Are you inspired by BYU Basketball?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77twsRDPa0c

Okay, so we have a funny, cheesey video for BYU basketball.



Compare that with a funny bad/pathetic video from Utah for their basketball team.









https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP0vRKVzCuk

I don't know what to say other than the video was embarassing and it's hard to be part of a program that can't see something that obvious. This is beyond the Spirit, Honor, Tradition Bronco wanted to wear on the jerseys for the season. I could look past that because it's true that those concepts should represent BYU, but why this? I'm not going anywhere, but it's a challenge when you have people in charge that can't see this as off-the-charts WEIRD!

There are many more lip-sync videos coming, according to Greg Wrubell.

hawkwing wrote:
There are many more lip-sync videos coming, according to Greg Wrubell.

Well thanks HW for reminding me. I saw that as I think 95% of all BYU fans are in shock and echoing my same sentiments. I will send TH an email and I've only ever sent him one other in my life. It referred to the orange rental chairs we used to have in LES and I offered to organize a movement to have them painted even if I had to pay personally for the paint. He passed it on to someone who said they would look into it and then never followed through or responded back to my offer. It subsequently took them two more years to jettison the ridiculously colored seats.

EM_Puma wrote:
I don't know what to say other than the video was embarassing and it's hard to be part of a program that can't see something that obvious. This is beyond the Spirit, Honor, Tradition Bronco wanted to wear on the jerseys for the season. I could look past that because it's true that those concepts should represent BYU, but why this? I'm not going anywhere, but it's a challenge when you have people in charge that can't see this as off-the-charts WEIRD!

I love it... it shows that this team doesn't take itself too serious and when they see the guys on the court, it's going to show that they can ball too..



It's very very smart. Do something middle of the road and no one notices. Do something weird and while some people will laugh at you, others will laugh with you. As long as the team produces on the court, this lip syncing is going to go viral and ESPN and others will cover it. With 300+ hoops teams, anything that can differentiate you from 300 others is a good thing. I will laugh with the team and these videos and laugh at anyone that doesn't get the joke.



I see BYU fans that are embarrassed by this a lot like 16 year girls that are embarrassed to hang out with their parents in public. It's silly and the parents aren't nearly as uncool as the kid thinks they are.



I can't wait to see more, the stupider and weirder the better; I see in no way how it hurts BYU hoops. Our recruiting wont be affected, the Marriott Center will go bonkers over it and the rest of the world can suck it... what else is new?





In the long run, I think the response from sports journalism will be positive. From BYU fans it'll be positive, from non BYU fans it'll be negative at 1st... but I think we might see a lot of people come around. I think it's brilliant advertising. It's okay to be different. It's okay to be weird.

It's not that bad. Pretty interesting though. I'm not embarrassed.

I thought it was hilarious, and like craigo said, it makes BYU basketball stand out on a crowded national stage:

I don’t think I could love this video anymore. There isn’t much is this world that I find funnier than a couple of big-time collegiate athletes sitting in a field and awkwardly full-body lip-syncing to an ’80s love ballad.

nbcsports.com

BYU is a weird place. And, yet, thank you, BYU. PLEASE MAKE MORE OF THESE.

cbssports.com

Why not throw together a fantastic and extremely odd video just to make sure those fans know how much you appreciate them?

sports.yahoo.com

BYU guard Tyler Haws’ play in 2012-13 inspired us all when he dropped a career-high 42 points in a blowout win over Virginia Tech.

Now, the nation’s No. 7 leading scorer from last season, is bringing feeling to all our lives by lip synching to Chicago’s 1984 hit song, “You’re The Inspiration” with teammate Skyler Halford and what appears to be fellow Couga Luke Worthington without his cool glasses.

sportingnews.com

It's a video made by student athletes for student fans. Good for them.



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I think the video is awesome, and it ends well too. Its just so wierd, its funny, and it got us all talking about it. Plus its fun to see how awkward Tyler Haws can be.

I'm glad someone enjoys it. I can not yet find a word that expresses my feelings much deeper than "Stupid". Hey I'm a pretty conservative guy. Here's what I emailed Tom Holmoe this morning:



“610 Sports in Kansas City just spent 5 minutes cracking on the BYU Basketball commercial. Bob Fescoe, one of the guys who broke the Big 12 expansions happenings 3 years ago, and his side kick were at a loss for words as to why any basketball players would agree to be in the commercial. The best line from the segment was the description of the players "3 guys straight out of a Polo commercial." Fescoe went on to say "It’s so BYU, isn't it?"—CougarBoard.com



I have only written you once a number of years back when I volunteered to organize individuals and obtain the paint needed to paint the former orange rental seats we had at BYU. You forwarded my request to some manager over something at LES and he said he would look into it and that’s all I ever heard of the matter. It was a few years yet until BYU finally got rid of them and went to the blue rental chairs. I’m glad someone finally saw the light on that issue.



So basically I don’t bother you and let you do your job. I appreciate your stellar effort at such a difficult position. The football schedule this year is very enjoyable.



I’m sure this is an issue that isn’t formally under your control, but I’m sure you can enact some inner pressure on the individuals involved on these BYU basketball commercials with Cougar players lip syncing to music. They just undid a lot of respect that we had built up in our program. I can understand some programming like Studio C on BYUtv because it’s supposed to be what it is. I don’t quite enjoy that genre of entertainment, but these commercials have had the same type of reaction as you would have seen in high school where some nerdy kid was ignorant to the fact that he was wearing a sign someone had taped to his back that said, “Kick Me”. He further grows discouraged when he finds out that it was his own brother that placed the sign on his back.



It has simply been very difficult to witness a program endorsing such promotions as I haven’t seen anyone that was impressed or even enjoyed them other than our regular detractors. I really am at a loss of words to appropriately express my disappointment.



Please express the opinions of your fan base back to whomever has responsibility for such debacles of media/fan relations.



Thanks,

Jim Vallen



I guess I would need to amend my comment to say, "I haven't seen many..." instead of "anyone" as there seems to be some here that see this differently, but you haven't turned my head as of yet.

I think it is stupid enough to be funny, which is what they were obviously going for. So what is some radio guy thinks we're weird? He had that opinion before the video.



As my good friend Weird Al would advise....



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMhwddNQSWQ

EM_Puma wrote:
I'm glad someone enjoys it. I can not yet find a word that expresses my feelings much deeper than "Stupid". Hey I'm a pretty conservative guy. Here's what I emailed Tom Holmoe this morning:



“610 Sports in Kansas City just spent 5 minutes cracking on the BYU Basketball commercial. Bob Fescoe, one of the guys who broke the Big 12 expansions happenings 3 years ago, and his side kick were at a loss for words as to why any basketball players would agree to be in the commercial. The best line from the segment was the description of the players "3 guys straight out of a Polo commercial." Fescoe went on to say "It’s so BYU, isn't it?"—CougarBoard.com



I have only written you once a number of years back when I volunteered to organize individuals and obtain the paint needed to paint the former orange rental seats we had at BYU. You forwarded my request to some manager over something at LES and he said he would look into it and that’s all I ever heard of the matter. It was a few years yet until BYU finally got rid of them and went to the blue rental chairs. I’m glad someone finally saw the light on that issue.



So basically I don’t bother you and let you do your job. I appreciate your stellar effort at such a difficult position. The football schedule this year is very enjoyable.



I’m sure this is an issue that isn’t formally under your control, but I’m sure you can enact some inner pressure on the individuals involved on these BYU basketball commercials with Cougar players lip syncing to music. They just undid a lot of respect that we had built up in our program. I can understand some programming like Studio C on BYUtv because it’s supposed to be what it is. I don’t quite enjoy that genre of entertainment, but these commercials have had the same type of reaction as you would have seen in high school where some nerdy kid was ignorant to the fact that he was wearing a sign someone had taped to his back that said, “Kick Me”. He further grows discouraged when he finds out that it was his own brother that placed the sign on his back.



It has simply been very difficult to witness a program endorsing such promotions as I haven’t seen anyone that was impressed or even enjoyed them other than our regular detractors. I really am at a loss of words to appropriately express my disappointment.



Please express the opinions of your fan base back to whomever has responsibility for such debacles of media/fan relations.



Thanks,

Jim Vallen



I guess I would need to amend my comment to say, "I haven't seen many..." instead of "anyone" as there seems to be some here that see this differently, but you haven't turned my head as of yet.

No one listens to 610 sports in KC ;) so that's good. 810 dominates the market there. Sorry Jim, but you're in the minority here. 1. They won't do a thing about it 2. It's not nearly as bad as you think 3. Loosen up and have fun with it... it really is in jest and we will be receiving plenty of publicity from it. Some will get the joke, others won't but people will be talking about BYU hoops. 300+ D1 teams and the worst thing that anyone can say is that we're corny? At least they're talking about us. Bob Fescoe is nobody...



If I thought for a second that your email would have any impact on BYUs marketing, I would wholeheartedly send Tom a message saying, "Keep up the good work, this thing is going viral and people are talking about BYU hoops nationwide."



Sometimes you get the joke... sometimes the jokes on you. Either way it's still funny (even if it's stupid) and people are talking about it! When you have 300+ DI hoops teams, getting national attention isn't so easy... I think it's brilliant and I think it will inspire comraderie between the teammates. They get the joke and aren't taking themselves too seriously. The team is going to get a good laugh at the people that are taking this too seriously.



To me Andy Kaufman is the epitome of a guy that didn't care what others thought. The joke was meant for his entertainment, and if you got it good, if not, that's when he got the laugh. (note: I was just a baby when this guy was doing his thing... thank goodness for youtube)



stupid or brilliant?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSYV-nEE300



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z7RLOiqzdk

Yes, to answer the OP's questions. BYU basketball is inspiring, especially for a 6'0" white guy like me. However, that video is as gay as the Hall triplets posing in femmie sweaters and preppy shirts in a field. All these kinds of exposes do is let everyone who didn't already know that BYU is a very very nerdy place.

mizzoucoug wrote:
Yes, to answer the OP's questions. BYU basketball is inspiring, especially for a 6'0" white guy like me. However, that video is as gay as the Hall triplets posing in femmie sweaters and preppy shirts in a field. All these kinds of exposes do is let everyone who didn't already know that BYU is a very very nerdy place.

Nerds run the world... (again, the players and marketing aren't taking themselves very serious... why are others?) It's getting media attention and people are talking about it. In the world of advertisement, they're getting a ton of bang for their buck and having fun doing it.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1tB0DalWJ0

I guess that's where I'm at. I don't mind being corny as much as being nerdy. Corny and brash can correlate to sports, but generally speaking, nerdy isn't and why it doesn't feel comfortable. It's one thing to be nerdy in a ward/stake road show and another thing altogether to be nationally nerdy. When we win the "cold stone sober" award I ouze good feelings because that feels positive to me. If they add a category of "most nerdy" award I would feel well if it was for our level of intelligence and scientific breakthroughs, etc., but not nerdy stupid.



You guys are a select group and I applaud you being comfortable in your skin. My isn't colored "white and nerdy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWc6QQ9JlMc

craigoscarson wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1tB0DalWJ0

See now there's something I can get behind. Funny, a little brash, but nerdy not.

Jimmy V, study up on the word "peculiar" as it is used in the NT. This vid is a slam dunk for peculiarity. I don't LOVE it, but I like it and I get it. It works!

In the not so famous nor well published words of an otherwise very well known and deceased DOM, "Don't take yourself too Damn serious." It'll be just fine. Those listeners of AM610 may actually scratch their head and go, "Hmmm. Where's the tats, dreads, and gangsta rap on that All American hoopster? I must find out more about him." But if not, so what. Haters will always hate.

Just a few encouraging thoughts. Not trying to rap on you too hard. I Appreciate your passion for the BYU brand, nonetheless.

Now that Carlino lip sync is tollerable. I can handle it.



Here's a link to it on NBS Sports

http://collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/10/27/latest-byu-lip-sync-video-features-matt-carlino-and-a-classic-skee-lo-tune-video/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



That's not nerdy.

EM_Puma wrote:
I'm glad someone enjoys it. I can not yet find a word that expresses my feelings much deeper than "Stupid". Hey I'm a pretty conservative guy. Here's what I emailed Tom Holmoe this morning:



“610 Sports in Kansas City just spent 5 minutes cracking on the BYU Basketball commercial. Bob Fescoe, one of the guys who broke the Big 12 expansions happenings 3 years ago, and his side kick were at a loss for words as to why any basketball players would agree to be in the commercial. The best line from the segment was the description of the players "3 guys straight out of a Polo commercial." Fescoe went on to say "It’s so BYU, isn't it?"—CougarBoard.com



I have only written you once a number of years back when I volunteered to organize individuals and obtain the paint needed to paint the former orange rental seats we had at BYU. You forwarded my request to some manager over something at LES and he said he would look into it and that’s all I ever heard of the matter. It was a few years yet until BYU finally got rid of them and went to the blue rental chairs. I’m glad someone finally saw the light on that issue.



So basically I don’t bother you and let you do your job. I appreciate your stellar effort at such a difficult position. The football schedule this year is very enjoyable.



I’m sure this is an issue that isn’t formally under your control, but I’m sure you can enact some inner pressure on the individuals involved on these BYU basketball commercials with Cougar players lip syncing to music. They just undid a lot of respect that we had built up in our program. I can understand some programming like Studio C on BYUtv because it’s supposed to be what it is. I don’t quite enjoy that genre of entertainment, but these commercials have had the same type of reaction as you would have seen in high school where some nerdy kid was ignorant to the fact that he was wearing a sign someone had taped to his back that said, “Kick Me”. He further grows discouraged when he finds out that it was his own brother that placed the sign on his back.



It has simply been very difficult to witness a program endorsing such promotions as I haven’t seen anyone that was impressed or even enjoyed them other than our regular detractors. I really am at a loss of words to appropriately express my disappointment.



Please express the opinions of your fan base back to whomever has responsibility for such debacles of media/fan relations.



Thanks,

Jim Vallen



I guess I would need to amend my comment to say, "I haven't seen many..." instead of "anyone" as there seems to be some here that see this differently, but you haven't turned my head as of yet.

You lost me when you admitted to not liking Studio C. ;)