My brothers and I have some rather trenchant feelings about the U of U's impending move to the Pac-10, and we expressed them on our family blog. After one of my brothers bid a rather un-fond farewell to the Utes, I added the following:
Good riddance is right. The Utes deserve exactly what they get. And you should know that Ute fans are already beginning to express their subconscious insecurities.
I was a stranger in a strange land this Saturday (i.e. I spent most of my day in Salt Lake Valley), and a couple of interesting things happened. Shannon, as some of you know, was in a reunion choir for the Mormon Youth Chorus and Symphony. Saturday was her reunion lunch and final performance. The lunch was at This Is The Place Pioneer Village (by the way, if you haven't been to Pioneer Village in a while, they've added tons of buildings, attractions, special events, etc. It's Pioneerific! But I digress). I noticed something in the Village that day: I was seeing red. Everywhere I went, Ute fans were displaying a virtual bacchanalia or paraphernalia. Seriously, you would have thought it was a game day. Now why, I asked myself, would the Utes be so concerned about wearing their game-day best? Sure, if you asked one of 'em, they'd probably shriek, "cuz the Utes are headed to a real conference! Hold my beer for me while I do a victory dance." But I believe, deep inside, that the Utes are manifesting deep-seeded insecurities about their future.
Think about it: What does a co-dependent girlfriend do when she thinks her boyfriend's cheating? She wears his sweater and class ring 24/7. They're showing extra support because, deep down, they think the Utes are getting involved with a younger, prettier conference that is gonna break their hearts.
But that's not where it ended.
Later that day, I went to Keri's condo in Draper to watch the kids while Shannon and Keri performed in the Tabernacle. I decided I'd seen enough red for one day, so I changed into my BYU T-Shirt before heading to the pool. Sure enough, I wasn't there for a minute before some fetchin' Ute fan gives me some crap about my colors. Then, with absolutely no prompting from me, he went off about how nothing's gonna happen to the rivalry, how the Utes would be stupid not to jump ship on the MWC, how they're gonna be awesome in the PAC-10, bla bla bla. Holy crap. Are you really self-conscious enough about your stupid team that you're gonna tell some prefect stranger about your sophomoric insecurities? I felt like a psychologist listening to an adolescent idolize his new step-father in order to hide the fact that he's afraid his new dad will beat the snot out of him.
Enjoy your sojourn in the Pac-10, Utes. Surely those Californian teams will appreciate your whiny insecurities more than us.
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Hear, hear. Don't let the door hit ya and all that. It will just be that more humiliating when we win.
You have your right to your opinion, and I will not diss you for it, but I will say that the crappy fans go both ways. Try being a ute fan in Utah county?? I get nasty comments everywhere I go..whether they see my Ute sticker on the car, or whether I am wearing my ute gear. I have even had people say in-appropriate things to my kids when they are in their ute shirts.
No offense, you guys know I love you, but a post like this actually makes you fit more into the "BYU" stereotype that you guys so desperatly try to deny.
First off, WOW!
"insecurities"? This sounds like a lot of whatever to cover up your jealousy about them getting picked and not you.
In regards to "with absolutely no prompting from me" didn't you preface that statement with you'd "seen enough red for one day". Seems to me that you got exactly what you were looking for, a reaction from your reaction.
First and foremost, I have to apologize. I've obviously hurt some feelings, and for that I'm very sorry. That certainly wasn't my intent. Since my intent was obviously misconstrued, allow me to clarify.
What I said was INTENDED to be some good ol' fashioned trash talk, you know? I certainly didn't take what I was writing seriously and am surprised that you have. See, this is how trash talk in Utah usually works: I, as a Cougar fan, make some smart, incendiary comment about the Utes/Ute fans. Then you Ute fans make some pithy, inflammatory comment back. We attack each other's teams by making ofttimes baseless accusations for the sake of verbal sparring. See? This is a sword play with plastic light sabers. The problem is, y'all think I'm coming at you with the sword of Aragon and aiming for the heart. I PROMISE I'm not coming after you personally.
Tell you what, why don't you say something rude about the Cougs? Then we can enter a fun and ofttimes funny debate. It's always a treat to engage in the age-old tradition of Ute/Cougar bashing. Don't you think? If not, then I'm truly sorry.
Can we still be friends? I think this what it sounds like... when doves cry.
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