Booooooo

[RedRocks]

I dislike hearing fans boo during games. It feels so cringe.

Are we booing the players? The coaches? The play calling? The performance?
I can almost guarantee that the players feel like we are booing them, regardless of intent. Do you really want to play hard for such a crowd?

I understand that we don’t usually want to tell each other how to be fans, but we are also a community that should manage our behavior and decide what is collectively acceptable.

This is less of an issue for me in professional sports where people have contracts and get paid to play (although I still don’t like it). Maybe people think that in these days of NIL this logic should apply to college football.
However, I don’t think it is to our advantage to do so.

Utah can’t pay players as much as other schools are able to afford. One of our greatest advantages is our game time atmosphere. Why destroy that by booing our players and making them feel unwanted?

I understand the frustration, but can’t we find a better way to take it out on the coaches in a way that does not alienate the players? Maybe there isn’t one; I don’t know.

[Tednab]

Boo the $&@)! Out of them if their not playing up to their potential, and they’re not.. maybe it motivates them.. soft hands and participation awards don’t get it done .. go out and earn it stop being entitled brats

[Charlie]

To me the Utes are like family. I have had sons play football and in no world could I find myself booing their teams. Even in very disappointing losses. As for visiting teams or teams that I have no connection, booing seems natural and easy. In no way would I consider players entitled brats simply because they are not currently successful.

[Tony (admin)]

The booing was followed by the chant, “FIRE LUDWIG. FIRE LUDWIG.” It was pretty obvious we weren’t booing the players.

[Anfernee]

When players are putting out “WASTED TALENT”
and “FREE ME” after the TCU game on their Instagram, it’s obvious we are ALL booing Ludwig.

[Larry B]

I hadn’t heard about this. Tell me more.

[Ghost of the HEB]

Singer and King

[utefansince79]

Rather hard to believe that Singer has zero touchdowns so far this season.

[Anfernee]

From Deseret News: “Dorian Singer has kept his head down and worked hard, leading the team in receptions (33) and receiving yards (486), but his talent hasn’t been utilized to its maximum potential. After the loss, he posted “wasted talent” on Instagram.”

“Landen King, who had 14 receptions for 166 yards and three touchdowns last year, has one target and zero catches this year. After the TCU game, he posted “free me” to his Instagram story.”

[ProudUte]

As for me – I will rarely boo a college football player on either side. I never get booing the opposition as they run onto the field. That’s just not me.

I will, however, boo coaches, play calling, refs, etc.

I am not saying that I am right or wrong. It’s just my style.

[Charlie]

I do boo refs but have often thought I need to quit. Years ago my wife was the referee coordinator for Sandy Youth Soccer. She would hire what seemed to be a hundred middle school and HS kids each year after they took a test for rules. $5 per game. However, every week 8 or 10 quit and the reason was always the same, could not take bitching from parents. By the end of the season replacement was always difficult. I have been and watched coaches work HS and down. Always the loudest are the most certain in their opinions. The height of stupidity is adults fighting at youth events. It all helped me understand what it takes to run even the smallest of leagues. Most fans in the stands would completely struggle to get middle school kids thru a Basketball, Baseball, or Football game as a ref. Most people booing think they are improving the experience for them and others however, it does not really. When I was a kid, every single opposing parent had something derogatory to say to you not just every trip to the plate but every swing. But for some reason it was always viewed as humor, today not so much. My wife reminds me to shut up more than you can imagine.

[Jim Vanderhoof]

Maybe it’s just me but it seems like we are playing not to lose. No energy or explosive plays. No special team excitement. The home games this year have been boring and little to get the crowd involved. Reality has over taken expectations. Losing two home games to inferior opponents is unacceptable to me as a season ticket holder.

[RoboUte]

It takes a lot for me to have to boo the team. What’s been simmering for two years now is enough. We’re not talking about a little inconvenience here and the fans and players have put up with WAY more than they should be expected to.

[TruckStopTerrors]

I will boo only if it’s clear the effort isn’t being put forth. As for coaches being booed, I think that’s fair game. You’re a big boy being paid a lot of money. If you’re not doing a good job, I’m sorry, that’s how things work. Many season ticket holders and or people that just bought tickets saw a p**s poor performance on the field this past weekend. I was frustrated watching it in person and they should be too.

[MontanaUte]

I boo at the product. I spend my money getting Ute’s stuff, travel round trip 1,000 three times a year for home games, and watch and support religiously on TV and in person. I have even traveled for other games outside Utah. I feel I have a right to boo substandard play and coaching, especially when some players make more in NIL than I make in 5 years. Also, the head coach makes more in a year than I will my entire working life. The way I see it is they are employees of the university.

Spin it this way, if they we your employees and sucked at their job, would you fire them or at least let them know they are a hindrance?

[RedRocks]

Well, I guess I see that I am in the minority on this topic around here. Fair enough.

If you booed someone pretty much anywhere else in life, you would look pretty dumb. I guess society has decided it is okay in sports (or generally, events with large crowds). I suppose it must be due to our inability to convey more complex communication as a large group in a crowd-like setting. Easier to convey a collective “Yay!” or “Boo!”.

[DataUte]

Sports are our gladiators. Our proxy for war pitting champions against champions.

I don’t boo much, but when I do, I do it loudly.

[MontanaUte]

I think booing is a way to talk/show dissatisfaction. I can’t walk up to the box and tell Ludwig he is doing a crapy job. I can’t go on the field and ask Whittingham why he kept playing an injured Cam during the Arizona State game. Plus, I would rather hear it in person than be stabbed in the back on these types of message boards. That’s my two cents.

[RedRocks]

Yeah, that is kind of what I was trying to say with part of my previous message. I guess I didn’t do a great job.

[EagleMountainUte]

[GameForAnyFuss]

I’m with you. I never boo anyone or anything. Life’s too short to get p**sed about sports.

[Tony (admin)]

We’ll have to agree to disagree. When byu trots onto the field on Nov 9, I’ll boo until my vocal cords fall out.

[HeyyyUguyyys]

While I understand your point, booing for many people doesn’t come from a serious place. A college football game is a place where we set norms aside and everyone silently agrees that we are all going to act like children for 3 hours. Grown men dress up in costumes, we do dances when we succeed, and light fireworks and fire cannons when we score. Fans are part of the pageantry just like everybody else. I’ve screamed louder about a bad PI call during a game than I would have if I walked out of the stadium and discovered my car was stolen. It’s fun and passion and hyperbole, but it doesn’t affect my life. Yes, there are some emotional children masquerading as adults that swear and scream personal insults at college kids because they can’t separate the pageantry from reality. They are a small percentage of those booing though generally.

[admiralute]

Now that they are paid amateurs, are we not now justified for booing? Prior to being paid college athletes, and some very highly paid, I think it’s a fine line. But they are now paid athletes and when the product is not good, completely justified.

Do you think Rising really cares now if he gets booed. The answer is NO. He will take those boos along with the millions straight to the bank.

[Utes 69]

bad coaching deserves a good boo.

[RUUTES]

I’m not for booing our kids or the coaches. But refs…yeah sometimes those guys need a serious call out.

[Utehoopsfan]

Players get paid now and fans pay a lot to go to games. I think we are past the point in college football where nobody should boo because it might hurt the player’s feelings.

[Jim Vanderhoof]

High ticket prices late game starts and a bad product on the field. All leave a sour taste in my mouth. I would never boo but I have been disappointed in the whole game experience this year and last year. My 14 year old grandson and his friend who both play and love football fell asleep during the Arizona game. That sums it up for me.

[DataUte]

We should start whistling and hissing like other countries instead of booing. I think the oo sound just carries and is differentiated from the oh sound (for general crowd noise) or ah in yeaaaaaahhhh for cheers. It’s just sounds voicing an emotion. So, really, you are saying you don’t feel there should be any negative emotions shared, only good ones. Silence for frustration!

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