Jake Ellis

USU ‘23

[Jake Ellis @JakeEllisonair]

@jwalker_sports Not bad. Not moving the needle much from last season.

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@certopinion Yep. Cougs were smart to take the deal.

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@Devil_Coug For sure. I don’t blame byu. I blame Jacobson and the USU admins.

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Yeah, this series is even worse than I originally thought. USU made a bad decision. I’d rather not play BYU than give them this favorable of a deal.

I would only do this kind of split with a team that has made a final four.

[Jason Walker @jwalker_sports]

I received, via records request, a copy of the agreement for the Utah State/BYU basketball series announced earlier this week.

Details from that contract are included in an updated version of my article about the series published earlier this week.

Those details include how much BYU is paying the Aggies for the visit to the Marriott Center and the uneven distribution of revenue for the game at the Delta Center.
https://t.co/jqwQRhubpG

[Jake Ellis @JakeEllisonair]

@certopinion I mean yeah that’s right. We want to play our rivals. But it has to be fair.

For example, I love Coke Zero but I’m not buying it at the airport because it isn’t an equitable deal in my opinion. I’ll drink the water that’s available and wait for my free drink on the plane.

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@Devil_Coug For sure. I don’t blame byu. I blame Jacobson and the USU admins.

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@npaintedhufhinz Nathan you have such a way with words.

I agree, we won’t be scheduling a series with Michigan or UConn anytime soon. But that’s the only caliber team that I personally would make this kind of agreement with. I think it’s a mistake.

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@stesup 74 other teams to get a more equitable deal with (or a higher ranked team worthy of an unfair deal).

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@LVCoug Definitely weird occurrences. I feel like the football game on the first Friday of October is a great tradition. I’m also much more amicable to a 2-1 in football.

Poor Taysom Hill. He still went on to be great in the pros.

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@coopuhscoopuh @joewheat27 Hey Steve, our interactions aren’t productive. I’m gonna stop replying to you. Hope you have a good one.

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@joewheat27 @coopuhscoopuh I didn’t? I just said it’s more important. And honestly if you BYU fans are fine not winning the conference then it doesn’t matter. But us USU fans love that feeling.

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@joewheat27 @coopuhscoopuh Nope. But I’m sure it was a great moment for their fanbase. Probably have the trophy on display somewhere.

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@joewheat27 @coopuhscoopuh It must be comforting to have that viewpoint, knowing you’ll never win a Big 12 title.

If we want to go back to BYU’s MW days, we can go band for band in the Big West.

It’s funny that two non-final 4 teams are arguing about tourney success. Yeah, Utah is the only one with it.

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@coopuhscoopuh @joewheat27 Conference and Tournament success > literally anything else

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@coopuhscoopuh @joewheat27 Not as bad as BYU was in the WCC.

Oh, and Iron Man dies in End Game.

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@McKayDeGering I mean the current series is the right thing for BYU because it is incredibly favorable. So yeah I could see how you think that.

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Disappointing. I get 2-for-1 in football, but there’s honestly no reason to make that concession with where USU basketball is right now.

Home and home (with an extra neutral if you want) or nothing.

I could be wrong, but I don’t anticipate a great crowd at the Delta Center.

[USU Men's Hoops @USUBasketball]

𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐑𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐄𝐃 🗓️

Utah State and BYU will continue a 238-game series, beginning this December in Provo

#AggiesAllTheWay

[Jake Ellis @JakeEllisonair]

@LVCoug That’s cool, we want the same thing it sounds like.

Except yeah it has to be on even terms. I never said anything about any time or any place. I think Zach Wilson did tho…

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@n8rix @Taquineur @BoozeCougs I love Wusconsin. Their Budger mascot is so cool.

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@AggShowYo The point was that we got a 9 seed because the MW underperformed and the WCC over performed. With the Pac, I’m optimistic. Playing Gonzaga helps so much.

I understand we still need more quality games. But that increase can come incrementally. We’ve already doubled Q1.

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@HJohnMarsh Yep. And they finally put that desperation into a contract. That’s why I think it was a mistake.

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@Taquineur It was BYU lol

It should be different because it’s a guaranteed Q1 game with very little travel expenses.

Too bad BYU’s any team, any time, any place mantra died with Zach Wilson.

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@joewheat27 Hey Joe, remind me the last time BYU won their conference? They must’ve dominated the WCC, right?