The presence of a viable alternative plays a role. I'm not disputing that.

Oct 22, 2014
9:00:54am

shoganai

But the idea that the overall percentage of BYU fans is shrinking due to defections is just not true.

BYU has more fans than ever. They just stopped coming from inside Utah about 20 years ago.

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Those of you who laughed or disagreed with this must not live in Utah...

Zach Morris

10/22/14 8:44am

The hallmark of my BYU fandom is not living in Utah

Linescratcher

10/22/14 8:46am

Your not even sure you would be a BYU fan

LDTemplar

10/22/14 9:45am

I wasn't until I moved to Utah and married into a BYU family.

RaggaeCoug

10/22/14 11:11am

YAIDR

srey

10/22/14 8:47am

yeah if you don't and haven't lived in utah in the last 10 years its hard

johnnycarson

10/22/14 8:48am

BYU's fanbase growth in Utah slowed down way before 2004.

shoganai

10/22/14 8:51am

Weird. Most people can't get into USC nor ucla either. Mich and ND are both

Flyingdolphin

10/22/14 8:54am

The presence of a viable alternative plays a role. I'm not disputing that.

shoganai

10/22/14 9:00am

You do not live in Utah, therefore you are assuming and in this case you are

Zach Morris

10/22/14 9:03am

I moved away from Utah all of two years ago.

shoganai

10/22/14 9:10am

Majority of native Utahns will disagree. Most of us native Utah BYU

Zach Morris

10/22/14 8:56am

There have been market studies and surveys done on this.

shoganai

10/22/14 8:58am

Yeah. I hear Stanford is easier to get in these days.

Flyingdolphin

10/22/14 9:00am

What do you mean?

shoganai

10/22/14 9:01am

It plays a role but nowhere near the level of what I mentioned...

Zach Morris

10/22/14 9:01am

Market size and competition definitely play a role.

shoganai

10/22/14 9:09am

I don't disagree with this at all...

Zach Morris

10/22/14 9:13am

All I'm saying is that Utah's growth would've eventually happened anyway.

shoganai

10/22/14 9:18am

You've neglected demographic changes which are not approaching equilibrium.

jrj84105

10/22/14 4:15pm

That's probably true.

shoganai

10/22/14 4:23pm

62% LDS now, projected LDS minority anywhere between 2030 and 2060

jrj84105

10/22/14 4:57pm

lol...1/3 of the state is not "Ex-LDS".

mulletino

10/22/14 4:59pm

I lumped ex and inactive. <50% of Utahans who identif as LDS identify as active.

jrj84105

10/22/14 5:07pm

Ok. Now we're just talking nonsense.

shoganai

10/22/14 5:00pm

I went to grad school at UofU and I remember an article in the student paper

BYUflynn

10/22/14 11:40am

That's probably to be expected, and maybe not the worst thing in the world

hansel

10/22/14 8:52am

Hansel is so hot right now...

mulletino

10/22/14 9:02am

The Facebook map while flawed showed one disturbing trend!

CallingDingo

10/22/14 9:22am

Sad, I pull for the schools I went to and no others.

DoseOfReality

10/22/14 9:26am

Nope. It's interesting that I see tons of LDS kids in BYU gear around here

BYUCoug11

10/22/14 9:37am

I live and work in SLC. Maybe paranoid, but wearing BYU gear feels rebellious.

CosmoK

10/22/14 10:44am

Based solely on my time at BYU, it seemed like BYU wasn't popular with Utahns

BYUCoug11

10/22/14 10:53am

I remember the time that BYU owned Utah... that ended with Meyer

Zach Morris

10/22/14 11:09am

You nailed it.

wilsdad

10/22/14 11:16am

If Tayson Hill wasn't that guy then who is?

Scratch

10/22/14 4:14pm

RE: If Tayson Hill wasn't that guy then who is?

wilsdad

10/23/14 6:42am

Meyer increased the Ute fanbase for sure

morningcalmcougar

10/22/14 8:16pm

Your statement "BYU isn't cool in Utah." is so true, when

So it goes...

10/22/14 3:33pm

Fact!

wilsdad

10/23/14 6:40am

Choose you this day whom you wil serve, but as for me and my house...

SouthernCoug

10/22/14 9:39am

Oh brother.

Zaphod

10/22/14 3:33pm

Does that mean BYU Football is the one true religion,

So it goes...

10/22/14 6:38pm

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Abe Froman

10/23/14 6:14am

I live in Utah, and laughed that he would buy U tickets.

Blue for Life

10/22/14 11:21am

If you are not committed to next year then your slipping from blue to red may

1redman

10/22/14 12:05pm

Sorry would never be a U fan, don't matter what happens.

Blue for Life

10/22/14 12:21pm

I grew up in Davis County,

Ebom

10/22/14 12:35pm

Waning Church activity/identity probably contributes quite a bit to this too.

Mantis Mutu

10/22/14 12:54pm

I have not seen this in the slightest, and I live in Utah

jsjohnson1278

10/22/14 1:04pm

RE: I have not seen this in the slightest, and I live in Utah

wilsdad

10/22/14 1:16pm

I think this is right. Utah plays more intriguing competition. Utah

ALUF 1990

10/22/14 2:51pm

I went to the U in the late 70"s when Wayne Howard was the coach.

Sux2bU

10/22/14 1:28pm

That's because Utahans like to follow the crowd or be "trendy". That's why I

CObluezone

10/22/14 2:04pm

That's why you can't trust a brand new Utes fan

FILIKU

10/22/14 6:10pm

In grade school kids often switched based on who was winning or which team had .

MatthiasG

10/22/14 7:20pm

Only in utah could these stories happen. I love the state and all, but there

macaroni

10/22/14 7:24pm

I know a few who switched from BYU to UTah fans, surprisingly

LV Coug

10/22/14 8:47pm

Definitely true of any friends I have that

PolarisPrime

10/22/14 9:41pm

These truths sadden me. Yet, I have hope that BYU will one day be great!

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

10/22/14 9:17pm

It's a sad state of affairs in Utah right now as far as the fan distribution.

eddog

10/22/14 9:27pm

BYU fans still dominate the state

PolarisPrime

10/22/14 9:42pm

RE: BYU fans still dominate the state

wilsdad

10/23/14 6:47am

I live in Utah and my fandom is not based on

PolarisPrime

10/22/14 9:46pm

I cannot imagine any circumstances where I would be cheering for Utah

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