The dream is over...

So... I find myself wishing there was some way to gracefully become a Utah fan. The problem is, I have always hated fair-weather fans, and band-wagonners. I suppose I should take comfort in something somebody told me at work the other day. I am an Eagles fan so there is no concern of me being accused of being a fair weather fan. I guess the implication would be the Eagles suck.

The truth of the matter is, I have been struggling with feelings of ambivalence towards the Y for quite some time. The truth be told, I have much greater respect for the U as an academic institution. The pseudo-academic nature of some of its pursuits frustrates me. The football team is all that really kept me grounded. Now, likely due to the same frustrations I have with the place, it is being left behind, by a far more modernly relevant rival.

We must honor and remember the past. We must live in the now. We must look to the future. I fear this development, in the arguably marginally important realm of collegiate sports, only forbodes the struggle BYU will face remaining relevant in a world that is rapidly leaving it behind.

So perhaps, a Utah man I shall be. If I could only find a graceful exit...