Which Utah College Sports team do you root for?

montgjules · 08-31-2005, 12:05 PM

I have precisely three sports teams in the entire universe that I cheer for:

1. RSL
2. BYU men's soccer
3. BYU football

Seeing as that's the limit of my sports fandom, I'm sure you can tell that sports is really uber-important to me.

The BYU-UofU doesn't matter that much to me. What irks me is when people take issue with BYU simply because it's a mormon school. That's short-sighted and close-minded and intolerant. (Oh wait, isn't that why people claim to not like BYU? Interesting...) I'm not saying anybody here falls into that category, but plenty of people do and it's lamer than lame.

mr.malo · 08-31-2005, 12:53 PM

Why Utah, cause everyone else sucks!!!!!!!

This also goes for my Raiders, my Jazz,and my RSL!!!

I've been a U fan since I could understand what football was!

I welcome all U fans new and old. So on Friday I'm calling out the RED to bring it, cause a Utah man am I, GO UTES!!!!

Don't be scared to support your team. Be like nike JUST DO IT, and Have fun doing it.

RSLfrontrowfan · 08-31-2005, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by RSLfrontrowfan

I think it's just understood that ALMOST everyone that has voted for Utah fits the "I Jumped on the Ute band-wagon the last few years" category. I am a University of Michigan fan first and foremost (GO BIG BLUE!!!). I also support both BYU and Utah (both parents graduated from BYU, I attended the U). In head to head competition I'm more a cougar fan. To those who claim life-long, undying devotion to the U (Just about all Utah fans make this claim) i ask where were you before the last few years? cause you weren't in the stadium supporting the Utes. Even as recently as 1997 home attendence has been miserable, in 1997 the average home attendance for the Utes was only 28,000, and those are better numbers than the years leading up to 1997 (these are announced attendance figures which we all now does not equal butts in the seats). I remember sitting in the stadium for games in the early and mid 90s and only having a few thousand there. In 1999 they averaged 39,000. In 2000 they again averaged 39,000 and that year they had Arizona, Washington State, Colorado State and BYU at home - All good teams that typically draw huge crowds. Then the numbers went down again, in 2001 they averaged 34,000. In 2002 they averaged only 35,000. They finally averaged more than 40,000 in 2003 with 41,000. So if you're going to claim life-long, undying devotion to the Utes, you had better only be 15 years old or have ticket stubs to prove you are one of the true life-long, die-hards!

I think most of you missed the point I was making. My post is aimed at all those who NOW CLAIM to be life-long die-hards that really aren't. If you are a life-long die-hard you know who you are, if you're not don't claim to be one. I didn't make a statement either way about jumping on the bandwagon. If you are a new fan that is awesome, the more the merrier! You can be as die-hard now as you want. Just don't claim to be a life-long, die-hard. Not even 10 years ago there weren't even 20,000 butts in the seats but today there are 60,000+ who claim that their butts were in the seats cause they're life-long die-hards. The numbers just don't add up. My problem isn't with the new fans themselves it's the deceit of the new fans who make the life-long claim.

MomOf8 · 08-31-2005, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Deuce

Well obviously you are a true fan because Dallas sucks wind and you are still claiming them as your team.

Deuce, you're all right in my book. I don't care what Holly may say about ya. I know Dallas sucks, sometimes, but so does every team. Dallas has had a few good years, and that's all that matters in my book. I've liked them since I was old enough to know who they were.

*ducks DizzyHolly's funny faces 😉

RSLfrontrowfan · 08-31-2005, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Rover

Where was I? Okinawa, the Persian Gulf, Croatia, DC . . .

Any more questions?

Military service. Good for you. Which branch? I deal with the DoD JPO often and train DoD personnel on items dealing with force protection. My work has taken me to many DoD installations: Brooks AFB(TX), Dugway(UT), Bluegrass Station (KY), Sigonella (Sicily Italy), AFIP (DC), USAMRIID (Fort Detrick MD) to name a few.