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Yeah, I hate it when companies do that too. But if you are still deciding, it looks like you can still get the better rate.

Right now, John is able to get a promotion for $23 off per month for 12 months. Starting July 8th, DirecTV will be changing that promotion to $8 off per month for 4 months. Some simple math tells me that $23 X 12 = $276 off (total), and $8 X 4 = $32, so if you sign up before June 25th, you'll save $244 overall. The savings he can get you on startup costs should remain the same.

Now of course, DirecTV could have an even better promotion a month from now, but there's no way to know at this point.

If you'd like to take advantage of the current promotion, give John a call at (801) 604-1259 and make sure to mention Cougarboard. If you're calling long distance, just give him your number and he'll call you right back. His company can do installs in all 50 states, so it's worth calling him even if you're not in Utah.

You can find out more information at http://www.mtnOnDirecTV.com/.

In addition to giving you a great deal, he's also going to give a referral bonus to Cougarboard. If you would like it applied as a donation to your account, please send me a boardmail with the name you used to sign up for DirecTV. I'll verify your order, and then apply it to your account.

Some have asked what I'm going to do with this money. I'm actually looking to do a server upgrade in the near future -- this server has been running for 3 1/2 years now, so I'm hoping to get a new, better server.

Please take advantage of this great opportunity to help yourself and Cougarboard! I appreciate your support.

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Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:31:00 -0600

Cougarboarders,

Nate Meikle here. Thought some of the faithful (and their kids) might be interested to know about a football camp John Beck and Cameron Jensen are putting on in a few weeks. Harline, Kehl and a few other BYU players are going to be there as well. Here's a link to the camp:

http://www.apxfootballcamp.com/index.html

Thanks for all the support.

Nate Meikle

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vote now:

http://themwc.cstv.com/10/allDecadeVoting .html

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I don't understand the idea of it being too hard to watch a tennis match where your two daughters are playing one another, so you leave Wimbldeon and fly home instead of watching the final.

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Over the Cards. Instead I only can see the Yankees - RedSox. Saw that rivalry in person, don't want to see it on TV.

GO CUBBIES!

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Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:31:00 -0600

I've got one of those small Weber charcoal grills and I need to upgrade. I've been looking around and would love to have a grill/smoker. I don't really like grilling with propane/gas so I want to keep it to charcoal/wood.

I went and looked at this one today but it seems kind of pricey for a charcoal grill. It is nice in that you can raise and lower the heat source so you could basically use it at a smoker too.
http://www.bbqgalore.com/charcoal/bar_b_c hef_cart/

Any suggetions?

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I keep hearing from ute fans as well as some preseason publications that BYU was prehaps lucky in their victorys vs the utes the last two years. I just see it as making a play when it counts. To me lucky would have been John Beck throwing a Hail Mary into the end zone from the 50 yard line and it bouncing around until if fell into Harline's hands. That last drive in 06 had nothing to do with luck it was all about making plays when a play needed to be made. This last year the fact that Collie toasted Mccain had nothing to do with luck. It was Collie and Hall making a play. Luck would have been Mccain falling down and Collie standing their all alone or Mccain jumping up to intercept the ball only to have it bounce off his hands right into collie's hands. If any team was lucky it was the utes when Unga dropped that sure TD right before the utes drove down to take the lead. Unga had burned his man and would have scored but just dropped the ball. It had nothing to do with the utes, Unga just dropped the ball. To me that is LUCK! BYU's victories over the utes in 06 and 07 hand nothing to do with Luck!

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Fire here in Germany. Miley Cyrus was quite forgettable.

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to speak at a stake baptism later today. Apparently the couple scheduled to speak is "sick".

She broke our family rule of answering the phone on a Saturday when a member of the bishopric is on the caller ID.

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because of my error.

He was holding a dripping sparkler and just as I realized he wasn't wearing shoes he stepped on one of the hot coals and then his reaction caused him to step on another. Poor guy has two burn spots on the same foot. Luckily they are both in spots with some tough skin.

I'm feeling guilty and sad for him this morning.

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Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:31:00 -0600

This game comes out soon and if there is anyone who has xbox live or would like to join up and play in a online league i am starting one up. It wont be super serious and will be free. Probably play once a week, twice at the most. This is open to anyone who wants to play. Age is not a problem. Just boardmail me or send a message and the team you would like to be to my xbox live account. My gamer tag is abogon02. Havent decided on what league to use but i believe a mtn west would be fun, or we could just go crazy and do a sun belt... or wac... let me know...

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Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:31:00 -0600

I'm looking for someone to boardmail a DirecTV referral to me for the $50 discount.

Apparently the referral only works if you're not a recent DirecTV subscriber...

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The answer is in their OOC scheduling:

Hawaii
at Florida
at Oregon State
Washington State
Cincinnati

With Hawaii losing the coach that got them there last season. With the fiasco of last years bowl fresh in voters memories, and with two road trips to tough venues (one a body bag game), the odds are definitely not in their favor. I say Hawaii will not even be ranked by end of the up coming season.

Boise State
at Oregon

Boise has one game all year that has any guts and it is a commuter flight into Autzen Stadium. Oregon while losing a couple of key players from last years team, are reloading. They will be starting a fresh QB, and Roper may be the guy. The same guy that torched South Florida in their bowl game when the Ducks won 56-21. In any case Boise has been struggling with replacements in key areas of their game which is why last year was not as stellar as they were hoping it would be. This is another transition year in the conference of cupcakes. Fresno is returning a great number of starters and in my opinion they will give the Broncos their second loss. A two loss Boise team will not be a BCS buster threat though they would be ranked by years end.

Fresno State
at Rutgers
Wisconsin
at UCLA

The team the pundits are betting on to be a BCS buster. If they had a schedule like Boise's I would say yes, however an east coast trip that so early in the season against a team that has risen to a solid competitor is not the recipe for success imo. The two starting WR's for Rutgers could be the best tandem and two best receivers in the Big East. They will expose early Fresno States biggest weakness which is a gaping hole in the secondary. The irony is the Bulldogs would have had a better chance vs Rutgers with Ray Rice in the backfield being the goto guy, but this is going to be an air assault which could have Fresno coming home with a loss. Wisconsin is banged up on Defense which helps Fresno, and the Badgers while moving more into the passing game do not have a QB that really excites anyone. However they are consistent which means a tough game. UCLA is a team that Fresno can ill afford to play. Why? Because the Bulldogs cadre of veterans are mostly on the offensive side of the ball. Now Fresno could stymie the Bruins since their own offense is in shambles especially at the line, but the UCLA defense is a difference maker and one that could score points themselves off of turnovers. All in all I see Fresno coming out of this with a 1-2 record, and that even with a conference championship means no BCS bowl for them.

Nevada
Texas Tech
at Missouri

Both of Nevada's opponents are high on the list of early contenders for a National Championship. With the amount of talent and experience these two teams are bringing back, the Wolfpack would be happy with a chance to go bowling somewhere. In my opinion there is no BCS busting for Nevada this season.

La Tech
Mississippi State
at Kansas

La Tech actually might have a chance to beat MSU, but the fun ends in Kansas. Also La Tech has had an amazing ability to under perform in conference play and they will most likely not get buy the big two. They should be bowl eligible this year, but that is about all they can expect.

San Jose State
at Nebraska
at Stanford

The Spartans looked like they were turning the program around and looking to pull a Rutgers like rise from the ashes. Fizzle Fizzle is about what happened after two seasons ago. Now they have a chance to be the dark horse in the WAC this year. With a key number of BCS player transfers and a top flight receiving corp, the Spartans could not only play spoiler to Fresno and Boise this year since they play them at home, but they actually have a chance to take the WAC championship. Stanford is not insurmountable, and this amounts to a cross town rivalry game which adds to the intensity. The Nebraska trip is where they stumble. Depth is what could bring them down in the end. A couple of key injuries and the show is over. I see them stumbling somewhere along the way and a two loss San Jose State while enigmatic and flair for the media to cover is not ranked high enough by seasons end to snipe a BCS spot. As a side note, San Diego State better beat them

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I've got a flower bed around one of my trees that has been overgrown with a lot of strands of grass (a type of St. Augustine). Last month I spent about 2 hours weeding it, but I wasn't able to get down to the roots well enough to fix the problem, so now I've got a bunch of grass popping up in the flower bed again. Also, the grass roots and tree roots are all intertwined about 6 inches below the mulch/dirt surface, so I can't just dig it out with a shovel.

What I'm looking for is something that will 1) kill the grass/weeds all the way down to the root AND 2) not kill the roots of the tree. Do you know of anything that would do this?

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Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:31:00 -0600

Cougarboard's verdict on the Kirby Miller Lite commercial.

Robert Kirby discusses in the SLTribune
http://www.sltrib.com/faith/ci_9788467

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Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:31:00 -0600

Some questions for the more informed...(yes I know DTV operators will help me, but I like consumer input)

Currently I have 3 Dish receivers....

1 regular in the basement - need the same
1 dual tuner DVR in the main room - need the same, plus probable ugrade to HDTV
1 DVR in the master bedroom -- would love a dual tuner, plus probable ugrade to HDTV

Need the lowest cost channel setup that gets me all BYU games...

What do I need to order from DTV in order to get the best setup to cover my needs?

Oh yeah...any ideas on the best way to find out if someone can install a flat screen above my fireplace before I decide which new TV to buy?

So much for my simple summer..