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I’ve done a lot of branding for various organizations in my career. Do you want to know what happened with this whiplash Jazz rebrand? It’s actually a pretty simple story if you know what to look for...
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Remember when Mark Pope made all the students practice storming the court at Midnight Madness?
Prophetic.
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Utah may be way better than BYU in football right now, but let’s be clear about one thing: BYU has dominated the Utes in basketball for a solid decade now.
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The seniors will deservedly get all the praise tonight, but let’s single out Alex Barcello for a second. He struggled to knock down shots all night, but when the game hung in the balance, he hit maybe the shot that sealed it. That’s hard to do. Credit to AB for owning the moment.
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The evidence suggests that BYU really irritates opponents this year.
And I love it.
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Giving you just enough hope to crush your soul in the end: a BYU tradition unlike any other!
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BYU just finished an entire regular season with zero bad losses. That’s a seriously impressive accomplishment — not just for them, but for any team.
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Folks, nights like this are why we love sports. You can endure a hundred forgettable games, but that one transcendent experience is what makes it all worth it.
Tonight was one of those nights. No words left but these:
#GoCougs
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BYU has the greatest history of horrific fake kick decisions in all of college football.
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These folks mocked that Bronco celebration video endlessly, right? Glad to see them showing incredible restraint after beating an FCS team.
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NCAA: Ah, North Carolina, I see you’ve been engaging in rampant academic fraud for years. HOWEVER, we’ve found this convenient loophole, so we’ll let it slide!
Also NCAA: What’s that? Paperwork snafu at BYU? THIS WILL NOT STAND. DROP THE HAMMER.
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It is time to speak the magic words and collectively manifest their sacred meaning into existence…
BEAT
UTAH
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Tonight was a good night for the basketball team to have top-30 recruit Collin Chandler in the stadium. The energy and momentum of BYU athletics right now is intoxicating.
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In other news, Allgeier now autocorrects to ALLGEIER on my phone. The highest honor a man can receive.
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We’re so back.
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HERE IT IS. THE CLASSIC BYU EXPERIENCE.
BYU plays bad and gets down big, crushing your hopes. Then BYU plays better and comes back, just close enough to restore your hope. BYU loses in the most painful way possible, just to crush your spirit more severely.
HAPPENS EVERY TIME.
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Show me a team — any team, anywhere in the country — that has 3 better wins than BYU does so far. Mark Pope challenged this squad with tough games early and they responded. Big time.
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Just a reminder that the NCAA handed BYU and Dave Rose nearly as harsh a penalty for self-reporting a relatively minor infraction as they gave Rick Pitino for getting caught repeatedly buying strippers and booze for teenagers. What a world. Goodnight!
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Whatever you say, Mr. 1-for-10.
Zags' Corey Kispert on atmosphere and the sold-out Marriott Center and if it affected the Zags: “No, it is white noise, man. It more gets them going than rattles us, I think.”
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TJ will get all the love, and it’s merited. But let’s save some for Connor and Zac. Those dudes battled the entire second half and effectively shut down Ford and Fitts when it looked like BYU had no answers. The Cougs aren’t in a position to win without them.
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And that’s how you got the event today. Does it really make sense to talk up
#PurpleIsBack
while debuting a slate of yellow jerseys? It does not! But if you understand it as a panic-driven damage control exercise for a failed branding process, it makes a lot more sense. <end>
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This is Richie Saunders in a nutshell. Incredible athleticism to stay in front of a quick ball handler, quick instincts to switch onto the next guy, and tremendous effort to beat him to the spot and make a play. You can’t not love this kid.
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Is this BYU’s best nonconference performance of the Mark Pope era?
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Seeing people out here calling for Juwan Howard to be fired for getting in a pretty mild scuffle while these same folks were apparently totally cool with Mark Few only being suspended one game for driving drunk is yet another reminder that there are two Americas.
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Oh, and this BYU team is going to get Dawson Baker back in the next few weeks, who is the most accomplished college player on the roster.
Just saying.
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The nickname “Runnin' Utes” just took on a whole new meaning.
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GUYS. This BYU team gets one of the 25 best players in college basketball back next week. Just let that sink in for a minute.
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Let’s all take a second to recognize the real winners in all of this: My fellow East Coast BYU fans, who will likely never have to stay up for an 11pm basketball tip again after 2023.
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Many thanks to Brett Yormark for inviting our old friends from the University of Utah into the Big 12 so BYU actually has a shot of winning at least a couple basketball games in conference every year. A truly generous gift from a great leader.
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FOLKS. This was a great tournament performance by BYU. Everything you could have asked for. Knocked off a blue-blood, hung with a top 5 team for 25 minutes, then beat a really good Virginia Tech squad that beat a top 5 team two days ago. Mark Pope and staff, take a bow!
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No disrespect to Filip Petrusev, but it’s a goshdang travesty that Yoeli Childs didn’t win WCC Player of the Year. Nobody dominated the conference like he did. Deserves to recognized.
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I was tough on Dave Rose these last few years, and I think deservedly so. But none of that undoes the tremendous good he did in Provo. This program owes everything to him. He retires as the greatest coach in BYU history—and we should all recognize him as such. Thank you, Coach.
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Briefly breaking my Twitter hiatus to make the following important announcement:
BASKETBALL HAS BEEN SAVED YET AGAIN BY OUR NOBLE KING RICHARD F. SAUNDERS XXVIII. THE BANDWAGON HAS REOPENED ITS DOORS. COME FORTH ALL YE WHO DESIRE TO FEEL OF HIS GOODNESS AND MERCY.
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People that Bill Walton has compared Elijah Bryant to:
☑️ Michael Jordan
☑️ Scottie Pippen
☑️ Kobe Bryant
☑️ LeBron James
☑️ Oscar Robertson
And that's just in the last five minutes.
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Jake Toolson is a BYU legend and we should retire his jersey immediately.
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The BYU Cougars are playing in the NCAA tournament today.
Today is going to be a great day.
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You know, BYU has an excellent women’s soccer program with many talented athletes who can kick a ball extremely accurately…
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Here’s a fun fact about Cameron Rising: He’s been on Utah’s roster and been available to play all year long. Every single game.
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Raise your hand if you think weirdos on the internet should just let a 17-year-old kid they don’t know make his own decision about where to go to college by determining what’s the best fit for him, without said weirdos making it all depressing by tossing out wild accusations.
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There’s more that unites us than divides us, my Ute friends.
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Fairleigh Dickinson: Further proof for my opinion that pressing the entire game like a pack of coked-out spider monkeys is the key to BYU beating significantly more talented teams in the Big 12.
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Absolutely delicious. 10/10, no notes, will be laughing for hours.
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Fun fact: Jim Rome once witnessed a CBS executive burying a body.
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Want to know how much being in an extremely strong basketball conference like the Big 12 is?
Texas Tech went 9-8 in conference play last year… and got the same NCAA tournament seed as BYU!
The margin for error just got WAY bigger for Pope and crew.
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In all seriousness, if your team just played a great game in the Rose Bowl and you’re spending your evening on this website taking the bait from stupid BYU trolls like me, you might need to reconsider your priorities.
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Friends, that is the best possible half you could have asked for from this BYU team. I am flabbergasted.
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After the game, there were a ton of BYU fans down in the tunnel mingling with the players. Energy was obviously high. Lots of commotion.
Spence spent some time saying hi to everyone, but soon retreated to a corner by himself, AirPods in, to FaceTime with Joey.
Family 💙
The newest member of the BYU Basketball family🫶
Glad we could give Joey Johnson a memorable first win!🤙
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Alex Barcello waving bye-bye to the USU fans after a win is everything I’ve ever wanted.
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Alex Barcello is literally the best shooter in college basketball. He’s shooting 63% from 3 this season, which is
#1
in the country among players who have attempted at least 40 threes.
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No matter what happens from here, this team will go down as my favorite BYU team to date. We’ve had a lot of great teams, and the Jimmer years are hard to beat. But the pure joy I get from watching this group of guys play together is unmatched.
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I enjoyed when Caleb told Trev to “grab the f—ing ball,” personally.
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Wouldn’t it be amazing if BYU wins tomorrow and becomes a bid thief — and the bid they steal is............
Saint Mary’s?
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TJ Haws yelling “SHUT THE EFF UP!” right into the camera is Peak Mormon.
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This is your regularly scheduled reminder that Richie Saunders saved basketball.
Bandwagon is full, but please apply for our waitlist in the unexpected event that seats become available.
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I’ve said a bunch this season, but it bears repeating again tonight: When all is said and done, Fouss is gonna be an all-time BYU great.
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It's the quick Utah pump fake before putting on the BYU hat for me. Top-notch rivalry content here.
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Trevin Knell’s emergence as an off the dribble threat is such a huge development for BYU.
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Can’t wait for next year’s halftime show from Fall Out Boy, Simple Plan, Good Charlotte and My Chemical Romance to keep the Millennials feeling good.
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"Hit the portal smartly" = bringing in one guy who left before the season started, one guy who hasn't played yet, and one guy who is very good but has mostly been hurt.
National writers clearly haven't done their homework on this BYU team yet.
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Here’s the thing: Gonzaga is one of the five best programs in the country. They are elite in every sense of the word. So if you’re incensed that your team can’t consistently beat THAT team? You may have some unrealistic expectations.
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That’s a good road win for BYU. Sure, WVU isn’t great this year, but they’ve got talent and, as we all know, winning on the road in the Big 12 is no joke. They’ve beaten several ranked teams in Morgantown over the past few weeks, but the Cougs took care of business. Impressive.
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Morning reminder: BYU led still-undefeated and now-No. 4 San Diego State by as many as 8 points deep into the second half — without Yoeli Childs in the lineup. When healthy, this team can play with anyone.
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This is what I’m going to tell my wife when she asks why I really need another BYU shirt. I’m a crucial part of the recruiting effort, honey!
What 5 ⭐️ CB
@CormaniMcClain2
told me on
@espn960sports
prior to his visit to Provo.
Sounds like the visit went well with the Florida Boyz. 👌🏼
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My 4 year old is watching his first BYU-Utah game with me. His first comment?
“Dad, Satan would cheer for the red team.”
Totally unprompted. Maybe it’s genetic. 😂
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Fousssyni Traore will go down in history has a top-tier BYU legend. That man is build different.
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Caleb Lohner had a great freshman season by all metrics. This summer he needs to make the leap. If he can get in the gym and become a guy who uses his athleticism to create shots off the bounce, look out. Sky is the limit for him.
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For the Dallin Hall haters out there: He was a +11 in 13 first half minutes. BYU's offense cratered and Texas went on big runs both times he went to the bench.
I think he might be Good™ and Valuable™, folks...
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Prediction: Some team in the tournament will single-cover Yoeli Childs and he’ll go for 40+ and become an instant national sensation.
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MEMO TO ANGRY BYU FANS:
Nevada is very, very good. They were one point away from the Final Four last year.
Losing to them is not a disaster. On the contrary, keeping it close for as long as BYU did is a positive sign.
Chill out, my dudes.
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That was undoubtedly a gut punch of a loss for every BYU fan. But let’s not lose sight of the fact that those kids worked their tails off and fought until the last second. They couldn’t quite get it done and that sucks — but it sucks way worse for them than it does for any of us.
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Man, what a gut-wrenching L for Utah. Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of folks.
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This can’t be overstated: BYU’s defense looks freaking fantastic so far.
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This is patently absurd. Neither humans nor anthropomorphic cougars should be able to do this.
“Um well you know, can’t bring me down. I’m on a high right now. I’m living my best life and y’all can’t take that from meeeee”
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All credit to Caleb Lohner. He has had a really tough stretch. But he is doing all the little stuff tonight. So important.
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Caleb Lohner has been trying to get someone to throw him that lob for two years now. Glad he finally got it!
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HUGE road win for BYU. It’s becoming a pattern: that was ugly as hell and I’m not quite sure how they did it, but the Cougs keep finding ways to gut out wins when they need them. (Except against Gonzaga who is, after all, Gonzaga.)
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This is fun, but having watched approximately a billion hours of Jimmer in my life, it would have only fooled me right up until he took that first jump shot. He has pretty distinctive form/release!
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This BYU team has no Dudes. But they’ve got a lot of Dogs, and that’s enough for now.
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This is the sequence that President Nelson just referenced in
#GeneralConference
, from the BYU-Pacific game in Provo in January.
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If the BYU fan base focused all the time and energy we spend voting in random online mascot polls on literally anything productive, we might just get somewhere in this world.
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All Olympic events should include one average person participating in the event so the viewer can get a sense for just how ridiculous the feats they’re witnessing are.
What's your goofiest sports take that you actually kind of believe? Mine is: If the Bills want to truly get the most out of Josh Allen, they gotta build a dome.
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After the difficult year that BYU has had in virtually every major sport, this win was undoubtedly incredibly cathartic for Cougar fans everywhere. It’s been far too long since we’ve felt this feeling.
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If you told me one fanbase would name a weird celebration after a famous Disneyland ride, I would have bet $1 billion it would be BYU. Alas.
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OH BOY. It appears BYU has officially ditched the Unicorn commercial after only one week?
WE DID IT, INTERNET. NEVER LET ANYONE TELL YOU THAT YOU’RE ONLY GOOD FOR CAT VIDEOS.
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I’ll say it again: If BYU can’t keep the best LDS kids home, it’s going to be a rough road ahead.
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USU people: "THE SPECTRUM IS A FORTRESS. WAY BETTER THAN THE MARRIOTT CENTER. NO ONE COMES INTO OGDEN AND LEAVES WITH A VICTORY."
Also USU people:
BYU fans really gotta stop hyping up their tithing funded devotional center with basketball hoops.
It might be nicer or more modern but its not better to see a game or experience a game I might add, than the spectrum
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BYU’s early domination has really taken the crowd out of this game.
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@SpencerJCox
@For3JT
My dude is sitting here acting like there aren’t 9,000 oil and gas leases just sitting there that the feds have already issued but oil companies aren’t drilling on. But I guess that doesn’t fit the narrative, huh?
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The TJ Haws “DaddyDagger” has officially exorcised the “DellaveDagger” from Cougar Nation’s collective soul. A great weight has been lifted.
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