https://www.cougarboard.com/board/message.html?id=22567957

The truth is this isn't really Utah smack, though it could be taken that way. This seemed like the best category.

I'm going through the Utah grads I know, the ones that actually attended the school and I'm surprised by how many I know are actually BYU fans. I assume that is the exception and to be fair I know several Utah fans who did masters programs at BYU as well but the numbers are much more shallow in that direction. It could easily be the demographics I interact with and that the majority of those are church related or long-time friends often church related but the experience still holds true. Even at work there is one Utah grad, was an athlete there actually and he is a BYU fan who can't stand his alma mater. I have a boat load of Utah fans in my office, probably 70%, but almost none of them actually went to the school.

When I think about it, most of the Ute fans I know did not go to the school and don't even have a recently family member who attended school there. Kind of consistent with that school drawing all the anti- BYUers. Not really saying anything with this other than it seems weird and no wonder they have a hard time raising money. I agree that the commuter school element has to be part of the problem.

How does your circle break down? Do you know a lot of Cougar fans that attended the U?