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I am waiting for Shimmy, Cb's lone Cleveland fan, to chime in before I make

Sid Vicious

9:01am

If announced today for the first time, which current MLB team names would NOT get roasted?

TCuz Disgraced Rules President

9:00am

A big THANK YOU to everyone that attended camp this summer! 💙 View

@byusoccer_w BYU Women's Soccer

9:00am

raw musical chairs of conference expansion

angusean

9:00am

Your Fitness Fact on Fitness Friday:

ldssdl

8:58am

Just my opinion... for the BIGXII to survive they have to get to 14 teams... and 4 of those teams have to be current P5

Coug Truly Addicted User

8:57am

BIG 12 is dead.

Chester Copperpot

9:02am

I keep going back and forth on. Some of the Big12 leftover teams get picked up

_Dakoko

8:57am

There is a huge incentive for them to stay together and expand

2FarGone

9:00am

Does Indiana follow the trend and change its name to Guardiana? Pretty catchy.

Pistol Shrimp All-American

8:55am

Revolution

8:56am

Guardiana was the dog’s name.

bruincoug

8:59am

After finding it wasn’t pulled from thin air…not as bad

Coog4Life

8:53am

RE: After finding it wasn’t pulled from thin air…not as bad

BGRTHNUMEGO

8:53am

They look like the TVA androids from Loki

SJS

8:55am

It’s not an expansion team. The name should at least sound like a team that has been around 125 years.

shimmy

8:55am

So an Angel?

Jeremy

8:57am

Yep, sounds like they're guardian angels. Strong religious overtones.

AZ Coug

8:59am

So replacing a stereotype Indian face with a stereotype Roman one. Got it.

bruincoug

9:00am

That’s just proof they overthought things. Spiders was perfect. Spiders would

CouchPotato

9:01am

I like to make fun of the P5 conferences, but the truth is I would kill a man

SJS

8:52am

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@BYUfootball BYU FOOTBALL

8:52am

POLL: If your school district mandates masks for your kids for fall semester 2021, what will you (or would you) do?

Yllage Vidiot Humbly Awesome

8:49am

Missing a reasonable option which is send them with masks but make

runitup590

8:53am

I've been "pro-mask" in the past. I believe I would actively fight against them,

fattycoug

9:01am

Last year we talked to our kids about the mandate to wear masks. They

Fatalplacebo

8:54am

My school won’t so no need to worry.

Viking VI

8:57am

Justice would be the AAC making Big12 scraps audition to join the AAC

jrifkin48

8:48am

They'd start their own conference first. In a perfect world, you would start a

dYrtbYkerYder

8:53am

You keep the Big 12 name so you get the UT/OU exit money

2FarGone

8:55am

Guys you need to be really careful putting ANY STOCK in these articles...

LEDSFW

8:48am

*kudos for using the word orcrational

Choke

8:49am

It was a typo, since corrected. Kudos for acting like...

LEDSFW

8:54am

*funniest line:

zephyr

8:54am

Great life advice: “You take a step back, you don't fall down the stairs.“

Florwood

8:57am

RE: Guys you need to be really careful putting ANY STOCK in these articles...

Stringer Bell

9:01am

Perhaps the SEC (and Texas/OU) saw the writing on the wall with CFP expansion.

LegitCoug

8:47am

POLL: If you HAD to choose between the following MANDATES re Covid-19 this fall, which would you choose?

Yllage Vidiot Humbly Awesome

8:43am

2 mostly because it would work.

Joe Banks

8:47am

RE: POLL: If you HAD to choose between the following MANDATES re Covid-19 this fall, which would you choose?

Zedhead

8:47am

Kids should no longer have to wear masks. Period.

deejo

8:47am

How about we just form a ministry of truth so everyone knows what is true.

Viking VI

8:47am

We need to stop haranguing our kids for this stuff simply to protect adults who won't vaccinate

Indy Coug

8:49am

This is correct

runitup590

8:50am

I would start shooting before choosing one of these. Freedom of choice and America would be dead to me.

EternalOptimism

8:55am

Hopefully masks in school in my district doesn’t prompt this response

runitup590

9:00am

Come up with a better or far worse mascot for Cleveland: Commies. Gotta like

oxcoug

8:42am

Dogs. Or Dawgz. Ya know, home of the dawg pound. I'll keep going: The

oxcoug

8:44am

The Cleveland Disoriented Nude Women.

oxcoug

8:44am

Zoners (Hat tip to Euclidian zoning / Euclid v. Ambler Realty)

Revolution

8:50am

How about the Cleveland Burning River?

SJS

8:58am

The Flames in honor of their river that caught fire 50 years ago

KingDave

8:59am

I like the Cleveland Rocks

Martin Van Nostrand

9:01am

In the last 40 years, Vandy has had 4 winning records in the SEC

OU Cougar

8:40am

I'd hesitate to compare those schools to Vanderbilt

DeekLyfter

8:41am

Why are you comparing them to Vandy?

BigD Coug

8:42am

Just saying in that league there are expected losers and winners

OU Cougar

8:49am

Maybe aTm would be a better comparison?

BYUinTX

8:46am

To be fair, Texas has had at least 5 losses in 8 of the past 11 years. They

rivercitycoug

8:46am

the historical relevance/dominance of the University of Texas is GREATLY

Mayor of Cougartown

8:49am

One could argue in the past decade they do less with more talent/resources than

rivercitycoug

8:51am

POLL: Got jury summons for people who lived in the house before us. Should I:

runitup590

8:37am

Make a huge bonfire with a couch or two, then burn it

Heath Squashwell

8:41am

I like it, get the attention of the authorities FIRST. Interesting move.

runitup590

8:42am

How about forward it to them?

Blue for Life

8:54am

Fitness Friday: Informative session for today's post re: Muscle Hypertrophy

TheLoneCougar This is the Way

8:37am

This probably is the beginning of the end for BYU, yet I strangely find myself

LegitCoug

8:36am

I think that was 2011

rggee

8:38am

I can find spiteful solace seeing the Big12 (actually 10) fall to 8

jrifkin48

8:54am

I think Guardian is a great name

LeonMarek

8:31am

I don't

Adrielle

8:35am

For me to poop on.

benny1982

8:40am

For someone defending the galaxy, but not for a baseball team.

Texas Hammer

8:46am

Can Notre Dame survive as an independent in the super-conference landscape

Sale

8:28am

ND easily. New playoff assures them access; don't have to share tv revenue...

COUGND

8:47am

Lol, certainly no love lost between Gerrard and Everton

RSL Nerfherder

8:28am

Why does it have to be so humid inside of airports? When you factor all the

DeekLyfter

8:26am

What are they the Guardians of?

RSL Nerfherder

8:26am

RE: What are they the Guardians of?

mannheimadler

8:27am

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LifeLongLakerFan

8:28am

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shimmy

8:27am

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mudpupper

8:27am

The Globe.

SCcoug

8:27am

Winning Pennants

mudpupper

8:27am

This:

BigD Coug

8:27am

Lameness

IrishBlue

8:28am

the Galaxy

TCuz

8:28am

River Fires

russkiejedi

8:29am

Social Justice?

Nuke

8:31am

MLB-BLM wokeness

Yllage Vidiot

8:31am

The Cleveland Clinic is there. So...there’s that I guess.

Trent

8:34am

Lake Erie

AggieWeekendCougar

8:40am

Drew Carey

TwinsRight

8:42am

Umm... They said right in the video: baseball and the Land.

Revolution

8:45am

Jan lol

letthewookieewin Holochess World Champion

8:24am

Jorgenson?

Florwood

9:01am

Guardian was a great map in Halo 3. Pay some respect.

TCuz Disgraced Rules President

8:24am

Elite Swat map

MarkWatney

8:25am

Halo 3 is the best Halo. I could play nothing but Guardian and The Pit and be

Duke Silver

8:25am

I miss the halo days man. Everybody switched to COD MW2 overnight one day and that was it

JollyGreenGiant

8:35am

I hadn’t played in 10+ years but started playing again this month on the Halo MCC.

TCuz

8:38am

I’ll have to check it out

JollyGreenGiant

8:44am

I graduated HS in 2008, but my high school buddies and I still get together

Duke Silver

8:50am

TAMU is pissed at the SEC because they thought smiling and being nice to your

rivercitycoug

8:24am

The funny/sad part is that they'd still be the Indians if the Chief Wahoo logo

LeftOfNormal

8:20am

It would have caught up to them. Stanford switched from Indian 50 yrs ago

bluelands

8:29am

Without the logo they could have kept the name and represented the fast-growing

Salami Karate

8:43am

It rhymes with Indians. Retains most of the letters. How can we go wrong?

FrontLineFan

8:20am

If going in that direction, I would have proposed Erians. Lake Erie rocks!

Zooropa

8:24am

Fans won’t have to trade in their old jerseys

mannheimadler

8:31am

My predictions: OU and Texas to SEC, West Virginia and Notre Dame to the ACC, KU

dYrtbYkerYder

8:18am

Would the Pac 12 realistically take OSU or TTech?

SlyCoug

8:22am

TCU would get into P12 before Baylor. They have less of a focus on religion and haven’t covered up murder and rape

molodyets

8:25am

Murder and rape are more acceptable in the pac 12 than Christian values

Ojiisan

8:32am

TCU would have to take the name "Christian" out of their title before Pac-12 takes them.

Yllage Vidiot

8:35am

BYU will always be a distant back-up to anyone unfortunately. Social baggage.

TeeKaa

8:30am

Conferences DO NOT solidify themselves by

JKLCoug

8:33am

Why would the ACC make the same mistake the PAC10 made?

hdx57

8:33am

Agree 100%

JKLCoug

8:35am

The Dude of WV said that West Virginia would go to the ACC. He knows his stuff.

dYrtbYkerYder

8:38am

Dude.

Yllage Vidiot

8:44am

Skills, girls dig skills

hdx57

8:52am

Big 10 has zero reason to take on Iowa State.

cbluil

8:34am

They fit regionally and academically. I agree it may not bring the most money.

dYrtbYkerYder

8:41am

I just can't see the elitist Big 10 stooping down to add Ok State or K State.

dYrtbYkerYder

8:42am

ACC already has 15 football teams and 16 teams with Notre Dame.

Art Director

8:39am

The 15th football team is Notre Dame if you're counting them already. + WV = 16.

dYrtbYkerYder

8:41am

ACC told WV no a decade ago. What has changed?

hdx57

8:53am

The Cleveland Indians are now the Cleveland Guardians

RC Vikings

8:18am

Wut?

TNT

8:20am

What a stupid name haha

-C9-

8:21am

I don't understand why they wouldn't just go with the Spiders nickname..

SlyCoug

8:24am

Yep. The perfect name was right in front of their faces all along.

BigD Coug

8:26am

LOL. Cleveland Foster Parents would have been better.

russkiejedi

8:28am

It didn’t need to change. Most Native Americans love the native themed sports mascots - including the Indians and Chief

YIsForBrigham

8:43am

People act as if this is as important as curing generational poverty and

BigD Coug

8:51am

It is interesting that the conference most often left out of the CFP is not

Coog4Life

8:17am

Geography mostly.

LifeLongLakerFan

8:18am

Geography raises the floor for the Pac 12

Gustav

8:24am

The B12 minus UT/OU conference has zero appearances in the CFP. P12 has 2.

Still Questing

8:22am

Good point.

cbluil

8:37am

5 conferences never was going to last. (Significant Language warning)

OU Cougar

8:14am

Sorry A&M, there is a more exclusive club inside this exclusive club

runitup590

8:14am

As long as the SEC said "Bless their hearts" while talking behind A&M's backs it is all okay.

Tokolosh

8:25am

This is just so funny to me. I love this wrinkle of the story.

YIsForBrigham

8:57am

The TX OU move and major jump in status of the SEC make me think the CFP rework

Nat Gas Man

8:12am

12-16 still makes the most sense. But who has access to that 12-16 could change.

Turnpike Lane

8:15am

They are, as you point out, just recommendations.

Everyman

8:17am

As long suffering BYU fans, we all know exactly how this is going to end

Mr. Rumsfield

8:12am

RE: As long suffering BYU fans, we all know exactly how this is going to end

Samsonite

8:14am

BYU joining the Big 12 as the conference collapses

vagabonder

8:17am

Texas and OU get stopped by SEC security

Hoax

8:10am

The A&M guy is the best

jkccoug

8:58am

POLL: How many calories per day do you typically eat?

Odysseus

8:05am

2900 a day. Dropping to 2500 starting next week.

JohnnyComeLately

8:07am

Too many

RexIdaCoug

8:10am

My break even is 3500. I have a super hard time gaining weight. I was eating

Chefcurry

8:24am

Don’t count, but a lot less than I used to

BeyondTheMark

8:26am

Why stop at 16? Why not get every premiere program east of the Mississippi if

Windward_Coug

8:03am

those other schools wouldnt go. B10 is too valuable

Nat Gas Man

8:05am

Big10 isn't nearly as valuable without Ohio State and Michigan. SEC would crush

Windward_Coug

8:07am

Those two are the founding members of the B10...don't think they would leave

Nat Gas Man

8:08am

None of that matters when the grass is greener somewhere else, remember how many

Windward_Coug

8:09am

Why would that matter?

fredetteaboutit13

8:10am

Why even have conferences? It’s stupid now. Just have East West North and South

pink22

8:06am

That is probably the end game with collective bargaining...

Nat Gas Man

8:07am

Makes one wonder if this is not where is ultimately going

Borg

8:22am

32 teams

Nat Gas Man

8:57am

Just form the Premier College Football League and do your own thing.

byujacob

8:12am

All reports are ou and Texas are moving towards sec but

cougarfann888

7:59am

I'd be surprised if there isn't a settlement

SlyCoug

8:00am

That's only true if the Big 12 stays together

2FarGone

8:00am

The big 12 would stay together if they still owned Texas and ous tv rights.

cougarfann888

8:01am

Yes, my point was, I bet UT and OU are trying to get others to take the Big 12 teams

2FarGone

8:03am

So the leftovers decline pursuing P5 options (or at least until 2025) so they

rocker

8:08am

you can bet that ESPN is drafting a cancelation of contract letter right now

Nat Gas Man

8:04am

And where would the b12 teams go? And why?

StalwartBraveTrue

8:08am

I imagine texas and Oklahoma can figure out a way to pay that off if the have to

Perseguir

8:08am

This. OU and TX wouldn't be making these moves so far ahead...

jrifkin48

8:30am

Sounds like they are willing to pay the 76 million dollars because they’d make

Nuke

8:41am

ESPN

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Something that defies logic and we all just accept is how BYU brings baggage but

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Here's a surprisingly realistic take from a Baylor blog. Basically saying that

BYU and Nebraska

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I feel like we've officially arrived at the stage where realignment stops being

Soooo....what, exactly, motivated OU and Texas to leave the Big 12? Better

Cowherd's take on Texas was that they institutionally belong in the PAC12

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