The older generation in Utah called it "The BY", which later became "The BYU"

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Oct 23, 2016
7:29:42pm

Iman23 All-American

The BY was short for the BY Academy.

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THE Utah State. LOL!

foofcoug All-American

10/23/16 6:36pm

jrifkin48

10/23/16 6:37pm

Bobby Wagner in the SNF intros. Copying the tOSU crap Buckeye players do.

foofcoug

10/23/16 6:39pm

Jimmy Graham the "U" my youngest He went to Utah?

Osteotome

10/23/16 6:43pm

A few years ago they had a "The University of Utah State"

bocadillotortuga

10/23/16 6:49pm

When I lived in Utah I often heard the natives say "The BYU".

Y'zMan

10/23/16 7:04pm

I've literally never heard that in my entire life.

RichieRich

10/23/16 7:09pm

Been here 42 years, never heard it once.

foofcoug

10/23/16 7:16pm

I lived in Provo several years before you were there

Y'zMan

10/24/16 12:04am

So for the last 42 years noone has heard that phrase, glad it went out of style.

JohnnyComeLately

10/26/16 11:08am

Um no. They said "The Y" and you misheard them.

Nathanael Greene

10/23/16 7:19pm

Nope. I thought it was strange, which it is and I heard it many times.

Y'zMan

10/24/16 12:07am

The older generation in Utah called it "The BY", which later became "The BYU"

Iman23

10/23/16 7:29pm

How old are you, exactly?

jbcoug

10/23/16 7:50pm

RE: How old are you, exactly?

Y'zMan

10/24/16 12:08am

I've never heard that, I call bull.

BengalCougar

10/23/16 10:07pm

RE: I've never heard that, I call bull.

Y'zMan

10/24/16 12:11am

You made it up.

BengalCougar

10/24/16 9:45am

So now you've heard it, whither I made it up or not.

Y'zMan

10/24/16 2:00pm

My dad is 95 from Clarkston I remember aunts and uncles saying tBYU

Osteotome

10/24/16 11:58pm

I once heard Neil A Maxwell call it "The Brigham Young University"

timburriaquito

10/23/16 10:33pm

I often heard "The BYU" also.

mbs6

10/24/16 8:23am

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