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El Jefe Evil Genius

Jan 24, 5:00pm

Last child waiting to hear about BYU. He’s confident he’s getting in. I would be

SouthernBlueBlood

10:21am

When’s acceptance date, do you know? Mid-February usually, right?

Blue Ridge

10:24am

Had Baxter not gone down what games would BYU have won that they lost?

SouthernBlueBlood

10:19am

UVU, Vandy

Clark Addison

10:21am

We would be 19-2. Would've beaten UVU and Vanderbilt, but not Creighton or Zags

Chefcurry

10:22am

Creighton's a maybe to me. Not having size was a big deal there.

mokelembembe

10:23am

Probably true.

Westsider

10:23am

I would like our chance in provo against the zags slightly more if he could play

fulano

10:23am

Pretty awesome. That team looked good. Fouss and AAA have really answered the

pinolero

10:24am

BYU would have beaten Vanderbilt and possibly Creighton. Only L would be Zags

thecthdox

10:23am

BYU 5-2 this year against current Bracketology teams

Chefcurry

10:12am

BYU's overperformed this year, given the injuries

Indy Coug

10:13am

3rd season in a row that BYU has seemed to overperform compared to preseason

cougarfan84

10:21am

Also happens to be Mark Pope's 3rd season. I'm going to go ahead and call

Kajdin

10:23am

Seems like Pope and staff have glued and taped together a team

WallaX2

10:22am

The best part of the big 12 move might just be keeping Pope long term. He gets

Kajdin

10:14am

Yep, and that is HUGE. Retaining Pope is #1 priority. He is the perfect coach

BlooCoog

10:17am

Anyone ever send a daughter to BYU Volleyball Camp? How was it?

Dr MoBYU

10:07am

Too bad it’s sold out already

stoils

10:09am

Frosh daughter went last year. She loved it. Also made her HS volleyball team.

cosmohio

10:15am

Thanks ! That’s great to hear. Just wanting to let my 13yo know what 2 expect

Dr MoBYU

10:17am

My thoughts on Allgeier and Dart

ImaFBfan

10:05am

RE: My thoughts on Allgeier and Dart

BYU TO THE MOON

10:10am

Do I need cyber insurance for my small business that takes and stores cc info

fredetteaboutit13

9:59am

They definitely are

CLCougar

10:00am

If you end up getting hacked, your company will go belly-up w/o it.

tarzan15

10:04am

Probably. I am with a large organization, but we have been hacked and held for ransom multiple times.

JOPE

10:05am

i just renewed our cyber policy. ransomware is the new piracy of choice.

Cougarclaw

10:06am

Health Insurance rules in this country are asinine.

robin

9:58am

I agree 100% that it is pretty stupid to have to pay a full premium...

Eddie

10:03am

You’ve fallen victim to one of the classic blunders —

d-coug

10:04am

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BYUtka

10:05am

I've got good insurance and for the first time, my wife has better.

Born2Fish

10:09am

yes, that's how it was for my parent too when we were little.

robin

10:16am

You just need to wait for open enrollment and get in your wife’s plan.

BNcoug

10:15am

I'm only covered under my insurance plan and my wife is only covered under hers

ManicBlue

10:23am

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@BYUSportsNation BYU Sports Nation

9:58am

I’m not a prude when it comes to language and I even admit to dropping the

gwalker

9:55am

Yep.

Dr MoBYU

9:56am

In fact tempted to say, “Sir, there are ladies present. Including your wife.”

gwalker

9:57am

I'm pretty sure that in most cases the response would be

Sea Chicken

9:58am

Probably.

gwalker

9:58am

My wife swears more than I do

Slim

9:58am

You give her more reasons to.

Sea Chicken

9:59am

Growing up, my mom used to always say swearing was a sign of low intelligence.

RH84025

9:59am

There is, in fact, no truth to this.

ReyOso

10:02am

You don't think that people who rely too much on profanity to make a point are

AggieWeekendCougar

10:06am

RE: Growing up, my mom used to always say swearing was a sign of low

Richard McCoy Jr.

10:03am

This had been my view of a lack of sophisticated vocabulary/language but later learned that’s not true.

Soupie

10:12am

It's changing language. There are still taboo words, just different ones.

ReyOso

10:00am

tik tok is accelerating this language change, so much vulgarity all day long in

doubled1981

10:04am

Also, I wonder how these people ratchet things up when they need to. How do they

gwalker

10:00am

East Coast v West Coast makes a huge difference. I really wish I had not started

Socrates Johnson

10:00am

My boss in Buffalo NY would shout obscenities in the most natural way

towerman

10:11am

100%

CopperLix

10:00am

I think my issue is more with yelling at people than swearing. Adults don't ever

dYrtbYkerYder

10:01am

It's especially appalling how teenagers talk. We've gotten so coarse and vulgar

runnincoug

10:01am

I've kicked a few people out of my office for language. But most people are very

JAGA97

10:01am

Profanity is the effort of a feeble mind to express itself forcibly...

AggieWeekendCougar

10:02am

I've pondered this over the years and come to believe it 100% accurate

OldFogey

10:07am

There is a skill to cursing. It takes some training….

kotacoug

10:07am

I recently watched a video of a high speed police chase (from the officers' body cameras) and when they finally

buhlcougar

10:02am

Those words just turn into common words and some other word replaces it as crass

kotacoug

10:02am

Swearing is nbd IMO.

Virginia Ute

10:04am

Too bad.

Bob Vance

10:06am

I’m kind of in the middle. A word or two is fine. When it gets to 15% or more of

gwalker

10:06am

We’ve got a guy on our hockey team that can’t say 4 words without dropping

kotacoug

10:09am

Well, you are a Ute, so there's that playing into this attitude. 🙂

OldFogey

10:08am

Really? U ok with Your 12 yo daughter saying F***?

Dr MoBYU

10:09am

What's surprising is how woke we are as a society, and yet so liberal with M--F-

runnincoug

10:12am

racist? never made that connection

fattycoug

10:13am

If we desensitize the use of cuss words, then what do we do when we need to

fattycoug

10:11am

I've become numb to the language around me at work.

LegitCoug

10:05am

Your last sentence is the key. If everything gets that emphasis from someone

gwalker

10:08am

I think this is worth noting when we complain about fans saying/chanting "F you BYU"

krindorr

10:19am

A lot of people are just really angry these days. For those of us in the

cougfanz

10:13am

Colleague at work closed an email with "Tysm!"

MarylandFan

9:53am

Thank you. See ya Monday?

fulano

10:01am

That would be great if the weekend started today!

MarylandFan

10:20am

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@BYUSportsNation BYU Sports Nation

9:53am

The NFL is king. 42.7m viewers for Bills-Chiefs on Sunday.

TCuz Disgraced Rules President

9:50am

Crazy. Not even for a Division Championship

Niiineteeen84

9:52am

Americans love Football. Big CFB games are probably 2nd behind the NFL.

pinolero

9:52am

Can’t believe I missed that one. National championship was 22.6m across all ESPN platforms.

TCuz

9:55am

Wow

LiveCoug

9:53am

And, market size seems to not matter as much in the NFL

LiveCoug

9:55am

NFL is much more of a national product than any of the other sports.

Scratch

9:57am

The NFL product is amazing, my wife sat down and actually watched the games with me on Sunday. She was talking about the

JOPE

9:55am

Mine did the same, took a minute to splain that one, but glad its a thing

towerman

10:14am

The lowest rated game, Cincinnati vs Tennessee got 31 million

JOPE

9:56am

Easily one of the top 3 most entertaining games I’ve watched in the last 40 years of watching NFL games. The high level

specsauce

9:58am

As a follow on to this, I swear NFL games this season have been far more entertaining than in years past. It has been a

specsauce

10:01am

That was one of the best NFL games in history.

Lieutenant America

10:00am

Pretty sure the NFL has 40+ of the top 50 watched shows in the last 10 years.

Blue for Life

10:02am

I think the Winter Olympics are going to get killed in the ratings

Charles Darwin

10:02am

“Soccer is not a sport.” It’s funny how everyone nods their head in agreement.

Scott_Tenorman

10:04am

Wow, that 42m is almost 4% of the number of viewers who watched the 2018 World Cup final

Odysseus

10:06am

Yah it’s sad how backwards much of the word is. Fortunately, as undefeated World War champs we don’t deal with that BS

TCuz

10:12am

Too bad the Tour de France was the winner. 😁

Blue for Life

10:14am

Ha ha! Convenient to say soccer is not a sport when the world cup gets

Mister P

10:11am

worldwide, how many in the US, I bet it doesn't come close to the NFL numbers

Gente_Boa

10:13am

In the US it isn't even close, but doesn't mean it isn't popular.

Blue for Life

10:16am

Say the state of Utah only had 1 prominent university. How dominant could it be

Lieutenant America

9:48am

That’s how it was in the 80s early 90s

Dr MoBYU

9:50am

Sure, and like I said, it more than likely wouldn’t have made a huge difference.

Lieutenant America

9:54am

A few yrs ago the state of Utah had 35 FBS signees and Nebraska had 6.

Thrill

9:57am

This was Larry Scott’s morbid dream

hdx57

10:03am

POLL: BYU is 24th in Kenpom and 56th in ESPN BPI. Which ranking is closer to the truth?

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

9:42am

Net

kC Cougar

9:45am

NET is 25th so the question basically still stands

Indy Coug

9:46am

25-50 is very hard to separate one team from another

JoeExotic

9:46am

BPI looks to be a big outlier. Massey index = 29. Other rankings:

Mr. Scoobs

9:46am

They could be the outlier, but does that mean they are wrong?

Indy Coug

9:47am

What does "correct" ranking mean to you? What do you mean by "truth"

Mr. Scoobs

9:49am

In a hypothetical world where all 358 teams played each other in a season of 3,570 games

Indy Coug

9:51am

P.S. Don't be overly pedantic about this

Indy Coug

9:52am

I don't know what that word means so I just won't respond

JoeExotic

9:53am

trying to imagine a season of 3570 games.

Avery

10:02am

Based on the data right now--they are closer to 24 than they are to 56.

Mr. Scoobs

10:16am

I don't know which one is more accurate, but it is interesting to compare where

cougarfan84

10:17am

For super smart investor CBers:

Huge Manatee

9:39am

You can make it right now and just leave it in your account until the time

allaboutthegainz

9:40am

Yep. Put it in the money market and then transfer funds over into your

SoValleyCOUG

9:53am

I think it depends on the Ukraine situation

BYU TO THE MOON

9:41am

Man who pick bottom only find smelly finger

Dangerous

9:45am

"Never try to catch a falling knife." Who knows, but wait for it to consolidate

BYU-Ite

9:53am

BYU Sports Camps — only got 1 of 2 kids in this year

Tricky

9:39am

Crazy!How many spots are there? We got into womens vb.But it closed right after

Dr MoBYU

9:42am

I don't know, but its fewer than people who want to attend.

Tricky

10:22am

Got 1 in to boys basketball. It was full by 9:15 or even sooner. Got on at 9:00

pinolero

9:45am

Yup. It opened at 9am. I was waitlisted at 9:03am. Crazy

Blueto

9:45am

Same. I was in right at 9. Waitlisted at 9:02 for the late June boys bball

Rivers Cuomo

9:49am

So in the words of supply and demand they are way underpriced

Nat Gas Man

9:49am

Also, very minor penalty if one cancels. $35. No risk.

Dr MoBYU

9:51am

Interesting. Do you know if many end up dropping?

Tricky

10:22am

I did well this year. I added 3 camps, for 3 different kids, to my cart within 30 seconds of opening. Took a long time

slappy

9:50am

Mine got hung up when adding to the cart.

Tricky

10:23am

Are byu sports camps the new EFY?

Joe Banks

10:09am

In what way? I'm not very familiar with EFY.

pinolero

10:16am

Just saying EFY has been replaced by local fsy, so maybe parents are more …

Joe Banks

10:18am

👍👍 understood

pinolero

10:25am

We got into both camps we were waitlisted for last year.

cosmohio

10:19am

POLL: Which app/site do you use for online stock buying and trading? (not crypto sites)

UteStar

9:39am

Interactive Brokers ... great execution and commissions especially options. But

Spine

9:42am

E*Trade. My work uses it so that works well to have that in one place. Plus, if

BYUHawk

9:47am

E*Trade, their Power E*Trade app has everything I need. Used TD Ameritrade and

Skeptical Optimist

9:47am

Charles Schwab

Eddie

9:47am

Schwab, love the app

JOPE

9:48am

Merrill due to inertia, I worked at BAC for 18 years. I also have a small eTrade account

Clark Addison

10:15am

Probably getting Turner this window, Steffen has not yet arrived in Columbus due to back stiffness.

RSL I am a dad joke

9:38am

Fine by me.

mango

9:59am

Steffen is smart. I wouldn't want to go to Columbus either.

chago04

9:59am

It's definitely spirit. No announcement, but flights are bookable from SLC to

LiveCoug

9:36am

Just tried to book a flight out of SLC on Spirit.

narf

9:44am

I guess this is funny for some reason

LiveCoug

9:44am

because Spirit sucks. It is the worst of the discount airlines.

SWKTDweller

9:47am

Gotcha

LiveCoug

9:48am

That said, there aren't many other domestic options left for SLC....

LiveCoug

9:50am

Spirit airlines...when a cushioned seat on Frontier is too plush for you and you want less frills, give us a try.

specsauce

9:47am

They suck. I still book them at times. A month a I needed a last minute trip

JAGA97

9:57am

Guy at Walmart in front of me is trying to return something without the actual

the_byu_flash

9:33am

Record it

Slim

9:34am

RE: Guy at Walmart in front of me is trying to return something without the

Cougero

9:35am

RE: Guy at Walmart in front of me is trying to return something without the

Blue for Life

9:39am

Rewatched some Mad Men scenes. Man the first couple seasons of that show are

macdizzle

9:29am

by far my favorite binge, but it seems you either love it or hate it. I agree

Avery

9:32am

I’m not sure I agree, but it’s been awhile since my last rewatch.

TCuz

9:34am

My favorite series. I thought it got better with time also.

threezeroeight

9:35am

So many great scenes but to really appreciate them, the context of the scene makes them so powerful

KingDave

9:47am

The art direction/costumes and authentic re-creation of the late 50s and 60s

neboutefan

9:49am

POLL: Which would you do?

Sea Chicken Freeloader

9:28am

For the record ...

Sea Chicken

9:30am

Pick out the cockroach and give it to my kid. The ice cream. Not the roach.

supertux

9:35am

That edit changes everything.

Sea Chicken

9:45am

Happened to me once, but with tortilla chips rather than ice cream.

UCLACoug

10:16am

Will Forte just not funny to me. I’ve got such a low bar that he must be really

SouthernBlueBlood

9:28am

Last man on earth??? Hilarious show

boorad

9:31am

I only know last man standing

SouthernBlueBlood

9:34am

That's a different show.

Tim to some

9:35am

If you like Last man standing then yeah Will Forte probably isn't for you.

boorad

9:36am

Oh….danggg

SouthernBlueBlood

10:11am

so bummed when it got cancelled, especially since we never figured out(spoilers)

robin

9:36am

RE: so bummed when it got cancelled, especially since we never figured out(spoilers)

supertux

9:40am

He made it down and joined the group every now and then

BYULAWGUY

9:47am

Here you go:

harrY

9:49am

Really funny show, unfortunately it peaked in season 1.

Duke Silver

9:40am

This is true.

Tim to some

9:59am

Who?

valcorger

9:32am

It's not Will Forte, it's SNL. You're right about McGruber in general. It was funny enough to begin with but SNL this

supertux

9:33am

The movie was incredibly crass and funny. I don't recommend, but I sadly have seen it several times now. 🙂

Bob Vance

10:07am

Greg Stink

Sea Chicken

9:34am

RE: Will Forte just not funny to me. I’ve got such a low bar that he must

WJCougar

9:39am

RE: Will Forte just not funny to me. I’ve got such a low bar that he must

Hypnotoad

9:53am

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