I’m looking at the schedule, and I see a bunch of teams we have no connection with.
This is just weird!
Conference Realignment.
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Similar to when we went from MWC with many long time rivals (Wyoming, New Mexico, CSU, Air Force, SDSU, and others) to PAC (most teams we had just played a few times over a few decades.) Now heading to a conference with some teams we have seldom if ever faced. But this time many of them are a lot further away. Most of them are no longer within a long day’s drive.
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I am excited!
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It is definitely a step down from the PAC 12 that is for sure. I am just hoping that when the next realignment comes that Utah is in a much better position then. The Big 12 is a snooze fest!
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I was a lot more excited about the move to the PAC 12. This is kind of meh, but better than MWC.
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Yeah, we’ll go to the CU game because we have family there to see also, but there’s not a single other location we have any interest in going to for a game. That mean you, too, Provostan.
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I would do the Houston or UCF trip, but only if I was getting on a cruise ship after the game.
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The magic of television will bring us to all of these places.
I think my son and I will go to Morgantown but only because it’s near the Frank Lloyd Wright Fallingwater house. Other than that Boulder and Tempe so we can visit friends.
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Visited the Falling Water when I lived in Pittsburgh. Pretty cool. I’m also a fan of Pittsburgh.
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We have friends and family in the greater Phoenix area. Some are Ute fans. So that’s one we might go to. Not Tucson.
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Something in common, all but one of these schools live in current GOP land.
A better political fit than our ol’ Pacific Conference mates.
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I don’t think political fit really matters to fans, or to the programs, and certainly not to universities, which tend to be on the blue side. (Exception: one particular university located south of Salt Lake City.)
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I remember some consternation regarding decisions of certain governors during the recent pandemic.
That said, political fit is more than just which color lapel pin you want on the victor in an election.
It says something about the cultural values, social norms, ways of living, etc. of a people.
I would argue that the residents of the states within which our future conference colleagues reside have much in common with the residents of the state within which our university resides.
And, having things in common makes for camaraderie, good company, etc.
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This insult is better than the one with the girl spitting water.
I assume that it indicates that you disagree with some point I have made or that I have stated the obvious.
Which is it? And if it is the former, please mention your points of disagreement.
I think you mean well, but you seem to be suggesting a homogeneity that doesn’t exist:
That Utes fans will mix well with Flyover Country rednecks. That’s insulting to Utes fans (who are diverse, with very few rednecks, IMO) and to Big 12 fans, who certainly are not all Trump-loving rednecks.
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I didn’t say anything about rednecks.
We agree.
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Utahns are a predominantly conservative lot, solidly GOP state, not rednecks, family-oriented people.
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Middle America are predominantly a conservative lot, GOP supporters, not rednecks, family-oriented people.
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I’m predominantly far-left progressive, Democratic supporter, not a redneck, somewhat family-oriented people.
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