CougarPeasant wrote:

Good work BYUtx. Sounds like it's time for a BYU faithful letter campaign complaining about the uneven treatment of the #1 team in the conference being treated like its the worst team in the conference.

I cleaned it up a bit and sent it. I also sent it to Tom Holmoe, with a note of thanks for what he (and Bronco and Rose) have done for BYU sports. I assured him that no malice or anger were directed at him or anyone at BYU. Any predictions as to who will respond?

Hengst wrote:

what's really sad is that the mtn is not even available in san diego or laramie right now ( I think) and they had all their games televised. Guess they weren't thinking about ratings . . .

So you're telling me that more fans get to see an untelevised game at BYU (19,000+) than get to see a televised game at SDSU (0)!

Hummmmm, that makes sense!

I think the mtn. is available on Cox cable in San Diego.

Another interesting tidbit: on the mwc.com's staff directory the email address for each staff member is listed except one. Any guesses as to whose is missing?

I am predicting Tom Holmoe's email response to my next email:

"Dear fellow BYU fan. Thank you for your latest thoughtful email. I received many similar messages concerning this topic and felt it deserved a reply. I regret that my reply, like the last one to you, is a little bit (more than 2 months) late in response but I hope it will be equally straightforward and full of truth and purpose and that you will not have forgotten the aforementioned topic and abandoned your efforts to actually watch major athletic events involving BYU."

"I have talked with conference commissioners and the excellent businesspersons at the mtn and we have agreed that our plan to elevate other programs in our mighty Mountain West Conference is destined for success and hope you will be patient with our plan."

"We will show events such as mens basketball and football in inverse proportion to their win-loss success thereby causing the poorer programs to gain viewers, thereby gaining income to their program, thereby gaining success, thereby bringing more power to our soon-to-be super-mighty conference.

We also hope you will demonstrate patience as discrepancies in this ratio lead to occasional extra broadcasts of other school's games and occasional fewer broadcasts of your school's games."

"Respectfully yours, T. Holmoe"


Did any of you receive an email response regarding your comments on the insurance banner in the end zone?

Mama always says, stupid is as stupid does.

Why BYU and AF, perhaps the two largest fan bases in the conference is the least televised makes no sense.

All I can say is....LAME!

I'm so riled up I don't even know what to say!


DL