Game Thread: Utah @ BYU, Sat. 9/21 8:15pm MT, ESPN2

[UGLI baby]

I feel like my friend put it perfectly when he said "Utah put byu in a head lock and gave em a noogie the whole night."

A dominating 54-10 victory is a lot more fun, but it's obvious to any non-homer that the two fighters in the ring were not in the same class. Utah controlled the game from the start, and coasted to victory.

I really feel like with two more years of Pac 12 recruiting before we play again, that this was the last game in the rivalry as we have come to know it (truthfully this probably happened with 54-10, but the last two years confirm it.)

The rivalry now enters into more of a Utah St vs Utah phase. Their may be a year every 15 years or so where everything breaks perfectly for byu and they have a chance to steal a win, but we are no longer rivals on equal footing, and it will never again be viewed as a toss up game.

It will still be different than Utah St because there is a genuine hatred between fans, but it will be the same as playing the Aggies in the sense that there will be nothing for us to prove by beating byu. We will be expected to win every game.

 

[Dr. Jones]

^
3.66 bro.. 3.66

 

[Chris-L]

alpha foxtrot tango

 

[Chris-L]

bro

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

There was extremely little amount of trash talking before the game (most byu fans thought it would be a very close game)

After the game byu fans came into this thread and admitted that they got beat by a better team, coach, and program fair and square.

Wow what horrible behavior by us arrogant cocky byu fans..... definitely deserved for green to call us out

This is not the way I remember it at all. I'm not going to go back and search out examples but I recall a lot of cockiness prior to the game from BYU fans. I'm not a fan of green's comments either, BTW. But ultimately all that matters is that the good guys won.

 

[7StraightIsGreat]

This is not the way I remember it at all. I'm not going to go back and search out examples but I recall a lot of cockiness prior to the game from BYU fans. I'm not a fan of green's comments either, BTW. But ultimately all that matters is that the good guys won.

Thriller and Duck were very vocal about how BYU was going to destroy Utah. I don't think too many other Y fans were that cocky. Duck was even talking about how after this game, BYU's advantage in talent would be obvious, but I'm sure he's spewed the same drivel for the last 12 years only to see his "superior" team lose 9 of those contests. It's ok though, because USC snuck by Utah State at home by a FG so he's back on the Trojan bandwagon anyway.

I think the overwhelming thing I take away from the rivalry as we head into a 2 year break is that Utah is simply better. Somebody can try to argue otherwise, but when you beat your in-state rival 9 out of the last 12 times, there's really no other way to spin it. I don't even care if each win was by 1 point, when you can beat your rival 80% of the time over the course of a decade, you are the better program.

Is Utah light years better than BYU? Certainly not, but they're still better. For all the flack Y fans give Utah for their PAC 12 struggles, they need to realize that they would probably be performing a little bit worse than Utah has if they were the ones in the PAC. Personally, I think you should be able to beat a team head-to-head before you start running smack on their performance in conference play.

 

[TroutBum]

I just saw this and thought it was lame... until the very end. The guy on the right sums it up pretty damn well.

https://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=2...s-rivalry-football-bet-paid-up-by-ksl-anchors

 

[green]

Thriller and Duck were very vocal about how BYU was going to destroy Utah. I don't think too many other Y fans were that cocky. Duck was even talking about how after this game, BYU's advantage in talent would be obvious, but I'm sure he's spewed the same drivel for the last 12 years only to see his "superior" team lose 9 of those contests. It's ok though, because USC snuck by Utah State at home by a FG so he's back on the Trojan bandwagon anyway.

I think the overwhelming thing I take away from the rivalry as we head into a 2 year break is that Utah is simply better. Somebody can try to argue otherwise, but when you beat your in-state rival 9 out of the last 12 times, there's really no other way to spin it. I don't even care if each win was by 1 point, when you can beat your rival 80% of the time over the course of a decade, you are the better program.

Is Utah light years better than BYU? Certainly not, but they're still better. For all the flack Y fans give Utah for their PAC 12 struggles, they need to realize that they would probably be performing a little bit worse than Utah has if they were the ones in the PAC. Personally, I think you should be able to beat a team head-to-head before you start running smack on their performance in conference play.

After the game, Bronco, with his typical douchey BYU-ness that their fans all exude, said something like:

"I'm not worried about starting 1-2. We were 1-4 before and we always made a bowl game."

That in essence is BYU fan. Beat up on the lesser garbage teams, go 1-2 every year to the three decent teams you face, then run smack the rest of the year about how great you are.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

After the game, Bronco, with his typical douchey BYU-ness that their fans all exude, said something like:

"I'm not worried about starting 1-2. We were 1-4 before and we always made a bowl game."

That in essence is BYU fan. Beat up on the lesser garbage teams, go 1-2 every year to the three decent teams you face, then run smack the rest of the year about how great you are.

You're the expert on douchey. I'll take your word for it.

 

[TroutBum]

After the game, Bronco, with his typical douchey BYU-ness that their fans all exude, said something like:

"I'm not worried about starting 1-2. We were 1-4 before and we always made a bowl game."

That in essence is BYU fan. Beat up on the lesser garbage teams, go 1-2 every year to the three decent teams you face, then run smack the rest of the year about how great you are.

Right, because that's how all of us feel. Wait, that's just how us JF Coug fans feel. Wait, I don't know anyone that actually feels that way. But right on, let the hate flow through you. Your transition to Sith Lord is almost complete.

Truth be told, and I can't speak for anyone else here, but I don't care if BYU goes 1-11, just as long as the lone victory is Utah. That makes each loss against Utah that much harder, but it is what it is. I couldn't give a mule's right ball about going to bowl games or beating other teams, I really just don't care.

The silver lining? I probably get more pleasure watching the Utes lose all of their conference games than is healthy, and it really makes my season to see them miss out a bowl game. Seriously, I hate you all so bad. So, so bad.

 

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After the game, Bronco, with his typical douchey BYU-ness that their fans all exude, said something like:

"I'm not worried about starting 1-2. We were 1-4 before and we always made a bowl game."

That in essence is BYU fan. Beat up on the lesser garbage teams, go 1-2 every year to the three decent teams you face, then run smack the rest of the year about how great you are.

Right, because that's how all of us feel. Wait, that's just how us JF Coug fans feel. Wait, I don't know anyone that actually feels that way. But right on, let the hate flow through you. Your transition to Sith Lord is almost complete.

Truth be told, and I can't speak for anyone else here, but I don't care if BYU goes 1-11, just as long as the lone victory is Utah. That makes each loss against Utah that much harder, but it is what it is. I couldn't give a mule's right ball about going to bowl games or beating other teams, I really just don't care.

The silver lining? I probably get more pleasure watching the Utes lose all of their conference games than is healthy, and it really makes my season to see them miss out a bowl game. Seriously, I hate you all so bad. So, so bad.

^ trout splits hairs of douchery.

Summary:
Green: byu fans, coaches, and players are douches because of __________.

Trout: you're wrong dude. Let me tell you exactly the kind of hating douche I am......

 

[UGLI baby]

Right, because that's how all of us feel. Wait, that's just how us JF Coug fans feel. Wait, I don't know anyone that actually feels that way. But right on, let the hate flow through you. Your transition to Sith Lord is almost complete.

Truth be told, and I can't speak for anyone else here, but I don't care if BYU goes 1-11, just as long as the lone victory is Utah. That makes each loss against Utah that much harder, but it is what it is. I couldn't give a mule's right ball about going to bowl games or beating other teams, I really just don't care.

The silver lining? I probably get more pleasure watching the Utes lose all of their conference games than is healthy, and it really makes my season to see them miss out a bowl game. Seriously, I hate you all so bad. So, so bad.

The definition of being a little brother.