Sorry for the idiotic BYU fans

I only had one bad experience yesterday. Was walking my 87 year old pop up the hill. It’s hard for him. I basically block for him and make sure the crowd doesn’t knock him over.

A byu and Ute fan were jawing at each other and the byu fan wasn’t watching where he was going and bashed into a girl, probably 18ish. Called her a bitch and put his fist up in the air like he was going to hit her. It’s a damn good thing he didn’t because all the other people around would have sent him to the hospital.

The best reply to the guy (wasn’t me but I’m stealing it) was, “You won. Don’t be a dick.”

I’m old school. The term “scoreboard” applied when the losing team or fans started talking trash. Scoreboard meant we won case closed.

Saturday night a small group of BYU fans in the middle of a Utah season ticket holder section started chanting BYU while everyone was leaving. I said have some respect you’re a guest in our house. He pointed to the scoreboard and said scoreboard. So evidently the meaning of scoreboard has changed. It now means you can talk trash to your opponent if you win. I saw some Ute fans trash talking on the way out. Scoreboard would be my response to them.

The term sportsmanship has become a lost value in our society and especially this rivalry game. I’ve coached youth sports for many years and tried to instill the importance of respecting the other team and having fun. Winning has become too much of an obsession.

I agree National Champ. It all starts with the youth athletic programs. The birth of comp teams in all youth sports sends the wrong message. Getting the best players and winning is more important than playing and having fun.

It boggles my mind how competitive parents can get wanting their kids to win. Seems it’s trending in the wrong direction. Youth sports should be all about having fun and trying to get better. Until things change at the bottom they will never improve at a higher level.

Been a lurker for a while and made an account just to reply to this. Appreciate your comment. Wanted to share my experience after the game.

My family and I sit in the NEZ, have been there since the Mtn West days. We had a good number of TDS fans around us, most were respectful and nice to talk to. Nothing ever went over the line. That changed after the game. After being relatively quiet besides cheering for their team, these ass hats decided to start talking trash to all the Ute fans exiting the portal while sitting in seats 10ft above everyone. Didn’t talk trash once during the game or when we walked by them down the stairs, but once we were far enough away they wanted to start talking trash. Really just trying to rub it in everyone’s face and just simply being dicks. A couple of random Ute fans and myself welcomed them to come down to the concourse and say that directly to us rather than 10ft above us. What a bunch of cowards. That boiled my blood more than anything that happened out there on the field. I love this game, but hate how some fans behave themselves. Act like you’ve been there before.