It must be that time of year because Ute fans keep posting thoughtless vomit all over their boards. It seems that the utes are now trying to refer to LES as RE - South much like we refer to Sam Boyd Stadium as LES-South. But by doing this, the utes are only making fun of themselves and we should let them continue to do so, knowing that:

1. We always sell out our games, so the Utes can get no more tickets then is required by the league for the opposing team.

2. The Utes never fill their own stadium, so a team that travels well could buy up the extra tickets and eliminate home field advantage. The one exception to this rule being the BYU game, they are so preoccupied with us that this game will always sell out.

3. They cannot even come close to filling up a 45,000-seat stadium on a regular basis; no one is going to believe that they are going to fill a 65,000-seat stadium.

4. LES has sold out every single game this year, averages in the top 27 of average attendance and has an Accum Percent Capacity of 100.63.

5. The whole joke behind LES-South is that we have so many devoted fans that travel well. Therefore we can fill more then half the capacity of another program

Well, If you want to use those kind of stats for predicting nicknames for stadiums then it looks like Rice Eccles should be Lavell Edwards North. Hmmm... Guess we should just leave out the north and south and call the stadium in Provo Rice Eccles and Lavell Edwards Stadium can be up on the hill. Hmmmm.... flawless logic. hee hee...

2006: BYU 33 Utah 31
2004: Utah 52 BYU 21
2002: Utah 16 BYU 13
2000: BYU 34 Utah 27
1998: BYU 26 Utah 24
1996: BYU 37 Utah 17
1994: Utah 34 BYU 31
1992: BYU 31 Utah 22

Record since Ty's graduation in LES-North: 5-3 for the Cougs.

kitic77 wrote:

Unfortunately, calling LaVell Edwards Stadium Rice Eccles South is quite accurate.

Here are the last 7 games in Provo in the rivalry since Ty Detmer graduated:
2005: Utah 41 BYU 34 ot
2003: Utah 3 BYU 0
2001: BYU 24 Utah 21
1999: Utah 20 BYU 17
1997: Utah 20 BYU 14
1995: Utah 34 BYU 17
1993: Utah 34 BYU 31

Utah's record in Provo: 6-1
Average Score: Utah 24.7 BYU 19.6

Bottom line, Utah has OWNED the series in Provo the last 15 years. We have ONE victory over Utah at home since Ty Detmer graduated in 1991. ONE! That's it. Since Detmer beat Utah 48-17 in '91, BYU has flat out stunk at home against Utah.

This is making me really nervous for the 24th. I don't know if I can handle another loss this year. The overtime loss in 05 just about did me in. With all of those stats, I still think we come out on top this year. We had not won a bowl game forever, we had not won a team that was ranked on the road forever, and Now that we Have Bronco, a lot of those bad streaks have been reversed.

Gfunkcougar wrote:

This is making me really nervous for the 24th. :ohmy: I don't know if I can handle another loss this year. The overtime loss in 05 just about did me in. With all of those stats, I still think we come out on top this year. We had not won a bowl game forever, we had not won a team that was ranked on the road forever, and Now that we Have Bronco, a lot of those bad streaks have been reversed.

As long as Bronco doesn't guarantee victory, BYU will be fine

Having attended games in LES for 20 years now, I can tell you that a LOT of Yewt fans show up for the game, and they sit all over the stadium. Some usually sit right behind our family row in the north endzone, as those tickets are almost always given by the holders to UTE fans from SLC.