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This is how you can really make a difference in today’s tough economy

CougarCanuck76

2:37pm

He should be banned for sucking so bad at gambling.

Niiineteeen84 Blowhard

2:32pm

IMO, it’s become a sport to see who can trash new Star Wars material the most

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

2:29pm

Meh, the audience scores are pretty accurate, critic scores are stupid

Jericho

2:31pm

It's space wizards with laser swords.

CavemanCougar

2:36pm

the original movies at least had a logical story arc

Deleted

2:40pm

We have at least three camps of Star Wars haters. First, the oldoes who hate all

Nikomedes

2:40pm

Have you watched the BoBF episode with the angsty teenage vespa street gangs?

Mitty

2:41pm

I’ve enjoyed just about everything Star Wars has done, but BOBF is an exception

PHXSUNS31

2:43pm

Best youth football league in Utah.

Cougstreak All-American

2:27pm

I have no familiarity with football in utah county

Belboz

2:36pm

also, don't think I'm a fan of either Corner Canyon or Bingham.

Belboz

2:38pm

CC is doing great, Bingham is fine.

Cougstreak

2:41pm

I love that KY hired a defensive-minded assistant coach. Key to our success!

texaskevin

2:24pm

And we got the cheat-notes to ran our boyz in, now: "C'mon Dallin! You call that proper peeling?!"

SinkingQuffa

2:32pm

Did Lauri give us a sneek on the Jazz rebrand?

CougarCanuck76

2:23pm

All players will have "Majesty" for their name on the back.

foofcoug

2:24pm

Who's that guy he's torturing there?

Russell Feathers

2:28pm

We the Colorado Rockies now?

Carnac

2:39pm

BSU will play in South Bend in 2025

RC Vikings

2:16pm

Wrong board

SJS

2:17pm

I mean, it was posted in the general college football category.

Yukon

2:25pm

Fight! Fight! Fight!

TNT

2:25pm

UMass sets kickoff times and TV for five football games (I've been waiting for

Doogal McCougar

2:29pm

UConn sets kickoff times for six home football games in 2024

Doogal McCougar

2:30pm

For a sports board this seems more appropriate than more talk about Marvel

RC Vikings

2:39pm

RE: BSU will play in South Bend in 2025

LV Mike

2:18pm

Go Broncos, the Irish can rot in hades!

Peanut

2:20pm

They should travel to South Bend twice with the handshake agreement that ND

Skeptical Optimist

2:36pm

Could it be?

COUGND

2:15pm

IMHO KY's challenge will be finding minutes for most of these players, or

Hinta

2:12pm

As long is it is limited to 11-13 we can live with that ongoing reality.

texaskevin

2:20pm

Every team deals with this

astroman

2:26pm

Every GREAT team. 😉

EM_Puma

2:30pm

The only necessary part of your post was the last sentence.

runnincoug

2:36pm

Tesla sending NVidia AI chips to xAI, not going to Tesla.

Zoobieman

2:06pm

Here is the problem with Elon as a long term CEO vs being a Chief Innovation Officer (which he should be). He

CSoul

2:17pm

That seems reasonable

TNT

2:27pm

Self driving is being slow-rolled by the government in the name of safety.

Tio

2:33pm

No, it's not close to ready, and that's not just a government defined pronouncement

CSoul

2:34pm

Are you sure it was luck that got him where he's at?

Skeptical Optimist

2:39pm

An interesting analysis. Has your decreased opinion of musk corresponded with

EQD2

2:18pm

? Underdelivered by what measure?

Swish

2:28pm

Bots still own twitter, and we're nowhere close to his timelines for walking on

joelvandyne

2:30pm

I have one linked example, but pretty much every major promise. Self-driving, Tesla semi, roadster, solar panels

CSoul

2:32pm

How come a Kitchenaide Mixer pop up add just took over half my screen? I thought

Lifi

1:54pm

Mine was Coors Light. Interesting choice of Ads.

Phreddy

2:39pm

34K deposits for Utah HC and only 8% were Jazz season ticket holders

CougarCanuck76

1:54pm

how many have sticker shock today though? Steeper than I assumed

fulano

1:55pm

I'm guessing they'll only release 10K for actual season tickets

CougarCanuck76

1:58pm

From what it says below, there are only 10K total unobstructed seats. So only

fredgarvin

2:00pm

Depends. Even on TV you have obstructed views

CougarCanuck76

2:03pm

Eh, kind of a crappy experience if your only option is to have obstructed views

fredgarvin

2:17pm

Did they say how they will decide? Is it first to put in or are they going to

Stucoug83

1:56pm

I thought it was basially first come first serve. There is an Open House

CougarCanuck76

1:57pm

I heard on the radio that it’s first to put in get first choice.

TempeCoug

2:12pm

It was a massive mistake by the NHL to not put an NHL team in Utah right after the Olympics...

Coug

2:05pm

Just saw the price breakdown. Dang. That's a lot of cheddar. May have priced me

Stucoug83

2:07pm

I'm feeling the same way. Two tickets for $10k+ (depending on quality)?

ebv

2:09pm

The Ute Jazz fans are boycotting all things Ryan Smith! 😀

Hoopster

2:11pm

Just 10% of every dollar spent on NHL/NBA season tickets

CougarCanuck76

2:14pm

On the Dan Patrick show today he was asked would he rather have front row

RC Vikings

2:20pm

Any sane person would

creameryon9th

2:35pm

Here are the audience vs critics scores for every D+ Star Wars show:

jacobugath INSUFFERABLE KNOW IT ALL

1:53pm

Seems about right

I'mYourHuckleberry

1:58pm

Clone Wars season 7: 100% critics, 95% audience. Best Star Wars there is IMO

zuko

1:59pm

Obi Wan's critic score is an abomination and a pox on the profession

CSoul

2:02pm

Just par for the course for kathleen

TNT

2:28pm

It was so bad. Easily the worst of the bunch and that’s saying something

creameryon9th

2:39pm

Interesting to see Bad Batch outperforming most of the live actions.

shoganai

2:04pm

Not to me. Bad Batch was GREAT, even though season 2 struggled for a bit

zuko

2:07pm

I think expectations are significantly lower for animation

PHXSUNS31

2:11pm

Now that SEG released NHL ticket prices, who is still in and who is out? Yikes!

Frankfromtheballpark

1:52pm

I'm guessing they did the homework and know they can charge basically

CougarCanuck76

2:00pm

I'm still in. I might do half season. 20 games sounds about the right number

beefytee

2:00pm

What are the prices? I’m seeing $44 per ticket per game.

creameryon9th

2:40pm

Hoy take: Utah public universities should start their own conference

Longseason

1:51pm

As a Utah taxpayer, I support this message

tacallaway

1:52pm

As amusing as it would be, it would result in significantly lower revenues, at least in the short term

Bob Vance

2:15pm

Utah Public universities should share ALL revenue equally.

BYUtka

1:54pm

RE: Utah Public universities should share ALL revenue equally.

Jeffacka

1:57pm

RE: Utah Public universities should share ALL revenue equally.

BlueFever

2:12pm

What’s the mañana take?

MisterFundamentals

2:04pm

I think he's using a phone and therefore typos (Hoy=Hot). I wondered as well.

EM_Puma

2:28pm

Blog: BYU Basketball Adds Tim Fanning as Assistant Coach View

[Cougs Daily]

1:42pm

Interesting column - attractions that are better at Disneyland compared to WDW

Howard Bannister

1:41pm

They have an almost identical number of attractions between the two resorts,

shoganai

1:46pm

The 4 combined parks at WDW far surpass the 2 at DL.

The Y's Insider

2:19pm

It's a different experience. I don't think it's better.

shoganai

2:23pm

Wait really? I always thought Walt Disney world was way bigger??

BaseCoug

2:41pm

Buzz at disneyworld is awful. way worse than Disneyland.

Chefcurry

1:52pm

Interesting that he compares Indiana Jones to Dinosaur but rules out comparing

CougSilver

2:23pm

ToT is better than Guardians.

shoganai

2:24pm

ToT WDW was better than ToT DL because of the additional horizontal part of the

CougSilver

2:28pm

My wife agrees with you.

shoganai

2:31pm

Indiana Jones and Dinosaur are the exact same track and layout

scrambled egg

2:42pm

Star Wars: The Acolyte debuts to an 85% on Rotten Tomatoes. Here’s how that compares to other Disney+ shows.

TCuz Coastal Elite

1:38pm

Uh oh, Kathleen. BANG! BANG! BANG!

shimmy

1:40pm

Will Andor have more seasons? It's a good series.

Japan Coug

1:41pm

Just one more

BYU Statsman

1:42pm

One way out

Ted Lasso

2:10pm

Yep - they finished filming Season 2. I believe it debuts in 2025

Howard Bannister

1:42pm

Yes. Hopefully fewer episodes this time. About half of them were incredibly

Nikomedes

1:43pm

I usually find the audience score much more in line with my personal taste than

shoganai

1:42pm

Insightful

TCuz

1:43pm

Especially on star wars stuff where the incels review bomb things because their feelings got hurt.

shimmy

1:43pm

You must have liked The Marvels, then!

Nikomedes

1:45pm

I dunno. I've watched like one Marvels movie in the last 10 years.

shoganai

1:47pm

I read that episode 3 will be a series killer. Expect much hate coming

DodgerMike

1:44pm

If it's the first 4, I'm optimistic. Most SW series have redeemed themselves by

It's A Bowling Ball

1:44pm

Agreed. Book of Boba Fett and Obi-wan were the two weakest, but Obi-wan had a great finale

TCuz

1:47pm

Obi Wan was freaking fantastic.

CavemanCougar

2:35pm

Only 67% from top critics

Dangerous

1:46pm

It blows my mind Obi Wan and Ahsoka had such strong reviews. This does not bode well for The Acolyte.

jacobugath

1:47pm

Ahsoka was great. But like I said, the scale for TV shows seems completely different than movies

TCuz

1:51pm

Agree to disagree. It was watchable, but incredibly disappointing.

jacobugath

1:57pm

Ahsoka was good, but not great.

YSMACK

2:42pm

I liked Ahsoka

RenoCoug

1:55pm

I have a bad feeling about this series, not good vibes, but I'll give it a try

RenoCoug

1:54pm

Disney Star Wars has had more misses than hits. Just based on track record it's

shoganai

1:56pm

That's surprising because based on the ads it doesn't look that great.

greatbam

1:55pm

They release to Disney-friendly critics first then when everyone else sees it...

CougarCanuck76

2:09pm

These numbers from critics are interesting but meaningless.

Little Mac

2:36pm

I can’t believe this is the first time an athlete has signed their father to a

DieHarder

1:36pm

request for a heart reaction emoji

shimmy

1:39pm

Why not just give him cash? Sorry if I don't understand the point of doing this.

dYrtbYkerYder

1:44pm

If you were already richer than you needed to be, what would be more meaningful

BYUFootballisBack

1:53pm

tic? or I still don’t get it

palangi

2:07pm

These are sick! I'd buy these for sure!

BlooGeek

1:53pm

Blog: What’s Causing Increased Money For BYU Basketball? View

[KSL Sports]

1:35pm

You can win in basketball with 2 or 3 great players

RenoCoug

1:37pm

Well, donors are giving more money. The rules have changed, and Young's hire has lit off a ton of excitement. And now KY

CalGTR

1:40pm

Even Wikipedia has John Linehan listed as a BYU coach

VinnyBYU

1:33pm

Tuesday at 1:30 at the costco food court and it feels like a Saturday. School is

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

1:33pm

10.33 to feed 4 people

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

1:34pm

I was at the Costco in Fort Worth the other day and had to wait at least 15 minu

Blue for Life

1:49pm

Exactly! It wasn't just moms and multiple kids. It was everybody and anybody.

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

2:16pm

Costco is way too crowded

TNT

2:27pm

After watching AAU and Euro 18U highlights the past month, I’m sickened by whatever it is that AAU is doing out there.

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

1:32pm

AAU is dunks, no defense and lots of hand gestures after made shots... sad

VinnyBYU

1:34pm

It's a travesty that HS basketball teams require playing in these tournaments

777

1:46pm

Yep and if you even dare push back the coaches and some parents flip out

RockyBalboa

2:15pm

AAU basketball is a cancer.

Iman23

1:52pm

Article: BYU basketball just added its fourth new assistant coach View

[Deseret News]

1:27pm

$5.99 for two queso birria tacos from Red Taco on Tuesdays. That was very good.

Ted Lasso

1:27pm

I love those and that place.

RootieBoy

2:10pm

So are we full on assistants now?

Warner

1:27pm

One more spot

RenoCoug

1:33pm

One more I believe.

EM_Puma

1:33pm

Linehan being the last (official) one, right?

VinnyBYU

1:49pm

Unless they couldn't close the deal. I thought it was fait accompli. Apparently, not yet.

roseyscenario

2:34pm

not all slots have to be filled.

WallaX2

2:19pm

A very positive review of The Acolyte

RockyBalboa

1:27pm

If it’s even 70% as good as Ahsoka, we’re in for an amazing ride

Nikomedes

1:30pm

Ahsoka was not good IMO

Dangerous

1:39pm

I agree even though you're going to get downvoted. It was okay. OWK and Ahsoka were both greatly disappointing in terms

jacobugath

1:45pm

Ahsoka was a very mixed bag

mudpupper

2:31pm

Interesting. IGN gave it a 6/10. It's at 85% on RT.

jacobugath

1:35pm

Here is USA Today's review: In summary, not very good.

Dangerous

1:40pm

Thanks for that non existent link! 😃

jacobugath

1:45pm

You'll never believe what the New York Times critics have to say:

Doogal McCougar

2:27pm

It's not going to be good.

Bluedarts

1:42pm

It would not surprise me at all if Disney paid off some of the reviewers to give good reviews to push subscriptions.

jacobugath

1:46pm

Of course they did, this is probably standard industry practice

zuko

1:55pm

And then there's this review that says it kills Star Wars.

runnincoug

2:00pm

Without reading I can predict that the objection is political

Nikomedes

2:06pm

Feels like one of the next NCAA limits that could be struck down could be eligibility restrictions

TCuz Coastal Elite

1:20pm

By then it will have crossed well over into ridiculousness.

gwalker

1:22pm

The problem with that is the other side. All the HS kids that will be left out

Cougar TD

1:24pm

And what about guys who went pro, but weren't good enough and now want to come

thewaterboy

1:26pm

At one time this would have seemed ridiculous but now not so much.

ShinobiCoug

1:27pm

Then college sports as we know it will die. It's almost dead as is but getting

Kajdin

1:46pm

To add to your point, why would players need to be enrolled in school at all?

LeGrandBleu

2:23pm

Article: How Kalani Sitake and Kyle Whittingham view recent developments in NCAA structure, college football View

[Deseret News] https://www.deseret.com/authors/jay-drew

1:20pm

Not good news, don't like the prediction that we won't recognize college FB...

bluefish

2:12pm

I'm curious to see the pecking order of assistant coaches. Every staff has a

kimdaddy35

1:17pm

LOL I left off Fanning. I would probably put him at #2? Honestly though I have

kimdaddy35

1:20pm

I think Fanning is actually #5, to the extent it matters. Voigt clearly #2, then he who has not yet been announced,

CalGTR

1:28pm

I will take your word for it. It is a great staff with diverse backgrounds and

kimdaddy35

1:35pm

I bet we see this last announcement any time - tomorrow seems likely given that we've had one each day this week.

CalGTR

2:14pm

I don't know that there's a pecking order other than Voigt running defense.

runnincoug

2:06pm

One thing that really stands out with this coaching staff is how

IdahoCoug Truly Addicted User

1:15pm

I am hopeful and excited that it should signal well to prospects.

EM_Puma

1:20pm

That is what Young has been pushing/selling. If BYU gets a guy or two into the

Cougar TD

1:22pm

I said the same thing in a different post. I think Burgess was brought on to

Blue for Life

1:28pm

Each of the assistants have extensive contacts, including worldwide when you put them all together. Voigt may not

CalGTR

1:38pm

Young reminds me of Lavell Edwards and his brain trust.

Plantagenet

2:14pm

Despite our impatience with KY, he's taken his time and proceeded forward

EM_Puma

2:26pm

That is by design. They are selling professional league experience to recruits

mudpupper

2:32pm

Kevin Young seems like a very Adapt-or-Die kind of move from BYU

Art Director

1:13pm

Agreed, though I would like to see, if this is professionalization, that NIL

RenoCoug

1:16pm

Unlimited free agency is terrible. But that has to be collectively bargained.

Art Director

1:18pm

If you don’t go all in, what’s the point truly? It’s pocket change to the Church and R. Smith.

mulletino

1:36pm

Church money is used for basketball?

Plantagenet

2:16pm

Yes. How do you think professor/admin salaries, tuition, board, food, stipend, etc is funded?

mulletino

2:18pm

For one, I think someone of consequence realized we were on the cusp of getting exposed as cheap & backward

SinkingQuffa

2:06pm

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