Utah v BYU continues through 2024

This topic has 33 replies, 24 voices, and was last updated 5 years, 10 months ago by Staples.

Viewing 13 reply threads

Author

Posts
- 01/14/2019 at 10:07 AM #88597
  4 3
  
  ironman1315
  Participant
  
  BREAKING NEWS:
  
  BYU and Utah have extended their football series two years through 2024
  
  Aug. 29, 2019, Provo
  
  Sept. 3, 4 or 5, 2020, Salt Lake City
  
  Sept. 11, 2021, Provo
  
  Sept. 3, 2022, Salt Lake City
  
  Sept. 16, 2023, Provo
  
  Sept. 7, 2024, Salt Lake City
  
  — Austin Horton (@austinhorton) January 14, 2019
  
  Sad.
- 01/14/2019 at 10:09 AM #88599
  5
  
  SalUteopia
  Participant
  
  Why why why?????
  - 01/14/2019 at 10:16 AM #88601
    5
    
    Tednab
    Participant
    
    … because this does absolutely nothing for us and more for them .. Great move Harlan
    - 01/14/2019 at 10:30 AM #88604
      2 11
      
      User Suspended
      Member
      
      Harlan seems spineless
  - 01/14/2019 at 10:53 AM #88607
    12 9
    
    AlohaUte
    Participant
    
    Because fans love it, it is intense, and draws more eyeballs than any other Utah non-Conference game and even most conference games. Rivalries are the best part about college football, yet some people for inexplicable reasons want to abandon one of the best rivalries in the country.
    - 01/14/2019 at 2:07 PM #88647
      4
      
      RiseasUtes
      Participant
      
      There are plenty of reasons why we shouldn’t play them, so I understand if someone doesn’t want to. For me I’d like to switch off every other year with them and Utah st. If bigger games like a Michigan are available I think that should take priority over BYU-p, but I’d rather play BYU-p over Wyoming, New Mexico etc.
    - 01/14/2019 at 3:48 PM #88663
      3
      
      Anonymous
      Inactive
      
      The TV ratings for Utah / BYU-P have not been great in recent years. Fans on both sides are ready to end it.
- 01/14/2019 at 10:29 AM #88603
  2
  
  sweetgrass
  Participant
  
  hoping for a break, but through 2024 that would be 14 straight
- 01/14/2019 at 10:39 AM #88605
  4
  
  Johnny80
  Participant
  
  Boo!!!
- 01/14/2019 at 11:00 AM #88608
  
  Central Coast Ute
  Participant
  
  I didn’t down vote you, I down voted the message.
- 01/14/2019 at 11:11 AM #88610
  9
  
  RiseasUtes
  Participant
  
  I’m in the minority, but I don’t mind playing them. They haven’t beat us in over 3300 days and they aren’t all of a sudden more talented than us. We can completely kill the “spirit” of that program by the end of that series.
  - 01/14/2019 at 11:16 AM #88613
    8 1
    
    GameForAnyFuss
    Participant
    
    You can’t kill anything at BYU-P. They’re like c**kroaches.
    
    If 8 in a row hasn’t killed their spirit, 80 in a row wouldn’t either.
  - 01/14/2019 at 12:18 PM #88628
    3
    
    Stone
    Participant
    
    I doubt you are in the minority of the fanbase. There are some vocal people on each side of the debate, but I think most casual Utah fans, oldtimers, and unaffiliated locals, get more excited about the BYU game than many other games.
- 01/14/2019 at 11:12 AM #88611
  6
  
  GreatNorthernUte
  Participant
  
  Most important part is no November games. Even for those of us who would rather abandon the rivalry, this is a big win.
  - 01/14/2019 at 2:00 PM #88645
    1
    
    PlainsUte
    Participant
    
    I agree, it is very generous of Utah to continue the home-and-home, but at least it will not be in November, where it was a rediculous sideshow stuck between the Pac-12 regular season and the Pac-12 Championship game.
- 01/14/2019 at 11:12 AM #88612
  9 1
  
  Utesbyfive
  Participant
  
  Profound disappointment. We’ll never schedule another P5 team in preseason as long as we play these losers.
  - 01/14/2019 at 11:18 AM #88615
    1
    
    Staples
    Participant
    
    Different AD now who hopefully will have a different scheduling approach. Should be no reason we can’t schedule BYU and a P5 team.
  - 01/14/2019 at 11:18 AM #88616
    3
    
    RiseasUtes
    Participant
    
    We play Baylor in 2023 and 2024, so maybe after that series we add a different P5 school.
    - 01/14/2019 at 12:23 PM #88632
      2 4
      
      Puget Ute
      Participant
      
      And frankly, after all the BS and rape coverups at Baylor we should probably get them off the 2023/2024 schedule.
      - 01/14/2019 at 12:47 PM #88637
        14 5
        
        UtMtBiker
        Participant
        
        And what about the BS, coverups, history of racism, and misogyny at BYU? By this logic they should be off the schedule as well.
        
        01/14/2019 at 1:35 PM #88643
        5
        
        Puget Ute
        Participant
        
        I 100% agree. But the Utah state legislature won’t allow it.
      - 01/14/2019 at 5:41 PM #88668
        4
        
        Puget Ute
        Participant
        
        For everybody who downvoted this, I am saying I want to replace Baylor with another P5 school in the 2023/2024 seasons. The window is rapidly closing, however.
        
        I believe Iowa may have a schedule opening those years, and that would be an amazing H-H.
        
        01/14/2019 at 8:26 PM #88673
        
        Utesbyfive
        Participant
        
        I know, let’s replace them with Penn State. I mean if we’re talking about Institutions with past sins…
        
        Blacklisting these schools forever… How politically correct. %/
- 01/14/2019 at 11:41 AM #88617
  4
  
  AUDIIDUA
  Participant
  
  I feel that if BYU were more of a powerhouse program (getting to bigger bowl games and winning) we would be more accepting to the idea of playing them as it would be nationally viewed as more of a marquee game beyond the rivalry. But they haven’t been able to win big games. As a result it’s a bit of a lose, lose for Utah to play them.
- 01/14/2019 at 11:49 AM #88620
  12 1
  
  sweetgrass
  Participant
  
  honestly, I’d rather play Utah State. Better opponent
  - 01/14/2019 at 12:10 PM #88625
    4
    
    Stone
    Participant
    
    Because I have a soft spot in my hear for Utah State, playing them is delicate for me. I want to play them, and I want Utah to win every game, but a bit of me feels bad seeing them lose (even to Utah). Whereas, BYU, I thoroughly enjoy beating them. Come to think of it, there is no other team that Utah has played where I feel a bit bad beating them, only Utah State.
    - 01/15/2019 at 3:21 AM #88688
      
      Tacoma Ute
      Participant
      
      I like Weber too but I would never want to see them upset the Utes.
- 01/14/2019 at 12:48 PM #88638
  4 11
  
  Virginia Ute
  Participant
  
  Great! Happy to see the rivalry and tradition continue, as it should.
  - 01/14/2019 at 3:45 PM #88662
    2
    
    Itacoatiara22
    Participant
    
    Hurry! Post this message on their board too!
- 01/14/2019 at 5:24 PM #88665
  
  EagleMountainUte
  Participant
- 01/14/2019 at 5:44 PM #88670
  3
  
  Tony (admin)
  Keymaster
  
  It irritates me that Utah seems to have to be “connected” to byu. For that reason I want the rivalry to end. That said, they are a decent pre-season opponent who will provide a better-than-average test to get us ready for games that really matter.
  - 01/14/2019 at 6:50 PM #88671
    1
    
    EagleMountainUte
    Participant
    
    November games are absolutely not acceptable ever again.
    - 01/14/2019 at 7:54 PM #88672
      
      RiseasUtes
      Participant
      
      I do agree with this, if we keep playing them(which I’m ok with) it needs to be the first or 2nd game of the season.
- 01/15/2019 at 9:20 AM #88699
  1
  
  Staples
  Participant
  
  The fan in me that grew up with the rivalry in the 80s and 90s likes that we’re continuing to play them and there was something cool about playing them in November like the old days. But the realist in me can recognize that playing a “meaningless” game in November before a potential conference championship game isn’t exactly ideal. If I was in charge of scheduling, and I can’t for the life of me figure out why I’m not, we’d do away with the ABC scheduling philosophy. In it’s place our 3 OOC games would be:
  
  in-state (BYU and Utah State on a 4 years/2 years rotation)
  Power 5 school H-H
  Group of 5 school
  
  Now I’ll just sit back and wait for EA Sports to bring back NCAA Football in 2030 so I can implement my scheduling plan.
Author

Posts