TrueAg Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Bob said: Not so much hated as disgusted by, and reviled 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndroidAggie Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 never change, @Bob 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USU78 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 11 hours ago, Wolverine said: 1. Persecution Complex 2. Anti-Social Get off my lawn! 1 Quote You keep using that word. I do not think that word means what you think it means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DestinFlPackfan Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 On 3/5/2019 at 8:07 PM, LPH-10 said: When I started this thread I had no idea what I had started.... You sir will go down as a legend in these parts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanfordAggie Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 On 3/5/2019 at 10:43 AM, westfan said: I didn't bother to read this whole thread so maybe this is already been posted. Why when Utah and BYU were in the original MWC did they not want any part of USU being in the same conference with them? In state rivals games are usually well attended plus BYU and Utah usually play USU in football and basketball. This is an extremely controversial subject. I will try to give it a fair response. Eyebrows were certainly raised when USU was not invited to the original WAC. USU's football team had just had two consecutive ranked seasons led by Merlin Olsen, and it was widely considered to be the top program in the state at the time. Utah fans would argue that USU was something of a flash in the pan and that Utah had dominated the series up until the Merlin Olsen days (and they would have a point). But I think any objective-minded person would have to agree that USU's athletics program was vastly superior to BYU's program at the time. I think all of the people who know for sure why USU was excluded are dead now, so all we have are rumors and hearsay. Some say that Utah was worried about USU surpassing them, so they hoped to knee cap them by leaving them without a conference home. Others say that the conference did not want three schools from the state of Utah and the LDS Church intervened to make sure that BYU was chosen rather than USU. Others say that there was some kind of personal beef between USU's president/leadership and the leaders of the other local schools. I've heard countless old-time fans who knew someone who knew someone who was in the room when the decision was made and were adamant that USU was excluded for reasons X, Y, or Z. But given that nobody seems to agree on why it happened, I am inclined to believe that they are just rumors. Unless it is explained in the private papers of one of the university presidents involved and they make those papers public at some point, we will probably never know. However, I like to believe that all but the most delusional BYU fans would acknowledge that if the decision were based purely on the quality of the respective athletic programs at the time, USU should have been chosen over BYU. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NevadaFan Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 1 hour ago, StanfordAggie said: This is an extremely controversial subject. I will try to give it a fair response. Eyebrows were certainly raised when USU was not invited to the original WAC. USU's football team had just had two consecutive ranked seasons led by Merlin Olsen, and it was widely considered to be the top program in the state at the time. Utah fans would argue that USU was something of a flash in the pan and that Utah had dominated the series up until the Merlin Olsen days (and they would have a point). But I think any objective-minded person would have to agree that USU's athletics program was vastly superior to BYU's program at the time. I think all of the people who know for sure why USU was excluded are dead now, so all we have are rumors and hearsay. Some say that Utah was worried about USU surpassing them, so they hoped to knee cap them by leaving them without a conference home. Others say that the conference did not want three schools from the state of Utah and the LDS Church intervened to make sure that BYU was chosen rather than USU. Others say that there was some kind of personal beef between USU's president/leadership and the leaders of the other local schools. I've heard countless old-time fans who knew someone who knew someone who was in the room when the decision was made and were adamant that USU was excluded for reasons X, Y, or Z. But given that nobody seems to agree on why it happened, I am inclined to believe that they are just rumors. Unless it is explained in the private papers of one of the university presidents involved and they make those papers public at some point, we will probably never know. However, I like to believe that all but the most delusional BYU fans would acknowledge that if the decision were based purely on the quality of the respective athletic programs at the time, USU should have been chosen over BYU. These posts are another reason it is hated. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dj_John69 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 To be fair, i HATE most teams from Utah....but i HATE USU the most!!! Crappy school with pathetic coaches and fans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBlueFan Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Stanfordaggie makes Aggie fans hate Aggie fans 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spazdog Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 This thread is always entertaining. I can’t believe it’s been 2 years since anyone has post on this thread. 2 years. I don’t like them anymore than I did 2 years ago. We’ve given them a reprieve. It’s off season, time to heat it up again. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolverine Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 5 hours ago, Spazdog said: This thread is always entertaining. I can’t believe it’s been 2 years since anyone has post on this thread. 2 years. I don’t like them anymore than I did 2 years ago. We’ve given them a reprieve. It’s off season, time to heat it up again. Yeah, it’s time to take this thread to 200 pages and beyond. A couple of more reasons: Aggies had arguably their best team ever in 2020 and still couldn’t win a first round tourney game, and in 2021 they lose arguably their best coach in recent memory to a hated commuter school 85 miles down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spazdog Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Why stop at 200 pages? There’s enough people to chime in for another 100 pages. We have to make up for 2 years on this thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndroidAggie Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 3 hours ago, Wolverine said: Yeah, it’s time to take this thread to 200 pages and beyond. A couple of more reasons: Aggies had arguably their best team ever in 2020 and still couldn’t win a first round tourney game, and in 2021 they lose arguably their best coach in recent memory to a hated commuter school 85 miles down the road. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lester_in_reno Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 1. I deeply miss "Disco" Stew Morrill. 2. Is Sam Merrill playing Pro in Iran yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClevelandBrown Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Utah State ice cream is inferior Quote I think, therefore I'm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokes Forever Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Aggies aren’t hated.....it’s just that everyone is afraid to play them 1 1 Quote It SUCKS to be a CSU Ram! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffkills Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Great bump action... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasmdr Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Reminds me of BYU. "Get your arm off your sister." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegasmdr Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 Just kidding, they never bothered me, except when kicking our ass. BYU is in a class by itself and half my families LDS. Still can't stand em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDSUfan Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 It's the diverse nature of the student body that grates on some people: 1 6 Quote “Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.” -Richard Feynman "When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators." -P.J. O’Rourke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...