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I love Yormark trying to be innovative. But to me sinking Private Equity into

kimdaddy35

1:55pm

Wow, I was just given back ten minutes by the leader of a meeting! So blessed

zuko

1:50pm

its always nice to pay it forward now and then.

GfB

1:51pm

RE: Wow, I was just given back ten minutes by the leader of a meeting! So

Brute66

1:54pm

I just gave 12 people 37 minutes back each. Feeling pretty pumped right now.

Brute66

1:55pm

So it was a church meeting?

TNT

1:55pm

ReddittCFB leaks Utes plan to buy conf naming rights

BamaCoug

1:50pm

Rumor is they've pooled together $219.73

Mister P

1:55pm

Imagine having a few of these hanging out in your backyard

DJROSS All-American

1:43pm

I regularly have these chilling in my back yard… until my boys get to em…

Pretorian

1:48pm

saw a few of those ambling down pathways and trails while we were on the Virgin Islands

DJROSS

1:53pm

Regarding the BYU cruise..

cougarfanatic All-American

1:42pm

How you point out the less people make me interested in going despite the

BlackBart

1:43pm

I think the cruise line would just open up the empty cabins to the public.

mudpupper

1:50pm

The prices are ridiculous. My guess is BYU is underwater on this one. No pun

RockyBalboa

1:50pm

I’m surprised BYU thought they could fill a cruise ship with people who want to

maxpowers

1:54pm

Dear CB

TNT

1:32pm

It's at 19%. The bots are angry

DodgerMike

1:36pm

RE: Dear CB

Longseason

1:39pm

This private equity thingy seems dumb. But then again TNT couldn't get into BYU

TNT

1:24pm

Great advice, Tom. You are the GOAT.

SierraCoug All-American

1:22pm

RE: Great advice, Tom. You are the GOAT.

Sparkling Delirium

1:29pm

What a loon

TNT

1:36pm

yea well it was hard to wake up before 6:00am in high school to go to seminary

DodgerCoug

1:30pm

The Urban Rat is coming back?

foofcoug Wonder what the character limi

1:12pm

Urb the Perv? Is he getting back into coaching?

BlooCoug

1:14pm

Just heard someone say something about Cincinnati - not sure if it's real or not.

foofcoug

1:17pm

This is the only thing I could find on Twitter and it's more wishful thinking

Lord Jim

1:21pm

Are the new Jazz jerseys on sale yet? In particular the black ones

kirkko

1:10pm

The Jazz Summer League is in a few weeks. You'd think they'd have them then.

ManicBlue

1:32pm

Good idea, thanks

kirkko

1:45pm

I have up to $2K to buy a new computer.

Allstate

1:06pm

Mac is still the way to go

MajorZeus

1:08pm

Agree, but if he is digging his heels in, I'd go with a Surface Pro

Swag Kazekage

1:09pm

I had a surface pro for several years. I recently switched

Adrielle

1:19pm

The Surface Laptop has been a great option.

enigomo

1:23pm

Yeah. The Surface Books are great.

Adrielle

1:45pm

Some people hate mac’s operating system, which is a terrible OS.

Boring

1:11pm

Yep if you want to just waste your money and get no value or use go Mac. It is great for poor people who want to

Baron

1:15pm

RE: Yep if you want to just waste your money and get no value or use go Mac. It

Warner

1:19pm

Is that you Elon?

MajorZeus

1:21pm

RE: Is that you Elon?

Baron

1:22pm

As a software engineer I've always used macbooks and they've been amazing

sunjieming

1:26pm

They're okay. OS is a pain to use compared to windows. There's lots of stupid restrictions like not being able to use

MHallDidNothingWr0ng

1:24pm

It’s preference. I can’t stand Windows OS, and my monitor was cheap and works

Warner

1:31pm

I'm talking about daisy chaining monitors. If you want to use a two or three monitor setup, you have to have a

MHallDidNothingWr0ng

1:35pm

wrong again.

TheLost

1:35pm

M3 chip currently does not support more than one external monitor. Sorry. You are wrong.

MHallDidNothingWr0ng

1:41pm

There is this thing called a 'dock'... you may want to look into it.

TheLost

1:48pm

The dock doesn't work either. Again, like I said there's a ton of documentation on it. Until there's some sort of

MHallDidNothingWr0ng

1:50pm

and usb connectors?

Deleted

1:43pm

I'm using two HP monitors with my Macbook Pro.

benny1982

1:33pm

You must be using an older Mac. Sorry you're poor.

MHallDidNothingWr0ng

1:35pm

Work laptop. 2023 Macbook Pro. I'm not daisy chaining the monitors.

benny1982

1:36pm

Everything you said is wrong... just fyi.

TheLost

1:33pm

Nope. Just went through a whole big thing with our IT department on this. You can't daisy chain on newer Macs because

MHallDidNothingWr0ng

1:36pm

Ok.. then tell that to the Mac Studio (desktop) that i am writing this on now..

TheLost

1:38pm

This is for their MacBook Pros with the M3 chip. There's tons of documentation on it. It's super lame.

MHallDidNothingWr0ng

1:42pm

HDMI, USB-C, DisplayPort, DVI*, VGA*... It works with any of them (* just need a cheap cable adaptor)

TheLost

1:42pm

Nope. Sure doesn't. At least not on the M3 chip MacBook Pros.

MHallDidNothingWr0ng

1:43pm

Why does it have to be 'daisy chained'? Just use 2 cords..

TheLost

1:46pm

That doesn't work either. We spent like a week troubleshooting this with all kinds of different connections. This was

MHallDidNothingWr0ng

1:48pm

I literally have the same setup with several dell monitors for my macbook

sunjieming

1:44pm

Surface Pro

Swag Kazekage

1:08pm

If I were in that situation, I'd go here:

Belboz

1:09pm

Fully loaded ASUS laptop or desktop. They make great computers.

BlooCoug

1:10pm

Love my ASUS stuff.

Mitty

1:46pm

If you’re not buying a Mac do yourself a favor and just

Swish

1:12pm

Couldn't he give it to TNT instead?

TNT

1:21pm

Business PC?

Mises

1:14pm

I’d buy this one

Bandit

1:14pm

He said he doesn’t do much gaming. But ASUS makes really great non-gaming

BlooCoug

1:16pm

“Gaming” is marketing. I wouldn’t spend $2000 on a PC without a dedicated GPU.

Bandit

1:29pm

Notebook, laptop, desktop?

Adrielle

1:17pm

I bought 2 hp laptops for work 5 years ago for $700 each. They are still working

JAGA97

1:18pm

You basically want the best components that make sense - There are several parts

AFewThoughts

1:18pm

Also if you're looking to "get a deal" consider refurbished/overstock laptops

AFewThoughts

1:20pm

If looking for a laptop ..

fan_byu

1:20pm

If for work I'd go with Mac. I've had good luck with Costco for gaming PCs

sunjieming

1:22pm

I would spend $500 on a Windows PC... or wait for the 'X Elite' CPU windows notebooks to come out.

TheLost

1:30pm

Cue all the Apple borgs trying to assimilate you into the place you can never

Mitty

1:49pm

<< Deleted >>

AltTabbins

1:52pm

Does anyone know of a good place in Utah County to recycle old electronics?

Allstate

1:01pm

Leave your tailgate down and let physics do the work for ya

Peterbilt

1:09pm

The DI.

TheLost

1:32pm

Private Equity will make College Football more corporate than the NFL

DodgerCoug

12:56pm

Dodgers worst stretch as a franchise they were owned by Fox.

califcougar

1:00pm

Do you cheer for teams or business models? I’ll cheer for BYU all day and all

BlooCoug

1:04pm

Ill still cheer for BYU but I'm not wasting my time supporting college athletics

DodgerCoug

1:24pm

I bet within a couple of years college athletic conferences are publicly traded

HRCougar

12:55pm

If you make schools publically traded companies their revenues will plummet

CougarCanuck76

12:57pm

Not the school, just the conference

HRCougar

1:16pm

PE does carry some concerns. For example, how much control will they have

BlooCoug

1:09pm

Alstate 12

MoodyBlueCoug

12:51pm

Maybe Quorum 12

Schrodizzy

12:54pm

Allstate 16

CougarCanuck76

12:55pm

The acronym for that is interesting.

fbguru

1:01pm

$3 million per school doesnt seem worth it.

Longseason

1:00pm

Al State?

Cougar TD

1:06pm

Does anybody know how to configure RealVNC so that all users of the system can log in on the VNC using the same login

cheezedawg Properly rated

12:47pm

Not sure about REAL, but TightVNC you can.

AltTabbins

1:54pm

Basement finishing: how hard is it really?

TheNerd

12:47pm

Sounds like you need to spend more time on Youtube now that your spreadsheet work is done...

Tokolosh

12:50pm

Good advice. My son and I did everything but the sheetrock and carpet. Some of

Hawk in the 303

12:57pm

Sheetrock is a pain...I did that too...I probably wouldn't again...but when I

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

12:59pm

it really comes down to one thing: Time...I'm sure you could do the majority

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

12:53pm

Having done most of the work like this myself in the past, I learned that I can

EEcougar

1:43pm

It all depends....on your budget, timing and your own skills...

OldFogey

12:54pm

One of the greatest accomplishments of my life.

DomCasual

1:11pm

I did some demo and that was it. I have zero desire to learn something that

maxpowers

1:35pm

This Is Big 12 Country! (brought to you by Carl's Jr)

Mitty

12:45pm

*Hardees

Scratch

12:46pm

LOL, probably is Hardees at Iowa State and in Oklahoma.

cosmohio

1:37pm

Big 12 - Presented by OnlyFans

Beggar

12:50pm

Ute fans would spend all their money on cam rising feet pics

GlutealGuy

1:09pm

Phizer

Bleeding Blue

12:58pm

RE: Phizer

ManicBlue

1:01pm

Many of the greatest characters in action-y sci-fi are women:

Gustav

12:44pm

You forgot Rose

puntersarepeople

12:46pm

A lot of people seem to want to forget her

Gustav

12:53pm

She’s in the new season of Sweet Tooth and her name is Rosie. Can’t quite get away from that name. Haha.

KingDave

12:58pm

Almost as bad for the young actors trying to break through and getting cast as a

vagabonder

1:01pm

We named our dog Ripley.

RockyBalboa

1:05pm

Rita Vertaski (Emily Blunt) Is another more recent one.

Adrielle

1:25pm

This is so very true, it is so stupid to think women are weak, I mean…

Pretorian

1:46pm

ESPN article just out on naming rights for the Big 12. Good read:

BlooCoug

12:44pm

Have to think this only temporarily closes the gap with the B1G/SEC…

NorCal_Coug

12:59pm

Probably. Still would be cool for the Big 12 to lead out on stuff like this and

BlooCoug

1:01pm

Sometimes it's good to lead, but if they do something like this, it should be

Das_Countach

1:32pm

hate the idea of private equity.

Don Carlton

1:05pm

This was fun

robin

12:40pm

Wow. Didn't realize it was THAT bad.

Hawk in the 303

12:49pm

He's a huge fan of James Harden

OldFogey

12:55pm

This is the reason he MAY never win a title.

kimdaddy35

1:43pm

Is this a new thing? Or has he always been this poor?

Y'zcrack

1:47pm

Naming rights, private equity deals - that’s Larry Scott territory.

Everyman

12:35pm

It's (Big12)ifferent.

Tokolosh

12:40pm

More like NFL territory.

Acorn

12:42pm

Larry Scott isn't Brett Yormark. Also, this is a new world of paying athletes we

BlooCoug

12:43pm

RE: Naming rights, private equity deals - that’s Larry Scott territory.

DJROSS

12:45pm

Desperate people do desperate things

Medute

12:56pm

Didn't Larry Scott almost kill Football in the PAC 12? I don't see Yormark doing

BlueFever

12:59pm

We liked Scott for the first little while. Give it time

Medute

1:29pm

BYU Catering sale on BYU branded fine China sets. It’s the block BYU, but here’s

aussiecoug

12:33pm

That’s the “bib era” logo. That’s a no for me, dawg.

Iman23

12:36pm

RE: That’s the “bib era” logo. That’s a no for me, dawg.

Charles Darwin

12:39pm

RE: That’s the “bib era” logo. That’s a no for me, dawg.

hydrocoug

12:55pm

BYU can leave the bib era but they just can’t leave it alone. So much tan BYU stuff out there still. It hurts me inside

TADOW

1:06pm

It’s crazy to me that those 5 or 6 years made so many logo’d products.

bornbyu93

1:19pm

Exactly my reaction.

cosmohio

1:42pm

Let’s generate a list of sponsors Yormark should go after and NOT go after

Crowd Factor

12:31pm

In-N-Out Big 12

Crowd Factor

12:31pm

Amen.

OldFogey

12:59pm

Ferrari

thewaterboy

12:32pm

Dollar Loan Center 12

HenderCoug

12:32pm

Three Utes in a Basement Conference

Longseason

12:32pm

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Big 12 Conference

Belboz

12:35pm

Quorum of the 12 Conference

yorksama

12:40pm

buc-ee's

nbruin

12:35pm

Bud Lite BIG 12 PAC

CasualFan

12:37pm

GameChanger Big12

Crowd Factor

12:37pm

Musk can be the sponsor but only if his new university is a member.

Longseason

12:44pm

Ensign Peak Advisors. Hey, why not?

Emmett Fitz-Hume

12:45pm

Betos probably not a good sponsor

MajorZeus

12:48pm

RE: Let’s generate a list of sponsors Yormark should go after and NOT go

JAGA97

12:50pm

Trump

Malathion

12:57pm

FedEx - remember how Memphis thought FedEx would get them in?

ryebrye

12:58pm

I'd pass on Honey Bucket, Dollar Tree and Love's Truck Stop

OldFogey

12:58pm

Not a Chinese restaurant company based on some of their names.

Malathion

12:59pm

Obvious is Qualtrics and give Mr Smith a voice in conference

MajorZeus

1:09pm

As far as I'm concerned there are only two options, Coke, or Dr. Pepper.

Sparkling Delirium

1:12pm

Rhodes Rolls Big 12-Pack

LifeLongLakerFan

1:44pm

The British Broadcasting Corporation Big XII

deliciousmocha

1:46pm

I still think the Big 12 needs to do fantasy football within conference.

Mister P

12:27pm

POLL: Did Blueto just get added to TNT's list for dissing optical discs?

paulb

12:25pm

Can Ryan Smith just buy the naming rights and name it the Utah is poo poo Conference?

CougarHut Alpha Male

12:24pm

I bet he'd do it too if they'd allow it.

Mister P

12:25pm

*UtesRPoo

TheRowdy

12:34pm

If your selling conference naming rights you better get more than $3 mil/team.

Tygger

12:23pm

The Big 12 presented by Whataburger.

Mister P

12:24pm

The Progressive Insurance 12 presented by Allstate

RSL

12:30pm

They had better come up with a really good "Big 12 Burger" then or, even better,

thewaterboy

12:31pm

Let the sponsor pay the schools individually. Let's see what each school isworth

Longseason

12:27pm

how does that work? BYU has to change its name to Brigham Allstate University?

cwilke1

12:34pm

Budweiser Young University

GlutealGuy

12:36pm

Zions Bank Young University

cwilke1

12:44pm

Not to be confused with the future BYU-Zarahemla

Q-grr

12:52pm

One sponsor for the conference. The schools negotiate directly with the sponsor

Longseason

12:39pm

sounds like a great way to drive away business, to turn one challenging

cwilke1

12:43pm

And BYU would only get 1.5.

Florwood

12:33pm

3 million per year or total?

cougarfann888

12:39pm

The big 12 name is just 30 years old. conference only has 7 of the 12 original

cwilke1

12:42pm

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Big 12 considering private equity investment of up to $1 billion for as much as 20% of conference

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