Bronco is awesome

[Jeff Lebowski]

Part of me says "Just win, baby." The other part realizes how ugly it will get when things head south.

[ERCougar]

Originally Posted by OrangeUte

unfortunately, all that interview did for me was to prove that he really is as big of a homer as he sounds.

Dang...I wish OUR HEAD FOOTBALL COACH wasn't such a homer.

[splitbamboo]

Originally Posted by ERCougar

Dang...I wish OUR HEAD FOOTBALL COACH wasn't such a homer.

It's just something a Ute will never be able to reconcile...

[ERCougar]

Originally Posted by OrangeUte

a few of the attorney's at my firm recently really offended another attorney who attended west point. they were stating that byu has different and better caliber of students than other colleges. the lds guys were really ripping on (even though we weren't talking about the U at that time), but their comments were self-righteous and pompous.

That's funny...I can't ever remember a time where I was offended at an AFA (or West Point or Naval Academy...or even ND or Stanford, etc) fan claiming that they have a unique or better caliber of student-athlete. He must be awfully thin-skinned.

[Brian]

Originally Posted by ERCougar

That's funny...I can't ever remember a time where I was offended at an AFA (or West Point or Naval Academy...or even ND or Stanford, etc) fan claiming that they have a unique or better caliber of student-athlete. He must be awfully thin-skinned.

have you ever heard them claim god had a hand in the outcome of games?

[ERCougar]

Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Part of me says "Just win, baby." The other part realizes how ugly it will get when things head south.

I'm not convinced it will get ugly. As a football fan, it may. But I doubt the administration will care too much--he's saying all of the right things. They'd rather have a losing football program led by Bronco-isms than a winning one with group-sex scandals. I can honestly say that if my son were looking at football programs, I'd love him to be around a man like Bronco for four years. Given the odds against any college athlete building a pro football career, I'd be much more interested in the life skills he's developing and the role models he's around, than whether or not he goes to a bowl game. Say what you want about the appropriateness of what Bronco's doing, you can't deny he'd be a pretty good role model for a college kid.

Plus, if Bronco starts losing, the Ute whiners shut up. That'd be nice.

[creekster]

Originally Posted by Brian

have you ever heard them claim god had a hand in the outcome of games?

What about Touchdown Jesus?

[ERCougar]

Originally Posted by Brian

have you ever heard them claim god had a hand in the outcome of games?

Nope. But I've never heard a BYU fan claim this (in seriousness) either. Only a bunch of Ute legends passed around.

[scottie]

I admit I cringe a little when Bronco (or anyone associated with BYU) starts highlighting the no drinking and no pre-marital sex with national media. I wonder why it gets brought up so much because (a) there is drinking and pre-marital sex going on at BYU, maybe it's proportionately less but who cares? and (b) I don't want a law-of-moses perception that kids who do drink or have pre-marital sex will get kicked out of the school. Having said that, I do like that Bronco has embraced the Honor Code; Crowton didn't, and therefore many of his great recruits didn't stick around.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by ERCougar

Plus, if Bronco starts losing, the Ute whiners shut up. That'd be nice.

The naivete in this statement is stunning. Aren't you the board rocket scientist?