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I caught the Utes game in Waco a few weeks back and was very impressed with Levani Damuni. Dude was all over the field making plays. Him and Barton were fun to watch.

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How original of him……

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I posted this on the ASU board. It’ll give y’all a glimpse of your new family.

My perspective of Big 12 fan bases from my personal experiences (Texas fan)

Baylor – kinda the goody goods, probably a lot like BYU fans that drink beer. You’ll hear some “what the heck was that” or “what the frick” type stuff at games. Their stadium is pretty nice but they did go cheap on some of the finishings (brick patterned tarps covering concrete) the sailgate thing is kinda cool. Don’t let them tell you otherwise, Waco sucks. Take your wife or gf to this game and see the Gaines’ silos. Balcones distillery for the men.

Iowa St – fan turnout is always top notch regardless of record. They do play the part of a try hard a bit too much sometimes as the common sentiment is “everything is against us” blah blah blah. Pretty sure JTS will be the largest stadium in the Big 12 going forward (65,000)

Kansas – is it basketball season yet? Their fans don’t care about football. Their stadium is one of the worst in D1. The track is awful. Phog Allen is amazing though, def go catch a hoops game there.

Kansas St – the fighting juco’s. Bill Snyder resurrected this program from worst in the NCAA to a scrappy bunch that punches above their weight class. Just like Iowa St though, their fans love to play the underdog card that gets annoying.

Oklahoma St – Actually pretty nice fans. BPS is cool since the field is so close to the stands. The paddlers are annoying AF. Gotta hit up Eskimo Joe’s and get the cheese fries.

TCU – they’re kinda like a poor mans SMU. They def have quite a few short shorts and frat swoop hair cuts in their fanbase. They get chippy, especially about Baylor. I actually really like Amon Carter Stadium. I’m probably biased since Fort Worth is my hometown, but it’s everything Dallas isn’t. Stockyards, West 7th, Sundance Square, Magnolia. Great game to go to with family as there’s something for everyone.

Texas Tech – I’ll be honest, I have nothing good to say about their school or fans. They’re crass, loud, drunk and nasty. I do NOT recommend taking kids to Lubbock ever, especially a night game. They have a little bar district on broadway (Chimy’s, Crickets, Mesquite’s) Raidergate is a decent tailgate scene. Bring thick skin and extra clothes if you go to a game. If your team wins they’ll talk $hit all night and don’t be surprised if someone tries to fight you.

West Virginia – prob the best fans in the Big 12. Very proud of being mountaineers, the most fun to party with. They’ll talk $hit then chug a beer with you. Really a fun group. Amazing tailgating.

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As some of you I’ve interacted with know I’m a Texas fan to the core but my entire mom’s side of my family are big time Utes fans. I became one myself in 2008 watching that Sugar Bowl. I’ve never seen a team play more inspired than that (other than 2005 Texas).

I’m thrilled I will get to see the Utes regularly (I live in DFW) I think Utah-TCU will become a really good rivalry that dates back to the MWC.

I also think Utes fans will enjoy the Big 12 a lot more than the Pac 12 once the dust settles. As much as the names were big, there isn’t a whole lot of passion for college football on the west coast. Culturally Utah will like the Big 12 more imho.

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Y’all are fooling yourselves of you don’t think the PAC is in deep sh*t. Kliavkoff blew it big time. 2 major media platforms just pulled out of negotiations and ESPN already gave a preliminary number below ever P5 league. Putting all of the tier 1/2 inventory on a streaming platform like prime would be the nail in the coffin.

Not to mention, Arizona is all but sold on leaving for the Big 12 and Oregon and Washington won’t sign anything longterm in hopes of a B1G invite.

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We need some speed at safety. And I really like Barton. A trade would be sweet 😆

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Who is allegedly leaving Texas? Ewers will most likely declare leaving a QB competition for Maalik Murphy and Arch Manning, neither of which are leaving. I guess I could see Murphy leaving if Manning wins the job but I doubt it.

How many players we gotta give the Utes lol?

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We already gave you Rising and JQJ, let us have our skit lol.

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This right here is the exact correct answer. Schools are finally starting to learn, and those that still lament about the old days are bound to be left behind. Just like all of us that have careers, schools are learning that they need to be focused on being the best version of themselves and securing the most lucrative opportunities possible.

While the days of old envoke good feelings Cal, Stanford, Oregon St, Washington St have been in a power conference for over 100 years. They’ve had every advantage to take a step forward. But as you can see, some schools don’t care about being good at football. Cal and Stanford are all academics first and made decisions that reflect that. Oregon St and Washington St always acted like they were just happy to be there.

Utah should feel proud of themselves. They were moved up from the little leagues, invested and went all in and kicked ass. If they keep doing that they will be in the show. Leave the average schools in the dust.

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This guy gets it. The Pac-12 is in pretty rough territory because all of the schools involved heavily relied on Southern California to thrive/survive. The mistake the underdog schools continue to make is limiting/making life hard for the blueblood and breadwinner of their conference. A lot of you get probably say f*ck USC and tbh a huge reason for the predicament that you’re in is because of that attitude towards the most important brand of the conference. The Big 12 made this same mistake.

People can pretend in their mind all they want, but Utah and USC are not equals in the grand scheme of college athletics. A lot of folks take that as a dig rather than just the way it is. So they fight it and do everything they can to “beat the Trojans” special uniforms, night games on Friday night, etc. This constant energy and the constant hurdles placed in front of the Trojans got old so they got TF out.

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