Our new rival UTAH STATE!

I just saw that Utah State was our last game of the season in 1984. We played them on November 24, the week after we played Utah. Of course, we went on to win the national championship that year.



I, for one, would like to no longer play Utah. I wouldn't be opposed to playing Utah State during rivalry week every year. For starters, every one outside of Utah won't know the difference between Utah and Utah State, so they'll still think we beat Utah' every year. And Utah State has some pent up anger towards us, but it never seems to get ugly like the Utah game. Utah State fans are die-hard fans. They REALLY like their football and appear serious about getting there program back to winning. It would be a fun rivalry week.



Utah will not only become a mediocre team in the PAC but they fans will no longer be able to enjoy RIVALRY week.



The more I think about this the better it sounds: Playing in a Turkey Bowl, Thanksgiving diner and the Utah State game as our last game of the year and complete our undefeated season.

is OP being serious? Utah State?



Let's try to have a little more dignity for our team than to suggest having a rivalry with a bottom-tier team of a bottom-tier conference. Utah State is quite literally the worst of the worst. No thank you.

BUT if they were our rival, in a few years they would be as good as Utah.

Mars wrote:


Utah rides our coat tails, and cutting off the series would hurt them and drop their fan support (and scheduling our homes games on the same days and times as theirs), but Utah State is just as bad. I wouldn't mind both series come to an end in football- except that Bronco loves the Friday night general conference game, and LaVell Edwards is a USU supporter.



I'd rather see us schedule 4 low-tier BCS opponents every year, like Washington State, Baylor, Duke, and Vanderbilt.

The problem with scheduling other teams during rivalry week is that everyone else is playing their 'rival'. I would look at a game with Utah State each year during rivalry week as just an enjoyable week of football. It would have a bit of the in-state feel, leave Utah with no one to play (I would much rather have a healthy banter with Utah State fans then listen to vile from Utah fans), and pretty much guarantee us a win on the last game of the season after playing top competition. Besides, this game is played during Thanksgiving week some years when a lot of the students have gone home for Thanksgiving.

allcoug wrote:

Utah rides our coat tails, and cutting off the series would hurt them and drop their fan support (and scheduling our homes games on the same days and times as theirs), but Utah State is just as bad. I wouldn't mind both series come to an end in football- except that Bronco loves the Friday night general conference game, and LaVell Edwards is a USU supporter.



I'd rather see us schedule 4 low-tier BCS opponents every year, like Washington State, Baylor, Duke, and Vanderbilt.

The problem with scheduling other teams during rivalry week is that everyone else is playing their 'rival'. I would look at a game with Utah State each year during rivalry week as just an enjoyable week of football. It would have a bit of the in-state feel, leave Utah with no one to play (I would much rather have a healthy banter with Utah State fans then listen to vile from Utah fans), and pretty much guarantee us a win on the last game of the season after playing top competition. Besides, this game is played during Thanksgiving week some years when a lot of the students have gone home for Thanksgiving.

The MWC has already stated that they refuse to let BYU schedule rivalry week. BYU will be playing BSU on rivalry as long as they are in the MWC per Craig Thompson.

Thumbs down on this idea. Boise State at the end of the year will get a lot of hype for us and many times will determine who wins the conference. It will always be an exciting game, something the Utah State game will never provide.

Just saw that Ut St was picked 4th in their conference. If they can get up to 3rd place they will be just like Utah!

snoscythe wrote:

Mars wrote:


Utah rides our coat tails, and cutting off the series would hurt them and drop their fan support (and scheduling our homes games on the same days and times as theirs), but Utah State is just as bad. I wouldn't mind both series come to an end in football- except that Bronco loves the Friday night general conference game, and LaVell Edwards is a USU supporter.



I'd rather see us schedule 4 low-tier BCS opponents every year, like Washington State, Baylor, Duke, and Vanderbilt.

The problem with scheduling other teams during rivalry week is that everyone else is playing their 'rival'. I would look at a game with Utah State each year during rivalry week as just an enjoyable week of football. It would have a bit of the in-state feel, leave Utah with no one to play (I would much rather have a healthy banter with Utah State fans then listen to vile from Utah fans), and pretty much guarantee us a win on the last game of the season after playing top competition. Besides, this game is played during Thanksgiving week some years when a lot of the students have gone home for Thanksgiving.

The MWC has already stated that they refuse to let BYU schedule rivalry week. BYU will be playing BSU on rivalry as long as they are in the MWC per Craig Thompson.

When it come down to it BYU can do what it wants. With Utah gone BYU is the MWC. Thompson can say what he wants to appear to be in charge, but I believe BYU will now start doing what is best for BYU. When I listen to Craig Thompson speak it reminds me of Kim Jong Il telling the world how they are going to punish the USA and that they are the great society yada..yada...yada. Where was Thompson when BYU decided to play Michigan State and Utah State at ESA in order to get a bigger payout? Thompson has no control over what BYU does. His line of 'The MWC doesn't have any clause to financially punish any member from leaving the conference" is code for "BYU can do what they want I have no power over them, but hey, I'm the Commissioner".

allcoug wrote:
When I listen to Craig Thompson speak it reminds me of Kim Jong Il telling the world how they are going to punish the USA and that they are the great society yada..yada...yada.

I think you might be on to something - has anybody ever seen the two of them together? The resemblance between their bad hair is uncanny!



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redneckjedi wrote:

When I listen to Craig Thompson speak it reminds me of Kim Jong Il telling the world how they are going to punish the USA and that they are the great society yada..yada...yada.

I think you might be on to something - has anybody ever seen the two of them together? The resemblance between their bad hair is uncanny!



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I'm so ronery, so ronery...