My BYU fandom is close to an all time low. It's apathy for me. So much

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Mar 24, 2024
9:45:48am

wildeone All-American

My BYU fandom is close to an all time low. It's apathy for me. So much

Disappointment with little success to show for it.
I'm so sick of first round exits from the tourney, inexplicable losses over and over.
I feel like I'm becoming numb to it.
This applies to both football and basketball but since the basketball exercise in futility is more recent, I put it here.

I'm usually an optimistic fan, but I have no optimism for the future here.

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wildeone

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Last login: Apr 27, 2024
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My BYU fandom is close to an all time low. It's apathy for me. So much

wildeone

Mar 24, 9:45am

Why do you think they allowed caffeine on campus a few years ago? Drink up Mate!

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

Mar 24, 9:46am

It 100% sucks to be good but never great and suck in post season. We are all

Idacoug

Mar 24, 9:47am

We have decades of evidence now. Some kind of mental virus in the system.

Mitty

Mar 24, 9:47am

What were your expectations prior to the season? Did you expect a 5th place

Littlerich

Mar 24, 9:49am

Are fans not allowed to update their expectations as new evidence is presented?

markis_cougarfan

Mar 24, 9:53am

Yes, but it is healthy to take results in context of expectations as well.

Littlerich

Mar 24, 9:56am

Why? What do your expectations have to do with actual results?

BYU '80

Mar 24, 9:59am

All I am trying to say is you you can see the good front this season without

Littlerich

Mar 24, 10:04am

I’m happy when they win and not happy when they lose

BYU '80

Mar 24, 10:07am

There is a difference between healthy fan expectations

LilToney

Mar 24, 10:12am

Thanks for more eloquently articulating what I was trying to say

Littlerich

Mar 24, 10:18am

I don't think it's unreasonable to be disappointed by a first round exit again

wildeone

Mar 25, 12:45am

No as evidenced by most of cb daily since november

BYU '80

Mar 24, 9:58am

It would appear that CB is not very good at evaluating evidence

Mar 24, 11:09am

And based on BYU's overall post-season history, they should never expect a

foofcoug

Mar 24, 10:05am

Why does this matter? Do expectations from 10 months ago validate 12 missed...

COACHdrn

Mar 24, 3:29pm

No problem! There are lots of fair-weather fans on here. You will fit right in

Nikomedes

Mar 24, 9:52am

Yep, and for basketball that fair weather hit once in the early 80’s and again

Mar 24, 9:56am

I’ve been there for a long time. I used to get really upset after losses, not

Duke Silver

Mar 24, 10:00am

I started doing that too. For me to continue would be to wallow in the misery

Mar 24, 10:37am

Maybe BYU can turn into the Northwestern of the Big 12, happy with what every

RC Vikings

Mar 24, 10:12am

First time in a while our team is AP Top 25 almost all season

Mar 24, 10:29am

I had more fun this season than any time I can remember.

HighHorse

Mar 25, 5:16am

Haha I can tell you are younger. Don't worry, us older Cougs have all gone

CT98

Mar 24, 10:33am

Getting old sounds fun!

Alan Schaefer

Mar 24, 3:12pm

#Jaded

CT98

Mar 24, 10:31pm

Very true and also I’m grateful BYU hasn’t hung up sports in Provo.

Dr MoBYU

Mar 24, 11:09am

Can you even imagine BYU without sports. Turn into Ricks 2.0. No thanks

fan32

Mar 24, 1:04pm

What a weird frame of mind. I’m just as disappointed,call it devastated as the next guy, but if you come out the other

Blue2thebone

Mar 24, 11:25am

Life is a sh@t sandwich. So is being a BYU fan and

DawgHaus

Mar 24, 4:05pm

I’m looked at as Mr Negative by many. I just don’t jump in with wild expectations. We always overestimate BYU’s true

Blue2thebone

Mar 24, 4:14pm

Yep. Yep. Coug fan’s expectations were inflated.

DawgHaus

Mar 24, 5:46pm

Cut yourself some slack…March apathy is normal. November apathy is a problem.

Cthack1

Mar 24, 12:05pm

I've never been more apathetic about BYU football at this time of year.

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

Mar 24, 3:55pm

Little success? Did you even watch this season?

StantonMac

Mar 24, 12:15pm

A season that ended no better than any season in the WCC?

wildeone

Mar 24, 1:55pm

I feel sorry for fans who view NCAA tourney wins as the only measure of success

cougarfan84

Mar 24, 2:19pm

I mean, is it too much to ask for one win?

wildeone

Mar 24, 3:20pm

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AZJIM

Mar 24, 12:20pm

It’s just entertainment; a distraction in life. Treat it as such and it’s great

BlackBart

Mar 24, 12:40pm

Bingo! Bullseye.

DawgHaus

Mar 24, 7:37pm

67 of 68 teams leave with a disappointing loss

Hill4Heisman

Mar 24, 2:00pm

I’d suggest deleting your account and spending time elsewhere

conetah

Mar 24, 2:17pm

Low T?

TheLoanArranger

Mar 24, 2:55pm

I’ve been a Raiders fan for 40+ years. So I’m used to disappointment

Mar 24, 3:02pm

"becoming numb to it" is normal and a good thing (it's time to grow up)

ColoSpgs

Mar 24, 3:19pm

BYU-my team, won or lose. Yes, I'm disappointed when we lose, but there are

rockyrd

Mar 24, 3:22pm

Benjamin Franklin: “God loves us so he gave us beer.”

DawgHaus

Mar 24, 4:06pm

I feel your pain but when you say "BYU Fandom," it sounds like you are limiting

AlexKnight

Mar 24, 4:32pm

That bball season was super fun and the future is bright, rooting for you

Kevin Arnold

Mar 24, 4:58pm

Feels like you're in the Acceptance phase of the BYU fan grief cycle,

J. Walter Weatherman

Mar 24, 5:13pm

If you couldn’t enjoy this bball season, you won’t ever enjoy cheering for BYU.

Mar 24, 5:51pm

Well that’s unfortunate…for you. However, for BYU basketball the future is rosy

icecougar

Mar 24, 6:20pm

This basketball season was the most fun with BBall I've had in a while.

Mr Salad

Mar 24, 6:50pm

Feel that exact way about FB. So obvious that Kalani is not the guy. But BB??

TheMediator

Mar 24, 7:50pm

Seriously. Feels like we are just delaying the inevitable with Kalani.

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

Mar 24, 7:54pm

Yeah. Being a top 25 team most of the year, finishing 5th in B12 and going to NCAA tournament really sucks.

yapacoug

Mar 24, 8:45pm

Yep. Wildone and many other “Y fans” would better off cheering for ‘bama or

NYC and Japan

Mar 24, 10:03pm

Yes, because wanting one good tourney assistance I'm 15 years makes me a fairwea

wildeone

Mar 25, 12:38am

How dare you.

Alan Schaefer

Mar 27, 6:40pm

It does suck when your team has the dubious honor of having the most tourney

wildeone

Mar 25, 12:40am

Just need to change your expectations

Hutch65

Mar 24, 9:44pm

I’m not gonna lower my expectations to less than losing to Duquesne, who then

Alan Schaefer

Mar 27, 6:55pm

Life’s a journey. Not a destination. Enjoy the ride and the good and bad memories you make along the way.

Spiff

Mar 27, 7:16pm

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