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Post by Judge Smails on Sept 28, 2022 14:45:58 GMT -8
While it matters a lot to us, college baseball is still not a sport that matters much nationally. USC was the last Pac12 school to win a NC in a sport that matters. There are still only two sports that matter nationwide. Maybe so, but we know a lot of folks in the SEC sure care about baseball. If I had to illustrate interest in a college sports I would say something like this, 1) Football 2) Football 3) Football 4) Men's Basketball 5) Baseball 6) Women's Bball ...a country mile 7) Softball Everything else On a National Stage, it's Football and Men's Basketball.......those are the two revenue sports and those are what gets you known throughout the country. There are pockets of the country that heavily care about other sports, but those are the two that matter when it comes to your brand.
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Sept 28, 2022 15:13:48 GMT -8
Post by four2itus on Sept 28, 2022 15:13:48 GMT -8
Meh, I remember when Utah joined the conference. More than a few Beaver fans gave a less than glowing expectation of Utah's ability to win big time here.
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Sept 28, 2022 15:22:36 GMT -8
Post by Henry Skrimshander on Sept 28, 2022 15:22:36 GMT -8
Meh, I remember when Utah joined the conference. More than a few Beaver fans gave a less than glowing expectation of Utah's ability to win big time here. Utah joined the Pac-12 in 2011. Since then, it has won one FB championship and played in the title game twice. They have been decent, very good lately. But I wouldn't say they are winning "big time" on a consistent level.
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Utah
Sept 28, 2022 16:21:10 GMT -8
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Post by RenoBeaver on Sept 28, 2022 16:21:10 GMT -8
Meh, I remember when Utah joined the conference. More than a few Beaver fans gave a less than glowing expectation of Utah's ability to win big time here. That's weird consideeing they had 2 undefeated seasons and two BCS bowl wins leading up to joining the Pac
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Post by Judge Smails on Sept 28, 2022 16:53:51 GMT -8
We’ve been hot garbage for the last several years until last year. They have the right to think we’re s%#t until we prove them wrong.
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Post by nuclearbeaver on Sept 28, 2022 16:56:32 GMT -8
In what way aren't we "small"? In the Pac, we're #11 out of 12 in pretty much every metric of athletic department size. biggest teeth and tails in the league.
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Post by drunkandstoopidbeav on Sept 28, 2022 17:04:43 GMT -8
Meh, I remember when Utah joined the conference. More than a few Beaver fans gave a less than glowing expectation of Utah's ability to win big time here. That's weird consideeing they had 2 undefeated seasons and two BCS bowl wins leading up to joining the Pac It's the whole Pac 12 is so much better than the Mountain West that no Mountain West team could regularly compete in this league snobbery thing.
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Post by spudbeaver on Sept 28, 2022 17:09:53 GMT -8
Meh, I remember when Utah joined the conference. More than a few Beaver fans gave a less than glowing expectation of Utah's ability to win big time here. Utah joined the Pac-12 in 2011. Since then, it has won one FB championship and played in the title game twice. They have been decent, very good lately. But I wouldn't say they are winning "big time" on a consistent level. I’d take it!
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Post by jdogge on Sept 28, 2022 20:14:59 GMT -8
I will say, as someone with a very good friend who is a Ute, they definitely think they're on a different plane than us - and for a couple years that's certainly been true. I'd love to beat them again and bring them back to the norm. A "plane" to where exactly?
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Utah
Sept 28, 2022 20:18:57 GMT -8
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Post by spudbeaver on Sept 28, 2022 20:18:57 GMT -8
I will say, as someone with a very good friend who is a Ute, they definitely think they're on a different plane than us - and for a couple years that's certainly been true. I'd love to beat them again and bring them back to the norm. A "plane" to where exactly? St George.
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Sept 28, 2022 22:14:41 GMT -8
Post by beavheart on Sept 28, 2022 22:14:41 GMT -8
While it matters a lot to us, college baseball is still not a sport that matters much nationally. USC was the last Pac12 school to win a NC in a sport that matters. There are still only two sports that matter nationwide. Baseball is the third in television viewership. I would not say that it does not matter. Stanford won a national championship in basketball just last year. UConn won the NC last year. Furd beat Arizona the year before for the title, so I guess they get some credit there. I would still put a baseball NC above a WBB NC in terms of street cred, but not by a ton. WBB has surged in athleticism and competitiveness over the last decade or so, and viewership too I suspect.
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Sept 29, 2022 5:34:56 GMT -8
Utah joined the Pac-12 in 2011. Since then, it has won one FB championship and played in the title game twice. They have been decent, very good lately. But I wouldn't say they are winning "big time" on a consistent level. I’d take it! As would I. But neither of us is winning "big time" on a consistent level. And no MWC team could compete in the Pac-12 on a consistent level, if their budget remained the same. Utah's budget has probably tripled since joining the Pac-12, fueling its rise in football. But not much else. Gymnastics was already a national player.
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Sept 29, 2022 8:40:11 GMT -8
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Post by flyfishinbeav on Sept 29, 2022 8:40:11 GMT -8
We’ve been hot garbage for the last several years until last year. They have the right to think we’re s%#t until we prove them wrong. Yep, this pretty much. No one will take us seriously until they have to......it's happening, but it has to be sustained.
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Sept 29, 2022 8:52:09 GMT -8
Post by four2itus on Sept 29, 2022 8:52:09 GMT -8
Meh, I remember when Utah joined the conference. More than a few Beaver fans gave a less than glowing expectation of Utah's ability to win big time here. Utah joined the Pac-12 in 2011. Since then, it has won one FB championship and played in the title game twice. They have been decent, very good lately. But I wouldn't say they are winning "big time" on a consistent level. My comment was in response to the OP as far as Utah media/fans not respecting the Beavs. It had nothing to do with how the Utes have actually performed since joining. Sorry to confuse folks.
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Sept 29, 2022 11:29:37 GMT -8
Post by beaverstever on Sept 29, 2022 11:29:37 GMT -8
I have no doubt Whittingham is taking this game very seriously. He spoke very highly and respectfully of OSU's football program after we took it to them last year.
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