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Time For Local BYU Fans To - Reclaim Utah

by Cougarbib · 6/18/2012

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Cougarbib
I just drove from Las Vegas to Provo / SLC. Something was bugging the HECKCK out of me, but it took me a while to figure it OUT!



RED U on many license plates. Double Red U on some. It seemed like 80% of the cars had those U plates in U Crimson Red. Then I looked closer. Many just said Utah in RED and had stickers on both sides indicating expiration year and month - often both Red.



Then the trailer hitch covers and spare tire covers and rear window stickers - Crimson Red Utah colors on nearly every vehicle. Even some out of state plates had that same red color. OK - then you have your red fire hydrants and fire trucks and ambulances.



Not much Blue. A hint of blue on mountains on the ski Utah plate with Red Utah of course.



There was more of a desert and sandstone style plate - little or no red.



What can be done?



Legislative and grass roots revolution - Blue UTAH plates required by law!



Or at least run out to your Suburban right now and check your plates. If they have any red on them at all - rip them off and get the desert rock style plates.



Fess up - are you part of the problem - or part of the solution.



Seriously - I am seeing more U fans wearing U attire or PAC 12 attire than ever before.



Not seeing many people strutting around in the Blue.



Take back your STATE. The locals need to do this.



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Having just travelled across country, I can say that there are still far more proud cougar blue wearing citizens, but it is disturbing the growing number of ute wearing clowns. Of course, outside of Utah I've seen and talked to a number of Cougar fans and almost never see any Ute red.
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Cougarbib
hawkwing wrote:
Having just travelled across country, I can say that there are still far more proud cougar blue wearing citizens, but it is disturbing the growing number of ute wearing clowns. Of course, outside of Utah I've seen and talked to a number of Cougar fans and almost never see any Ute red.

I think it was a North Carolina license plate that had the same disturbing Red color scheme.



So Hawk - what style Utah plates are you sportin on your wheels. Seriously - unless you have the Canyonlands plates - you are probably adding to the mis-impression that everyone in Utah is a Ute fan.



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Cougs_Rule
Bib, it looks like you are looking at the world thru red colored glasses. Maybe you need to purge the inner vessel; dethatch your roots ( I hope you don't color your hair red); and lead by example. Do you have a BYU license plate or insignia on your car?



But yes, you are right, there are more out of the closet Utes who have shown their jack faces thru car insignias since the godless PAC 12 heathens asked them to join.
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The red on standard Utah plates has more to do with the states conservative leanings than with the silly school. It also shows our support for RSL.



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Cougarbib
hawkwing wrote:
The red on standard Utah plates has more to do with the states conservative leanings than with the silly school. It also shows our support for RSL.



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Which brings up the other dilemma - will the election maps this fall show Utah as a RED state or a BLUE State.



Switch to the drab COLORLESS Canyon Lands Plates and I won't ask you to vote Blue.



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All cougar fans should have a BYU plate, as far as I'm concerned.



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ABYUFAN
Off topic.... the guy in the office next door to me indicated that he would hang his University of Utah dIploma in his office as soon as he got a good frame to frame it in. I quickly responded, there is no good frame to put a Ute diploma in.... :crazy:
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ABYUFAN
hawkwing wrote:
All cougar fans should have a BYU plate, as far as I'm concerned.



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I agree... and if your state doesn't have one - make one! :crazy:
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Mars


Having moved to Utah back in 2000 to go to BYU, I can say that I rarely saw any "U" gear back then. And I rarely see any now either. But the sales of "PAC-12" gear has simply gone through the roof!!
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ABYUFAN
Mars wrote:


Having moved to Utah back in 2000 to go to BYU, I can say that I rarely saw any "U" gear back then. And I rarely see any now either. But the sales of "PAC-12" gear has simply gone through the roof!!

They now say - "I may still not be cool, but look who I hang out with...."
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Cougarbib
hawkwing wrote:
The red on standard Utah plates has more to do with the states conservative leanings than with the silly school. It also shows our support for RSL.



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Totally agree - but it just looks bad - all that red - in Utah.



Bad enough every plate says Utah on it - but just he'd rid of the red and white.



I was thinking more about this today as I noticed the 2013 expiration sticker is at least Blue instead of red like 2012 - so a tiny bit of red will get swapped our each month as people renew.



As I was thinking about this - it dawned on me - my car is red. But it is a different shade of red and I live out of state.



I am going to get this car out of Utah immediately - don't want to add to this local crisis!



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Cougarbib
hawkwing wrote:
All cougar fans should have a BYU plate, as far as I'm concerned.



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Is there such a thing or are you just talking about the frame around the plate. If there is a Blue Utah plate - I have not seen one.



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Cougarbib2 wrote:
All cougar fans should have a BYU plate, as far as I'm concerned.



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Is there such a thing or are you just talking about the frame around the plate. If there is a Blue Utah plate - I have not seen one.



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There's a BYU plate, it costs an extra twenty bucks or so a year.
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Mingjai
hawkwing wrote:
Having just travelled across country, I can say that there are still far more proud cougar blue wearing citizens, but it is disturbing the growing number of ute wearing clowns. Of course, outside of Utah I've seen and talked to a number of Cougar fans and almost never see any Ute red.


In the past 3 years or so of living in North Loop Chicago, I've seen as many red Us as blue Ys around town. Similarly, when I'm wearing BYU apparel, I get as many jeers from U fans as I get cheers from Y fans (after you eliminate the cheers you get from Bears fans who recall BYU as being the school of Jim McMahon!). It's a very scary trend...
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Mingjai wrote:
Having just travelled across country, I can say that there are still far more proud cougar blue wearing citizens, but it is disturbing the growing number of ute wearing clowns. Of course, outside of Utah I've seen and talked to a number of Cougar fans and almost never see any Ute red.


In the past 3 years or so of living in North Loop Chicago, I've seen as many red Us as blue Ys around town. Similarly, when I'm wearing BYU apparel, I get as many jeers from U fans as I get cheers from Y fans (after you eliminate the cheers you get from Bears fans who recall BYU as being the school of Jim McMahon!). It's a very scary trend...


That is scary.



I've never seen any Ute paraphernalia outside of Utah or Disneyland, and at Disneyland the last time I went it was about 20 to 1 BYU > Utah.
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BroncoBot
I saw a couple of u stickers in Philly as well. :utard:



And the occasional BSU sticker.
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Cougarbib
Schmoe wrote:
hawkwing wrote:
All cougar fans should have a BYU plate, as far as I'm concerned.



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Is there such a thing or are you just talking about the frame around the plate. If there is a Blue Utah plate - I have not seen one.



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There's a BYU plate, it costs an extra twenty bucks or so a year.


My son's red Mercury is registered in Utah. I am going to have him fork over the dough and get one of those - even though I am usually cheap.



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Florwood
Would it be illegal if I magic markered the red "Utah" on my plate with blue?



It's irritating that even a BYU plate has the red Utah on top...
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BigCougsFan
Bib-

Are you drunk?!?



I saw this gorgeous lady wearing a red dress. She must be a Utah fan!



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