BYU fans?

[Dr. Jones]

I've seen a couple people state that they never went to BYU and are not LDS, but are Cougar fans.

Rare, right? Not sure why it seems so strange to me ... but seems very odd.

 

[nightmare3983]

I've seen a couple people state that they never went to BYU and are not LDS, but are Cougar fans.

Rare, right? Not sure why it seems so strange to me ... but seems very odd.

That's not necessarily rare for somebody growing up in Utah. It's easy enough to root for a school that's local, even if you aren't a part of the associated religion.

 

[Duck Rodgers]

Everybody loves BYU.

 

[nightmare3983]

Everybody loves BYU.

Other than those who hate BYU.

 

[Duck Rodgers]

Other than those who hate BYU.

Never met one.

 

[nightmare3983]

Never met one.

Well I guess people in Prove don't sink down to the level of hating.

 

[TheSilencer1313]

Well I guess people in Prove don't sink down to the level of hating.

Damn those people in "Prove".

 

[Scat]

I've seen a couple people state that they never went to BYU and are not LDS, but are Cougar fans.

Rare, right? Not sure why it seems so strange to me ... but seems very odd.

Why? I'm sure there are people in South Bend and even the greater Chicago area that are not Catholic but love Notre Dame.

 

[nightmare3983]

Well I guess people in Prove don't sink down to the level of hating.

Damn those people in "Prove".

Ditto for people in Provo.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Why? I'm sure there are people in South Bend and even the greater Chicago area that are not Catholic but love Notre Dame.

Well, I said I'm not sure .. so, like, I'm not sure.

I guess it may be that in my 7 years of living in Utah, I see a pretty distinct line drawn between being LDS/BYU and not .. much more so than Notre Dame in the midwest.

 

[Duck Rodgers]

Honestly, the real answer is that BYU fans get overly excited whenever a non-LDS player shows interest in BYU or when a fan shows up on their message board that's non-LDS. Ex-Mormons are more likely to be BYU fans than non-Mormons. If it were more common, there would be next to no excitement derived from attention coming from "outsiders". It's rare. Not Bigfoot rare, but rare according to the standard of rare that you were looking for probably.

 

[Ron Mexico]

I've seen a couple people state that they never went to BYU and are not LDS, but are Cougar fans.

Rare, right? Not sure why it seems so strange to me ... but seems very odd.

I am not LDS, never went to BYU and live in Provo. BYU is not my favorite team (Oregon holds my heart) but I do generally watch their games and would cheer for them in most settings. I don't know why but I liked them as a kid and I am not one to jump ship on a team for any reason. That being said I dislike BYU as a school and a lot of what goes on there. But I some how separate sports from the school.

I dont like how I feel about this but it is what it is.