Utah athletics has no identity anymore that doesn't include the P12.

Mar 24, 2023
11:26:07am

Turnpike Lane Intervention Needed

WIthout that association, they basically don't exist. It's why they are fighting so hard to keep it. They'll disappear without it.

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I truly have never seen a team cherish an L like Utah cherishes a rose bowl L

YOHONOMOTO

3/24/23 11:16am

Their own handsign is reflective of their values.

BlueVU

3/24/23 11:17am

Utah, where being a Loser Once, just is not good enough.

TheHop

3/24/23 11:18am

staring at each other

zonacougar

3/24/23 12:28pm

RE: Their own handsign is reflective of their values.

zsmooth

3/24/23 6:47pm

Regardless of it being utah, those rings are just ugly

LaVellIfIKnow

3/24/23 11:18am

"bUt ByU hAnGs BaNnErS fOr EvErY bOwL gAmE tHeY pLaY iN! eVeN lOsSeS!!!"

BYUtka

3/24/23 11:19am

Lots of moderates here take Ls everytime they try to argue with me. They mostly

UberDeek

3/24/23 11:19am

I dunno, you guys put a sign up in your stadium for a bowl loss…to Utah no less:

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 11:20am

RE: I dunno, you guys put a sign up in your stadium for a bowl loss…to

UberDeek

3/24/23 11:20am

Yewts are two things: #1 Classless #2 Predictable.

BYUtka

3/24/23 11:30am

meh

TheHop

3/24/23 11:20am

No. Defend it. Why is BYU hanging banners for Utah wins in their home stadium?

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 11:22am

Haha so on brand for you

Poseidon

3/24/23 11:24am

Is it making you want to meet me and fight?

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 11:25am

Sure. I’ll fight you if you want, but it will be boring for me. Why do the Jazz

Poseidon

3/24/23 11:36am

Agreed, it is weird for a team to be so proud of a loss to a rival that they hang a banner.

OPINIONS

3/24/23 11:25am

Classic case of needing to get the beam out of your own eye before worrying about the splinter in ours.

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 11:26am

You have a beam, too, FYI.

benny1982

3/24/23 11:26am

P12 champ rings are a beam? Meh.

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 11:27am

No, just generally speaking about how Utah fans and BYU fans are the same b/c

benny1982

3/24/23 11:27am

Yeah I’ll actually agree with you there.

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 11:28am

Any examples of BYU celebrating losses like Yewts Celebrate the Rose Bowl

BYUtka

3/25/23 9:23am

Do they? Is it with the collection of Bowl participation banners? Seems like

BYUtka

3/24/23 11:29am

Lol participation banners. That’s a whole lot better.

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 11:30am

Does Utah not list all the games they play in media guides, etc? If you can't

BYUtka

3/24/23 11:35am

A media guide is the same as putting up a loss banner in your home stadium? Lol ok.

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 11:36am

🌹🌹🌹 Much closer comparison than the way Yewts put roses on everything. 🌹🌹🌹

BYUtka

3/24/23 11:37am

It’s pretty funny how it triggers BYU fans, I’ll give those guys that.

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 11:38am

"trigger" not the right word. We find it "hilarious" or "bizarre. easy target!

Desert Rat

3/24/23 11:43am

Oh yeah nobody is triggered in this thread. Lol

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 11:44am

You are the one that got triggered about us talking about it.

WJCougar

3/24/23 11:56am

He was challenging a guy to fight him too.

JohnnyComeLately

3/24/23 4:21pm

Lol....you realize we are making fun of your team and...

WJCougar

3/24/23 11:56am

It triggers EVERYBODY…

Refugee

3/24/23 2:04pm

Back when BYU got into its first bowl, there were only like 10-15 bowl games

Ray Shoesmith

3/24/23 11:51am

100% more consensus football national championships

BYUFam1

3/24/23 8:15pm

RE: No. Defend it. Why is BYU hanging banners for Utah wins in their home

TheHop

3/24/23 11:30am

It is one thing for a school to put up a plaque commemerating a bowl appearance

BlueVU

3/24/23 11:35am

Ah so putting roses on a tweet is the same as hanging a holy war loss banner in your stadium. Got it.

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 11:37am

No, they are VERY different. That is what we are saying. Listing your NCAA

BYUtka

3/24/23 11:41am

I’ll agree it’s not the same. One of them is more embarrassing.

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 11:42am

The big difference is no BYU fans celebrate that loss. Utes, on the other hand..

Bossk82

3/24/23 11:48am

I agree!

All-American

3/24/23 5:03pm

Lol...it says nothing about who won or lost the game...

WJCougar

3/24/23 6:30pm

No, that is exactly the OPPOSITE of what I just said. Re-read it.

BlueVU

3/24/23 11:42am

Some peoples struggle with reading comprehension when they are so triggered.

BYUtka

3/24/23 11:44am

He's a Ute. Critical thinking isn't his thing.

Ungoy

3/24/23 3:12pm

Hey buddy!

Ray Shoesmith

3/24/23 12:00pm

That’s actually your problem. You don’t, nor will you ever “get it“!

Desert Rat

3/24/23 5:47pm

So since we lost to you in one bowl we should take down all the bowl loss

SoBlueitHurts

3/24/23 11:43am

Yeah you should. It’s not that impressive playing in and losing in a Las Vegas bowl.

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 11:45am

BYU bowl record since 2017: 3-2. Utah's 0-4.

BlueVU

3/24/23 11:47am

Thanks, we will definitely call you with all future decisions about traditions

SoBlueitHurts

3/24/23 11:53am

What is your value to CB again? Such stupid comments.

Yllage Vidiot

3/25/23 12:40pm

In fairness we should take down the bowl banners but that doesn’t help him.

All-American

3/24/23 4:41pm

especially back when it was an accomplishment just to get to one it was worth

SoBlueitHurts

3/24/23 5:07pm

Hanging a banner in a gymnasium is one thing. Wearing t-shirt, hats, flags in your front yard and on your car is another

Crowgar

3/25/23 3:05am

You know what, you’re right.

YOHONOMOTO

3/24/23 11:26am

Virginia Ute is right guys. I also remember after that bowl game I had Vegas dollar bills and bling emojis in my Twitter

JohnnyComeLately

3/24/23 11:30am

Lol yeah byu fans would NEVER do that. They’re already doing the b12 thing as hard as Utah fans did the p12, and if

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 11:33am

Show me one BYU fan with a BIG XII tattoo.

JohnnyComeLately

3/24/23 11:36am

Tattoos not a great comparison, given the religious implications. There are like 2 byu fans with tattoos.

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 11:40am

There are two BYU fans in my house with tattoos. Half the fan base is Polynesian. But you are right. Not a lot

JohnnyComeLately

3/24/23 11:42am

There are two BYU fans within my immediate family who have tattoos; son & wife.

Belboz

3/24/23 12:11pm

Have you heard of this place called the South Pacific?

Mitty

3/24/23 9:03pm

RE: Show me one BYU fan with a BIG XII tattoo.

Ragnar Danneskjold

3/24/23 11:42am

BYU didn't throw a parade, so we got that at least

Turnpike Lane

3/24/23 12:03pm

BYU did throw a parade...when they won the National Championship...

WJCougar

3/24/23 6:32pm

Trust me, they are not. It’s not even close. You guys were embarrassing with it!

Desert Rat

3/24/23 5:48pm

According to Vyewt, the stadium banners are way worse

vegas guey

3/24/23 11:41am

Granted our bowl banners are dumb. But it doesn't compare.

All-American

3/24/23 11:32am

Doesn’t compare to having a P12 champ ring? How do? The rings are made every year for the winning team.

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 11:33am

No one is criticizing making rings. It's the fact that the rings have roses.

Bossk82

3/24/23 11:50am

Its not difficult to understand. But that doesn't mean everyone can understand..

Atmospheric_Cougar

3/24/23 12:14pm

RE: I dunno, you guys put a sign up in your stadium for a bowl loss…to

Tim Riggins

3/24/23 11:36am

RE: I dunno, you guys put a sign up in your stadium for a bowl loss…to

Ungoy

3/24/23 3:20pm

That's pretty dumb. But I didn't even know those existed and paid no attention

whoneedscorners?

3/24/23 11:45am

That's a lot different than fans going around like they won something.

Jeffacka

3/24/23 12:02pm

Does USC have their Las Vegas bowl loss banner up in the coleseum?

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 12:06pm

USC doesn't have any bowl banners in the coliseum. 55 banners would be nuts.

Jeffacka

3/24/23 12:08pm

I would be in favor of taking down the bowl banners and that has no bearing here

All-American

3/24/23 1:37pm

Difference is the fans. I have never heard or seen our fans point at the banners

TheRowdy

3/24/23 1:44pm

That tradition started when making a bowl was an accomplishment. Now you can

yahtzee

3/24/23 2:39pm

I think it started well after that.

All-American

3/24/23 5:05pm

The bowls in the 70's were few enough it is worth celebrating, even if they did

SoBlueitHurts

3/24/23 5:18pm

I think it may have been lavell’s last game when they first hung it.

All-American

3/24/23 6:53pm

Hmm thought it was earlier

yahtzee

3/24/23 10:10pm

My guess is that none of us or no more than 1 of us put that up there.

Belboz

3/24/23 12:09pm

"You guys." No, one guy who put that up. Cougar fans never talk about it.

Brandoblueblood

3/24/23 1:45pm

That's actually pretty funny. Touche.

VenomFarmer

3/24/23 2:53pm

Yep, that shouldn't be up. Only wins should be up there.

MarylandFan

3/24/23 4:02pm

How long did BYU fans have dice emojis in their Twitter handles after that?

zsmooth

3/24/23 6:50pm

I love the sign that's right above it, don't you?

Wingnut

3/25/23 8:48am

Lol, clearly that's a sign that all of us think about on the regular.

couldge

3/25/23 4:25pm

I'm confused, are those Rose Bowl rings or conference championship rings?

OPINIONS

3/24/23 11:20am

There is a difference.

TheHop

3/24/23 11:51am

So Utah made a second place ring?

WJCougar

3/24/23 12:00pm

RE: So Utah made a second place ring?

TheHop

3/24/23 1:41pm

Haven't you ever heard of a Participation Award?

Brandoblueblood

3/24/23 2:20pm

That looks like the 2020 Pac-12 champions ring and the corresponding Rose Bowl Champions ring for Oregon.

OPINIONS

3/24/23 2:28pm

Utah athletics has no identity anymore that doesn't include the P12.

Turnpike Lane

3/24/23 11:26am

Their existence is simply coattail hanging. It's all about affiliation for them.

Ragnar Danneskjold

3/24/23 11:44am

RE: Utah athletics has no identity anymore that doesn't include the P12.

yahtzee

3/24/23 2:40pm

It’s awesome and hilarious. Utah should keep promoting their Rose Bowl losses.

Poseidon

3/24/23 11:28am

They also seem to care way more about conference championships than any other school, and before that it was all about

Nuke

3/24/23 11:29am

They are going out (of the PAC as they knew it) in a blaze of glory.

VenomFarmer

3/24/23 12:07pm

Meh, they won their conference and were rewarded with a Rose Bowl invite

Medute

3/24/23 12:23pm

Of all the things the Utes deserve to be mocked for, this is kind of weak.

BluesBrother

3/24/23 12:35pm

A nothing burger? You mean kind of like winning the PAC the last 2 years.

slatecoug

3/24/23 1:32pm

That’s awesome man. Congrats on your success

Medute

3/24/23 2:51pm

Utah runs around acting like winning the PAC the last 2 years is an amazing accomplishment.

slatecoug

3/24/23 3:03pm

No man, I’m serious. I think it’s great you guys had success

Medute

3/24/23 3:08pm

Well thank you. They were nice wins, but not earth shattering considering the competition.

slatecoug

3/24/23 3:30pm

Does the face of the ring come off to reveal the "Back 2 Back"?

Nagurski

3/24/23 12:36pm

Two negatives equal a positive.

Puzzled Panther

3/24/23 2:08pm

Losing is winning 🌹🌹

ColdFusion1989

3/24/23 2:16pm

Nah...you're not going to win every game. Especially w/o your best players. The Rose Bowl

TFL

3/24/23 2:20pm

TFL: 0-2 is great, you won't win all of them. Put another rose on that ring!!!

Atmospheric_Cougar

3/24/23 2:39pm

Nah...in context. Utah lost all that talent in 2018 and 2019, then Ty Jordan in 2020

TFL

3/24/23 2:53pm

Amazing story! Thanks for sharing that with us. TFL = Titillated From Losing 🌹

Atmospheric_Cougar

3/24/23 3:06pm

I like BYU. I do think BYU fans are going to surprised next year how challenging a P5 can be.

TFL

3/24/23 3:12pm

nah, most of us won't be surprised, unless we do really well.

TheRowdy

3/24/23 3:21pm

You act as if BYU has no idea what it's like to play a P5 schedule. Someone needs a refresher.

slatecoug

3/24/23 3:26pm

Agree with everything except 7 ≠ 10. 7/12 ~58%, vs 10/12 ~ 83%.

TheRowdy

3/24/23 3:35pm

Yeah, losing to BYU and SDSU in the first few weeks was a tough gauntlet to get

SoBlueitHurts

3/24/23 3:41pm

We'll see. Utah lost to Oreg. State, SDSU and BYU. All 3 on the road and snapped 5, 6 and 9 games win streaks

TFL

3/24/23 4:06pm

Or maybe the PAC just was not all that good and Utah still lost to a weak Or St

SoBlueitHurts

3/24/23 5:15pm

P5s are about tough road games. BYU did great in 2021 vs. the Pac. Major props. I rooted for BYU most games. But

TFL

3/24/23 3:46pm

Ohio St. had more guys sitting out than Utah had injured.

slatecoug

3/24/23 11:58pm

It doesn’t fit his amazing experience cheering for the underdog narrative.

Atmospheric_Cougar

3/25/23 8:38am

Because it's Ohio State. Those "backups" were the same team that almost beat the NC Georgia team by a missed FG

TFL

3/25/23 2:26pm

THE Ohio State has more depth than the Utes. More news at 11.

zsmooth

3/25/23 3:58pm

And every PAC teams had more resources available to them than BYU, yet BYU is 6-1 over the last 2 years against the PAC

slatecoug

3/25/23 4:08pm

You’re changing the subject. This isn’t about Utah’s P5 schedule or BYU playing

Atmospheric_Cougar

3/24/23 4:21pm

Who cares though? These rings are for the student athletes who won a championship and had a great experience

TFL

3/24/23 6:50pm

TFL… you can’t be this oblivious to reality. You realize you’re on cougar board?

Atmospheric_Cougar

3/25/23 8:58am

No BYU fan is expecting success in the Big12 similar to the 5-0 record against the Pac of 2021.

zsmooth

3/25/23 5:21am

Exactly, it’s a false assumption he made up in his head. We know BIG12>PAC8.

Atmospheric_Cougar

3/25/23 8:59am

Nah...

Emmett Fitz-Hume

3/24/23 9:26pm

At first glance I thought the back said “Pac 10 Back”

Pangare

3/24/23 3:42pm

RE: I truly have never seen a team cherish an L like Utah cherishes a rose bowl

millar667

3/24/23 4:31pm

Hahaha bruh… you made an account and post on COUGARboard. Are you serious? 😂

Poseidon

3/24/23 4:54pm

Will they ever see that irony, even when the obvious is pointed out to them?

SoBlueitHurts

3/24/23 5:17pm

Self awareness and emotional intelligence is lacking in this one. Most Utes TBH

Atmospheric_Cougar

3/24/23 6:44pm

BYU is pretty proud of the Weedeater Bowl loss to Alabama Birmingham.

Stalwartbob

3/24/23 6:18pm

Tell me the story about your ring grandpa rising…

LumberCoug

3/24/23 4:33pm

Am I one of the few BYU fans who doesn’t think it’s dumb? I get the arguments

palangi

3/24/23 4:39pm

Actually what one is a W. The rose bowl was the L. Also... some of you guys

Polecat

3/24/23 5:51pm

You say did like it was in the past. He is still an incredible jerk that won't

SoBlueitHurts

3/24/23 6:41pm

I use past tense because he is different with Kalani. He acknowledges that

Polecat

3/25/23 7:18pm

VirginiaUte defending it w/ the vigor of one who regrets that Rose tramp stamp

rivercitycoug

3/24/23 6:24pm

LOL I clearly touched a nerve here. Check mate, VU. Another job well done.

Virginia Ute

3/24/23 6:28pm

Check mate for what???

Refugee

3/24/23 6:31pm

Trying to make himself feel better after a pathetic showing. Lol

Desert Rat

3/24/23 6:36pm

You go get your CB victory TAT! What a clown

SoBlueitHurts

3/24/23 6:42pm

Virginia Ute patting himself on his back & declaring check mate on cougarboard:

Atmospheric_Cougar

3/24/23 7:01pm

Anyone (except TNT of course), that refers to themselves in the 3rd person in a congratulatory post on a rival’s site

Yllage Vidiot

3/25/23 7:50pm

That's why they lose. They're just happy to be there.

Hill4Heisman

3/24/23 6:51pm

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