Foxxtrot44

City Red is the new Forum Blue

Well... I guess this is happening https://www.buildingsaltlake.com/salt-lake-city-new-flag-design/?fbclid=IwAR3A1NOjzze_XPwMRyb9L25Dc3bXanXGmvzm0ifaWYFNji5dMWuojwWPN6s

Get your designs ready. Salt Lake is getting ready to ditch its abominable flag https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/09/04/salt-lake-citys/

The site claims the current Utah Utes logo has been in use since the 70's...but it's probably only 10-15 years old at best. This was the logo used until the early 90's (and for several years more by the football team....and if I'm getting really picky, technically the first modern logo had black-tipped feathers. The red ones came later). Plus there's the original helmet logo:

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I jokingly suggested this scenario earlier in the thread...but the longer this "will they/wont they" realignment drama goes on the more plausible it seems to become.

Utah is certainly in a tough spot when it comes to scheduling the local rivals going forward...and something's going to have to give. Things were easy when there were 3 OOC games and BYU was a conference matchup. A lot of the Holy War's meaning was lost the instant the Utes and Cougs found themselves separated. The PAC12 probably wont allow the game to be Utah's final game of the season. Moreover there will never be standing/title implications. Now with the looming addition of a BIG10 game to the 9 game conference slate...Utah has had to choose between it's fiercest rival or it's oldest rival (USU). Likely it will ditch both or go to a staggered schedule swapping them year-to-year. Certainly a loss, but I'm not sure anyone would fault Utah for making the choices it's made so far.

I'm calling it...this summer will see the formation of the BIG PAC conference. A 24 team, 8 division, steamroller blasting into your living room via an unmatched television presence... ...wait, this is starting to sound familiar.

I gotta be honest, every time I see an Idaho home game on TV (mostly clips). It has the feel of watching an FCS game. Something about the Vandals seems like they don't belong at the highest division. I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe it's the success and popularity of Boise State that makes them look minor in comparison. They do play in the smallest stadium in FBS if I'm not mistaken. I was about to say...it's the Kibbie Dome that makes them feel small-time.

Logic be damned. It's gonna become the BIG 14!

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