How about expectations for fans this year?

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- 08/27/2018 at 7:33 AM #64176
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  Duhwayne
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  These are mine.
  
  1. Be in your seat at least by kickoff.
  
  2. Be welcoming to opposing team fans. I’m inclined not to like Penn State but the guys I sat next to during the NIT game were friendly and respectful even in a big win. We all remember Notre Dame. The Coliseum applauded our team after the opening game. And we know what it’s like to be in Provo or Laramie. Secure people don’t act chippy. Let’s be people as big as our program.
  
  3. You don’t expect your team to fold like a tent when it goes badly. Fans can hold it together too.
  
  4. Some score aggregator I’ve never heard of named the Utes number 1 and suddenly everyone is talking like UCF fans. Can we get this together? We don’t view BYU’s asterisk championship as legit. Not sure why I would want to claim one too. We’re not that far from doing it again. Next time we beat an Alabama again in a New Year’s bowl, it will be for a title. Given the personnel and schedule, next year is as good a shot as we have ever had. I can wait.
  
  5. Let’s have fun! It’s a great day to be a Ute!
- 08/27/2018 at 7:42 AM #64178
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  Utah
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  Your #4 and #5 contradict.
  
  I don’t get Utah fans. The NCAA and PAC-12 come out and say we won the national title in 2008 and some Utah fans want to tell them “no”.
  
  Huh?
  - 08/27/2018 at 7:45 AM #64179
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    Duhwayne
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    No, Utah, having the record revised ten years later because the equivalent of a KenPom liked Utah’s record best is not winning a national championship. Only UCF fans believe they were the best team. While I think we could have beaten the Gators too in a one off, Florida was the champion that year.
    
    The team has fought hard for a seat at the table and we are almost there as a national brand. I have zero intention of using this to claim that Utah was a champ that year. It’s zoobish. The end.
    - 08/27/2018 at 9:11 AM #64191
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      Utah
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      I also find this attitude against this announcement weird. You people are the only state in the country that celebrates their statehood. Y’all will throw a parade and fireworks for anything.
      
      Why not take this chance to have a little fun with this? Just enjoy it.
    - 08/27/2018 at 11:38 AM #64214
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      Stone
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      The BCS was a cartel designed to prevent non-members from sharing in money. The champion of the BCS was simply the champion of the BCS, not the “national champion.” Polls have changed over the decades and are just votes in a beauty contest, not an on-the-field determination (as is the case in every other NCAA sport). I am not going to go out and print NC tshirts 2008, but frankly, from the NCAA’s perspective, the legitimacy of Utah’s claim on NC for 2008 is just as valid as Florida’s claim.
    - 08/27/2018 at 12:43 PM #64223
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      RiseasUtes
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      FYI, there are 3 polls that listed us as champs and have for years now. It for some reason is now just getting attention.
      
      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_football_national_championships_in_NCAA_Division_I_FBS
- 08/27/2018 at 7:46 AM #64180
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  SkinyUte
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  Wait…who is talking like UCF fans? I’d venture a guess that most of us simply give it a chuckle and move on.
  
  I hope that no one is actually serious about raising a banner for it. That’d just be silly.
  - 08/27/2018 at 9:04 AM #64187
    
    Utah
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    Yeah, I’ve only seen good natured fun out of all this. It’s really not a big deal. It’s cool and that’s about it.
- 08/27/2018 at 7:50 AM #64181
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  Duhwayne
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  Completely agree. Mostly I’m seeing it on Twitter. If you’re a Crimson Club member it’s not a bad idea to let people on campus know that a banner is bush league. Kind of like the graveyard video. We outgrew that. I’m proud of that.
  - 08/27/2018 at 9:09 AM #64189
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    Utah
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    This guy has too many friends that are BYU fans.
    
    Utah didn’t lobby for this. They didn’t ask for this. They didn’t push for this.
    
    The NCAA and PAC-12 recognized them as the best team in the country in 2008.
    
    Cool. Hang a banner. Why not? The only people that care are BYU and Utah fan who cares too much what BYU fan thinks.
    
    Use this. Tell kids about it. Get better kids in. Then go win another one.
    
    Its really not a big deal at all.
- 08/27/2018 at 8:41 AM #64184
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  EagleMountainUte
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  Fans should just have fun.
  
  As far as the National Astericks Title. I am sick of being an Astericks every season. We shouldn’t be proud of a joke organization like the Ncaa giving us an Astericks. But if it is fun for fans then good on them I just don’t understand it.
  - 08/27/2018 at 8:59 AM #64185
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    ironman1315
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    At this point I would just accept for the lulz since BYU fans are P**SED about the whole thing.
    - 08/27/2018 at 9:03 AM #64186
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      EagleMountainUte
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      Yeah I would rather have USC, Washington and Zona fans cry about us kicking their ass. I haven’t said this yet but I want to beat Oregon the most. I hate Oregon fans hate Nike and just can’t stand the state of Oregon. I want them to be crying all of the way back to Eugene.
      - 08/27/2018 at 9:06 AM #64188
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        ironman1315
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        Oh, that is definitely number 1 on my list (beating the PAC-12) but just as some fun troll-shaped icing, really want Utah to screw with BYU.
        
        08/27/2018 at 9:09 AM #64190
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        EagleMountainUte
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        Every day Utah tightens the screw on them. They are so screwed by us they need to report it to the honor code office.
- 08/27/2018 at 9:26 AM #64192
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  ladyinred
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  I’ll leave the rest of you to debate #2-#5, while I figure out how to accomplish #1.
  - 08/27/2018 at 9:42 AM #64193
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    EagleMountainUte
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    The biggest issue is the s**tty parking.
    - 08/27/2018 at 10:23 AM #64197
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      ladyinred
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      Raight. The. Parking.
      
      It couldn’t be that that I am one of those drunken degenerates who fails at time management while at the tailgate.
    - 08/27/2018 at 11:29 AM #64212
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      UtMtBiker
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      These Thursday openers are super Awesome.
- 08/27/2018 at 10:04 AM #64194
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  Duhwayne
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  Look, some people just like to be contrary, but I think all can agree that the trolling potential for this exists.
  
  I mocked up a t-shirt that I would wear about this topic. Yes, that is me and I shot that in my bathroom.
  
  It has the added feature of trolling BYU fans without openly trolling BYU fans. Maybe Dahlelama could put something together?
  - 08/27/2018 at 10:31 AM #64200
    
    ladyinred
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    Hawt. I dig the facial hair. The shirt is ok too.
    - 08/27/2018 at 1:56 PM #64230
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      Duhwayne
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      Hey, I aim to please!
      
      One more for the lady. Totally me from the back, not stock model me from zazzle.com.
      
      I would wear that shirt though.
- 08/27/2018 at 10:50 AM #64205
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  bopahull
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  When I went to school (many many moons ago) USU was known as a party school, has that changed?
  
  I didn’t go to school there, but that was their rep.
- 08/27/2018 at 1:49 PM #64228
  
  Duhwayne
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  I attended frat parties at both schools. The rowdiest ones go to Utah State. There is an admissions difference recently that reinforces this even more. People don’t see the admissions stats creeping north but they are.
- 08/27/2018 at 3:02 PM #64236
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  Puget Ute
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  With the U of U being the 3rd largest state school now (after UVU and Weber iirc) allows them to be more selective. Grades and test scores at Utah are trending upward rapidly.
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