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Aggies aghast at backing 'that' blue for green

It's a stupid arguement, especially since the WAC is in a revenue-sharing deal with the other non-BCS schools (although it's a smaller piece).

I am alumni of 1984 and for the two years I was at Utah State I loved the school and the education I received there. Great school. At the same time, I had season tickets to BYU and drove south for each home game. It was great. Aggie fans were fun to argue with even though they beat the Cougars in 1982. I can see that the Aggies would have a difficult time cheering for the Cougars, but in the end, they need the money that BSU would bring if they busted into the BCS.

I think it is great that so many good teams from the west are in contention to bust the BCS.

Would someone in Aggie-land please help me understand why it is ingrained in their veins to hate the Y? Does the school offer a "Hate the Y" class? Do the advisers to the student newspaper teach writers to hate? What an irresponsible comment. And, to put it in writing is even more irresponsbile. Is not there enough hate among the opponents of California Proposition 8 to fill the pages of our newspapers? Or if that's not enough, how about those who hate illegal immigrants? Do we have to hate the athletic teams of other universities as well?

Ok here is another senerio though. How bought BSU loses to Nevada then BYU beats Utah bad then it is possible for BYU to be in the BCS bowl game.

I don't care what kind of money USU would get from Bosie State getting a BCS Bowl! There are only two teams in this World...... Utah State Aggies and ANY Team that plays BYU !

Everyone hates the "Y". It's the "holier than thou" attitude that reigns supreme in Utah County.

Utah fans hate BYU as their most bitter rival and their arrogant, holier-than-thou attitude. Neither Utah nor byu gives a crap about the poor stepchild up in the north hinterland. The rivalry with the Aggies faded away a long time ago. The Aggies need to get into the Big Sky conference and get natural rivalries going with Weber Sate & Idaho State and get over Utah & byu. It's never going to be anymore than it is right now, nothing.

Hey, USU got money last year from Hawaii playing in a BCS game. Give another conference a turn!

You don't have to be a USU (or even a U) fan to HATE the Y, you just have to be a reasonable thinking person and it will come naturally to you.

Why should the Aggies care which team wins? They'll get a share of the pie either way.

Hating the the "Y" is a sport unto itself! Come on Kent, lighten up, its all in fun, a national past time so to speak..... !!!

So Aggie fans: What is there to love about the Utah Utes? Do the Aggies have a relationship going there?

News to me. The U is where Aggies should put their spite. Provo is a private school way down south from Aggieland. It is the U that USU competes the most with - for state funds and new buildings.

I guess here is one Aggie who doesn't care who wins. If you want to talk real football, I suppose we could talk about Auburn down in Alabama. (Sorry - I just spent too much time down there. The South seems to really take football to heart, moreso than I have seen in Utah.)

The Y is only Holier Than Thou because it is...

And if that bugs you, have a nice day because you've got a mental problem where non-existent fights are only in your mind. You've created a conflict of warped perception. I have two daughters who graduated from USU and a son who got his MS degree from USU, and my father in law was Valedictorian there. Funny how all of them thoroughly enjoyed USU and love BYU... and none ever felt they were holier than anyone.

A chimera in the brain proceeding from a heat oppressed mind...

I'm not you, Kent, so that makes me part of "everyone." And I love the Y. Great spirit; great coaches; great players who for the most part exemplify their religious beliefs. What beliefs do you have other than the religion of hate? The holier than thou attitude you speak of is in your eyes only because your conscience bothers you, and it becomes easier to tear someone else down than to change yourself.

Aggies are taught to think outside of the box. Ugar fans think the universe revolves around their narrow little box.

Go Utes!

Not everyone here hates the Y as much as they hate the U who never misses an opportunity to run up the score. They should be rooting for the Y so they can get some of that BCS $$ to pay off the contract of a great coach that they just fired.

I was a former Aggie student athlete, and I strongly disagree with this article. The Aggies dispise the Cougars and everything to do with that school. Regardless of how much money USU will get it is better for the Utes to win.

Cougar fans don't hate Aggies. We don't even know what an Aggie is. But we do know the Aggies can't play football. Not this year. Not last year. And probably not next year.
Turn your hate into effort. Schedule a few games with some high school teams.
Your team is a sorry bunch. What was the score of the BYU-Utah State game this year? Oh yeah. And it was played in Logan.
Remember, Utes #8, Cougars #16. The Aggies? Nowhere to be seen.
Maybe the Aggie b=ball team might be better. But I doubt it. Then again, the world does need farmers.

And who knew there were two ways to spell Boise.