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YOhio · 02-21-2008, 06:14 AM

IPU, you're acting like a PC liberal. Zoots, yewts, or Utes, there just weren't many of any of them at the game. Plain and simple.

il Padrino Ute · 02-21-2008, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by YOhio

IPU, you're acting like a PC liberal. Zoots, yewts, or Utes, there just weren't many of any of them at the game. Plain and simple.

Correct. Unlike a PC liberal, I eventually admitted I was wrong in this thread.

RockyBalboa · 02-21-2008, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

Fair enough. I'm tired and reading too much into your posts. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

) I failed to mention that the Ute fans I'm talking about are those who show up in the Huntsman Center. So few fans at a game in Provo is odd, I agree, but more annoying is that there are so many empty seats in the Huntsman Center. That's where Boylen and his team deserve more support.

I've always maintained that there really is a large Ute fan base - for several reasons, one being there are a lot more BYU fans in this state. That's how it is and I'm ok with it.

The fact that the Huntsman Center has been barren this year further supports what I'm saying. I've been up to a couple of games up there this year and the student section was flat out embarrassingly absent.

**Note** This is not a knock on you. I know you're a real Ute fan.

il Padrino Ute · 02-21-2008, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by RockyBalboa

The fact that the Huntsman Center has been barren this year further supports what I'm saying. I've been up to a couple of games up there this year and the student section was flat out embarrassingly absent.

**Note** This is not a knock on you. I know you're a real Ute fan.

I appreciate that. (I was hoping for a bit more sarcasm though. )

The students at the U really are pathetic basketball fans. I see several football players in the student section and it makes me wonder if they ever think about announcing to their classmates to get their hinies to the HC to watch the basketball games. (Louie Sakoda is the loudest student in that small group.)

Unfortunately for Utah, it suffers from acute commuterism and I'd even guess a bit of Cougarism as well as I know 2 Utah students in my ward who are BYU athletic fans.

myboynoah · 02-21-2008, 12:22 PM

Sad they aren't showing up as in the past, but the worst thing I've seen is all the "we got screwed by the refs" talk over on UteFans. There was a time not so far off that that was the sole territory of "those stupid zoobies."

Urban's impact was greater than we all thought possible.

DrumNFeather · 02-21-2008, 12:47 PM

Boylan knows he has to win fans back. The diehards will always be there, it's the casual fan/student that you have to win back at a school like Utah and that just takes time.

I could be wrong, but with a strong finish this year, and a good home schedule next year, the attendance numbers will start to turn around.

Jeff Lebowski · 02-21-2008, 02:14 PM

Something else that surprised me a bit: we had more BYU fans to the UNLV game last week (22K) than to the Utah game last night (19K).

bluegoose · 02-21-2008, 03:48 PM

Like Rocky said, I think the lower attendance had more to do with it being an 8:00pm start time on a wednesday night than the fact that it was Utah versus UNLV. The students should have still shown up in full force, but you're going to lose a good chunk of those with kids, like IPU who would rather not have their kids get home at 11:00 on a school night.

Goatnapper'96 · 02-21-2008, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

As we were walking into the MC tonight I was surprised at how few Ute fans I saw. We usually get a huge group of them, scattered in bunches all through the arena; and they are usually loud and obnoxious. Which of course makes the game a lot more fun. But they were few and far between tonight. There was only one group sitting together, just above portal M. We ended up sitting next to them and we looked forward to being entertained by the typical chants and smack. But we were sorely disappointed. Even though it was a close game, they never seemed to get too excited. And the best they could come up with was a weak "DUI...DUI..." chant every time Plaisted went to the line. After the game, some sad-looking fan in red was holding up a poster that read (I am not making this up) "Hey LD people, stop judging us". Whoa. Dude.

Those poor Ute fans seem completely emasculated. It was actually pretty sad.

Boylen hasn't won enough to win back the casual fan. Most really knew they were going to lose. Finally, I have long felt that the most crushing loss I have seen since I started paying attention to this rivalry was BYU beating Utah in football last year. That game emasculated Utenation like nothing most of us have witnessed. Other than the diehard's the rest of Utenation went into a hibernation after that miracle and the season BYU had in 2007. Last year returned Utah football into the shadow of BYU football in a very rude way and the impact on excitement for hoops, another place BYU presently owns Utah, was not real great for Utenation.

I like Boylen a lot, but most realize that Utah saw its pinnacle just a few years ago and it is going to take some time to reenergize those who believe they had discovered their manifest destiny.

It will be interesting to see how the Utes react against a very difficult UNM squad on saturday.

MikeWaters · 02-21-2008, 04:20 PM

Utes tend to work more in evenings/nights/graveyard. You don't think gas stations run themselves, do you?

02-21-2008, 12:22 PM	#15
myboynoah Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Memphis freakin' Tennessee!!!!! Posts: 4,530	Sad they aren't showing up as in the past, but the worst thing I've seen is all the "we got screwed by the refs" talk over on UteFans. There was a time not so far off that that was the sole territory of "those stupid zoobies." Urban's impact was greater than we all thought possible. __________________ Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!! Religion rises inevitably from our apprehension of our own death. To give meaning to meaninglessness is the endless quest of all religion. When death becomes the center of our consciousness, then religion authentically begins. Of all religions that I know, the one that most vehemently and persuasively defies and denies the reality of death is the original Mormonism of the Prophet, Seer and Revelator, Joseph Smith.

02-21-2008, 02:14 PM	#17
Jeff Lebowski Charon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo) Posts: 9,564	Something else that surprised me a bit: we had more BYU fans to the UNLV game last week (22K) than to the Utah game last night (19K). __________________ "... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr.

02-21-2008, 06:14 AM	#11
YOhio AKA SeattleNewt Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 7,055	IPU, you're acting like a PC liberal. Zoots, yewts, or Utes, there just weren't many of any of them at the game. Plain and simple.

02-21-2008, 12:47 PM	#16
DrumNFeather Active LDS Ute Fan Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nantucket : ) Posts: 2,566	Boylan knows he has to win fans back. The diehards will always be there, it's the casual fan/student that you have to win back at a school like Utah and that just takes time. I could be wrong, but with a strong finish this year, and a good home schedule next year, the attendance numbers will start to turn around.

02-21-2008, 03:48 PM	#18
bluegoose Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,919	Like Rocky said, I think the lower attendance had more to do with it being an 8:00pm start time on a wednesday night than the fact that it was Utah versus UNLV. The students should have still shown up in full force, but you're going to lose a good chunk of those with kids, like IPU who would rather not have their kids get home at 11:00 on a school night.

02-21-2008, 04:20 PM	#20
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Utes tend to work more in evenings/nights/graveyard. You don't think gas stations run themselves, do you?