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[NashvilleUte]

Agree. It’s time (actually past time) for the PAC to get aggressive and invite the top 6 Big12 teams (sans TDS). The B1G were aggressive in fetching USC and UCLA. You either act or get acted upon. I think the only holdup is the liberal northwest probably thinks they’re too good to associate with Texas and Oklahoma. If they continue being smug about inviting them, the PAC will collapse and Cal, Stanford, Oregon State and Washington State can look forward to joining the MWC instead.

I agree that I’d bet ESPN would rather the PAC survive over the Big12. They love their late Saturday night games too much (as much as I loathe them, since I’m out in Tennessee).

[dystopiamembrane]

I am sure you are correct. I do find this quote on their Mission & History page, however.

TCU is the largest of 21 institutions associated by an ongoing covenant with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). A protestant denomination with Presbyterian and Baptist roots, the Disciples’ vision statement speaks of “true community, deep Christian spirituality and a passion for justice.”

[EmersonUte]

As things are changing, this Ute fan thought it would be appropriate to write an open love-letter to our conference mates, not knowing how many more times we may play them.  After all, the last decade has been the best of my football life.  Without further ado, my heartfelt feelings for each team:

Wazzou: The 28-27 loss to you and the Pirate was one of the most painful for me in the Pac-12.  Respect.  Give my best to Fresno, Nevada, and Utah State at your next stop.  Love the GameDay flag.

Washington: You guys are like the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of the conference.  I mean you made the playoff with Chris Peterson!  Great stadium, awesome scene, amazing recruiting opportunities!  And yet lately you can’t seem to get out of your own way.  Either way I love the purple unis.   Just keep owning it. 

Arizona: Teach us the ways of your recruiting pool parties.  It got you Gronk, and we’re intrigued.  Sean Miller was such a sweaty cheater – – and I kinda love that you all embraced that and pretended not to notice.  Ha ha, that was fun.  As for football – – please try harder.  Let’s hold hands and skip into our new conference.  P.S. – ASU sucks.

Arizona State: Speak of the devil.  Todd Graham is a turd.  Herm Edwards is a double turd.  That illegal hit penalty on the kickoff?  Triple turds all around!  Simpsons got you guys right, and your campus full of future flight attendants can burn in the lowest circle of hell.  The Fiesta Bowl in your stadium January 2005 is literally the only positive memory I have of anything associated with ASU. 

Colorado:  We joined the Pac-12 together.  We both were leaving abusive relationships (Nebraska, BYU), and although we became “paper-rivals” it felt more like a kinship than a rivalry.  Part of this, of course, is that we continue to beat you like a red-headed stepchild on the football field.  Another part of it, however, is that you just seem to be good folks, with a good school, who are pretty chill – probably due to the weed.  Much love, hope to see you on the other side.

Cal: Well, we’ve come a long way from Marshawn Lynch and DeSean Jackson haven’t we?  The Jared Goff Game Day game will always be in my heart.  And remember, there’s still no “Stanfordium.”  Like you, we are a righteous public institution flanked by a pompous private entity to our South.  Brothers for life.  Please don’t quit football.

Oregon: All sizzle no steak boys.  Remember that time we thumped you in SLC and you all spent two weeks talking about how that couldn’t possibly happen again?  Then we thumped you by almost the exact same score two weeks later?  Lol.  You’re all about the unis, and not about the testes (Sewell excepted).  War Boobie Hobbs still returning that punt.  You want to leave us, but you can’t.  You wish you could quit us.  But hey – love is love – and we are Brokeback Brothers.  Love – your “big spoon” Utes.

Oregon State: Nothing but love here.  You guys have my respect, and if there was a Pac-12 team I would cheer for if the Utes weren’t around, it’s the Beavs.  I feel for you with the Ducks, its like living with a big sister who is super rich from her OnlyFans account while you spend your days working on an assembly line.  Chin up, she won’t be pretty forever, and you know how to work.

Stanford: You trees always had a way of making us feel special.  Whether you were ranked or unranked, we seemed to own you.  Also, your band and student body share a loathing for a certain Team Down South.  For that, we will always love you – even if the football’s gone.  At least then you’ll be able to keep your band full of geniuses off the field in the middle of the game.  Please solve climate change.

USC: You are the Kardashian of the old Pac-12.  Famous for having a huge arse and a sex tape, right?  Certainly not famous for any football exploits recently.  You’ve been to the same number of Rose Bowls as we have in the Pac-12 era and same number of Pac-12 title games- just longer ago.  Not sure why you feel so good about yourselves.  You’re gonna turn Fox and the B1G Network into E! soon enough.  Then again, you’ve got the sweaters.  Aw gosh, we just can’t stay mad at you.  We’ll be following you on Instagram.  Let us be your Pete Davidson.  We’re skinny, kinda ugly, yet charming and somehow getting’ all the chicks.  That’s the Utes.  Let’s do this.  Bring us with you…. Please? Kim + Pete for life.  See ya Oct 15^th – when we’re definitely gonna make orphans of your children.

UCLA: You guys make me laugh.  If USC is the Kardashian, ya’ll a little more like Mama June, know what I mean?  You’re on TV, you’re famous, you might be rich?, you lost the weight (moving to B1G), but dang.  The Rose Bowl was awesome, thanks for helping us get there.  Westwood is awesome.  I don’t think I could focus on football if I was in that environment either.  My love for UCLA was sealed when a student called a LA TV station during that big water-pipe break on campus, said his name was Alfred Slungpue, and told the news it was probably caused by somebody taking a huge dump.  BTW, you’re gonna get crushed in the B1G.  Call us for home and home, we like W’s.

[kazute]

This gives me hope. I have no idea what will happen, but absent a Big Ten invite, I really like the PAC affiliations and cities. I still feel like there is value in having my undergraduate degree institution associated with Stanford, CAL, UW, Colorado, Arizona, etc. But I understand it is about football markets.

Since the FOX bridge is now forever burned, I wonder if we will finally “sell” a portion of the PAC media company to ESPN that we were so set on keeping. I think it just made the PAC orphans with none of FOX/ESPN/CBS with any vested interest in us, other than the limited Tier 1 game rights that changed from week to week.

[UteFanatic]

Your sample size is small, and I read through the Oregon fan responses and there were plenty of griping about the situation, they weren’t all positive. Also, noticed a lot of complaining about the possibility of having to associate with religious universities due to their discriminatory stances, but that conversation was shut down by the moderator before it got out of hand. 

Outside of that post, there are many Oregon fans that are NOT happy about what is happening. I know several.

Also, you haven’t seen the real rage come out yet because they think they are going to make it into the B1G. If they don’t, they will meltdown and display a level of self-righteousness and indignation about having to join the Big12 unlike anything you’ve ever seen.

If you think the general sentiment among Oregon fans is that they’re happy and content about the prospect of joining the Big12, you are quite delusional.

[UteFanatic]

I don’t see Stanford as an option for the Big12. They’d rather disband their sports program than associate with Big12 schools. 

[dystopiamembrane]

SALT LAKE CITY – Silver Waves Media announced the most impactful High Major Assistant Coaches in the NCAA Division I women’s basketball, and associate head coach Gavin Petersen was one of 50 assistants on the list. 

Petersen is a 19-year veteran of NCAA Division I coaching and is entering his eighth season as an assistant coach for the Utes. Petersen works mainly with post players while coordinating Utah’s defense, and he has helped lead Utah to three postseason runs in his six years there. During the 2021-22 season, he helped the Utes to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011. 
 
He also helped guide the Utes to two 18-win seasons, a 20-win season, and their first AP Poll ranking since 2008.

utahutes.com article

[PhiladelphiaUte]

You’re quite the apologist, aren’t you.  You even admit that there’s a different set of “Honor Code” rules for athletes than for the remaining student body.  And that’s why Ah You could get caught driving under the influence, and with drug paraphrenalia all over the car, and not get suspended.

Here’s another set of hypocrisy.  At ybU-p, males can’t have hair that touches their collar.  And they can’t wear a beard without permission.  But the namesake of that institution had long hair and beard.  And so too did Jesus Christ — the man they claim to follow.  And none of those rules exist to obtain entry to the temple.

Hypocrisy isn’t something that’s reserved only for ybU-p fans on social media.  It’s for everything and everyone associated with that backward and superficial institution.

[chinngiskhaan]

For any reason, you are (in my possibly wrong opinion) wrong. First and foremost, I dont like the idea of a bunch of onlookers telling people who watched their friend get brutally murdered that they’ve mourned long enough. Who are any of us to suggest how they should or shouldn’t be handling these very traumatic events?

Second, I think they look awesome. No way everyone on that team doesn’t love those.

Third, what else would you have preferred? More Ute tribute stuff? More military themed stuff that is loosely associated with the UofU at best? If they are going to do a hand painted helmet thing, why not this??

*** If the corporate side of the university is pushing this on the team, shame on them forever.

 

 

[chinngiskhaan]

Few things… Sorry in advance if this sounds overly harsh.

First: I know several family members/close friends that went to the U and only got stronger spiritually while there. I don’t know any that stopped going to church that weren’t already headed that direction before attending the U. My friends that staying strong in their faith never encountered anti LDS sentiment at the U. I don’t doubt that there are people like that there, why wouldn’t there be? It’s a free thinking institution in SLC, a place founded by the religious group in question?

I know truckloads of people who have gone to BYU only to later stop attending church. There are a lot of things that go on at BYU and it’s associated schools that make people think twice about church membership.

Staying faithful has little to nothing to do with where you go to school. Outside influence is rarely ever enough to ruin someone’s faith, or strengthen it beyond the point of vulnerability. That comes from things your daughter will be doing on her own. Her own choices. Adversity is a good thing, not a bad thing. People of our faith believe we came to this earth to experience difficult things. Let your daughter live her life. Let her pray about where to attend school, get her own answer, and attend there. She’ll learn from it one way or the other.

Second (and most important): Have a little faith. Quit trying to protect your daughter. If her faith is strong enough to overcome trials she may encounter in the world, then she’ll be fine regardless of where she ends up. If it isn’t strong enough, then is she doing the things she needs to do to strengthen it? Yes? She’ll be fine. No? She won’t be fine (in terms of her faith specific to your religion).