. Sports by nature are not polite. If you want polite go to the symphony or the ballet.

Interesting thought Urban. I’ve had season tickets for 50 years and the combination of high expectations and NIL made this past season the hardest. I never booed but lots around me did and it didn’t bother me. I don’t think you should ever boo your own team but when you get paid to pay it opens you up for criticism.

I think it is bad to boo college players anytime even in the NIL mercenary era. They are still young and not everyone on the team is getting a big NIL check. In the NFL every player is making far more money than the average person.

The best way to protest is to stop buying tickets and stop watching the games. Once the networks and the…[Read more]

You’d think that college sports would learn from the pros, don’t you? There’s a big reason why free agency in the pros is strictly regulated. It’s because they know that unfettered and unregulated free agency dilutes the value of the product. The reality is that if the players aren’t loyal, within certain parameters, to the team how can you…[Read more]

Who really knows what the future has in store for us…I can see a future scenario where a guy leaves college with, say two years of eligibility remaining like Sione Vaki did, stink it up in the NFL and come back to college in order to continue to get paid playing football.

The bar is pretty low for what a WR transfer to Utah needs to produce. When you consider that two kids this site loved who transferred from Syracuse ended up with the same total catches that I did.,, But I ended up with less picks so maybe I should let Whitt know that I still have eligibility?

“New normal” is going to be one season rentals honestly. Utah has to adapt for the players available.

Honestly, it’s hard to get excited about one season rentals like Otto Tia…here’s why…the clock’s on him…maybe he does well and his stock skyrockets or maybe he has a hard time learning a new system and isn’t even a factor this season. I mean, everyone here was excited about Anthony Woods and it looks like that guy won’t even ever play a…[Read more]