Popular view: Stop trying to make it make sense. It is known as the holy war and that is how shall be forever. It sounds

May 23, 2019
2:10:19pm

Baron AKA "Dear Leader"

good and is known by it nationally. Let it be. Also it is better than the egg bowl

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Baron

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Unpopular view, but here goes anyway

Cougarpride All-American

5/23/19 2:06pm

I don’t think that’s why people call it the Holy War

Odysseus

5/23/19 2:07pm

Perhaps you're overthinking this... just a bit?

BoiseBlueCoug

5/23/19 2:08pm

it hasnt felt holy in a while.

buckeyecougarguy

5/23/19 2:09pm

I'd take it even further. BYU vs. ND isn't a holy war either. I hate using a

gwalker

5/23/19 2:09pm

RE: Unpopular view, but here goes anyway

d-coug

5/23/19 2:09pm

No one is connecting the Univ of Utah to the Church when using the term "Holy

Martin Van Nostrand

5/23/19 2:10pm

Baron

5/23/19 2:10pm

they picked the color Satan red, holy war is good vs infidels, not good vs good

5/23/19 2:11pm

In Isaiah 1:18 in French, the color of sin is translated as crimson (cramoisi)

NewMexiCoug

5/23/19 3:17pm

RE: they picked the color Satan red, holy war is good vs infidels, not good vs

displacedute

5/23/19 3:18pm

...from the color of our sins...

NewMexiCoug

5/23/19 3:23pm

It is what it is and has been called that for a long time. Can't put

Thrill

5/23/19 2:11pm

Nationally, it's known as the Holy War. Exposure is good,

Everyman

5/23/19 2:12pm

No unhallowed hand can stop the Holy War from progressing. Sorry bro.

WDaddy

5/23/19 2:13pm

RE: Unpopular view, but here goes anyway

SLIVER

5/23/19 2:14pm

It's called that because they are the heathens and represent all that is unholy

basman

5/23/19 2:17pm

RDP

neboutefan

5/23/19 2:28pm

DEUS VULT!

Dissenter

5/24/19 8:30am

Fun fact: those ordinances were never performed in Kirtland

LifelongAP

5/23/19 2:20pm

Can we stop calling the US America!?

zephyr

5/23/19 2:20pm

The big difference being no one called this game the "Holy War" until Dick

gwalker

5/23/19 2:23pm

Should be renamed "The Holier than Thou War"

ThorLebowski

5/23/19 2:25pm

I can't stop... because I never started. It's a relatively new term, artificially introduced and sheepishly accepted

ColoSpgs

5/23/19 2:25pm

Relatively new? What time frame is that?

Baron

5/23/19 2:29pm

I was a freshman in 1976

ColoSpgs

5/23/19 2:32pm

Okay, so you are older and that's why it is fairly new.

Baron

5/23/19 2:34pm

Correct on both counts

ColoSpgs

5/23/19 2:35pm

relatively new. Been around 30 years

Dissenter

5/24/19 8:35am

Okay: Great Idea. Lets call it "The Knights of the Round Table

BYU I Bleed Blue

5/23/19 2:34pm

It's shocking that people think BYU fans are overly sensitive.

credible HULK

5/23/19 2:36pm

The U compared to the Kirtland temple is a 1st...although during the dedication

Kauai

5/23/19 2:38pm

Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

IceBlue

5/23/19 2:39pm

Excerpt from the Holy War Lore....

NOCAL_YFAN

5/23/19 2:39pm

Maybe call it what it is....

kotacoug

5/23/19 2:57pm

I never use that description. It's an ESPN term, isn't it? Do normal fans refer

Ash

5/23/19 2:58pm

Of course we do.

SandYFan

5/23/19 3:04pm

Let's drop "Holy Wars" altogether.

Sooner Cougar

5/23/19 5:27pm

Holy War is one of the best rivalry names in Sports. Only El Classico beats it

Dissenter

5/24/19 8:41am

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