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Utah Outlaws was Trademarked Yesterday

Phred84044

9:29am

They are trademarking everything just in case.

BlooCoug

9:33am

Time for some Santana in the morning

DJROSS All-American

9:29am

An assistant coach needs to be announced soon…

provoprodigy

9:22am

No kidding. Why are they taking so long?! Not good.

BlooCoug

9:24am

As a counterbalance to the super-fast hire of Young, BYU will be extra slow with

Indy Coug

9:26am

Chris Burgess right now

Forbidden Fruit

9:28am

Burgess is not happening

Coug

9:32am

You know this for sure?

BlooCoug

9:34am

Cougconnect.com

Coug

9:34am

Fortunately, they’ve never been wrong 😜

BlooCoug

9:35am

Holy fat baby. That’s parenting malpractice right there.

BlooCoug

9:33am

I believe Matt biamonte said they've already made a hire, but haven't announced

SUAVO

9:30am

Some might even say more than 1

Forbidden Fruit

9:31am

Promotion is something. I love the cell tower penetrating the canopy of

Forbidden Fruit

9:21am

Could universities get together and do a collective bargaining agreement for NIL

OU Cougar

9:21am

I’ve gone two weeks without eating fast food. Cost was killing me.

Unfrozen Caveman

9:17am

“No mas,” funny. Pun intended?

lilpenny

9:20am

Grocery store lunches are my favorite work/road trip lunch.

Noni Fruit

9:23am

Publix FTW

lilpenny

9:23am

Publix indeed. App works great. Sub of the day is my go-to

Noni Fruit

9:28am

It gets worse when you buy for a bunch of children too

Belboz

9:33am

Two weeks with the Ryobi Self propelled electric mower...

Adrielle Board Misanthrope

9:13am

I just bought the Greenworks mower from Costco.

TADOW

9:19am

I tried a Ryobi a couple years ago and it sucked. It was a low/mid range one though. Now my gas one is starting to run

Mike Honcho

9:20am

I have a bunch of Ryobi One+ battery tools that work well. If I need a new mower

Hoopster

9:22am

I just did the opposite and bought a spare Honda gas mower since they are being

Buffalo

9:26am

I bought a spare Honda last year as well

AF Cougar

9:34am

My last gas mower was a Honda. It sucked. Didn't last 4 years. The self propelled part stopped working

Adrielle

9:35am

I’m waiting for the roomba style mowers to get better.

Longseason

9:27am

I have an EGO. Fine for small lawn, but doesn’t doesn’t suck up debris well.

Kaanapali

9:29am

Food PSA: I bought some frozen croffles (croissant waffle) at Costco. Delicious.

NWCoug

9:11am

Ritchie should call and talk to Lohner….

SaintJeff

9:11am

Oh man, this is getting ever more complicated.

porl thompson

9:15am

Need to stick with UK for Kentucky.

Soupie

9:18am

Yeah, I was referencing all the confusion we've already had with KY and UK.

porl thompson

9:24am

Agree. Just a suggestion to help with confusion.

Soupie

9:25am

Thanks I changed it. All the stuff this week got me confused 😂

SaintJeff

9:25am

Rats, you should have left. I liked it. And appreciated your post otherwise. 😬

porl thompson

9:26am

I didn’t want to be thrown to the wolves all day some people on here

SaintJeff

9:29am

The more I think about this, the more I think Young needs to be 100% allocated

Indy Coug

9:09am

Kudos to the members of the team still working out

Elvis

9:07am

Speaking of burgers...the HCBW and I went to 7 Brothers..we shared a burger,

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

9:05am

Sounds like things are going great and will continue to be great

Longseason

8:51am

Chicago could get the world for this pick but instead will draft another bust

vagabonder

8:55am

One of those guys whose talent makes teams take a gamble hoping he’ll turn out

cougarmeister

9:09am

His attitude, injury history, and inability to win big games should be 3 strikes

vagabonder

9:12am

I'm really excited about the Kevin Young hire. That being said, the best part about hiring KY has nothing to do w/KY

krindorr Playmaker

8:44am

Spot on!

Guoc Coug

8:49am

Anyone who thinks because you know, DEVON Booker is going to get your recruits is absolutely crazy

Blue2thebone

8:49am

It’s all marketing. You play your hand & this is BYU’s current hand.

Soupie

8:50am

Calling it like it is. And that’s what you do with your hand l, you make the best out of it that you can

Blue2thebone

8:54am

Kobe's DEFINITELY not going to be just hanging out around the Cal program during summer workouts.

IdahoCoug

9:01am

Good post. I ratcheting back my expectations from winning the Natty in year one

Blueto

9:02am

So the best think about Kevin Young is how much BYU is paying him?

porl thompson

9:19am

Yesterday I had a pretty good burger at 5 Guys. Bacon, bbq, onions and double meat. Drove there in my Mercedes.

byuTX mutual friends

8:41am

Not a bad way to spend 15k.

Hambone

8:46am

Went there with a Mercedes and came back with a Honda

kotacoug

8:52am

pickles on burgers is a misstep anyways

Flyingdolphin

8:52am

RE: Yesterday I had a pretty good burger at 5 Guys. Bacon, bbq, onions and

Marc Spector

9:05am

Any numerologists out there? Welcome to the only palindrome date of the year: 4202024

Yllage Vidiot Humbly Awesome

8:41am

Fly fishing guide for middle Provo

CasualFan

8:41am

Call fish heads fly shop in Heber. They guide. Many others out there also.

GfB

8:51am

I second fish heads. Great shop and good people

fulano

9:02am

Put the fly rod away. Pull out the spinning rod and rapalas.

crimedog

9:26am

See if you can get on with @5lbtrout on twitter. You won’t regret it.

dryflyelk

9:27am

I’ve never guided with him. I’m not even a fly fisherman. But I follow him

Phred84044

9:32am

Interesting the way NIL has changed the game

Socrates Johnson

8:00am

I wonder if the new law in Virginia will change things. If schools are able to directly pay athletes rather than a

PogiCoug

8:12am

Why couldn’t collectives put NIL incentives to stay in their deals?

Rexy Coug

8:35am

They could. It doesn't seem they have though. Universities might be better able to enforce a contract like model

PogiCoug

8:57am

Aly’s $600k is for 2 yrs so $300k a year. Still good but let’s be accurate.

Soupie

8:14am

But he is only going to play one year. He is redshirting next year.

Dangerous

8:15am

Sure but it’s not for one year.

Soupie

8:17am

Ah didn’t realize that

Socrates Johnson

8:15am

Totally agree. And lessens my enjoyment. But can't fault the players. System

UpsideDown

8:36am

This maybe old but it’s hilarious. The sequel to the song “Stacy’s Mom”

BYU Grounds Intervention Needed

7:57am

Heading to Windsor right now. England is so beautiful. Should be a nice dinner with William and Kate. If you’re ever in

WDaddy Truly Addicted User

7:53am

WDaddy later this evening

BYU Grounds

7:58am

Question for you. Do you just wear ear plugs the entire time?

TCuz

8:01am

Leaving for another trip to Scotland on May 14. Can't wait. The UK really is

PGVikingDad

8:10am

Travel humblebrags are the best when mixed with a question or family memory

Longseason

8:15am

We did an AirBnB in Windsor for 4 days in October. Favorite part of our

macdizzle

8:17am

We’ll be in London this summer. We’ve been to Windsor before. Love it. Town is so charming too.

Soupie

8:19am

It is great scenery and history but I got tired of the food after a month

OU Cougar

8:43am

Never eat a traditional British breakfast. Blech!

Soupie

8:46am

Last time I was there, Charles took me on a fantastic fox hunt on the back

Rise Against

8:46am

Pope is no Lavell. let it be written let it be done.

Syre

7:52am

Wow. Very insightful

LakeshowCougs

7:59am

Thx!

Syre

8:15am

Who is?

delinquentcoug

8:06am

Those who put BYU ahead of themselves.

Syre

8:09am

RE: Those who put BYU ahead of themselves.

Forbidden Fruit

8:11am

Who?

delinquentcoug

8:12am

Who is pope? Never heard of the guy.

JohnnyC

8:11am

IMO, he is also no Watts, Rose, or even Arnold and Anderson.

Bluforever

8:14am

Complete overhaul for Pope and Kentucky

the_byu_flash

7:51am

It’s like Utah State last season.

Yukon

8:01am

He is going to struggle

kosmokramer

8:09am

Pope should replace them with his same team

1984coug

8:17am

Is Pope a good recruiter? He won a couple battles but overall he was not great

Blueto

8:43am

More recently he lost out on some first choices but hard to say how much was a BYU issue vs Pope.

Soupie

9:14am

explains why he doesn't have time to tweet a simple thanks to his old team

Croweater

9:01am

He has Chandler. He'll be fine

Croweater

9:02am

Until he fouls out, out of frustration.

Q-grr

9:05am

full grown adults struggling to get on moving walkways and escalators is amusing

Longseason

7:43am

The struggle is real.

Islandercoug

8:11am

As someone who has played this golf course….

JOPE Resident Golf Fanatic

7:42am

Is Akshay who everyone thought Willy Z would be? Dude looks so good right now

arnold palmer

7:43am

Maybe, will is still ahead of him in the FedEx cup

JOPE

7:47am

Well they both weigh 105 soaking wet

delinquentcoug

7:53am

Z has been injured, so can't really determine who is better yet

spidercoug

8:14am

What’s crazy about that too is Akshay hits a ton of low stingers barely off the ground as well.

RdF3

7:48am

I thought the same thing. I played it last summer. Couldn’t believe that shot.

pink22

8:29am

What club was that? 254 with that trajectory?

cougaman

8:37am

KVN in the replies

Salami Karate

9:26am

College Sports is now Professional B league. How long till high school starts

Syre

7:41am

Already happening

Malcolm Reynolds

7:47am

Yep. Texas high school football.

BlooCoug

8:41am

Corner canyon high school

Chefcurry

7:47am

AAU.

UpsideDown

8:40am

How has TaylorMade not made this spokesperson deal yet?

zonacougar Medium Rare

7:30am

I thought for sure it was going to be a Taylor Swift reference.

N8Dawg

8:26am

What are wsu and osu going to do for a schedule this year?

Kale

7:28am

RE: What are wsu and osu going to do for a schedule this year?

rainorsnow

7:31am

They have a short-term scheduling agreement with the MWC.

Yukon

7:51am

Pretty easy to find out.

Stalwartbob

8:15am

One point of clarification on BYU and NIL

al3124

7:23am

No insider info, but sounds like they make decent nil here

Dr T-bone

7:25am

They are definitely making something.

Zombre

7:29am

Go on...

Dark Forest Green

8:05am

RBC?

RUNBYU1

8:44am

There is $1 million in men’s basketball NIL just from the front row seat deal

JOPE

7:52am

Someone posted all BB starters were making $100,000 ea. Is that correct?

DawgHaus

7:44am

I used 100 in j on be if my posts earlier but it was a made up number for

Don Carlton

8:59am

Heard from good sources what they were offered & it was good (won’t say to preserve sources). It may need to go up w/

Soupie

8:07am

So, are the Y's BB players making more than $100,00 per year? Is that a low fig?

DawgHaus

8:50am

telling an amount does not reveal source.

Count Cougar

8:51am

RE: telling an amount does not reveal source.

Scooter

8:57am

If BYU donors pony up for a coach, why can't they spend for nil

chirocoug

9:01am

Believe they have a better pool right now than they’ve ever had before by a good margin.

Soupie

9:04am

They are making good NIL money from BYU.

JoeExotic

9:10am

And "Good NIL money" is in what ballpark? Do we need to know a

DawgHaus

9:15am

Spitballing w/ no names attached, if BYU is in $200-400k range for starter key players, that should be good.

Soupie

9:28am

That should be good. I'm assuming you know what you are talking about. Thx!

DawgHaus

9:31am

*** “spitballing” Others will be less w/ lesser roles.

Soupie

9:32am

One of my biggest pet peeves of NIL is that usually we don't know the amounts.

AF_Puma

9:17am

Agree with you.

DawgHaus

9:31am

Need a commuting car and thinking used Tesla w/ FSD from Tesla

BlackBart

7:20am

Don't buy FSD or pay a premium for it on a used vehicle. It has improved a ton

delux_247

7:35am

That’s the thing - if you look at used inventory, I don’t think there’s hardly

BlackBart

7:36am

Oh, well that is a win then. I just feel bad for people who paid $12k for it who

delux_247

7:42am

If you do, make sure it comes with AP hardware 4.

Tesla Coug

8:35am

Why and what is that? Better processor?

BlackBart

8:47am

Anyone hear what they said about Kedon Slovis on ESPN NFL Live? I missed most

OmahaThunderCoug

7:15am

POLL: (1) Celtics vs (8) Heat prediction

HimmerFredette

7:14am

POLL: (1) Thunder vs (8) Pelicans predictions

HimmerFredette

7:13am

I vote for "The Circle of Life"

Ted Lasso

8:20am

Would love to see this in action at public parks. Geese are a nuisance.

greatbam 1% better everyday

7:05am

RE: Would love to see this in action at public parks. Geese are a nuisance.

vagabonder

7:16am

My kids love that game.

Longseason

7:20am

A few years ago they culled the geese flock that had taken over a Denver public park

spinner

9:08am

Raise your had if this is the first Suns game you have watched all year

Croweater

6:59am

Yes. No interest before Young hiring.

DawgHaus

7:32am

First suns game on April 20th I’ve watched all year

The Pope

8:28am

The Phoenix Suns: Most Popular NBA Team in Utah Valley

2FarGone

8:49am

RE: The Phoenix Suns: Most Popular NBA Team in Utah Valley

The Pope

8:51am

Somebody proposed the Black Diamonds, but we aren’t ready for that here.

Yukon

6:46am

I oppose

Vert der Frick

6:56am

Dangit.

Yukon

7:05am

Always be one step below the avalanche.

JamieTartt

7:22am

Utah Yeti, Salt Lake City Gulls/Gull Wings/Salt Lake City Sand Storm/

CarolinaCoug

8:37am

What I'm seeing right now: Mark Pope is sticking it to our Ath Dept & BOT for being so cheap w NIL over the last few yrs

SinkingQuffa Intervention Needed

6:31am

What’s happening at byu isn’t unique to byu. Look at the entire landscape.

blackandblue

6:37am

I do hope you're right on that. I do think our kids were all encouraged to jump in the Portal, though

SinkingQuffa

6:39am

And just like Pope, money and me above all else. Nothing else matters

Forbidden Fruit

6:40am

Dude, he worked his butt off for us. Money is NOT his prime motivator in life. Look at his family, man.

SinkingQuffa

6:41am

Stick to your latest theory, you on to something

Forbidden Fruit

6:45am

And if I am — I still have to read the situation through the lens of the post you just responded to.

SinkingQuffa

6:48am

Off topic, Saunders is gone. Lost cause. Pope disciple and he was sold hard

Forbidden Fruit

6:51am

No kidding? I hate to lose Saunders. Dang.

DawgHaus

6:57am

He's a tough, tough loss if true. He's the one that makes me sense a bit of vindictiveness is at play, I'll admit.

SinkingQuffa

7:00am

Vindictive or strangely desperate in case of luring Richie

Rexy Coug

8:47am

Might not be too strange. UK will eat him alive if he don't produce quickly. Getting a kid

SinkingQuffa

8:56am

I put that in the strangely desperate category. UK should pull more talent

Rexy Coug

9:02am

"Strange" — because he's on the hot seat upon arrival? Yes, I agree if that's what you meant.

SinkingQuffa

9:05am

Right now Pope needs to sign someone to prime the pump & get things rolling. Tough spot.

Soupie

9:02am

This is definitely not true. Yet.

PumaFanatico

8:05am

Unless divine intervention happens, so yeeah

Forbidden Fruit

8:22am

A winner like Pope? Are you from the future? Pope couldn't even win the WCC.

JAGA97

6:54am

And our all-timer HC before him did better at that? With more tries — & in an easier WCC?

SinkingQuffa

7:04am

Rose never finished 5/6 in consecutive years in the wcc

BYU '80

7:22am

Rose never finished below 3. He had a few 2nd places. Average WCC conf ranking

Forbidden Fruit

7:28am

Whoop-de-doo. Sounds like coronation material to me. Oh wait — yes, that's already happened.

SinkingQuffa

7:29am

You seem to think pope deserves coronation for much less

BYU '80

7:31am

No. Just some acknowledgment as a dang good HC in his limited time. Who saved our program.

SinkingQuffa

7:33am

If UK plays D for Pope like you, I think they’ll be pretty good next year

Forbidden Fruit

7:38am

Or if they just play D like Pope's teams do. Our best defensive HC since Roger Reid. Hands-down.

SinkingQuffa

7:39am

Pope and Rose are close by the numbers. 79 and 85 avg D efficiency rankings.

Forbidden Fruit

7:54am

He made it clear his entire adult life that he was a Kentucky man

Longseason

6:46am

I think you’re projecting quite a bit here. Kids from every program are

blackandblue

6:42am

Actually, I wouldn't be projecting. I certainly might be over-thinking & over-imagining, though.

SinkingQuffa

6:43am

Stop with the narrative that they are kids…

cougarobgon

7:32am

To that end...UK has zero players left on scholarship I believe.

runnincoug

7:08am

I'm just excited for the Phoenix diamondbacks season. Also the Tucson Coyotes move to Utah

Crazy Joe Davola

6:57am

Ha. It's early. Believe it or not I cheered a bit for that Marle/KJ/Chambers/Horny team back in the day

SinkingQuffa

7:15am

The athletic dept and bot don’t control nil

BYU '80

7:20am

Don't be ignorant, man. They have the control board & console entirely before them. And always have.

SinkingQuffa

7:27am

that's stupid, before it was against NCAA rules for AD to have that control,

cwilke1

9:27am

It's the AD's JOB to manage the payroll that DOES make those decisions. And its the BOT that funds the AD.

SinkingQuffa

9:35am

I don’t hate Pope, I loved him as our coach. My one and only gripe with him now

Sircumference

7:28am

He's presently trying to retain/poach players. I understand (& appreciate) why he ain't thanking BYU right now.

SinkingQuffa

7:38am

I appreciate that but also see bigger time coaches than him manage being gracious to their departing school/fanbase.

Soupie

8:31am

Two things: 1. Are these other poached HCs really coming off as gracious to their former fans, school & employers? 2.

SinkingQuffa

8:36am

Yes. TH had an official statement including thanks to Pope immediately upon his departure.

Soupie

8:45am

Thanx, soupie. As a fan, I appreciate that he wants to remain on the down low as he tries to steal Richie from me. 😉

SinkingQuffa

8:50am

The issue I see is NIL is not sustainable as it is currently structured.

davidmj10

8:10am

yes we all get that that is pay for play under the name of NIL. but since there

cwilke1

9:29am

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