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

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Sep 14, 2019
5:23:33am

Backcountry All-American

The only people still attending are masochists and people who dont have any other real hobbies.

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Backcountry

Previous username: The Lone Wolf
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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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