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[Patrick]

The booing from Utah fans I heard in RES on Saturday sure bummed me out. The players in Utah red out on the field — both starters and backups alike — are playing their hearts out and shouldn’t have to listen to that in their own house.

[Patrick]

I’ve subscribed to Utezone on and off over the years. The site is nothing like it used to be. I like Bartle and don’t blame him at all and he does his best but a lot of the civility and camaraderie were lost when folks like Dan and James Durant went inactive or mostly inactive IMHO. It’s too bad. It was once a fun site. The asylum is ran by the nuttier and more delusional fans now.

The board doesn’t seem to be moderated all that much so fans can just attack each other and say whatever they want. You see gif bombing and fighting and name calling. The bad and misinformation that folks spread has been off the charts at times. I’ve seen multiple subscribers up and leave due to ridicule and even cyber bullying. If you post something folks don’t want to hear — which I’ve done a bunch — you get called a “BYU fan,” “zoob” or a “Big 12 plant” and worse. A couple of other Utah fans and I who posted that PAC-12 negotiations weren’t going well leading up to the league’s collapse were really targeted for a while. They all ditched the board.

There’s really no standard on how folks are supposed to treat each other. It would go along way improving the site if it was well moderated and had some standards on how folks should interact and if somebody like Dan returned to set a better tone on the board. That’s what Utezone really needs, a better and more positive tone.

[Patrick]

Make you a deal, if Morgan only puts 10 dudes out of the field during two key plays of the game, and folks boo, I won’t say a word about it then. That was some serious embarrassing football right there by ND.

[Patrick]

The offense is so depleted with injuries it’s not much of a surprise things are rough right now.

It will change as players become healthy. Utah has yet to play its best football. Booing while your team is ranked in the Top 15 and winning is bogus regardless of excuse.

[Patrick]

Players and coaches alike hear the booing and think, “dang, we’re winning the game and about to 4-0. Why are they booing”??

Again, that’s the first time I’ve heard fans booing the Utes in RES and first time I’ve heard any fans boo while their team is actually winning the game on the field.

It was strange and fans who did it can justify it how they like I guess about the play calling, but it’s still lame as hell.

[Patrick]

I know you’re just joking and I get it. The goal was to not turn over the ball and kill time and let a top 5 defense destroy the opponent. You kill a lot of time running and waiting.

Utah’s always had a great defense but I think it’s the first time the unit’s so elite, we don’t even need an offense. It’s unreal. I watched that defense in awww Saturday. Save a play or two at the end of the game, the D’s performance was flawless.

[Patrick]

Regardless, I’ll never understand booing your own team for any reason. Saturday is the first time I’ve ever heard that in RES.

[Patrick]

I’ll start spending time over here. Looking at everything this site has a much better vibe.