I particularly enjoyed him calling Utah a mediocre academic institution and then

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Jul 16, 2019
2:22:31pm

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following that up with the phrase, "[i]f we had been in there shoes . . ."

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Utah won the P5 Lottery. Not only did they get in being a mediocre state school

ThorLebowski

7/16/19 2:13pm

#hottake

dYrtbYkerYder

7/16/19 2:16pm

They won the lotto like a decade ago, it is time to move on.

ColumbusCoug

7/16/19 2:16pm

If I could go back.... I’d take state.

ThorLebowski

7/16/19 2:17pm

Well most P5 programs play some bad competition too. I don't have any issue

ColumbusCoug

7/16/19 2:30pm

I’m not mad at BYU. I agree with your assessment.

ThorLebowski

7/16/19 2:38pm

I agree. Look at an SEC schedule. You will find at least three garbage teams on

Jazznut26

7/16/19 8:11pm

RE: Utah won the P5 Lottery. Not only did they get in being a mediocre academic inst

Tokolosh

7/16/19 2:17pm

I particularly enjoyed him calling Utah a mediocre academic institution and then

Scratch

7/16/19 2:22pm

That is ironic. My bitterness is turning me into a Ute.

ThorLebowski

7/16/19 2:26pm

He changed the word 'academic' to 'state' because long words are hard for yewts.

m0resn0w

7/16/19 7:32pm

If BYU wasn’t an LDS school they’d be in so which would you prefer?

pink22

7/16/19 2:24pm

RE: Utah won the P5 Lottery. Not only did they get in being a mediocre academic

displacedute

7/16/19 2:28pm

Virtually every Cougar fan admits that they are miffed because of Utah's P5

BlueNtheFace

7/16/19 4:50pm

Almost none. "We earned it by our awesomeness" is the answer I get 100% of the

ThorLebowski

7/16/19 5:15pm

RE: Almost none. "We earned it by our awesomeness" is the answer I get 100% of

displacedute

7/16/19 5:25pm

Top notch well known nationally renowned medical system and hospital.

DocPimp

7/16/19 8:22pm

I thought the dental school $ was in large part from a BYU grad, no?

tony

7/17/19 5:01pm

Yes.

Benfica1

7/17/19 5:15pm

TIC although...

DocPimp

7/17/19 6:42pm

One week ago, today.

Et Lux in Domino

7/16/19 6:23pm

*their shoes

BigT801

7/16/19 2:31pm

RE: Utah won the P5 Lottery. Not only did they get in being a mediocre academic

vagabonder

7/16/19 2:38pm

You call it “winning the lottery,” I call it “luck,”

lilpenny

7/16/19 3:11pm

Hey - a lottery winner still has to pick the numbers and buy the ticket.

Eddie

7/16/19 5:03pm

Meh, it happened too long ago to fret over. Move on.

Benfica1

7/16/19 3:12pm

I honestly cannot tell if this post is a serious one or a joke...

DraperCoug22

7/16/19 3:23pm

Is this a really bad troll attempt?

Frank Castiglione

7/16/19 3:51pm

Its badness is what makes it sneakily effective.

FairWeather-L.I.T.S.

7/16/19 4:07pm

This second paragraph was worth the nomination

Solomon Levi

7/16/19 3:52pm

“Likely would have won a rose bowl”. Wow. Just wow.

FairWeather-L.I.T.S.

7/16/19 4:05pm

Zero evidence that you can read. That's not what I said. And I qualified it in

ThorLebowski

7/16/19 4:11pm

Read the story of how their AD worked for years laying the foundation

CallingDingo

7/16/19 4:05pm

I've read that. It is nothing that BYU wasn't trying to do. Takes 2 to tango. I

ThorLebowski

7/16/19 4:12pm

I don’t accept that being left out of the PAC-12 was a fait accompli

CallingDingo

7/16/19 5:02pm

Lots of truth in what you are saying. But Tom is also very well connected in the

ThorLebowski

7/16/19 5:12pm

Granted, I have the benefit of hindsight

CallingDingo

7/16/19 5:22pm

Less than 15 years ago the (then) LDS church was supporting Prop 8 in California

Eddie

7/16/19 5:44pm

Someone has figured out the password on their parent's computer.

Kauai

7/16/19 4:34pm

this sounds desperate, angry, frustrated, and pathetic...just sayin

jackryanslc

7/16/19 4:43pm

agreed. accurate assessment. so now you are gonna throw salt on my open wound?

ThorLebowski

7/16/19 5:12pm

Technically, playing UCLA at home is not "making the Rose Bowl"

Gil Buckman

7/16/19 4:49pm

I'm curious...

NotTokolosh

7/16/19 5:44pm

Maybe they would've had BYU in their top two if BYU had been a P5.

Eddie

7/16/19 5:47pm

It would have absolutely improved, but it's not like BYU was recruiting better

Scratch

7/16/19 5:50pm

You're failing to account for the magic that happens when doing what's right...

Eddie

7/16/19 5:55pm

Lots would put BYU in top 2 if we were a P5. Also ones that put us in top 5

ThorLebowski

7/16/19 6:04pm

But...

NotTokolosh

7/16/19 7:04pm

It's simple. Utah is in because they aren't the church school in the state.

Ash

7/16/19 6:01pm

RE: It's simple. Utah is in because they aren't the church school in the state.

displacedute

7/16/19 6:07pm

That's a fantastic argument. I never thought of it that way...I'm convinced!

Ash

7/16/19 6:10pm

RE: That's a fantastic argument. I never thought of it that way...I'm convinced!

displacedute

7/16/19 6:21pm

You're on fire! Keep it up!

Ash

7/16/19 6:24pm

Oh, now you're not sad anymore.

displacedute

7/16/19 6:46pm

RE: everyone in the world knows they didn't deserve it over BYU.

Et Lux in Domino

7/16/19 6:52pm

We have a medical school and a top tier hospital system...

DocPimp

7/16/19 8:20pm

And why do you have those? Oh yeah,

dYrtbYkerYder

7/16/19 11:40pm

Why does Utah have those? John Rocky Park, MD

jrj84105

7/17/19 12:00am

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