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Props to KY for leaving the “security” of the NBA to enter the ever changing

blackandblue

5:56pm

Experts say you shouldn't go into the job interview asking about money.

OverratedHumor

5:52pm

Because of the culture around pro sports, it seems like this industry won’t

Crowd Factor

5:55pm

Josh Pate has interviewed lots of coaches, and several have said that they

Yukon

5:55pm

Dallin Hall to Duke?

fredetteaboutit13

5:46pm

RE: Dallin Hall to Duke?

CougarGuy84

5:47pm

If we pay Young but not Hall....

Plato

5:47pm

Problem is — Hall's price tag will play a hand in setting a standard for the team. Hall's valuable to us, yes

SinkingQuffa

5:53pm

Man this crap makes me like college sports less and less with each passing day.

G.Freeman

5:49pm

I've never been more invested in BYU sports than the last few years.

IdahoCoug

5:52pm

He gone

TarCoug

5:50pm

If he go, it be cuz money be to much to refuse

Belboz

5:56pm

If he wants his offense to die, Virginia is THE place to go.

Yukon

5:52pm

Time to move on... I'm so done

Coug

5:54pm

odd to watch 80’s music videos and realize we used to live without cell phones

OU Cougar

5:46pm

Hey BYU: Take Pope and Fueger and Fennell's Pics and

Elvis

5:38pm

FWIW, Pope had BYU stuff taken off Twitter within an hour of the announcement.

OverratedHumor

5:42pm

RE: FWIW, Pope had BYU stuff taken off Twitter within an hour of the

LV Mike

5:45pm

RE: FWIW, Pope had BYU stuff taken off Twitter within an hour of the

Ojiisan

5:49pm

POLL: Utah Yeti or Yetis?

Magneto

5:35pm

Neither.

JohnnyComeLately

5:39pm

Amazing Puka video

Ron Mexico

5:32pm

clickbait

IdahoCoug

5:39pm

Be careful on that motorcycle

OU Cougar

5:31pm

I drove past that accident this afternoon. Looked bad.

IdahoCoug

5:40pm

My definitive ranking of Dr. Pepper Zero Sugar flavors. Let’s debate:

DansmithUVU

5:24pm

Regular is still #1

LaVellIfIKnow

5:32pm

No debate… DP Zero Regular..#1 thru #6. Ha ha… just my opinion

Real G Man

5:34pm

Cherry is awful. I bought a 12 pack and suffered through it until it was then 😂

DansmithUVU

5:35pm

Crazy fact: I’ve actually never had Dr Pepper in my life. Which should be my

BaseCoug

5:35pm

Regular

SWKTNative

5:37pm

Don’t start now. You don’t know what you’re missing out, and once you have it….

DansmithUVU

5:39pm

As someone you grew up not drinking caffeinated sodas,

The Pope

5:45pm

Interesting, I don’t like either coke or Pepsi either

BaseCoug

5:51pm

Strawberries & cream is my jam for sure. Never had the coconut one but not a

Blew

5:39pm

Regular fully leaded. Just had myself a Waco with dinner.

creameryon9th

5:48pm

I’m crying with laughter… we’re on a road trip… my wife’s driving… I’m reading CB comments on transfers and NIL and she

Boomcannon Passing Time

5:22pm

RE: I’m crying with laughter… we’re on a ward trip… my

Zombre

5:23pm

She has a point.

Dark Forest Green

5:23pm

She is saying what a lot of us are thinking.

Blue for Life

5:40pm

My favorite thing about Dallin Hall hot takes on here...

bluescholar

5:47pm

Apparently Duke and Virginia think he’s worth it.

Zombre

5:55pm

Do you think they’ll do any ticket packages that include a mix of hockey/Jazz?

blackandblue

5:20pm

Doubt it. Revenue for leagues are separate.

Little Mac

5:32pm

Any examples of those with KY's profile that have been successful in D1 bball?

Dr T-bone

5:12pm

Do we have to use KY?

Plato

5:14pm

Yes, that is his nickname, that is what Booker and others call him

Dr T-bone

5:18pm

It is more syllables than Young.

Plato

5:42pm

RE: Do we have to use KY?

PJMort

5:19pm

RE: Do we have to use KY?

conetah

5:30pm

It's really only been in the past 20 years that the NBA has become developmental

rcbyufan

5:21pm

Fred Hoiberg, Mark Madsen, Eric Musselman

RenoCoug

5:22pm

Maybe Patrick Ewing?

tacallaway

5:25pm

High school/JC connections used to be big in recruiting, now the the portal...

bluefish

5:54pm

For all you Sandlot/Goonies lovers, check out Riddle of Fire. I woulda rewatched

scootsy

5:09pm

Trailer:

scootsy

5:11pm

It better have a bunch of swears and overall inappropriateness

DiamondMo

5:16pm

Former SL mayor, Ted Wilson passed away. He was influential in SLC for many years in and out of office.

Tokolosh Stop the Stupid party member

5:08pm

He was a very nice guy.

shakarocks

5:31pm

His daughter is annoying

Carnac

5:37pm

Ted served as counselor to Kem Gardner in a U of U Singles Stake Presidency back

CMM Cougar

5:45pm

The NBA play in tournament is dumb.

Baron Sovereign User

5:08pm

CB dentists: 18 month old chipped tooth. We have an appointment scheduled for

gaffer

5:02pm

My 5yo chipped his tooth around that age. They didn’t do anything about it.

scootsy

5:24pm

Like everything it just depends, which tooth, size of chip, symptoms etc.

EvoIXCOUG

5:38pm

Depends on how much it’s chipped and if it reached the pulp chamber

blueandWHITE

5:38pm

They’ll do whatever you’ll pay them to do

King of Y

5:44pm

For those that want to watch NHL in Utah Livestream:

CougarCanuck76

5:00pm

Why is his face totally wet?

Niiineteeen84

5:20pm

Family movie night - best family movie from your childhood?

MormonThug

4:49pm

Of those, BTTF

TNT

4:50pm

Never saw ET or Princess Bride. Yes TNT is from this planet

TNT

4:51pm

ET sucks honestly, BTTF is by far the best

pegushin

4:52pm

Blackbeards Ghost

byuluvr

4:51pm

I showed this, as well as bed knob and broomsticks to my kids. They loved both of them.

Black Diamond Bay

4:53pm

Just remembered my dad rented a movie once for family movie night. Opening scene

MormonThug

4:51pm

Heavyweights. Classic

dahurt45

4:52pm

Bingo. Forgot about that one. Heavyweights movie night at the thug household.

MormonThug

4:54pm

Just watched it with my kids a couple weekends ago. So great. Also, little

dahurt45

4:58pm

Mr. Mom, Mrs. Doubtfire

Pollster

4:52pm

Homeward Bound

Grock

4:53pm

Teen Wolf

TADOW

4:54pm

It definitely made an imprint on you

TNT

4:55pm

Or imprinted you whichever you prefer

TNT

4:56pm

Star Wars, Star Trek, The Fugitive,

scall

4:54pm

Airborne, Karate Kid, Remember the Titans, Three Amigos

Penske Material

4:54pm

Iron Will

Zerigke Ally Zerigke

4:54pm

Willow.

Traveshamockery

4:55pm

Anyone else cringe at how many times they sat through the Buttercream Gang?

Ikuna

4:55pm

I know my cousins watched it a lot. Never did.

MormonThug

5:06pm

the "process bride" sounds like something you would watch in Lean Six Sigma 😉

Brute66

4:55pm

Mods: Please don't talk about sex on CB. Thank you!

TNT

4:56pm

Willow

Dangerous

4:58pm

Old Yeller, Follow Me Boys, Flubber

SageOwl

4:58pm

It is Fitness Friday. You could change that to Blubber

TNT

4:59pm

Kurt Russell Disney movies.

cruiserhead

4:58pm

Sandlot

Baron

4:59pm

Karate kid

WDaddy

5:00pm

That Darn Cat

Kilgore Trout

5:00pm

Muppet Movie, Karate Kid, ET, Benjy, Support Your Local Sheriff, Apple Dumpling

icecougar

5:03pm

Cool Runnings

SWKTNative

5:06pm

My kids loved that one.

MormonThug

5:07pm

Better off Dead, Space Camp, Ferris Bueller, Adventures in Babysitting, Rad

therock

5:12pm

Ben Hur

Lifi

5:15pm

North Avenue Irregulars, Big Fat Liar, McFarland USA - whoops only the first one

BigD Coug

5:16pm

Great family movie: A Million Miles Away

BlueZone

5:19pm

Definitely princess bride.

NumbersGuy

5:21pm

Princess Bride is a perfect movie.

ebv

5:26pm

Uncle Buck. Great Outdoors. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad, World. October Sky.

Kaanapali

5:32pm

Savannah Smiles, Oscar, hot lead cold feet, Rad, Strongest man in the world,

md7Coug

5:35pm

The B.R.A.T. Patrol (1986)

Icecat

5:41pm

Secondhand Lions

Nuke

5:41pm

From my YA days, a western needs to be listed… The Magnificent Seven

Real G Man

5:52pm

Trying to post a ? mark in parenthesis looks like KW's vestige tail. ( ? )

Malathion

4:43pm

Don't know whether to laugh or roll my eyes. You're not wrong but I'd have never made that connection.

ManicBlue

5:02pm

Thanks for the laugh. I drove by Kyle's house earlier today and while writing

Malathion

5:13pm

Any reports on Dawson Baker's surgery and recovery status?

Underhill All-American

4:40pm

Hear me out: I think schools can subsidize NIL donations by fans in the form of

Lalau

4:38pm

I’d say let university pay players directly or change NIL portal rules

Rexy Coug

4:52pm

My idea is how to operate within the current bad/broken system, rather than how

Lalau

5:01pm

Agree that the idea makes sense…but ticket revenue is protected

Rexy Coug

5:15pm

It’s this type of thought process from BYU fans that supports the argument that we are in real NIL trouble

Blue2thebone

5:26pm

NIL is not about individual fan contributions-businesses and big donors are

Rexy Coug

5:42pm

Doesn't the school have to be arm's length from the NIL transaction? Wouldn't

Jasbo

5:34pm

Noah Waterman

spidercoug

4:28pm

Knell is working on his MBA at BYU - he won't be leaving to play elsewhere anywa

epcoug

4:40pm

And here’s the deal with Waterman

mjmill

4:47pm

He is the next version of Andrea Kiralenko if it all comes together.

adog

4:51pm

I was literally just about to say the same thing.

Blue Golfer

4:52pm

True he's actually the one that could make it in the NBA. Can't believe I am

johnnybyu

4:56pm

He could be NBA talent. If he hits the next level of development

Blue2thebone

5:31pm

If only we had a coach that excelled at player development

Cougarclaw

5:42pm

His mom and family are his biggest fans, but I'm probably a close second now.

DB Cooper

4:49pm

Noah is quietly becoming one of my favorite BYU players ever

CouginCottonwood

4:51pm

Hope he gets NIL money.

SoValleyCOUG

4:54pm

All scholarship guys are doing pretty well in NIL.

RootieBoy

5:07pm

Except for international students don’t get NIL.

Soy Celeste

5:10pm

That’s not what Ali Khalifa said

Blue2thebone

5:15pm

There was an interview where he joked about how unique BYU is, and after watching it, I came to the conclusion that

Blue2thebone

5:14pm

It was no secret he had a tough first year — but really turned a new page in his first offseason. Pope was sincere

SinkingQuffa

5:36pm

Live Mascots

Wife of Y Not?

4:20pm

BYU has a live mascot habitat - It is called Rock Canyon

Hoopster

4:26pm

Wouldn’t be good for the Cougar to live in a small habitat. They are big animals

BlooCoug

4:28pm

I would like all those involved with the program to focus on winning before

RH84025

4:28pm

Fair point

Wife of Y Not?

4:30pm

She's already a resident poster on CB. I guess we could get her a glass office.

Malathion

4:32pm

Might bring Zach Wilson back to campus more often

Medute

4:33pm

He’ll never live that one down 😂

BlooCoug

4:44pm

We tried it… where do you think the line “the cougars are out” comes from? 🎶

AFewThoughts

4:36pm

BYU had two live cougars on campus back in the twenties. Cleo and Tarbo

Black Diamond Bay

4:42pm

Can’t even imagine how hard it would be to maintain cougars as pets essentially.

BlooCoug

4:53pm

Apparently they had a hard time finding students willing to feed them. The cats got really smart and had figured

Black Diamond Bay

4:57pm

Baylor’s bears are carefully chosen

Wife of Y Not?

5:43pm

"AI will kill us all!", they said.

BlueVU

4:19pm

WOPR was better than this in 1983. Would you like to play a game of chess?

Solomon Levi

4:33pm

Funny, but AI actually will kill us all.

Jay Rick

4:42pm

If AI does kill us, it will be for exactly this reason.

NumbersGuy

5:24pm

I like how Pope said something about BYU guys not being motivated by NIL

basc-coug

4:13pm

His path and trajectory have changed in the bat of an eyelash...

CLCougar

4:17pm

What, you mean a coach says whatever suits him best in his current environmnent?

Hoopster

4:18pm

It's almost like he's a bit mercurial, playing to his audience.

Bob Vance

4:20pm

Pope’s gonna do what’s best for Pope I guess.

BlooCoug

4:27pm

At least he didn’t immediately develop an accent like Brian Kelly.

califcougar

4:38pm

Yeah, they weren't motivated by NIL or they wouldn't fit in with guys

Belboz

4:45pm

These kids just don't care about money... Haha

Dr T-bone

5:17pm

The Coyotes owner is like an actor playing a stereotypical billionaire in a show

macdizzle

4:07pm

That whole press conference was awkward

SnarrWars

4:16pm

Those guys are going to end up paying more for the expansion fee than they got

Jay Kay

4:23pm

My understanding is that IF they build an arena, within the next 5 years,

Everyman

5:30pm

What a weird situation

Jay Kay

5:55pm

Sounded fine to me. At least the first part of his speech. The speech by the NHL

BlooCoug

4:29pm

KYoung

refunder

4:02pm

Keena Young?

Bossk82

4:07pm

The swarms have been huge this year. Today I caught one off the front of

Acorn

4:01pm

Remember when Colony Collapse Disorder was the beginning of the end of the

Cougar Junkie

4:09pm

Hopefully not Utah, stinging insects suuuuuck. I’ve seen some huge bees already

pegushin

4:48pm

You are right, clicking the upload button is hard.

Swag Kazekage

5:14pm

what is the case against making college athlete complete free agents with

bYuFB

4:00pm

Recommendations for good bankruptcy lawyers in north Utah County, please. I'm

Abe Froman

3:59pm

Some mentor you are. You led him straight to bankruptcy!!

pink22

5:37pm

Any CBers who live near Phoenix want to go and bid in this land auction?

ballen

3:55pm

Funny until that guy pulls back and you are the high bidder

Carnac

4:00pm

Average NBA salaries. coaches $3.5m, players $10m. Players make more than coac.

charles

3:55pm

No. There will be some sort of NIL correction before it hits 1:0.25

Niiineteeen84

3:58pm

that is far more equitable based on entertainment value provided to consumers.

cwilke1

3:58pm

The NBA plays 82+ games a year. College couldn’t support that level of pay.

Bin01015

3:59pm

I agree. Just like the NBA, investing in players is more important than in coa

charles

4:11pm

The longevity is flipped in both leagues as well. In college the star players ar

Pepe

4:09pm

NBA doesn’t have a “four-year” eligibility limit. Individual players in college are worth less because their useful

cougXor

4:40pm

but most NBA contracts don't last longer than 4 years

cwilke1

4:41pm

We are comparing per year salary.

charles

5:21pm

The only way to fix NIL + Transfer Portal at this point is w/ proper contracts

ColtsCoug

3:55pm

Here's a discussion on that if you're interested. (I agree)

TheRowdy

4:15pm

How do you get any player to sign this contract unfavorable to them?

ochobeeguy

4:18pm

It's not unfavorable to them. The smaller school is also taking a risk initially

ColtsCoug

4:25pm

$$$$

TheRowdy

4:25pm

Top 10 recent

BYU gets an A-

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Hall / Saunders updates

BYU gets a C- (the lowest grade of anybody)

Maybe I am going to be flamed for this, but it's the way I feel.

At a conference where IRS director of exempt organizations spoke

To those thinking Ryan Smith is paying significant amount of Young's contract:

I like how Pope said something about BYU guys not being motivated by NIL

Atiki

I’m crying with laughter… we’re on a road trip… my wife’s driving… I’m reading CB comments on transfers and NIL and she

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