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Mattress shopping is the worst. Such a pain. Who's got the magic answer?

RealSimsShadY

12:05pm

HCBW and I are going to France for 12 days in September. Here is tentative plan

El Paso Coug

12:01pm

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Deleted True Conservative

11:59am

It's DefCon2 at my house right now and I'm trying so hard not to laugh

RockyBalboa

11:59am

Follow up re: restricted categories from my post the other day

Digital Gangsta

11:56am

So will Dave Rose get his vacated wins back? It doesn't seem

TunaOne

11:52am

Reggie Bush got his Heisman back didn't he?

CLCougar

12:00pm

Congress is the only group that can save college sports. The NCAA doesn't

maYbe

11:47am

RE: Congress is the only group that can save college sports. The NCAA doesn't

downtownchrisbrown

12:05pm

Bold Quote from recent signee - Can this happen?

Recipefordisaster

11:43am

Elijah "the Prophet" Crawford

Gustav

11:46am

RE: Bold Quote from recent signee - Can this happen?

Cougar TD

11:46am

I mean, most people's definition of blue blood is probably higher than what he

cougarfan84

11:46am

He is selling it well to the players. Lets hope it shows up on game day..

Recipefordisaster

11:48am

POTD and thumbs up for the hope and dream, not necessarily 'cause I believe it

Digital Gangsta

11:49am

Love it. Give me the koolaid because I'm going to drink it.

DazeofBlue

11:55am

Elijah's promises are sure.

kccougar

11:56am

SiriusXM is free through June 3. If you have a car that gets the signal, it should just work for for the next 10 days.

Pete The Hope That Kills You

11:41am

I've had a hard time finding the appeal of XM. I can get most anything from my

BlooCoug

11:43am

I'm not suggesting you should subscribe. Just letting people know it's free right now. I enjoy some of their stations

Pete

11:56am

I like it for a couple of specific reasons

StantonMac

12:01pm

I didn’t think I would like it, but I do for the reasons you mention

Cougar-Duck

12:05pm

Blog: Westlake Edge Rusher Sale Fano Commits To BYU Football View

[KSL Sports] Mitch Harper

11:40am

Re-watched Fury Road

Gustav

11:36am

Is Mel Gibson still off the rails? I thought that ended years and years ago.

MarylandFan

11:38am

I think it's been a bit since he's said anything crazy

Gustav

11:44am

I didn't realize Fury Road came out in 2015. Maybe was before his "readmittance"

MarylandFan

11:51am

POLL: The top scorer in NBA playoff history, in terms of PPG, is Michael Jordan, at 33.5. Without looking, which 2 players round out the Top 3?

Japan Coug

11:36am

Answer:

Japan Coug

11:42am

For a 70s soundtrack, the original Rocky soundtrack holds up pretty well. Some may disagree, but I like it.

Y_Mountain_Magic Half-baked genius

11:31am

Who would disagree? Thats crazy talk.

ABCoug

11:34am

As long as we are doing controversial takes, I don't care how many people hate it, but another 70s soundtrack that

Clark Addison

11:37am

The Godfather is also acceptable.

dYrtbYkerYder

11:54am

Anybody gone to Meadow Hot Springs? Kicking around activities for the Ward YM

arizonacougarfan

11:31am

Yep. How many people are going? When? I don't really love it. It kinda smells

Russell Feathers

11:36am

Also, it's easy to get your vehicle stuck there.

Russell Feathers

11:39am

It’s very tiny isn’t there one in Spanish Fork

SwanSong

11:54am

Difference: Spanish Fork is a hike. Meadow you just get out of your car and

Russell Feathers

11:59am

It was a bit meh for me. Middle of nowhere in a field, lots of college kids.

HingleMcCringleberry

11:52am

Showing off my car at the Bingham High School car show. I'm surprised by how many people can't decipher the license

JB2JH Playmaker

11:28am

Joe Biden to join hitler?

BYUtka

11:29am

Jib to Jache?

Huge Manatee

11:30am

That was a while ago.

Niiineteeen84

11:30am

beck to harline

WhoisJohnGalt

11:30am

RE: beck to harline

JB2JH

11:33am

The plate and reference are good. The car is much, much better

COUGND

11:32am

Parking job is a 4/10

Boring

11:49am

SOP for a car show

COUGND

12:01pm

Caught for the touchdown! Caught for the touchdown! Caught for the touchdown!

Skeptical Optimist

11:32am

Better than if you reverse the initials

bruincoug

11:32am

joy behar 2 jog home?

dryflyelk

11:33am

Lol... Like that would ever happen...

BYUtka

11:42am

I have the same issue

JOPE

11:41am

Front-mounted license plates are a crime against humanity.

Abe Froman

11:46am

Horrible

JOPE

11:49am

POLL: If you could choose one Golden Age ballpark to still be in use today, which would you choose?

CaliWG

11:25am

Fenway

scootsy

11:26am

Fenway is still in use so there is no need to bring it back

CaliWG

11:27am

Your question wasn’t which should be brought back.

scootsy

11:28am

"...to still be in use today" implies that it is currently not in use today.

CaliWG

11:30am

@BigUte, I’m gonna need you to weigh in on this.

scootsy

11:31am

Yankee

Carnac

11:31am

Candlestick was bad

SageOwl

11:42am

Camden

moorer23

11:51am

Paris over a weekend in June, and Disneyland is not a consideration

Idacoug

11:22am

If you only have one weekend, that would be dumb. But if I had 2 weeks in France

Ted Lasso

11:24am

We were in Paris for two weeks with our whole family

2FarGone

11:43am

I could see it if you have kids with you and you’ve been to Paris before

JOPE

11:25am

Disneyland in Paris seems to be trigger for some people.

Shawarma

11:28am

I’m not triggered but it was disappointing. (Been a few times) Food (in France

BYUfan92

11:32am

That’s sad cause the Disney food isn’t great to begin with

byuTX

11:37am

Aparently it's like being in the U.S. - all English speaking, etc. Bottom of my list of things I'd do in Paris.

zonacougar

11:58am

For what its worth, its a place where the local staff are required to be nice😆

Shawarma

12:05pm

BYU now more than twice as well endowed as Utah

Gustav

11:22am

Explains the birth rate difference

bruincoug

11:31am

RE: BYU now more than twice as well endowed as Utah

sethj250

11:33am

TIL - there were only 5 number 1 albums in 1984 (the fewest of any year)

StantonMac

11:18am

All those albums were terrible. What a sad footnote to a wonderful era.

Indy Coug

11:22am

Well, I'll disagree on 2 points:

StantonMac

11:32am

I get that Springsteen isn't everyone's cup of tea, but other than the title track, which I've never liked, Born in the

Clark Addison

11:41am

Was in n. Utah this week. It’s so beautiful

Idacoug

11:17am

love the greenness right now

jwf

11:52am

The culture was great until people from Idaho started coming.

Abe Froman

11:56am

I think the Low-T post is really poor form. There are a lot better explanations

Digital Gangsta

11:11am

RE: I think the Low-T post is really poor form. There are a lot better

Carnac

11:18am

I think it was a typo — it was supposed to be High-E.

Indy Coug

11:19am

RE: I think it was a typo — it was supposed to be High-E.

Digital Gangsta

11:27am

That works too

Carnac

11:33am

Heard they've been working on avoiding delay of game penalties to open the game

Mr. Scoobs

11:28am

This post seems overly sensitive to me.

MHallDidNothingWr0ng

11:41am

My T is so high it's practically writing its own rap album

Digital Gangsta

11:47am

Misplaced expectations is the non offensive way of describing the same

Denile

11:42am

Furiosa is a fun ride. Some pretty awesome sequences in the movie

BYUheaven

11:08am

Chapter 3 The Stowaway was an awesome sequence. They shot it over 9 months!

creameryon9th

11:12am

RE: Furiosa is a fun ride. Some pretty awesome sequences in the movie

SalmonOfCapistrano

11:13am

For example (spoilers)

BYUheaven

11:20am

There's a category of films that accomplish what you describe: Bottle Movies

mad-jack-churchill

11:27am

Most modern action movies are terrible about that

Gustav

11:30am

Whereas furiosa nailed it. None of the action was confusing.

BYUheaven

11:32am

Going tonight, looking forward to it

Gustav

11:46am

It’s been years since I saw fury road - do I need a refresher before seeing it?

aplusfan

11:15am

Go watch a 5 min refresh on YouTube. But it's an awesome movie so

creameryon9th

11:25am

It is a prequel, so not really

Plato

11:26am

Watch it! Awesome movie.

cruiserhead

11:30am

Need? No. Deserve? Absolutely. Treat yourself.

joelvandyne

11:33am

POLL: What is the proper way for Americans to pronounce a word/place/name?

StantonMac

11:07am

I see a big difference between English pronunciations and foreign ones.

Warner

11:11am

Example 1 is different than others

Rexy Coug

11:17am

Call me an ugly American, but at no time during the Summer Olympics will I say

BYUBandfan

11:21am

Better stop calling it Germany and call it Deutchland.

GilbertAZCougar

11:21am

You're conflating pronunciation with different languages

Salami Karate

11:31am

Intentionally

StantonMac

11:36am

If it's a foriegn language and you're speaking it, pronouce it like the locals.

XORCoug

11:35am

I think as long as people in the conversation get what you mean - all good. Like a good American Ma-dell-in

mokelembembe

11:38am

*Chile

cougfanblue

11:48am

If you didn't attend a meeting yesterday, don't schedule a meeting today

Captain Rex

11:06am

Our oldest son bought a lot of duct tape earlier this week

Cheese

11:06am

That kid's going places.

Abe Froman

11:11am

lots of the kids were going places

Digital Gangsta

11:25am

Hopefully it wasn’t used and then clogged up the plumbing….

Poncho punch

11:13am

Can you imagine being a school janitor in these days without corporal punishment

OU Cougar

11:15am

RE: Can you imagine being a school janitor in these days without corporal punishment

Joe Banks

11:17am

Made me remeber this video

O Gaucho

11:21am

Suns gonna make a play for LeBron?

PHXSUNS31

11:02am

Being above the second apron, they are going to have to be very creative

Huge Manatee

11:05am

someone will surely take 50M beal off their hands

Deleted

11:05am

and I'm sure lebron will sign for the veteran's minimum to play for the Suns.

ManicBlue

11:11am

Gotta sell Beal on it too…No trade clause..

PHXSUNS31

11:12am

True…LeBron on a vet min would do wonders though

PHXSUNS31

11:12am

no success on the court can compensate for having a James on your team

Digital Gangsta

11:15am

Great XII tourney game on where TCU has come back after down 0-9 to tie it up 10-10 in T8th.

Soupie Grandma Sycamore

11:02am

Kansas needs win to stay in play for auto bid. Bracketologist

cwilke1

11:24am

I burned two PS2s on this game

RSL 401 Authentication Required

10:58am

I had the PC version. Lots of fun, but it ain't no MLB the Show

Indy Coug

10:59am

This was much better.

Niiineteeen84

11:00am

Classic. Loved that game.

RalphWiggam

11:01am

This was my fav!

Desert Rat

11:03am

This is the best baseball game:

SJS

12:02pm

Such a funny movie.

Borg

10:58am

This movie has some awesome quotes. In fact, I just completed a song using

maizecoug

11:20am

For sure…which quotes made the cut?

Borg

11:32am

Abby....somebody...

Parker Schnabel

11:41am

Is everyone familiar with the word "grundle" here? I was typing it in an email and I got the squiggly line meaning I

Niiineteeen84 Blowhard

10:55am

I’ve never heard anyone say that word. I live in Utah so…

HimmerFredette

10:56am

RE: Is everyone familiar with the word "grundle" here? I was typing it in an

COUGND

10:57am

Even in Utah I only knew the regular meaning; taint what it used to be

bruincoug

10:57am

I know both meanings, thought of non-Utah one first.

Madam Pattirini

10:58am

I used it thinking it meant "a whole bunch of..." then I was asked to look it up

BruceBruce

10:58am

no, never heard of it. Googled it and wish I hadn’t.

SuperTank

11:04am

My first exposure to the word was through a native Utahn. It was a common word for him.

John Doe

11:08am

I've lived all over the US and never heard it before in any context.

byujag

11:11am

My little pony and the Grundle King.

goldengoose

11:15am

My reaction when I looked it up:

HimmerFredette

11:16am

You are not allowed to use sexual references here.

Archaea

11:31am

There's a difference between sex and anatomy

StantonMac

11:48am

I'd never heard of the non-Utah meaning, but apparently these people have:

StantonMac

11:46am

‘Taint a common word at all. Easy to gooch up with other words.

Lalau

11:54am

The Mavs are the best pick n roll team since the lob city clips

HimmerFredette

10:55am

And think, the Jazz started it all! Mostly…

baishel44

10:57am

They were 3rd in PnR pts/possession in the regular season, behind PHX and OKC

BGRTHNUMEGO

11:07am

They are a completely different team since the mid season trades

Jay Kay

11:14am

Sure. But so far that hasn't equated to them being some kind of generational

BGRTHNUMEGO

11:32am

Agreed. Doncic isn’t really a PnR point guard. I wouldn’t be surprised if they

Jay Kay

11:54am

Those Phoenix numbers are surprising to me

PHXSUNS31

11:59am

BYU's total endowment surpasses $3B on recent audit (to $3.08B, up from $2.78B)

BamaCoug

10:51am

Thank you, NVDA!

gangbusters

10:51am

Compound interest works it's magic

DJROSS

10:52am

Do they use any of the interest from the endowment? Or does it just grow?

cougarfann888

10:53am

The interest is kind of the point of an endowment.

Cougarclaw

10:56am

The audit list $100M in "allocated for expenditure" which is likely...

BamaCoug

11:36am

Someone should do the math but it should be getting close to being self-sustaining outside of tithing.

Baron

10:53am

I created a firestorm with this board a few weeks ago bringing up the

gopman

11:31am

Several problems with what you are saying

nova_coug_fan

11:42am

Totally depends on what the $3 billion is used for

nova_coug_fan

11:36am

I don't understand why they don't just feed all the poor with that money

Cougarclaw

10:55am

I know it is a joke but the sad thing is those are good questions and someone should be asking those

Baron

10:59am

Teach the poor to feed themselves vs feeding the poor

DJROSS

11:02am

The answer is fast offerings. And the church is feeding a lot of poor.

2ndTrombone

11:05am

Why should I be able to question God about His bank account?

stoils

11:22am

I do not equate men to God. The Church doesn't either that's why they audit stuff. Thanks for trying though.

Baron

11:30am

They’ve already said their saving money for global expansion

stoils

11:40am

That is not responsive to my post at all. It shows a lack of care and ability to understand the point actually raised.

Baron

11:59am

Do Bishops ever turn down anyone asking for food from the Storehouse?

BYUtka

11:02am

Build more of them. Do it in areas that are economically depressed or are food

joelvandyne

11:13am

The solution the Church is moving to is to not build more storehouses but instea

BYUMizzou

11:20am

That's great to hear they're expanding their reach.

joelvandyne

11:25am

I think that's the goal. They will do as much as member contributions allow.

2ndTrombone

11:21am

now I am more upset they wouldn't give my daughter a scholarship

Turd Ferguson

11:00am

$6800 per year tuition - pretty sure everyone got a scholarship

Iman23

11:02am

I hope they aren't giving any to seminary class presidents.

Turd Ferguson

11:05am

Interesting tidbit from the audit: Church contribution to revenue $813,507,000

Tare

11:13am

meaning thats how much total they are subsidizing BYU?

CrashMcLarson

11:17am

If so, that’s about $23,000 per student

Forest Green

11:20am

Yes, up from $785M in 2022

Tare

11:24am

Remember when Memphis fans said they were a good B12 fit because FedEx was

Gustav

11:20am

My guess was a billion, so I was a bit high

nova_coug_fan

11:31am

Administration expenses as 6.8% of total expenses

Gustav

11:18am

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First test to see if Young can handle recruiting. Better lock him up.

Chaz article

Why am I so unexcited about BYU football this year

Bold Quote from recent signee - Can this happen?

VolNation update on Chaz Lanier

Am sold on Elijah Crawford. Underrated player won't be able to keep off floor by January. He has gobs of Leadership!

I don't follow women's basketball at all, but I am hearing that Caitlyn Clark is getting called out..

…And we’re screwed.

Holy War in the NYT crossword today

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