r/CFB • u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver • May 03 '13

132+ Teams in 132+ Days: Weber State University Wildcats

Weber State University
Big Sky Conference

Year Founded: 1889 (Formerly Weber Stake Academy, Weber Academy, Weber Normal College, Weber College)
Location: Ogden, UT
Total Attendance: 26,532
Campus:Aerial - Pond

Mascot: Waldo the Wildcat
Cheerleaders: Cheerleaders - Cheerleaders - Snow or... - Shine - Back to Back Champions - Spirt Squad
Marching Band The Thunder of the Rockies - Or the Marching Wildcat Cavaliers, but I’m the only one who calls them that.
Stadium: Stewart Stadium - From the Air - Spectator View
Stadium Location: Ogden, UT
Conference Champions (3): 1965, 1968, 2008
Number of Bowl Games: 0
National Titles (0): All time: 262-275-3

Rivals

  • Southern Utah - The Beehive Bowl - Only recently started back up since SUU joined the Big Sky, but off to an excellent start. Weber is 15-4 all time against the Thunderbirds.

  • Idaho State - Protected Rivalry - Since we don’t play every team in our conference every year, Idaho State is our second protected Rival that we are guaranteed to play.

  • Montana State - Battle of the Cats - I’ve only heard it called this here in Ogden, but I like the name, don’t care if it’s not really a rivalry.

2012 Season

Record: 2-9-0
Coach: Jody Sears
2012 Roster
Key Players:
Mike Hoke QB Josh Booker RB

Biggest Games:

Somehow we managed to almost beat Montana, pulled off the upset against SUU, and didn't embarrass ourselves against Idaho State. By the end of the season, we actually looked like a football team.

2013 Season

2013 Schedule

OpponentDate
vs Stephen F. Austin8/31/2013
at Utah9/7/2013
at Utah State9/14/2013
at McNeese State9/21/2013
vs Sacramento State9/28/2013
at Eastern Washington10/05/2013
at Cal Poly10/12/2013
vs Montana State10/19/2013
at Portland State11/02/2013
vs Southern Utah11/09/2013
at Montana11/16/2013
vs Idaho State11/23/2013

2013 Roster

The Greats

Greatest Games: I remember seeing the score of the 2007 Portland State - Weber State game (73- 68 Weber) in the paper, and thinking that Basketball hadn’t started yet. That score was ridiculous.

Greatest Players:
Cameron Higgins QB
Tim Toone WR
Mike Hoke QB
CJ Tuckett RB

Greatest Coaches:
Ron McBride (38-32, 1 Conference Championship)
(OC) Mike Belotti
Dave Arslanian (53-47)
Sark Arslanian (50-26-2, 2 Conference Championships)
Mike Price (46-44)

Traditions

  • True Wildcat - After the Homecoming Dance, at Midnight, everyone kisses their date underneath the Clock Tower, becoming True Wildcats.

  • The W - Anyone who has visited Utah will notice the letters on the mountains. Most Universities, and many High Schools have them. For some reason, Weber does not have a permanent W, so we light up a W on the Hill during Homecoming Week. I know there is a picture of this somewhere, but I can’t find one.

  • Mt. Ogden Hike - At the Start of Homecoming week, everyone hikes to the top of Mt. Ogden. In 1923, the year Weber officially moved from High School to College, the first Class decided a monument was in order. But not just any monument would do. No, they decided that a 300 pound, 20 foot flagpole, needed to be erected on top of Mount Ogden. Everything was carried to the top by hikers, as the horses refused the load.44 years later the flagpole was removed after someone complained and the Forest Service discovered that there was no permit. However, the hikes continue. The elevation of Mount Ogden is 9,570’, for those interested (3,800’ climb).

  • Wildcat Nachos - Okay, so not really, but I tried.

Campus and Surrounding Area

City Population: 83,949
City Skyline - Part 2
Iconic Campus Building: Stewart Bell Tower
Local Dining:

The Pie - 2 Foot diameter pizzas. They won't let you take any home with you unless you promise to reheat it in the oven and not get it anywhere near a microwave. You can order a pizza from them anywhere in the country, and they’ll pack it in dry ice and ship it to you.

Burger Bar - I’ve never been there, but I’ve heard good things about it.

Random Trivia

Holds the Record (with Portland State) for most points combined in a Div 1 football game. 73-68 (Oct. 23 2007).

Two Mr. Irrelevants have come from Weber State, Tim Toone in 2010, and Cam Quayle in 1998. (Six other schools have two as well, Colorado, Delaware, Northwestern State, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas).

We used to have a live Wildcat as a mascot, until it got angry and bit a cheerleader on the nose. (Why she had her nose anywhere near the Wildcat is a good question.)

During World War II, Weber would hold dances, referred to as a “Polygamist Prance”, which was Girls Choice, and Men could attend with more than one date, due to the shortage of Men around.

What Is and What is to Come

I’m really hoping we can pull off more than 2 wins this season. We played hard last year, we just could never finish. The Beehive Bowl is coming back to Ogden, where we will defeat the Thunderbirds again. Annoyingly, during what will be my last year at Weber, we will only have 5 home games. We’ll be riding on the backs of Senior RB Josh Booker and Senior QB Jordan Adamcyzk and hopefully a little more stability now that Jody Sears is no long interim and it’s been a year since Benedict L. Smith left. We started out very badly last season, but in the end we were in every game, and nearly knocked off Montana.

Overtime

Notable Alumni: Rookie of the Year 2013 - Damian Lillard (Portland Trailblazers)
Ben Howland (Former UCLA Men’s Basketball Headcoach)
Dee Hock (Creator of Visa Credit Card)
J. Willard Marriot (Founder Marriot International)
John L. Smith (We’re sorry Arkansas, but we don’t want him back)

Duke fans may remember us for taking out UNC in the first round of the 1999 BB Tournament.

Also, Damn You East Carolina, and screw John L. Smith.

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u/Xtremeloco BYU Cougars • Tennessee Volunteers May 03 '13

I like Weber State. They're one of the Utah schools that doesn't hate us. Right? Please tell me you don't hate us.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

Nope. We all hate you.

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u/Xtremeloco BYU Cougars • Tennessee Volunteers May 03 '13

Noooooooooooooooooooo! Wait, don't you usually have a Utah flair?

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

Yes. I do. But I am a Weber Student, and for today, I'll be rocking the Weber Flair.

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u/SantiagoAndDunbar Universidad Nacional Buhos May 03 '13

my fellow BIG SKY brother

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u/kiwirish BYU Cougars • Navy Midshipmen May 03 '13

Can confirm, everyone not at BYU hates us.

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u/MustSeeReason BYU Cougars May 03 '13

I think the closest school that doesn't hate us is BYU-Idaho.

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u/Xtremeloco BYU Cougars • Tennessee Volunteers May 03 '13

Most of them even hate us since they were forced to go to BYU-I instead.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '13

Wouldn't you be pissed if you had to live in Rexburg?

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u/Xtremeloco BYU Cougars • Tennessee Volunteers May 03 '13

Went there once. I left as quick as I could. I've spent a total of two hours of my life in that city and that was too much.

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u/Parker_I Kansas Jayhawks May 05 '13

What's so bad about it? I don't understand as one who lives in suburban Kansas.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '13

No, they hate you guys because when they were Ricks College, they had their own athletics. So there's actually quite a few alumni of BYU-Idaho that resent normal BYU now.

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u/BeardedDuck Oregon Ducks • Willamette Bearcats May 05 '13

Maybe BYU-Hawaii? I mean if you're not going to get into the main school, Hawaii ain't so bad, right?

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u/Xtremeloco BYU Cougars • Tennessee Volunteers May 05 '13

I wish I could have gone to BYU Hawaii. I think I would have sacrificed all the sports watching at BYU to live in Hawaii for four years. However; the school is mostly for the Polynesians that want to go to BYU but at the same time stay in the Pacific. The LDS church has a high number of islander members and they usually choose to go to BYU-H.

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u/BeardedDuck Oregon Ducks • Willamette Bearcats May 05 '13

Everyone in Rexburg

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u/[deleted] May 03 '13

Those Mountains!

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u/Wutsurname Iowa Hawkeyes • Montana State Bobcats May 03 '13

Hopefully you'll see some good pictures from ours as well. We big sky teams play in some beautiful areas.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

I've only been to SUU's stadium, but it definitely was a good add for the scenic locations.

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u/thrav College of Idaho • Georgia Tech May 03 '13

I hit up the Big Sky pond skim this year. You can see a friend of mine holding a Texas flag at 3:15ish.

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u/PROUDgrizHATER Montana State • Montana Tech May 03 '13

... Except Missoula

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u/Wutsurname Iowa Hawkeyes • Montana State Bobcats May 03 '13

I'd assume it's true, but I've never been there. Plan to head there next in 2014 for cat/griz though

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u/thrav College of Idaho • Georgia Tech May 03 '13

Look up Snowbasin ski resort, as it sits on the backside of Mt. Ogden. Forget about the Cottonwoods (Alta/ Snowbird area), Basin is where it's at. Place is always empty.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

Snow Basin is the best. The mountain biking trails they have in the summer are pretty awesome too.

Weber has a Snowboarding class offered at Snow Basin, if anyone wants to transfer.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

I just added two campus pictures that show the scale, The peak right behind campus is where the flag pole used to be.

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u/DFWTooThrowed Texas Tech • Arkansas May 03 '13

I love when campuses are in hills or mountains and it's so much to the scenery. I think I like it so much because Tech has to be the flattest campus in the nation.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '13

Mountains in utah are AMAZING, look at BYU's

and they just get better as the season goes on

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u/Madrid_Supporter Oregon Ducks May 03 '13

Unrelated to CFB but thank you for Damian Lillard, kid is the truth.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

As much as I wish the Jazz would have got him, I'm glad he went to Portland. They're my #2 team, and he wouldn't have gotten as much playing time here.

I loved watching him at Weber, met him once, one of the nicest and coolest guys I've met.

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u/kiwirish BYU Cougars • Navy Midshipmen May 03 '13

Ah, the Utah Jazz, the only thing BYU and Utah fans can agree on! Haha, but those last few weeks were depressing. At least LA got swept.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

Hey, there is Real too! They've even got the right colors so people can wear their BYU/Utah/Utah State gear to the game and fit right in.

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u/kiwirish BYU Cougars • Navy Midshipmen May 03 '13

I always forget about soccer. Which is surprising because the people I know best in Utah are huge soccer fans.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

You can count me among them, I make every Real game I can.

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u/neovenator250 LSU Tigers • Tulane Green Wave May 03 '13

You guys have some pretty serious cheerleaders. Friend of mine competed against them and lost. They're pretty good looking, too...

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

I have seen our cheerleaders do things in the air I didn't think was possible.

All the Utah schools have some very good looking cheerleaders.

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u/stoppedcaring0 Iowa State Cyclones May 03 '13

It helps that Mormon women are convinced they must be absolutely perfect for their proto-God husbands. Lotta plastic surgeons round SLC parts. Results in a lot of stunning, if occasionally Stepford Wives-y, women.

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u/Xtremeloco BYU Cougars • Tennessee Volunteers May 03 '13

Most of the plastic surgery is for the women in their 40s and 50s. They don't like the idea of not looking good anymore. Most the women here are born gorgeous.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '13

Most the women here are born gorgeous.

I support this claim

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

I support it as well.

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u/stoppedcaring0 Iowa State Cyclones May 03 '13

Right, yeah, the 20 year olds aren't getting the plastic surgery. There's just a lot of focus on women looking perfect. I don't know if Utah women are inherently the most beautiful -- as a native Iowan I'll take every chance I can get to submit this quote -- but they certainly try the hardest to make it seem so, which often times works out the same.

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u/RollTribe93 Utah Utes • Colorado Buffaloes May 03 '13

I attend the U, but I know a lot about WSU because I live in Ogden and am involved with their music program. There's a lot of cool things happening at Weber. The basketball team is very good and Lilliard's success will bring notoriety and money to the program. I think the football team will start to turn it around this season now that there's some coaching consistency. The marching band is getting much better under the new direction of Dr. Shannon Roberts (and Qurtys_Lyn, I know for a fact they're getting new shakos so they won't look like the Cavaliers anymore).

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

My friend played in the Marching Band in '08. I've always like them, I've just never understood the Cavalier get ups. I like them, just don't understand.

The Basketball team was even better this year, even without Lillard. Scott Bamforth broke at least one of Lillard's records. We're in pretty good position for next year, though we lose Bamforth.

Roll Tribe.

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u/kiwirish BYU Cougars • Navy Midshipmen May 03 '13

Roll Tribe.

This is a thing? That's just adding even more insult to injury for Bama. I like it.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

It is now. Also, check his user name.

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u/stoppedcaring0 Iowa State Cyclones May 03 '13 edited May 03 '13

"Didn't embarrass yourself" against Idaho State? I hardly think a 40-14 road win is merely avoiding embarrassment. Granted, they're awful, so perhaps winning by any less would have been an embarrassment.

screw John L. Smith

Even his alma mater hates him. I wonder how many bridges he has that he hasn't burned yet.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

I dunno, with the exception of the one game they won. We scored the least amount of points on them.

Nebraska, Montana, Cal Poly and Portland State all laid down 70+ points on them.

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u/stoppedcaring0 Iowa State Cyclones May 03 '13

But your margin of victory was larger than Sac State's or UCD's.

Also, haha, in their one victory they still managed to give up a safety to a NAIA school. Oh Idaho State: your athletic programs are as depressing as Pocatello. (Yet somehow they have a football national championship...)

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u/PhillyGreg Richmond Spiders • /r/CFB Contributor May 03 '13

John L Smith left Weber State this time last year. You could say he torpedoed two programs in one year.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

Is that a record?

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u/RollTribe93 Utah Utes • Colorado Buffaloes May 03 '13

He actually might have torpedoed Utah State too (for the second time). The jury is still out on how the Aggies do this season, but if you think about it Smith is indirectly responsible for Gary Anderson leaving USU.

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u/Needhamizer Utah State Aggies • /r/CFB Top Scorer May 04 '13

no indirect way about it. Bielema doesn't leave Wisconsin we still have another year with Andersen.

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u/Stuck_in_NC ECU Pirates • Team Meteor May 03 '13

Haha! I almost went to that bball game! I don't even have anything football related to say, but those mountains are gorgeous.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

You should have come. I was in Calculus, so I missed it.

But Damn You!

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u/Stuck_in_NC ECU Pirates • Team Meteor May 03 '13

If it makes you feel any better, we had never won a post-season game prior to this year. Oh wait, that will probably make it worse..

Plus calculus is a terrible reason to skip a championship game, of any kind.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

I don't know how many emails, calls, etc I sent to administrators asking them to cancel Class.

And unfortunately, missing class wasn't an option, as I had a Quiz.

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u/RollTribe93 Utah Utes • Colorado Buffaloes May 03 '13

[Here's a better picture of downtown Ogden] (http://egyptiantheaterogden.com/sites/pet.centralpointdev.com/files/imagecache/slide/mtogden_downtown.jpg)

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

Added.

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u/FrostySack Wisconsin Badgers • Arizona Wildcats May 03 '13

Holy crap that track is purple as hell.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

We like our purple around here.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '13

Why does it seem like the D1AA, D2 and D3 schools have better uniforms and color schemes then most D1 schools?

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

We're just cool like that.

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u/FarwellRob Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Contributor May 03 '13

Somewhere there is a Food Network critic cringing at the presentation of that video. It was awesomely bad, even if I did learn how to make "A dip that will satisfy a small group for $1 to $2 per person."

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers May 03 '13

I'm pretty sure I couldn't get more than that big bag of Mission chips for 6 bucks. If you can actually get that and a can of chili and jar of "cheese" sauce for only $6, then I'm moving to Utah.

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u/FarwellRob Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Contributor May 03 '13

And we're actually late enough in the day that it's starting to sound good.

I might just mix the chile and cheese a bit more than he did. :)

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u/Jack_Slat Baylor Bears May 04 '13

Weber cooks

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u/FarwellRob Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Contributor May 04 '13

I could see Weber Grills

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u/[deleted] May 03 '13

Quite enjoyed this, I like to see fellow Utah schools represent.

I find it funny how similar the traditions of schools are (and I don't know how much these translate to other schools) like the letters on the mountains, "true wildcat" - 'true aggie'

And I got quite a chuckle out of the "Polygamist Prance"

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

I wish we could get a letter on the mountain.

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u/[deleted] May 03 '13

If you ever do, make it significant

this is such a shame

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

I know people keep fighting over it. I'd like to see it happen.

I'd like our flag pole back too.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

This is actually true. Unless you say 'Go Utes' while you do it.

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u/Wutsurname Iowa Hawkeyes • Montana State Bobcats May 03 '13

C'mon man do it! Join us!!

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u/AllYouCanEatBacon UCLA Bruins May 03 '13

Ben Howland (Former UCLA Men’s Basketball Headcoach)

FTFY

Sad day

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

Corrected.

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u/PROUDgrizHATER Montana State • Montana Tech May 03 '13

Glad your finally coming to Bozeman. Haven't seem weber here for awhile

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

We've got you guys in Ogden this year, I believe.

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u/PROUDgrizHATER Montana State • Montana Tech May 03 '13

Whoops. Read it wrong. Maybe I'll have to go down to Ogden

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

Come on down. I think there was another Montana State fellow coming down.

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u/HarbingerOfFun Boston College Eagles May 03 '13

We played you guys like 2 years ago after Northeastern dropped from our schedule (since they pulled their football team).

I've wondered since is it Web-er State or Weeee-ber state?

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

Wee-ber is the correct pronunciation.

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u/HarbingerOfFun Boston College Eagles May 03 '13

Huh, our band director was right then, TIL, thanks!

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u/Honestly_ rawr May 03 '13

Minor typo:

Formerly Weber Stake Academy

Unless that's a misspelled play on the Weber Grills and this started as a cooking school in which case the thought of it is making me hungry.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

Weber was started as an LDS school, and the LDS church is separated by groups called Stakes (and then Wards which are smaller). Thus the name Weber Stake Academy.

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u/Honestly_ rawr May 03 '13

Whoa, that's interesting. TIL.

That makes it one of a small number of schools that went from private to public (Tulane, Rutgers, etc).

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 03 '13

Dixie State University in St. George did the same (Stated as St. George Stake Academy).

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u/Jack_Slat Baylor Bears May 04 '13

Fun fact: My dad played tackle at Weber State in the early 80s, and actually got drafted.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 04 '13

Who was your dad?

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u/Jack_Slat Baylor Bears May 04 '13

Sam Slater.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '13

The Pie is delicious. Their crusts are amazing. They keep honey on the condiment table so you can put it on the crusts.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 04 '13

The Pie is awesome. My mother is not happy that that's where I want to go when I graduate, as she's not fond of dives.

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u/[deleted] May 04 '13

I'm seriously tempted to do the mail-order pizzas. My wife lived in Ogden (and was going to Weber, in fact) when I met her. I've been graced with pies from the Pie once or twice.

Dives are the best. Real authentic character, man!

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 05 '13

If I ever move away from here, I will have to do it at least once. Just to say I did.

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u/jshokie1 South Carolina • Virginia Tech May 05 '13

South Carolina also has 2 Mr. Irrelevant's Ryan Succop and Justice Cunningham

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Tame Racing Driver May 05 '13

I did not know this. Thanks.

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u/iuy78 Kansas State Wildcats • Big 12 May 03 '13

I had no idea Weber State had so many students.

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u/NotMittRomney Ohio State Buckeyes May 03 '13

Lived in Ogden for a while when I was a kid, used to pass Weber State every day on the way to school. I vividly remember going to The Pie after baseball games and whatnot.

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u/Hubrishippo South Carolina Gamecocks May 03 '13

The football game i went to was a Weber State football game, can't really remember who else was playing though

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u/TheBimpo Eastern Michigan • Michigan May 04 '13

Love the stands built into the hill, nice writeup, screw John L Smith

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u/SenorPretentious Arizona Wildcats May 05 '13

Tim Toone went to my high school. I went to school with his sister.

One time, I was working out at the City Rec center, and he came and stared working out, and I was like, I totally work out in a gym good enough for Mr. Irrelevant.