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Apr 5, 2021
9:15:03am

Sock Gnome All-American

I grew up in a neutral household. My dad went the U of U, and he cheers for...

...both BYU and Utah. When they play each other in basketball or football, he usually favors the school that he considers the "better" team that particular year (he has his own subjective way of determining this). I honestly have no idea how he keeps his neutrality. I ended up going to BYU. It was really the yewt fans that turned me off from liking the yewts.

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Sock Gnome

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Honest question about some inconsistencies

krindorr

4/5/21 8:57am

This is easy. Rule #1: it is always wrong to cheer for Utah. Everything else is

BYUtka

4/5/21 9:01am

OK, but prejudices aside, why?

krindorr

4/5/21 9:03am

I grew up a BYU fan who cheered for Utah when they weren't playing BYU. I had

CougarTailDevourer

4/5/21 9:09am

That's understandable; honestly I never saw that at any of the games I went to

krindorr

4/5/21 9:17am

Yeah, this was definitely more recent. It was one of the Riley Nelson teams

CougarTailDevourer

4/5/21 9:20am

I could see that; the P5 invite changed a lot of things

krindorr

4/5/21 9:26am

I think the rivalry took a turn for the worse with Urban, KWhitt and Bronco.

CougarTailDevourer

4/5/21 9:31am

Ehh you experience the same from BYU fans.

lilpenny

4/5/21 9:54am

The 2-3% of BYU fans compared to the 75-80% of Utah fans.

BYUtka

4/5/21 10:07am

I've agree 100%. Witnessed yewts mocking the prayer as it was being given.

SoValleyCOUG

4/5/21 1:35pm

Switching to BYU fandom is perfectly acceptable.

BYUtka

4/5/21 9:16am

Because Utah is awful

4/5/21 12:45pm

I would not root for any school that:

ike

4/5/21 1:10pm

RE: I would not root for any school that:

uteman1011

4/5/21 3:07pm

Huh???

BYUtka

4/5/21 3:12pm

Yes, because I cannot name a time when BYU had:

ike

4/5/21 4:15pm

Oh my.... When are you going to research and provide a similar list about the

uteman1011

4/5/21 4:50pm

Go ahead and start listing them in the modern era. I am waiting.

ike

4/5/21 4:52pm

RE: Oh my.... When are you going to research and provide a similar list about

4/5/21 8:08pm

RE: Oh my.... When are you going to research and provide a similar list about

uteman1011

4/6/21 10:29am

Uh the brethren already know that. They own it but it isn't "the church". Kinda

4/6/21 10:49am

This sums it up. Don't be too concerned that sports fandom isn't rational.

Great38

4/5/21 9:18am

Hack.

4/5/21 9:04am

For caring about memories with my dad? Or for going to BYU? Please elaborate

krindorr

4/5/21 9:19am

Hack means posting the same thing as someone else

4/5/21 11:37am

Do what you want to do.

Belboz

4/5/21 9:09am

I agree with this take; just find it terrible when we criticize others for it

krindorr

4/5/21 9:14am

The UofU is a very different place now.

BYUtka

4/5/21 9:17am

I think you need to relax if you think it is 'terrible'. Its sports, there are

4/5/21 9:23am

Terrible is prob an overstatement; more just an interesting/strange observation

krindorr

4/5/21 9:29am

RE: I agree with this take; just find it terrible when we criticize others for

Pangare

4/5/21 11:06am

Agree with your viewpoint here

krindorr

4/5/21 11:09am

I grew up in a neutral household. My dad went the U of U, and he cheers for...

Sock Gnome

4/5/21 9:15am

I'm with you on this. I grew up a Utah fan and went to BYU and over time changed

RipCityCougar

4/5/21 9:25am

Curious question - how do you feel about Utah now?

krindorr

4/5/21 9:34am

If I was watching it with my Dad I would pretend to be rooting for Utah

RipCityCougar

4/5/21 9:47am

The heart cheers for who it wants to cheer for

Medute

4/5/21 9:25am

As someone who also went to USAFA, nobody cheers for USAFA over their team

krindorr

4/5/21 9:29am

I even had it worse. I was a football recruit

Medute

4/5/21 9:36am

Yeah, there's still serious issues there re: football

krindorr

4/5/21 9:38am

You don't have to follow anyone else's rules when cheering in sports. You are more than free to cheer for both teams.

Magathisll

4/5/21 9:33am

Um. Root for whoever floats your boat. BYU and uu have

Benfica1

4/5/21 9:37am

It's nice hearing the different responses here

krindorr

4/5/21 9:41am

Mmmm... all I read from that post was Root Beer Floats.

Mtbcoug

4/5/21 10:13am

Great, now I can't unsee it

krindorr

4/5/21 11:31am

Cheer for whoever you want. What makes the linked situation weird...

4/5/21 10:22am

I wouldn't drop my BYU allegiances, but I'd certainly be supportive of wherever

krindorr

4/5/21 10:32am

Does it though? There’s a difference between supporting and fandom.

4/5/21 2:06pm

Lot that isn't known, but what we see comes across as supporting their kid

krindorr

4/5/21 2:20pm

Root for whoever you want to

4/5/21 10:36am

Ute fan behavior. When I lived in Utah

pappabear246

4/5/21 11:40am

I root for both. BYU always first but next Utah. Anyone that doesn't like that

ImuaKahuku

4/5/21 11:59am

I grew up a Ute fan. The BYU-Utah dynamic is unique...

DraperCoug22

4/5/21 1:09pm

RE: I grew up a Ute fan. The BYU-Utah dynamic is unique...

krindorr

4/5/21 1:55pm

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