Holy crap -- frUte fans are outraged with BYU going Indy!

All my friends(dare I say?) who are frUtes are outraged with BYU going Independent!



Chat sites, they're all out of control! Ripping into BYU left and right!



Haha... I love this! We stole their thunder!

Yewtah gets an invite to the Pac-10, and SURPRISE! they're still obsessed with BYU.

If I were a Ute fan I'd be insanely jealous of BYU right now. 1. Utah had to buy their way into the Pac10 by taking next to no money for the next several years. 2. BYU goes independent and over night more than quadruples their money. 3. ESPN and the national media makes almost no notice of Utah going to the Pac10 except to wonder if it was a big mistake. 4. BYU rumors dominate the national media for half of August.

hawkwing wrote:
If I were a Ute fan I'd be insanely jealous of BYU right now. 1. Utah had to buy their way into the Pac10 by taking next to no money for the next several years. 2. BYU goes independent and over night more than quadruples their money. 3. ESPN and the national media makes almost no notice of Utah going to the Pac10 except to wonder if it was a big mistake. 4. BYU rumors dominate the national media for half of August.

Not to mention it will take them years to make up how much more money we are going to make before they become full members.

hawkwing wrote:
1. Utah had to buy their way into the Pac10 by taking next to no money for the next several years..

What are the exact details on that? I need to arm myself with knowledge.

From what I understand, Utah gets all their bowl money yearly(if they go), but...



First year they get nothing

Second year they get 50%

Third year they get 75%

and finally...

Fourth year they get 100%



AND



Rumor lately they have to get rid of their drum and feather, and slowly convert over to their Red Tail Hawk they just bought to fly around before every home game.

The yewts also have to let Nancy Pelosi be the honorary coin flipper at every game.



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BigCougsFan wrote:
All my friends(dare I say?) who are Utes are outraged with BYU going Independent!



Chat sites, they're all out of control! Ripping into BYU left and right!



Haha... I love this! We stole their thunder!

I'm not and my thunder hasn't been stolen.

I'm really interested to see how the next 3-5 years play out for both schools.

Sigh... when this summer began, Utah was probably my 3rd-favorite NCAAFB team. Yeah, I hated going on Utah Campus in the week leading up to the BYU-Utah game, but I cheered for them strongly pretty much every other game of the year. Besides, when they were with us in the MWC, their plight was our own: one of the better non-AQs trying to find a seat at the big kid's table.



When Utah left the MWC, I was kinda bummed out simply because it torpedoed my newly-rekindled hopes that maybe, just maybe, the MWC could get that autobid (since BSU had been added). But I couldn't blame them; it was what most of us are after, and part of me was relieved that Utah and BYU maybe wouldn't have to define themselves against each other, with the fans categorizing themselves and each other in terms of culture war affiliation, religion, politics and all. Utah could work on being Utah in the Pac-10/12; BYU could work on being BYU and try to continue making a case for BCS conclusion.



What has pissed me off for the last 6 weeks, and really has escalated today, is that just can't be the case. As far as I'm concerned, the Utes could have just stopped paying attention to us as soon as they got what they wanted and it didn't involve us coming with them. Yet all my Utah fan friends, my Utah professors, etc. keep trashing BYU in a way that extends WAY beyond traditional razzing. I can't believe how many of them believe that BYU's interest in going indy are solely attributable to "Ute envy." I mean, Utah leaving the MWC has something to do with it, but I could care less what Utah does from here on out. We have our own goals, and it's (surprise!) not like everything we do revolves around them.



It's like your buddy (BYU) used to date this girl (Utah), and things didn't go well and they break up. For some reason the girl gets all bitter and sardonic. She's generally alright to be around, but you can't hang out with the two of them at the same time because the girl starts acting crazy and vicious.



Then the girl starts dating a guy (Pac-10) who's way, way hotter than your buddy, and really a better fit: he's got some discrete tattoos, drives a hybrid, listens to NPR and Sonic Youth, all that. They get engaged and she seems happier than ever.



Then your buddy goes on a first date with a girl (Independent), who's all mysterious and may be a total dead end, but could also be a lot of fun and is at least better than that neurotic money-leaching creep (MWC) he was dating earlier.



And during the first date, the girl comes over, and pukes all over your buddy's table.



That's about as far as I can stretch this metaphor.

The yewts also have to let Nancy Pelosi be the honorary coin flipper at every game.

...and sponsor more gay and lesbian parades. Only having one a year will not be tolerated.

This is all about posturing BYU for a Big 12 invite for 2012. Holmoe and Dan Beebe have already met.

BYU thought nothing of Utah when they did this. Some Ute fans still think that BYU thought there was a chance to join the Pac -10, in spite of the fact that we knew ages ago that religious bigotry alone would never allow that to happen, even if we won the next 4 national championships.



The Big 12 is our future home and independence just allows us to flex our broadcasting and exposure muscles in the meantime.



No one cares about Utah. They're Washington State 2.0 now.



The mountain west made a huge mistake by not giving in to our broadcasting demands.

Utah will always be obsessed with BYU. I thought it might go down a little once they got their invite but it has only gotten worse. they better hope they keep having winning seasons because if they don't their fans will abandon them. byu even if we lose will always have a loyal fan base.