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

maYbe

11:47am

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What was your first post on CB?

jvr7 All-American

10:47am

I can't find my real first post.

Jeffacka

10:49am

Mine was just a month and a half ago

HimmerFredette

10:51am

RE: I can't find my real first post.

kimdaddy35

10:52am

Yeah. I'm getting there

Jeffacka

10:59am

RE: What was your first post on CB?

Tio

10:57am

RE: What was your first post on CB?

byuluvr

11:06am

November 2002

DOdoubleG

11:07am

Something offensive

OU Cougar

11:18am

Update

VinnyBYU

10:46am

When Illinois and Tennessee insiders say BYU has big money to throw around

fbguru

10:52am

RE: When Illinois and Tennessee insiders say BYU has big money to throw around

HimmerFredette

10:55am

Vinny, these updates are great. Thank you for taking the time to put them

LifeLongLakerFan

11:26am

"Wage" Forest is a funny play on NIL even if an unintended typo..

CLCougar

11:32am

Top 10 recent

Update

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

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!

Holy War in the NYT crossword today

…And we’re screwed.

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

Fred Warner on Ryen Russillo Podcast, talked about BYU a bit

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