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Utah State, BYU basketball: Teams serve up a tasty holiday hoops treat

This should be a good, well-contested game. However, I still think that BYU kind of copped out of playing the Ags in Logan, though I don't know the whole story. Here's to a fun game tomorrow night! Go Ags!

Just for fun! Winner of this game can claim the true blue of Utah on the other blue teams court in the State.
Prediction:
USU 76 BYU 72
My favorite team of course is any team playing the Y.
Go True Blue Of Utah
Hammer Dunk the Y
Go Aggies

BYU by 20. Close in the first half, blow out in the second.

So since the BYU-dunkers are already out in force in this blog trying to sink the Cougs, let's come down to reality.

Cougs win this one going away by 10 for one reason, fan base. BYU fans cheer on Ute and Aggie teams when they are playing anyone else but the Cougs. Utah State fans are either rabid Aggie fans or have split loyalties between USU and BYU. I saw USU fans at the BYU-USU football game cheering on both teams.

Even if the tickets at ESA are split in half, you will see a decidedly more pro-BYU crowd at the game which will make this more of a home game for BYU. Sorry Aggies, again Cougs by 10.

This game should be great. I like the neutral court format and both teams should have a lot fan support. The winner will have true bragging rights for a while.

I am looking forward to seeing the Ag's play as I have heard a lot about them but haven't seen them play since last year.

I hope the threes are falling for Jimmer, Jackson and Jonathan. If they are, the Coug's should have a good chance.

Go Cougs!!! Go Snow!!!

Wow, I'm excited about this game. If they sell out the ESA, that would be awesome. This will be a great way for both teams to gauge where they stand going forward. I'm also grateful this is on BYU-TV. I'll be sitting at home here in Colorado with the fireplace going and enjoy a great college game. Thank you KJZZ and BYU-TV. Go Aggies!!! Let's show them who is the best in the state of Utah.

ITs coming to the ESA.

The cougs don't really have a power forward. That could be a problem down the road. But they got a bunch of guys that can shoot the lights out. If JT is on, BYU wins by 20.

It will be fun, but predictions of the winner are foolish. We have no idea how good either team really is so let's just wait for the outcome.

Go Cougars!

Go Big Blue! (The Original Big Blue) Here's to Utah State still being undefeated next week.

This Will be a great game for Jess! BYU, BYU, BYU! Russ and Rich will be there too. The Boys are Back! What a great basketball game to see in the Capital City. The two best basketball programs in the Behive State battling in the old Delta Center. This could be the biggest college hoop game played in The Deseret Territory this year. Go Cougs! Show the Ags you belong with Stew and the Big Boys from Logan!

It's obvious that you have NEVER been to a Aggie basketball game. The Aggie basketball fans are far more rabid and into the game than those who go to the football games. So, if it comes down to fan base (which it doesn't) then the Aggies would win going away! And you will see tonight which fan base is better. GO AGGIES!

It'll be Utah State's inside game vs BYU's outside game. Hustle plays, turnovers and rebounds, will play a big factor.

Gooooo COUGARS!

So BYU is winning the same way the football team did it in the early part of the season. Beating up a bunch of bad teams and thinking they are good.

Same thing will happen..they will play a good team and get smoked.

The True Blue will be ready!

Go Cougars!

Now you're just being simply ridiculous. Yes, SOME Aggie fans were rooting for BYU at the holy war, but that is completely different. USU (as you may or may now know) does not have a very good football program. You see, if BYU had won the game (which, they miserably lost and embarrassed themselves in) then Utah would be out of the BCS and Boise State would be in, which would land USU a half a million dollars. At the same time, there were some fans who said it wasn't worth it to cheer for BYU and still cheered for Utah. Besides that, that's football. You have never been to a game in the Spectrum, have you. I have personally been to a game in the Spectrum and a game at the Marriott Center, and I promise you, USU fans are at least 10 times louder and meaner. If BYU wasn't such pansies and would play us at the Spectrum when it's OUR home game, then that is flat out embarrassing to BYU and to the state of Utah. Not only that, but the chose to have the game in SLC, instead of Weber or somewhere closer to USU.

Go Aggies!
As a former front row student section every week for three years, I know the Aggie fans will be out in force.

The key to this game will be the Aggie guard play. The Aggie big men will do their part, and the Byu shooters will likely get it going, so it may come down to Tyler Newbold and the other Aggie guards.

GO AGGIES!!!!

wishes they could keep the neutral court format because NO ONE can win at the Spectrum...NO ONE! Don't let the thrashing today ruin your testimonies.

GO AGGIES!

I live up here in logan and the hype for this game is ridiculously. Student tickets were sold out in less then 2 days. Kids camped out to get good seats. Texts and emails about wearing blue are getting to be annoying. The word on the street is that some kids didn't even know a single person at BYU who had bought tickets for the game. I don't know but I wouldn't worry about Utah state's fanbase.

Rose agreed to play USU. He has avoided playing in Logan at all costs. So he agreed to play in SL. Some Utah fans would probably want USU. Rose has been so afraid of going to Logan. A little bit chicken here.