And our MWC G5 days and the Las Vegas Bowl are a passionate life for our

Sep 13, 2019
11:19:36pm

Samurai Jack All-American

fan base?

If so, then it is time to stop aspiring to being nationally relevant.

I'd rather play USC, Washington, TN, etc as an independent on national television regularly.

My Hair Thompson days are over...

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Samurai Jack

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We live in an interesting age of Cougar athletics.... we have a nationally

Samurai Jack

9/13/19 10:47pm

Maybe we should ask ABC to cancel the broadcast so we can get more people to come watch it live?

Pistol Shrimp

9/13/19 10:49pm

Some (most?) BYU fans that live in Utah are fair weather.

a priori

9/13/19 10:50pm

Some (most?) [insert school] fans that live in [a state] are fair weather.

Pistol Shrimp

9/13/19 10:52pm

Yep.

a priori

9/13/19 10:53pm

I will be there...my 134th straight home game

Garn

9/13/19 10:54pm

Awesome. That rivals Ripken Jr.

777

9/13/19 11:04pm

Too bad there aren’t more like you in Utah.

chilango

9/13/19 11:11pm

If we would actually beat Utah we wouldn't keep bleeding fans to Utah.

SaintGeorgeYFan

9/14/19 12:07am

Hey, someone who actually gets it!

GatorCoug

9/14/19 8:01am

I and quite a few Sacramento Alumni Chapter fans are season ticket holders who travel to LES.

BYU Folsom Fan

9/13/19 11:49pm

It's easy when that I-80 drive is so lovely

Big Wally D

9/14/19 6:40am

Battle mountain is lovely this time of year.

Natedog916

9/14/19 9:28am

Roller Coaster Fireworks! Watch Boomtown on Vimeo.

BYU Folsom Fan

9/14/19 9:46am

Freaking love that area. Awesome part if the country. Im glad people dont

Backcountry

9/14/19 10:04am

Wow! Putting me to shame.

Natedog916

9/14/19 9:29am

Is BYU football as exciting of a product as it use to be?

Tuskaloosa Cougar

9/13/19 10:52pm

Does it matter?

a priori

9/13/19 10:53pm

Yes it does. CFB is first and foremost entertainment.

Huge Manatee

9/13/19 10:57pm

YES. Yes it does.

TrueBlue67

9/13/19 10:58pm

It shouldn't matter. Loyal, strong, and true.

a priori

9/13/19 10:59pm

Actually, it's "Stalwart men and true". But, you wouldn't know that if you've

TrueBlue67

9/13/19 11:01pm

Just 30 years of following the Cougs.

a priori

9/13/19 11:02pm

Just more PC.

TrueBlue67

9/13/19 11:04pm

Yep, that's encompassed in what I said.

a priori

9/13/19 11:05pm

People pay money to be entertained

Huge Manatee

9/13/19 11:02pm

I always find BYU football entertaining. Sometimes for good reasons, sometimes

a priori

9/13/19 11:04pm

If they scored 3 points a game and gave up 50 per game

Huge Manatee

9/13/19 11:07pm

I'd find a way to make it entertaining. I'd probably complain about the coaches

a priori

9/13/19 11:09pm

It is getting to be that way for me and many others

Huge Manatee

9/13/19 11:12pm

Let me help.

a priori

9/13/19 11:14pm

Is it too much to ask to be better than Utah State?

Huge Manatee

9/13/19 11:15pm

I'm not a fan of Kalani, so they're honestly pretty low.

a priori

9/13/19 11:19pm

My point is that many of these fans don't even have unreasonable expectations

Huge Manatee

9/13/19 11:25pm

^^^Gets it.^^^

TrueBlue67

9/13/19 11:08pm

You sound fair weather and entitled.

a priori

9/13/19 11:13pm

Are you at all the women's basketball games? The MC is empty simply because

coolblue

9/14/19 8:41am

Board name definitely does not check out.

chilango

9/13/19 11:10pm

I believe the true emphasis should lie in program identity and community...

Samurai Jack

9/13/19 10:58pm

Sure I agree to an extent, but even in the Crowton years losing there were some

Tuskaloosa Cougar

9/13/19 11:02pm

Maybe. But, hard to be exciting without success....

Samurai Jack

9/13/19 11:06pm

It's difficult to get excited when the team exits September between 0-4 and 2-2,

TrueBlue67

9/13/19 11:11pm

It sounds like mind has been conditioned by our yesteryears of mowing over

Samurai Jack

9/13/19 11:16pm

Exciting product today

Tuskaloosa Cougar

9/14/19 7:23pm

Nope. It's pretty bad the past 5 years or so. I'll be there tomorrow though.

guitarplayingcougar

9/13/19 11:33pm

No. We need a conference.

Big Time 55

9/14/19 12:20am

1. The game will very nice on the tv and very comfortable on the couch. 2. Kids sporting events and family activities

RdF3

9/13/19 10:55pm

And not everyone can afford tickets.

Albuq_Coug

9/13/19 11:04pm

I hear ya!

Mufasa

9/14/19 11:26am

Not close? How many seats left?

Plato

9/13/19 10:56pm

Just review the BYUtickets.com map

Samurai Jack

9/13/19 10:59pm

The section in the south end zone that I’m in is full.

Albuq_Coug

9/13/19 11:02pm

That is a puzzle to me, too.

rockhound

9/13/19 11:01pm

We are locked into the Hawaii Bowl. Isn't that correct?

777

9/13/19 11:02pm

Bowl game?

Samurai Jack

9/13/19 11:08pm

This attitude is proof of blatant pessimism or just pure trolling....

Pretorian

9/14/19 6:14am

Embarrassing, and sad.

chilango

9/13/19 11:05pm

Indy and the losing streak have sucked some of the passion out of the fanbase

STL

9/13/19 11:10pm

A lot of people went home from the Utah game

777

9/13/19 11:19pm

You make a great case for tucking our tail and returning to MWC

Samurai Jack

9/13/19 11:21pm

Not sure that is what 777 is saying

TNT

9/13/19 11:28pm

I'm just figuring that if BYU were in a P5 conference someday with

Samurai Jack

9/13/19 11:34pm

Just stating the facts based on the reality of our predicament. Whether we

777

9/13/19 11:30pm

I think it is important to discern cause and effect...

Samurai Jack

9/13/19 11:37pm

That did hurt BYU's position. But it starts at the top

TNT

9/13/19 11:41pm

I don't disagree with your point at all. We need to decide who we want to be as

Samurai Jack

9/13/19 11:44pm

Exactly correct. Have to start winning & draw kids in now, or we will lose more

guitarplayingcougar

9/13/19 11:42pm

Then the stadium would be half empty for most games.

coolblue

9/14/19 8:42am

RE: A lot of people went home from the Utah game

LifelongAP

9/14/19 12:47am

And our MWC G5 days and the Las Vegas Bowl are a passionate life for our

Samurai Jack

9/13/19 11:19pm

I’m afraid your craving to become nationally relevant will kill the program.

garyfan

9/13/19 11:31pm

The college football culture isn't what it once was...

Samurai Jack

9/13/19 11:41pm

We most definitely do NOT have more national respect than ever.

Backcountry

9/14/19 5:26am

I can say this: if we win tomorrow the stadium will be packed for Washington

Countcougula

9/13/19 11:24pm

I doubt it. Let’s be honest: we have a pretty feeble fanbase in Utah. There’s a

chilango

9/13/19 11:44pm

USC-Stanford only had 62K in 77.5K Colliseum in metro area of 13 million; feeble complaints are overblown

ColoSpgs

9/13/19 11:51pm

USC’s LA fanbase is also feeble. Stanford’s is worse than feeble. Those are

chilango

9/13/19 11:53pm

This. Misery loves company but we should strive to be a fan base like Oregon, Washington, Texas, Texas A&M, etc.

BYU Folsom Fan

9/13/19 11:58pm

Have you checked the attendance at OR, WA, UT and A&M's last games?

ColoSpgs

9/14/19 12:26am

Probably. What drives me crazy is when ppl schedule baptisms and weddings on gameday. 😉

BYU Folsom Fan

9/14/19 9:49am

Get off the Utah fanbase. Some of us drive hours to the game.

SaintGeorgeYFan

9/14/19 12:11am

You’re right, I really mean “Wasatch Front” rather than “Utah.” Props to those

chilango

9/14/19 12:18am

Sorry this is just off base. BYU just hasn't had a good team in a while.

Countcougula

9/14/19 12:12am

BM the 13k BYU fans who were in Knoxville last week, the vast majority of whom

chilango

9/14/19 12:21am

For ONE game. Fans living in Utah go to a lot of crappy

SaintGeorgeYFan

9/14/19 12:27am

The stadium will be over 90% full tomorrow. For the product on the field that's

Countcougula

9/14/19 12:34am

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Helm Hammerhand

9/14/19 7:49am

We often get caught up ripping people who don’t think the same. It’s okay to

Albuq_Coug

9/14/19 8:19am

RE: I doubt it. Let’s be honest: we have a pretty feeble fanbase in Utah.

Natedog916

9/14/19 9:32am

True. I agree. If they win today, it will definitely help bring back some

AntiSNOT

9/14/19 12:31pm

So?

Thrill

9/14/19 12:07am

Dude stop. There is absolutely nothing wrong with watching it from the

bigbossbyu

9/14/19 12:50am

Program strength is based on fan attendance in part...

Samurai Jack

9/14/19 1:07am

Sometime that’s the problem

BYU4eVeR

9/14/19 1:13am

Also.....

BYU4eVeR

9/14/19 1:15am

Provo doesn't have.......

Norge Coug

9/14/19 1:46am

BYU football is and has been a bad product for a decade

Backcountry

9/14/19 5:23am

More like since Bronco left.

coolblue

9/14/19 8:45am

More like since KS was hired.

coolblue

9/14/19 8:45am

Revisionist history. The program was every bit as awful under Bronco.

Backcountry

9/14/19 9:02am

He had 3-4 11 win seasons. Bronco did great overall...

SaintGeorgeYFan

9/14/19 9:07am

Lets compare Indy Bronco to Indy Kalani.

Backcountry

9/14/19 10:03am

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Helm Hammerhand

9/14/19 12:32pm

I'm no Kalani apologist.

Backcountry

9/14/19 12:35pm

We don’t score points and we don’t win as many games.

idacoug

9/14/19 5:29am

The worst season in 15 years? Try 50.

NFCougar

9/14/19 5:55am

Road games are better

CartoCougar

9/14/19 6:13am

Why can our game be in the afternoons like back in the day....oh wait...

Coug98

9/14/19 6:32am

Welcome to the modern day. This is a problem all over the country

Bostonblue

9/14/19 6:52am

I wonder why

troymac32

9/14/19 7:19am

I got three friends to join me at the game from out of state

blueandWHITE

9/14/19 7:44am

How many people will be watching it on TV?

viper

9/14/19 8:09am

Should we lay some blame on millennials?

DoctorEvil

9/14/19 9:04am

I went to the site to see availability. It isn’t that bad.

Trent

9/14/19 9:10am

They should have some way of getting all leftovers in the hands

Trent

9/14/19 9:12am

Send in the missionaries from the MTC. They’ll be loud and enthusiastic, and

chilango

9/14/19 9:30am

Perfect! They would bring it.

Trent

9/14/19 10:26am

Agreed that fans couldn’t ask for a better home game BUT

Srg

9/14/19 11:46am

Hopefully they dont get blown out. That'll help for Wash game

Y4LYFE

9/14/19 12:49pm

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