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Windows burning lawn? For the last few years, I've had a dry patch on the lawn.

cvd6262

8:49am

Can I pet that dog?

touchdownbyu All-American

8:46am

That accent!!

gangbusters

8:48am

BINGO!

Ned Schneebly

8:43am

So he tips at the drive-thru window?

HRCougar

8:44am

Daily funny

crimedog Hater of Bernard

8:41am

West Concourse

Abe Froman

8:40am

Wow, I didn’t know they could put our opinions in a container like that.

PJMort

8:47am

I know the joke is about potential buyers disappearing, but some sellers are weird....

Penske Material All-American

8:37am

My wife listed a play set in our backyard on FB marketplace yesterday. It’s free but they have to come take it apart and

cheezedawg

8:41am

Maybe just lots of trolls, like CB....

Penske Material

8:43am

I'm not sure if I understand. Is it available or not?

LeonMarek

8:45am

How does a 6’7” player with a 7’1” wing span and decent hops finish dead last

Indy Coug

8:36am

Effort.

BostonCougar

8:36am

Sometimes he would just get lost on defense

TNT

8:40am

Ooh, ooh, 🙋‍♂️… ummm, he rebounds less than everyone else on the team.?.?.

PJMort

8:39am

I dont think their scheme led him to be the first touch on the ball off a miss

LeonMarek

8:40am

Look at what you did, Quffa. Mr. Indy Coug is angry, and he's bringing the stats

gangbusters

8:40am

Emperor Palpatine: Anger is good

TNT

8:42am

RE: How does a 6’7” player with a 7’1” wing span and decent hops finish dead

Mostlyaccurate

8:46am

Effort and he's too skinny

Rhubarb

8:47am

Blog: BYU Football 2024 Transfer Portal Tracker View

[Cougs Daily] Casey Lundquist

8:35am

Another positive trend is that the Snake River basin is doing super well

letthewookieewin Walking Carpet

8:34am

New candidate for Church's "I am a Latter-day Saint" spots. Arizona's hero!

Zooropa

8:34am

Lake Powell expected to rise 30 feet this season

RSL 401 Authentication Required

8:27am

what percent full does it put it at?

TN_Coug

8:28am

It would still be over 100' below full pool

crimedog

8:29am

That's a solid upward trend over the last 5 years

mobicurious

8:28am

I remember fondly the “full pool - 3700 ft” days of late 90s and early 2000s

Hoopster

8:30am

Do they want that?

Madam Pattirini

8:31am

And it's 35' higher than his day last year.

Madam Pattirini

8:31am

But last year it rose 65' instead of 30' so doesn't that put the final elevation

Buffalo

8:33am

to clarify - this doesn't mean this year's peak will be 30 ft above last year's peak? Right?

HarlemCoug

8:33am

No. Rise 30' from current level

RSL

8:36am

That should still put peak level above 2023's high water mark

mobicurious

8:45am

Great job Utahans praying for all that moisture.

Coug

8:35am

This is actually less than average. Not a great year for Powell.

the rural juror

8:37am

I haven't been out on Lake Powell since the 80's. We have a houseboat trip

Submariner

8:40am

And the bros shall rejoice

Ham

8:43am

30 feet would put it just above the Antelope Point public launch which hasn't been open for several years.

Pete

8:46am

Weather highs across the country today on first day of May.

Chefcurry

8:20am

SLC is perfect.

crimedog

8:23am

Except for the 50 mph winds happening

Chefcurry

8:25am

Nope. Too cold for softball at 9 PM

RealSimsShadY

8:26am

It's dark at 9pm

TNT

8:29am

Mother Nature can't wait to wipe out those cities #NeverForget

TNT

8:24am

Idaho Falls 43 degrees

WhirleyPop

8:24am

And I'm in the airport headed from Salt Lake to Orlando. That's messed up

Belboz

8:27am

Vegas: 85

spugeddy24

8:37am

Saw St. George also 83. Crazy how close we are to those places yet we are 30

Chefcurry

8:38am

Looks like my daughter will be going to Hilo for college.

mtcougar

8:11am

I just saw an ad on CB home page for UofU with pano pic taken from the Y (mtn)

BackPacker

8:03am

Jaxson Robinson is the 86th highest rated portal player, per evanmiya.com

Indy Coug

8:02am

Didn't you know? A guard with a 7 foot wingspan is worth 7 figures

nova_coug_fan

8:05am

And how many of the 85 above him are prime scorers? And how many of those would even consider BYU?

SinkingQuffa

8:06am

You haven't made an argument for paying him. If you have that much

Plato

8:09am

EXACTLY

Indy Coug

8:09am

You could make the same argument for our HC, couldn't you?

SinkingQuffa

8:15am

No. You can't take his salary and pay it to 2 better coaches.

Plato

8:29am

Don't we all hope, anyway?

SinkingQuffa

8:35am

sure we could. it would be unorthodox, but BYU is absolutely free to set up

cwilke1

8:43am

He shot 30% from three in big12 play. Great ncaa tourney game helps us forget

BYU '80

8:40am

BYU has 17,000 seats to sell every night. More than ten thousand seats went unsold last year. Total revenue from ticket

HarlemCoug

8:09am

He's not worth more than other players already on BYU's roster. That's reason

Indy Coug

8:11am

There are zero players on our roster worth more financially than Jax would be.

HarlemCoug

8:15am

Fair points but what would that do to the culture of the TEAM?

BackPacker

8:20am

Going forward, all teams will have this issue (just like they do in pro sports).

HarlemCoug

8:25am

Pro teams DO have locker room issues over this all the time.

runnincoug

8:29am

College sports don't have a salary cap.

HarlemCoug

8:31am

Sure they do... there's a limit to the funds in the collective...

runnincoug

8:46am

On the Y's Guys podcast, Trevin talked about messing with the players on another team about that

El Jefe

8:25am

Except BYU can't pay him so his increase in ticket sales for BYU doesn't matter

BYU Fan

8:30am

I don’t think they’re better than him. He’s the guy with an NBA ceiling. That

CougFan4EverEver

8:10am

I'd refer you to this post.

wjman11

8:15am

Where's the report of the $1m number coming from?

inertiaman

8:10am

We are probably arguing about a number that isn't realistic. Then again, didn't

Plato

8:34am

Jax is replaceable. But it all depends on who they’re replacing him with

whoneedscorners?

8:25am

Article: 🔒 BYU Hoops Insider Report Coaching Staff Smoke, Incoming Player Smoke View

[CougConnect]

8:00am

Nice ad for your product. Like click bait! 🙄

jpal1397

8:03am

Now just work “mirrors” into the next title and you will have smoke and mirrors!

Hoopster

8:05am

Which incoming player smokes? Hopefully he can quit.

thewaterboy

8:14am

Trevin talked about a lot of this on the Y's Guys podcast

El Jefe

8:18am

I'm really glad stuff has happened, I just hate not knowing what the stuff is

LeonMarek

8:20am

The report just basically sums up that "stuff is happening"

El Jefe

8:26am

So a $10 paywall nothingburger from CC? Sounds about right...

Riggins Rigs

8:38am

So scarcely better that eyeballs?

Kilgore Trout

8:40am

I have nothing against Coug Connect other than the methods used to advertise it

jpal1397

8:42am

Happy May 1st

Pete The Hope That Kills You

7:56am

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Iman23

7:49am

Welcome to the BYU bureaucracy. It's a joy. But if you think going off-campus is better, get ready to deal with the

WDaddy

7:51am

Can you give an example? (for those who weren't able to attend BYU)

TNT

8:10am

Every fiefdom must be maintained.

CougGolf

7:53am

That is a pain, but if he only needs one meal a day from Cannon Center, don't

BamaCoug

7:53am

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Iman23

7:53am

If you buy a plan the $ can be used all around campus. And if he has a balance

Hawk Talons

8:11am

Just live in Heritage. It’s really not that far

YIsForBrigham

7:56am

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Iman23

7:56am

Then pay the $5k. What are we talking about here? You want your son to live in a place that costs more money but a

YIsForBrigham

8:00am

Plus you are already getting a deep discount on school. Even without the half

A Drew Aitch

8:02am

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Iman23

8:17am

No, you're refusing to seek another option. You want it how you want it, and

Rise Against

8:21am

Yep, Iman is Karen personified.

scootsy

8:34am

Bureaucracy is hardly a unique problem.

kccougar

7:57am

It’s because of things like this that we are sending our kids to BYU-Idaho

Nikomedes

7:58am

The BYU bureaucracy is what it is, but this doesn't sound like a particularly

shoganai

8:00am

We fought this last year, because Helaman dorms do not have kitchen facilities

compcoug

8:05am

The Riviera. Great location.

KCFan85

8:13am

Also allowed to live in BYU approved off campus apts. There are a lot fewer now but it's allowed.

Soupie

8:35am

nukes the athlete benefit? Just say that the athlete benefit is he doesnt have

LeonMarek

8:15am

1. Enroll in Helaman

Gustav

8:23am

Helaman dosent have kitchens.. Thats why BYU forces the meal plan & why most athletes don't live in the dorms..

TheLost

8:24am

Meh, if the housing office denies the exception then you can complain.

JuicyJam

8:28am

They've been allowing exemptions almost automatically. They know there aren't enough approved spots for all FR.

Soupie

8:33am

That prices some of the academic scholarship kids out, too.

KCFan85

8:31am

Not a purposeful money grab 🙂 - partial scholarship student athletes that live in dorms w/ meal plan is not a large

cougXor

8:35am

Fesi Sitake just walked into the Crimson Cliffs high school spring practice as I

CorrectionsCoug

7:35am

Just visiting?

byuTX

7:43am

Just there for the t-shirt, probably

OldFogey

7:55am

Good to know.

shoganai

8:01am

POLL: Who was the most important player BYU needed to have come back for next year?

Indy Coug

7:34am

I'd like to split my vote 50/50 for Hall and Saunders

wjman11

7:43am

Who is our starting PG if Hall doesn’t come back?

Ham

7:50am

Of those that entered the Portal it was Hall

crimedog

7:50am

One more reason we might wanna consider matching UK's offer to Jax...

SinkingQuffa Intervention Needed

7:22am

I don't think he's worth that much.

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

7:24am

I do

kC Cougar

7:46am

Except all portaleers might expect exorbitant amounts, too.

gangbusters

7:25am

But we'd likely be going after kids who'd fetch far less than Jax.

SinkingQuffa

7:27am

the timing for that isn't favorable though. JR can hold out until 29 May to

cwilke1

7:32am

That could be a problem. Thanx.

SinkingQuffa

7:34am

Paying Jax a million feels to me like the Utes overpaying Rising.

runnincoug

7:32am

Does it, though? Is this more pulling from a team bank, or more boosters stepping up to get specific players?

SinkingQuffa

7:36am

Plus it sets some expectations for others in the future and might make it harder

Bin01015

8:13am

And you can't just give out a lot of money to an unknown at BYU because of the

nephicoug

7:33am

Don’t think it would be a great message to the other players who took far less.

wjman11

7:33am

And it will only get worse as we go through all of this against next year

LV Mike

7:34am

^^ This. Trevon mentioned that on the Y's Guys podcast: players know each

BYUHgrad

8:20am

yep. You can overpay for a lottery pick and guys will understand. You don't ...

runnincoug

8:26am

I think it would be great to bring Robinson back

BYU Fan

8:47am

We shouldn't be paying that kind of money for Jax. I would barely consider it

Don Carlton

7:35am

You don't overpay by 100s of thousands just to get some theoretical PR win

Indy Coug

7:37am

If it gets you a competitive roster — you might want to consider it.

SinkingQuffa

7:45am

That's a lot of money to bet on a pretty flimsy theory

Indy Coug

7:46am

Our inability to break through on these Top-3 & Top-5 lists for premier offensive players — is getting to a pt

SinkingQuffa

7:52am

What's your math? BYU bball had more than $20M in ticket sales last year. You don't think Jax coming back would move

HarlemCoug

7:53am

Actually, I think that's a very poor argument. BYU will sell out regardless.

runnincoug

8:06am

BYU will sell out regardless? What? Why? More than ten thousand unsold seats last year during one of the most

HarlemCoug

8:12am

I dunno, but in last year in the WCC, BYU was the 17th top uni for attendance

runnincoug

8:25am

If he were an All-American type of player maybe, but he's not.

RockyBalboa

7:40am

He is a likely NBA pick and I think he is worth it

kC Cougar

7:48am

Likely? He shows up in some mock drafts and others not so much

RockyBalboa

7:50am

Wake me when he plays as hard as Saunders

nova_coug_fan

7:41am

Watch this week's Y's guys podcast with Knell and listen to the NIL segment

BackPacker

7:51am

For that kind of money we can do better. Love Jax but he has some serious flaws

Lifer

8:04am

We should do it. He’s the most talented guy on our roster from last year.

CougFan4EverEver

8:11am

How much would you pay him if he could play defense?

2ndTrombone

8:12am

It's the price of admission into the Big Boys Club.

AF_Puma

8:13am

It risk undermining team chemistry. No thank you

niqmadu

8:33am

Getting back our most talented player (who is well-liked)? Not so sure about that.

SinkingQuffa

8:36am

Still no thanks. Likeable or not it does create issues.

niqmadu

8:49am

The interview with Trevin Knell made it pretty clear they are not going to

cougarim

8:47am

We don't play the lottery money game... nor do I want us to.

Boomcannon

8:47am

I think KY has more to offer than other teams/coaches in terms of prepping someone for the NBA.

Boomcannon

8:49am

BYU fan fest in St George??

BulldogCoug79

7:19am

Saw KY on the phone pacing back and forth and carrying a Biggie Bag outside the

Cooouuugs

7:00am

Isn’t KY in Dallas for the Big12 coaches conference

Cougarpride

7:17am

I didn’t say it was the Provo Wendy’s

Cooouuugs

7:25am

yes

Elvis

7:18am

If only it was a McDonald’s bag and he was in Tennessee

GlutealGuy

7:36am

Only 1,832 players left — get them while you can

Indy Coug

6:56am

that's a lot, but that number divided by 360 (total number of d1 teams) is about

cwilke1

6:59am

So many kids likely don't understand the consequences of hitting the portal

Blueto

7:02am

Significant minority, but your point stands

downtownchrisbrown

7:15am

It appears that Blueto is correct, at least as far as 2023 is concerned.

Everyman

7:40am

I'm not sure were On3 is getting their numbers from, but they seem to be way off

jreid191

8:48am

Evan Miya is showing 1883 in the portal, but 730 have already signed w/ teams

jreid191

7:20am

Does that mean that no one else can jump in the portal after today

CommodoreCoug

7:37am

It's the last day players can enter the portal

Indy Coug

7:39am

What happens tomorrow and beyond? Can players still transfer schools?

ALUF 1990

7:39am

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If Robinson can get 7 figures at any school he should do that. Then go to the

One more reason we might wanna consider matching UK's offer to Jax...

Had lunch with the BYU Babe today

Jaxson Robinson is the 86th highest rated portal player, per evanmiya.com

Saw KY on the phone pacing back and forth and carrying a Biggie Bag outside the

Devin Downing- WR in the transfer portal

Fesi Sitake just walked into the Crimson Cliffs high school spring practice as I

Isaac Davis plans?

We are creating a generation of mental midgets and/or entitlement

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