That's hilarious. During the embarrassing 96-97 season when BYU went 1-25, the average home game attendance was...

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Mar 12, 2025
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cougfanblue Assistant to the manager

...16,985, ranking 7th nationally.

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I assume this is Lovering's dad. Ouch...

cougfanblue Assistant to the manager

Mar 12, 1:15pm

Hi Bill. It shouldnt be news to you but your son plays for the worst fan base in

byubyu

Mar 12, 1:17pm

100% THIS!

Coug

Mar 12, 1:19pm

#ExtendHarlan

snowbird

Mar 12, 1:25pm

Harlan is the BEST thing to happen to Utah sports since the Utes killed off

BlueDiver

Mar 12, 3:20pm

That's such a crap statement

HRCougar

Mar 12, 1:32pm

That's such a crap statement.

Abe Froman

Mar 12, 4:12pm

RE: That's such a crap statement.

HRCougar

Mar 12, 4:51pm

That’s such a crap statement

TunaNoCrust

Mar 13, 1:30am

Crappy UU fans & administration should definitely not be news to him...

cougarmeister

Mar 12, 2:29pm

Seriously. It’s like the rattlesnake “you knew what I was when you picked me up”

East_is_up

Mar 12, 10:39pm

Ute fans suck. But at the same time I could see how Lovering would be hard to cheer for.

kimdaddy35

Mar 12, 1:17pm

They fired Smith with 3 or 4 games left... hired a new guy who won't even join the program until mid April

Coug

Mar 12, 1:20pm

It would have given them continuity though for the team to try and accomplish something like winning the postseason

kimdaddy35

Mar 12, 1:24pm

Harlan didn't want the team to go on a good run. It would have been harder

mcnasty

Mar 12, 1:37pm

Agreed. I think he got nervous after the Kansas sweep and took the UCF loss as a chance to make the change.

5150man

Mar 12, 1:40pm

Exactly this!

Cougarbib

Mar 12, 1:46pm

Agreed, which is terrible for the players. A clear sign that their AD didn't care about them.

kimdaddy35

Mar 12, 1:58pm

That is the most pathetic reason - scared his team may win oh boy there are

johnnybyu

Mar 12, 3:10pm

Improve draft position

sah22

Mar 12, 4:12pm

Utes did Smith DIRTY dirty...

ninja math

Mar 12, 4:42pm

They couldn't let him finish the season because he may have done much better

indocoug

Mar 12, 6:50pm

Yeah I totally agree with Jim - they shouldn’t have given up on this team. They

Srg

Mar 12, 11:26pm

The Smith firing is easy to understand. That decision was probably made the day

Cougarbib

Mar 12, 1:44pm

If they hired Alex Jensen no one would have cared how many games Smith won.

johnnybyu

Mar 12, 3:15pm

I love watching him play. Such a hard rebounder. He’s not a starter

Boring

Mar 12, 2:23pm

I actually feel a little bad for these guys that had to play for the utes. 🤮

Ojiisan

Mar 12, 1:18pm

Yeah, it's not like this team had a Marshall Henderson on the team or anything.

cougfanblue

Mar 12, 1:21pm

If that is a general feeling from the players, make you wonder if any will be back

Remigius

Mar 12, 1:19pm

Based on friends and family members of Wahlin on this board it is clear he is trying to get out.

kimdaddy35

Mar 12, 1:20pm

Wahlin...

Coug

Mar 12, 1:21pm

would be interesting to see what he could do with good coaching/system.

Mayor of Cougartown

Mar 12, 1:31pm

also regarding wahlin

Bob Vance

Mar 12, 1:33pm

I don't know why anyone would want to come back unless they didn't have options.

fredy

Mar 12, 1:37pm

May the implosion continue

jollaksentie

Mar 12, 1:21pm

<< Deleted >>

Rhubarb

Mar 12, 1:21pm

I actually think it’s fair to be mad that the university gave up on the season

arcawley

Mar 12, 1:21pm

Pretty vague though, what is he talking about, really?

Mitty

Mar 12, 1:23pm

What is vague?

cougfanblue

Mar 12, 1:25pm

What he is saying is that the school, its admin, and fans are the worst. And he

Ojiisan

Mar 12, 1:27pm

Why is his kid playing there though? We all know what that place is. Clearly

Mitty

Mar 12, 1:28pm

I want to play for Utah basketball!!

CycloneCoug

Mar 12, 1:28pm

They may have to hold open tryouts so you could have a chance.

fredy

Mar 12, 1:38pm

Their fans, coaches, administration... the ENTIRE university is toxic

yorksama

Mar 12, 1:38pm

This response will help

cruiserhead

Mar 12, 1:39pm

That's hilarious. During the embarrassing 96-97 season when BYU went 1-25, the average home game attendance was...

cougfanblue

Mar 12, 1:51pm

That was tickets sold. Having attended nearly every game that season, the actual

byubyu

Mar 12, 1:58pm

I remember getting home from my mission in 1998 and attending games. I could sit close enough to hear Steve Cleveland in

Spiff

Mar 12, 2:57pm

I was on the front row of practically every bball game the 97 season.

VACOUGFAN

Mar 12, 7:11pm

Attendance was pathetic. We probably had the current Huntsman Attendance

johnnybyu

Mar 12, 3:35pm

Attendance at the time was actually below 7,000.

Bwiro

Mar 12, 9:16pm

And the best LDS talent was at Utah and Stanford instead of the Y

Parker Schnabel

Mar 13, 9:20am

He’s right - if you’ve been a Utah fan for long you’re used to losing

Jersey hunter

Mar 12, 2:08pm

"Us long time fans..."

Cougarclaw

Mar 12, 2:08pm

Typical ute: No facts to brag about so rip on BYU with unprovable conjecture

Brandoblueblood

Mar 12, 2:10pm

UteRichard58... The name checks out...

Ungoy

Mar 12, 2:13pm

oh my gosh...embarrassing. I noticed he had another good one a few months ago

Avery

Mar 12, 2:22pm

He's right, the BIG12 doesn't deserve Utah. It's just not the way he thinks.

Powerbait DPM

Mar 12, 2:46pm

wHY DoEs evErYOnE tHinK oUr FanbAsE IS t3RriBle?

Emmett Fitz-Hume

Mar 12, 9:30pm

If you can't handle us at our worst, go play for the team that's the best

Great38

Mar 12, 10:29pm

Their fans are more passionate than BYU’s? I’m going to need a shred of evidence

BYU '80

Mar 12, 11:18pm

While we can savor the demise of Utah in any sport, we should recognize the absolutely classy post Lovering's Dad

CLCougar

Mar 12, 1:40pm

He seems like a great dude

cougfanblue

Mar 12, 1:52pm

Nice post - probably hoping BYU gives his son a look

acougfan

Mar 12, 2:17pm

I pretty sure he's done. 2 yrs at Colorado and 2 yrs at Utah.

fredy

Mar 12, 2:53pm

The fanbase wrote them off years ago, not weeks ago

BYU Fan

Mar 12, 1:49pm

"The free throw shooting."

lukeskywalker

Mar 12, 2:04pm

u of u continues to show from the President down that they are terrible

acougfan

Mar 12, 2:09pm

Bill used to be excited for his son playing at Utah, but now he is not

slatecoug

Mar 12, 2:13pm

"The administration...writing them off with 3 weeks left." That has to be

Avery

Mar 12, 2:15pm

Agree not sure why the fired Smith then. Alex Jensen was going to still be

johnnybyu

Mar 12, 2:35pm

And if Jensen is going to finish the season with the Mavs anyway,

Captain Stubing

Mar 12, 3:57pm

Agreed but I don't think Jensen was rumored for any coaching job. Wasn't like

johnnybyu

Mar 12, 4:32pm

They fired him preemptively in case they made a run, easier now to fire him

SwanSong

Mar 12, 5:33pm

Why did he let his kid go to UU if he wanted to be treated better?

Dr MoBYU

Mar 12, 2:51pm

One of you guys come get your grandpa

machete

Mar 12, 3:06pm

RE: One of you guys come get your grandpa

5150man

Mar 12, 3:20pm

Poster is a good guy but is about 5'5". He'd have to stick with saying unsavory hings.

No touching

Mar 12, 4:18pm

Every coach recruiting against the u RN: "Let me just show you a typical tweet."

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