Total respect to him for going against the grain.

Jan 4, 2023
2:11:29pm

whirl All-American

But the UofU deserves zero praise for trotting him out there to signal their virtue, while a deserving young female student was cut from the team and saw her dreams end.

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Author

Time

My plea to Cougar Nation

Cheese Fries

1/4/23 1:46pm

If ALUFs had courage to call out bad yewt behavior I might take this seriously

DazeofBlue

1/4/23 1:47pm

So you are using someone else's bad behavior to justify your bad behavior?

TheHop

1/4/23 1:59pm

Reading fail

DazeofBlue

1/4/23 2:04pm

Please explain how his interpretation is incorrect. It appears to be accurate

here's to hoping

1/4/23 4:00pm

What is my bad behavior?

DazeofBlue

1/4/23 4:30pm

Not taking the OP’s opinion seriously ≠ bad behavior

AlternateShot

1/4/23 4:42pm

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DazeofBlue

1/4/23 4:43pm

Not taking good advice because of another's failure is textbook justification.

here's to hoping

1/4/23 4:58pm

I see this as a writing fail more than a comprehension fail. OP says be kind to

here's to hoping

1/4/23 4:55pm

What is an ALUF?

Tmoney1969

1/4/23 3:05pm

Active LDS Utah Fan

TicoBrown

1/4/23 3:08pm

Worst of the worst.

OldFogey

1/4/23 3:42pm

Here is an example....

BYU Grounds

1/4/23 3:54pm

A mythical being.

zsmooth

1/4/23 4:30pm

He probably does read CB. And I can probably guess his user name.

IGotAverageGifs

1/4/23 1:48pm

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Manti

1/4/23 1:49pm

The EU Soccer injury should get more attention.

Dr. 91coug

1/4/23 2:02pm

Wholeheartedly agree. Let's be kind. Good on the dude for doing what he loves.

bleedsblue

1/4/23 1:50pm

Is it possible to love something too much?

cracka

1/4/23 1:51pm

Yes

Big Red Thunder

1/4/23 1:52pm

RE: Yes

fulano

1/4/23 2:10pm

Yes. My love for cheese and charcuterie will be the end of me.

bleedsblue

1/4/23 1:57pm

So it’s okay to be an embarrassment to the women on the team, as long as he

timander

1/4/23 4:56pm

We all know his presence is virtue signaling

JupiterJones

1/4/23 8:03pm

I don't think he's trying much to be a dude...

AntiSNOT

1/4/23 5:15pm

Wait. That wasn’t Will Ferrell?

byu1

1/4/23 1:52pm

Looks like a guy who lost a bet with another frat

jrifkin48

1/4/23 2:07pm

Give me an 'O'.. give me a 'K'. What does that spell?

AltTabbins

1/4/23 1:52pm

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JimmyZ

1/4/23 1:52pm

No different than most every other cheerleader

Skipshot

1/4/23 2:57pm

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JimmyZ

1/4/23 4:30pm

And football player

YOHONOMOTO

1/4/23 8:54pm

RE: My plea to Cougar Nation

Six Foot Seven

1/4/23 1:53pm

It’s never wrong to choose to be nice.

cheezedawg

1/4/23 1:55pm

Sometimes being nice also means stating the obvious.

Coug

1/4/23 2:04pm

Sometimes truth is being nice, even if it initially hurt feelings.

bluebrotha

1/4/23 2:06pm

Yeah, it it sometimes.

CougarLegend

1/4/23 9:08pm

I get the impression that he's OK with the attention.

Eddie

1/4/23 2:16pm

I like that you chose that video, because the guy talking about it was the wrong

paulb

1/4/23 2:20pm

Is he as good as the others? Run26 dup?

panacablue

1/4/23 1:53pm

amen

demon_llama

1/4/23 1:59pm

"...We first endure, then pity, then embrace."

MarylandFan

1/4/23 2:02pm

"respectfully" is a key word here.

demon_llama

1/4/23 2:07pm

Problem is that any opinion expressed that isn't supportive is considered

Schultz is back

1/4/23 2:28pm

See? that wasn't hard. respectful. nice job.

demon_llama

1/4/23 10:33pm

Very strange to say being a male cheerleader is a gender issue

NYC and Japan

1/4/23 4:45pm

I'm not talking about male cheerleaders as we've known them for generations

MarylandFan

1/4/23 4:49pm

Traditional male cheerleaders are way different hen this guy trying to act like

timander

1/4/23 4:59pm

Exactly. VERY tumultuous. For the last 5-10 years there has been a very

AntiSNOT

1/4/23 5:25pm

Amen!

timander

1/4/23 6:55pm

I agree, but does he have to wear spandex? It's a little different when a guy

bulletproof

1/4/23 2:05pm

hard to tell, but he looks about 6'4"

demon_llama

1/4/23 2:08pm

What does that have to do with anything?

bulletproof

1/4/23 2:19pm

he doesn't look over weight to me for a 6'4" male

demon_llama

1/4/23 10:33pm

Dude had a gut that was jiggling when he danced. He looked overweight and not

BYUlv

1/5/23 7:35am

My plea is we never dissuade people from giving honest opinions.

bluebrotha

1/4/23 2:08pm

Yes, the pursuit of social justice and wokeism is burying freedom of expression.

Hawk in the 303

1/4/23 3:27pm

sometimes, to be civil, it's best to keep your opinion to yourself

demon_llama

1/4/23 10:34pm

Not at the expense of trampling over proven foundation fabrics of our society

bluebrotha

1/4/23 10:40pm

...or else others may roll their eyes at you. NOOOOOO!!!!

Hawk in the 303

1/5/23 10:35am

Total respect to him for going against the grain.

whirl

1/4/23 2:11pm

No respect for embarrassing the women and traditional male cheerleaders

timander

1/4/23 5:00pm

I agree with this post.

Marvelous

1/4/23 2:12pm

My question is... did he go through the same try-out process others went through? It doesn't seem he's following the

Soupie

1/4/23 2:20pm

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runnincoug

1/4/23 2:50pm

I’ve been to quite a few games with my wife, as her family are die hard utes

Julius Pepperwood

1/4/23 3:30pm

So your answer is no he doesn't keep up and it's more of an act.

bulletproof

1/4/23 4:16pm

I think he keeps up just fine

Julius Pepperwood

1/4/23 5:42pm

"Just fine" only works for him. Not another cheerleader.

bulletproof

1/4/23 7:33pm

It’s the u of u dance team, not some Olympic sport. He is better than some of

Julius Pepperwood

1/5/23 10:39am

This👆🏽 💯

kahuna

1/5/23 12:27am

to answer your ?= many times cheerlders free solo-do own moves as was case here

Swishfromdeep3

1/5/23 3:13pm

Don’t buy it. Pretty familiar with cheerleading. That’s just not right.

Soupie

1/5/23 3:28pm

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The_Cuss

1/5/23 3:36pm

It'll be sad when there are no more female cheerleaders because biological males are stronger bases, better tumblers etc

ImBlueDaBaDe

1/5/23 6:30pm

I saw an all-male all-star team compete a few years ago.

zsmooth

1/5/23 7:49pm

Male tumblers are incredible. That would be entertaining. I’d be very surprised if this guy was much of a tumbler.

Soupie

1/5/23 8:57pm

My uneducated guess...

crack

1/4/23 2:22pm

RE: My plea to Cougar Nation

Johnny Vatos

1/4/23 2:25pm

A different take.

Turn and Cough

1/4/23 2:29pm

I mean, I don’t care if the person next to me in heaven is kind as long as they

dreamer

1/4/23 4:19pm

Why would you assume you to get to go "heaven" when

Turn and Cough

1/4/23 4:23pm

I thought the sarcasm was obvious. My bad.

dreamer

1/4/23 4:27pm

Noted. Yeah, it is sometimes lost in written communication.

Turn and Cough

1/4/23 4:30pm

Kind(ness) is a close synonym or closely related to aspects to charity and love

NYC and Japan

1/4/23 4:54pm

A little off, but ok....

Turn and Cough

1/4/23 5:18pm

Freedom to destroy themselves is pretty much the whole plan of salvation

Socrates Johnson

1/5/23 6:49am

Let’s leave the male cheerleader alone and expect all ewets treat us with

Bullrider

1/4/23 7:05pm

This is why Ute fans are awful

TinMan

1/4/23 2:37pm

Right! ALUF's lose their mind over the smallest things on CB but back at home

whirl

1/4/23 2:39pm

These Utes are a great example of judging their neighbors through dirty windows

The_Cuss

1/4/23 5:08pm

This is correct. It's disingenuous.

shammy

1/4/23 7:58pm

Why, is he a special needs kid? If so, good on him for going for it.

No touching

1/4/23 2:45pm

A few thoughts...

Division Bell

1/4/23 2:50pm

This might be the dumbest post in this thread and there are a lot of them

GigantorCat

1/4/23 6:14pm

Nope, Division Bell nailed it.

BleedCougarBlue2

1/4/23 6:41pm

You topped it! Nice job!

Turn and Cough

1/4/23 6:53pm

Interesting. What level of kindness and acceptance of something different are you exhibiting towards me?

Division Bell

1/4/23 6:53pm

Oh i have no intention of accepting or being kind if you think vaccines

GigantorCat

1/4/23 11:23pm

Then maybe your best course of action is to shut up about what anyone else says.

Division Bell

1/5/23 8:37am

Nah, I'll continue to call out ppl that are low on the IQ scale. Cry about it

GigantorCat

1/5/23 6:07pm

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JupiterJones

1/5/23 9:36pm

This post tops your list.

Grock

1/4/23 7:04pm

RE: My plea to Cougar Nation

Mister P

1/4/23 2:51pm

Love one another.

stenso

1/4/23 2:54pm

Not required to love their decisions.

Turn and Cough

1/4/23 2:56pm

No, but not liking their decisions doesn’t give us license to be unkind to them

stenso

1/4/23 3:05pm

It’s a tough line between being kind and encouraging mental illness. Different

CougfromtheSouth

1/4/23 2:59pm

Name checks out

GigantorCat

1/4/23 6:14pm

Whether you look at it from an evolutionary perspective or a religious

CougfromtheSouth

1/4/23 8:08pm

FROM THE SOUTH

GigantorCat

1/4/23 11:26pm

Is there any hate on this board?

Dr MoBYU

1/4/23 3:16pm

Being made fun of is a sign you've arrived. If you can't make fun of something

rcbyufan

1/4/23 3:19pm

If one of the female cheerleaders were making these same faces, would it be rude

rainorsnow

1/4/23 3:49pm

Not sure if anyone has seen the Ali G show from the early 2000s, but this

CouginCottonwood

1/4/23 3:59pm

RE: Not sure if anyone has seen the Ali G show from the early 2000s, but this

CouginCottonwood

1/4/23 4:08pm

He’s a male cheerleader. I am pretty sure he knows what he signed up for. Not

Nagurski

1/4/23 4:02pm

RE: My plea to Cougar Nation

Lavella

1/4/23 4:34pm

Wait, wait, wait. uofuguy eye rolled this post. Life is so confusing now.

rcbyufan

1/4/23 4:36pm

No-one should be exempt from criticism. He looks weird and out of place.

goseabass

1/4/23 4:40pm

Disagree! Undermining women and their traditional activities, is nothing to be

timander

1/4/23 4:53pm

Their traditional activities? Dressing up in scantily clad clothes for men?

RealTaysomHill

1/4/23 4:57pm

That comment says a lot about you

timander

1/4/23 5:02pm

SO COURAGEOUS!!!!

Grock

1/4/23 5:29pm

We need to stop catering to peoples delusions. Thats why our society is failing.

Grock

1/4/23 5:30pm

Whose Place Did He Take?

TarheeledCoug

1/4/23 5:37pm

He has no effect on your life but a smile or laugh. Let the dude live his dream

Burton162

1/4/23 6:01pm

At the expense of someone else more qualified, who's sacrificed more??

whirl

1/4/23 6:09pm

Honest question: Is it "courage" or "stupidity in action"? I'd say the latter.

BleedCougarBlue2

1/4/23 6:35pm

RE: My plea to Cougar Nation

theperkissystem

1/4/23 7:01pm

Wow, what a crybaby

CBaass

1/4/23 7:37pm

RE: My plea to Cougar Nation

Dat_rmishner

1/4/23 8:09pm

I accept your plea. As a Coug, let it be known that I support them 100%.

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