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Dec 2, 2019
3:14:30pm

CrimsonCardinal Troublemaker

Honestly, this is healthy.

If Utah was sucky for the past decade, and if BYU was in the running for P5 conference titles national championships, my kids would probably gravitate over to cheering for the Y a bit. I hope I wouldn’t be so emotionally invested in a sport played by college students that it would really bother me. I’m probably not there yet.

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CrimsonCardinal

Previous username: ImpartialObserver
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Joined: Nov 25, 2006
Last login: Apr 24, 2024
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I lost another one - the SDSU game pushed him over the top

BigYfan

12/2/19 9:43am

My boys won’t watch with me anymore. However, they will NEVER be yewt fans.

dadofkhec

12/2/19 9:48am

Football is a source of entertainment and BYU just isn't as entertaining as it

MikeDitka'sStache

12/2/19 9:49am

Yes, and that's why I probably won't watch the bowl game. I don't care any more.

JmThms

12/2/19 9:56am

The direct result of 15 years of defensive minded coaches.

JAGA97

12/2/19 1:32pm

2012 BYU was maybe my favorite BYU team to watch BECAUSE of the defense

MikeDitka'sStache

12/2/19 1:44pm

It's something different for everyone. I'm just bored with the product compared

JAGA97

12/2/19 1:53pm

My sons were glued to the TV during bama vs Auburn. They stopped watching half

BYUheaven

12/2/19 9:50am

My sons couldn't have told you Auburn and Alabama were playing until I turned it on to see the score. They were glued to

Cosmodiar

12/2/19 9:52am

My kids didn't know either... They walked in during the 3rd quarter

BYUheaven

12/2/19 10:15am

I'll definitely admit that game was horrible. Boring and depressing.

DraperCoug22

12/2/19 12:14pm

That perfectly described my two boys. They fell asleep during the BYU game.

Coug98

12/3/19 4:05am

We are moving to Auburn in a month. My 5 year old is already a fan.

12/3/19 5:16am

That sucks, but i dont blame them. Sports are entertainment. Utah has been a

Backcountry

12/2/19 9:52am

And sadly for most of us here, we will go down with this ship... 🙁

12/2/19 9:52am

Sports are entertainment but college sports are about loyalty and allegiance imo

palangi

12/2/19 12:40pm

BINGO. Going from BYU to Utah is a copout and they'll regret it when Utah is

DraperCoug22

12/2/19 12:43pm

Sure, after whit retires in 10-15 years, I guess...

AntiSNOT

12/2/19 6:18pm

Why should kids be punished for the sins of their fathers?

Nakedbootleg

12/2/19 2:40pm

That's just what fandom is, it's especially the reason college football/ bball

palangi

12/2/19 4:10pm

Sad how accurate this is.

wilsdad

12/2/19 3:59pm

Sadly, too many people are fans of victory, not fans of a team. They will cheer for whoever is winning because they

BlueBlood94

12/2/19 10:13am

Not true. A person can be a fan of a team and not be happy and stop being

JmThms

12/2/19 10:36am

Which is what the OP is about. Leaving BYU

pappabear246

12/2/19 2:44pm

I didn't say it was true for everybody, but for some it absolutely is, just as your scenario is also true for others.

BlueBlood94

12/2/19 10:42am

Oh OK. "Too many" would make it probably true. Didn't read carefully enough.

JmThms

12/2/19 10:44am

I agree. Real fans remain fans bandwagoners

pappabear246

12/2/19 2:42pm

Im a kid

TDawgMerbsMcShizzle

12/2/19 10:14am

Why aren’t you in school at present?

UNHuskerCoug

12/2/19 10:16am

Computer lab time! Or a teacher who doesn't care about cell phones in class!

BlueBlood94

12/2/19 10:26am

Word to the wise. Study hard. Stay off of CB. Nothing

UNHuskerCoug

12/2/19 11:38am

most kids i know don't have an automatic allegiance to their parents' college

run26

12/2/19 10:38am

my son went to Lone Peak...college now but has always been solid on BYU. However

truecougster

12/2/19 10:40am

So I'm curious how this goes down. Did he announce after the game that he was

wonderbred

12/2/19 10:40am

Christmas party last night he tried to get me to agree to

BigYfan

12/2/19 10:44am

Oh wow. I guess that is pretty close to an announcement of allegiance.

wonderbred

12/2/19 10:46am

Well their game is on Friday and not Saturday...

Imbyulv

12/2/19 10:54am

it doesn’t surprise me I bet he can’t name more than 4 players in their team

BigYfan

12/2/19 11:03am

My brothers all now root for the Utes and they were once great BYU fans

Lakerone

12/2/19 11:07am

This is sad, but true. Thousands of stories just like this in Utah nowadays.

AntiSNOT

12/2/19 6:23pm

Being A BandWagon Fan is always the easiest path! Many of these BandWagon fans

12/2/19 11:21am

I think your right, most schools have up and down years but BYU is different now

12/2/19 12:38pm

My kids have zero interest in BYU because of these KS seasons. They don't watch

chazen

12/2/19 11:27am

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Abe Froman

12/2/19 11:28am

Just a sidenote on Bandwagon fans, my son played LB for USU. He grew up a BYU

12/2/19 11:35am

I'm glad someone else said it first. They were never really converted.

DraperCoug22

12/2/19 12:10pm

This thread is depressing. You should each send your story to Kalani. His email

Ironhide

12/2/19 11:56am

And Holmoe's and Worthen's.

AntiSNOT

12/2/19 6:27pm

That is so sad. I feel for you brother

Heath Squashwell

12/2/19 11:59am

That's fine. Just let them know you'll have to re-write your will.

Goliath

12/2/19 12:07pm

Tom Holmoe’s legacy - he lost the fan base. Rightly or wrongly,

Yohy

12/2/19 12:08pm

Hes incompetent. So rightly.

Backcountry

12/2/19 1:49pm

Some people are fickle that way. Maybe they are not that invested in sports as a

DJROSS

12/2/19 12:27pm

Not sure I'd label it fickle. I've followed Pittsburgh Pirates baseball since

vaquero

12/2/19 12:59pm

I assume you mean BYU football, not BYU. Watching their other sports has been

DJROSS

12/2/19 1:07pm

Mea culpa. Absolutely meant BYU football. I watched several of the womens

vaquero

12/2/19 1:17pm

Honestly, this is healthy.

CrimsonCardinal

12/2/19 3:14pm

Intersting. Did they not watch, Tenn, USC, USU, Boise? They "left" over SDSU?

BlueTroop

12/2/19 12:45pm

It seems like they left because Utah's success not the SDSU loss, even if BYU

palangi

12/2/19 1:11pm

I wonder how many Michigan alums have kids switching to Ohio State

palangi

12/2/19 12:58pm

Not the same. Not apples to apples. They are further apart

AntiSNOT

12/2/19 6:31pm

What does Whit being LDS have to do with it?

12/2/19 7:49pm

Same boat

djk

12/2/19 1:19pm

That’s what we call fair weather fans

cougERdoc

12/2/19 1:33pm

Call it whatever you want. A huge percentage of the fanbase defected and thats

Backcountry

12/2/19 1:50pm

Textbook definition of fair weather fans

cougERdoc

12/2/19 1:55pm

I'm a self admitted "fair weather fan", but I would never be a yewt fan.

JmThms

12/2/19 2:16pm

Huge %? Care to back that up with facts?

BlueTroop

12/2/19 2:54pm

The New England Journal of Fact just published an article on it

Backcountry

12/2/19 6:09pm

When is the last time you drove through the SL, Utah valleys or any other part

AntiSNOT

12/2/19 6:39pm

RE: When is the last time you drove through the SL, Utah valleys or any other

BlueTroop

12/2/19 7:06pm

We extended Kalani Sitake...

12/2/19 2:06pm

Virginia, NDame, Navy, etc find some other teams till BYU is back! It's helped

stealth

12/2/19 2:08pm

Time to teach them about the cyclical nature of sports. What will they do when

Nagurski

12/2/19 3:03pm

If they are willing to switch to Utah like that, then I don't see how they were

12/2/19 3:20pm

It’s been 10 years since any reasonable BYU football fan has had anything to

12/2/19 4:09pm

It's a sad state of affairs right now for BYU Football, and I don't see it

AntiSNOT

12/2/19 6:06pm

Dude, it’s over. The religious zeal of BYU will never

12/2/19 6:09pm

It's too bad that BYU leadership didn't have urgency back in to 90s to join a

palangi

12/2/19 6:31pm

Saturday was very disappointing, but you stick with your team because you are

rockyrd

12/2/19 10:18pm

Here's an idea... Take them to some Utah games, too.

NYCUte

12/3/19 6:58am

If only CB had an open mind

kiyoshige

12/3/19 7:33am

O thou child of hell

Johnny Vatos

12/3/19 7:41am

Warning: the game atmosphere at RES is impressive

run26

12/3/19 8:10am

Purple is a beautiful color gooooo Wildcats!!!!!!!!! lol

DJROSS

12/3/19 10:06am

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