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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mitty

12:45pm

*Hardees

Scratch

12:46pm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Season 4 of The Boys drops today

RockyBalboa

12:16pm

RE: Season 4 of The Boys drops today

Future_Tacos

12:20pm

I sure love that one scene where

CougarHut

12:22pm

Trying to decide if I want to rewatch season 3 or look up a recap on YT. Either way I'm excited for it.

Chemish

12:41pm

Season 3 was too much for me.

touchdownbyu

12:47pm

Seems like a very self-congratulatory but mediocre series

Gustav

12:54pm

POLL: Do you own a device that plays media without streaming it?

Blueto

12:15pm

You forgot vinyl record player/turntables.

Natedog916

12:18pm

I have this

paulb

12:21pm

An mp3 player. I'm old school, but not that old school.

Kilgore Trout

12:18pm

PS5

KingDave

12:20pm

Record player, PS3, Atari, Nintendo, Sega Genesis, CD players in several cars,

JAGA97

12:21pm

All of the above and CD/SD/MP3. No laser disc anymore, sorry TNT.

Malathion

12:21pm

PS5 and a turntable

BYU Statsman

12:22pm

Sort of. It's my Plex server though. Is it streamed when it's all in the house?

paulb

12:22pm

If you have a PS5 (any new gaming system), you have a Blu-Ray player

2FarGone

12:22pm

Unless you cheaped out for the all digital version.

paulb

12:23pm

I have a 2 TB external drive with digitized old DVD movies

CasualFan

12:24pm

I used to really enjoy my IPod Nano, light and small, great for the gym

RC Vikings

12:27pm

I have one of these bad boys in my family room a/v stack:

robin

12:42pm

I have a couple Blu-ray players and a VHS player (not currently hooked to a TV).

BYUtka

12:59pm

Still have my all-in-one Aiwa - cd, dual cassette, radio, aux

socorny

1:06pm

Have a 1985 Macintosh with a floppy drive

valleus

1:13pm

On my mission I did a couple baptism programs on member's Macs in '86-'86

socorny

1:16pm

It's picking up steam...

Longseason

12:15pm

I'm 100% for it.

BlueFever

12:20pm

I don’t know if this has been posted yet, but I prefer the GOAT gas station

Faceman

12:21pm

Ironically enough, Buc-ees doesn’t allow 18 wheelers at all…

BamaCoug

12:23pm

QuikTrip is one of the worst truck stops... IYKYK

Peterbilt

12:38pm

Blasphemy… QT is second only to the mighty Buc-ees

Noni Fruit

12:49pm

First... buccees is not a truck stop. Second, QT (only some) qualify as truck

Peterbilt

1:06pm

Most QTs are not truck stops to begin with. The ones that have truck pumps are

BYUMizzou

1:04pm

Yeah, I know

Peterbilt

1:06pm

Gotta throw my hat in for Bucee's. Way better option.

Big McLargeHuge

12:48pm

There is a single indicator to tell when a Star Wars movie/show will be good.

AggieWeekendCougar

12:14pm

This is a really good summary.

Mitty

12:58pm

I’d argue that the best Star Wars takes itself seriously

LevZloi

1:08pm

CougarClub used to send out-of-state people a spiral-bound book that had the stats of all the football players. I don't

Sunflower All-American

12:07pm

I requested one and they sent me an envelope with the link to Sports Reference

DieHarder

12:08pm

Ugh. I liked that book so I didn't feel like such a dummy about the team. Looking up each player on the website is

Sunflower

12:14pm

I was planning on putting one out

BYU Statsman

12:20pm

Star Trek The animated Series, are the blu-rays worth it? Or are my DVDs good

paulb

12:02pm

VHS not an option?

Blueto

12:04pm

They are, but

paulb

12:06pm

While I haven't seen it, it was a Filmation production that was notorious for taking

Bert609

12:30pm

Kanon Catchings article - Leaving Purdue Basketball was best for him and Purdue

VinnyBYU

11:59am

I haven’t lived in Indy for 20 years now.

Indy Coug

12:09pm

It basically says Kanon is looking out for #1, which isn't the Purdue way

StantonMac

12:14pm

Sounds like rationalizing losing a great commit to me

CycloneCoug

12:16pm

But was his offer even committable? I'm asking for a ute friend...

Buster Scruggs

1:12pm

Blog: The Pros and Cons of Private Equity Investment in the Big 12 View

[Cougs Daily]

11:59am

Ugh. Wife got her rental car towed.

Squeegee

11:56am

She can't handle it on her own?

Belboz

11:57am

“ My wife is calling me because she's afraid of confronting either one”

Lolo

11:59am

She book it with a credit card?

IGlowInTheDark

11:59am

Also, call multiple people with the rental agency until you get a good answer.

IGlowInTheDark

12:01pm

You should take this time to teach her what "NO PARKING" signs mean.

Sid Vicious

12:00pm

Gas on a fire. Good idea.

VenomFarmer

12:01pm

Yep. Text her "breaking the law has consequences. I'm afraid if I help then

Scratch

12:03pm

I may be an idiot, but I'm not THAT stupid.

Squeegee

12:05pm

RE: I may be an idiot, but I'm not THAT stupid.

Spaniard

12:11pm

IDK. YOu'd think that if you brought a police officer and a key for the car

Don Carlton

12:05pm

That's what I said. Key, Rental agreement, Cop. Show up at their door and pay.

Squeegee

12:19pm

What a disaster. I'd ask the tow place why they have that policy.

gangbusters

12:08pm

It’s a great policy. They’re making money for nothing!

DiamondMo

12:33pm

No real advice but a request to provide unedited updates every couple of hours

Clark Addison

12:11pm

If booked through CC cancel through their travel insurance and let them handle

doTERRACoug

12:12pm

Unless it has personal items inside that you need to retrieve

doTERRACoug

12:16pm

Good time for her to learn to have grownup conversations with people.

molodyets

12:19pm

Why did it get towed?

Warner

12:27pm

My guess is it was towed while it was parked. You have a tough time towing a

PhilPete

12:40pm

Have her go to the tow truck company and "trip" and roll her ankle. Fight fire

rcbyufan

12:39pm

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