It so clearly is. I live in Florida and its a bridge to conversations about the

Nov 20, 2019
4:34:42pm

Backcountry All-American

church very commonly. Down here in SEC country college football is a big deal and whenever my BYU fandom comes up it leads to questions about the church.

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No one understands why I am a BYU fan

WeekendWarrior

11/20/19 2:35pm

Where are you from.

puntersarepeople

11/20/19 2:52pm

Grew up in Yakima, WA but now live in Riverton, UT

WeekendWarrior

11/20/19 3:12pm

the Palm Springs of WA!

yahtzee

11/20/19 6:39pm

I grew up in Ellensburg

BYULAWGUY

11/20/19 7:36pm

my wife grew up in Selah!!

cotcoug

11/20/19 8:30pm

I grew up in Riverton! (I do not live in Yakima though which would have made

Yucaterco

11/20/19 9:45pm

Yakimaniac here.

Bwiro

11/20/19 10:07pm

Glad you’re in the fold brother

Hoax

11/20/19 3:00pm

Sounds similar to me. I became a fan of BYU as a kid after seeing them play

Thrill

11/20/19 3:05pm

Cool story! So was the football team the 1st exposure you had to the LDS faith?

BleedCougarBlue2

11/20/19 4:14pm

But BYU footabll definitely ISN'T a missionary tool

Backcountry

11/20/19 4:19pm

Don't have to convince me it is. I've ALWAYS said it could open doors that.....

BleedCougarBlue2

11/20/19 4:32pm

It so clearly is. I live in Florida and its a bridge to conversations about the

Backcountry

11/20/19 4:34pm

Same here. I spent 9 years in the Bible Belt. BYU means all kinds of ?s.

BleedCougarBlue2

11/20/19 4:37pm

No. We had missionaries come over when I was pretty young, but they didn't

Thrill

11/20/19 4:56pm

That TCU game was crazy

CaliWG

11/20/19 3:09pm

I am still mad about the refs blowing that fumble call at the goal line

Scooter

11/20/19 3:20pm

How any game with replay doesn't have a GL camera is beyond me

CaliWG

11/20/19 3:22pm

We're BYU. We get bad calls, a "lot". Ugh....

BleedCougarBlue2

11/20/19 4:15pm

My Father descended from Utes & went to Univ of Nevada but became a huge BYU fan

SwisshQiumi

11/20/19 3:17pm

Cool story. Thanks for sharing.

Speedy

11/20/19 3:19pm

Just glad to have in the fold. I’ve got my connections and reasons, but every

BringYourUltimate

11/20/19 3:27pm

You have no family ties to BYU and you didn't go to school there, either?

BleedCougarBlue2

11/20/19 4:13pm

Heck yeah. I'm the same way. The game that hooked me was 1996 Texas A&M, but I

andrewg3

11/20/19 4:28pm

Welcome to the BYU kingdom! Those are great games, but if you want to watch....

BleedCougarBlue2

11/20/19 4:35pm

That's true. I've never watched the game from start to finish. I probably owe it

andrewg3

11/21/19 9:29am

Awesome! Love stories like these!

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

11/20/19 4:35pm

You became a fan watching BYU lose to TCU?

CrimsonCardinal

11/20/19 5:15pm

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Abe Froman

11/20/19 5:22pm

From the womb

CrimsonCardinal

11/20/19 5:45pm

I still can’t believe anybody cheers for the awful school up north

puntersarepeople

11/20/19 5:29pm

Guessing you must be a Cubs fan, too?

calbearcoug

11/20/19 7:04pm

Sorry, love the Yankees. That one I follow my family on.

WeekendWarrior

11/21/19 11:44am

I grew up in Eugene Oregon and relate to your sentiment about

doubled1981

11/20/19 7:39pm

Hey, I don't have any problem being a BYU and OSU fan

AF_Puma

11/20/19 8:01pm

Awesome! Glad to have you!

ColonelMustard

11/20/19 8:16pm

Love it! I’m the same way. I love my team and I’ve never been able to change

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