Comments on: History hates the fact that Utah beat BYU.

By: Swissh

Swissh — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:20:41 +0000

Absolutely fantastic, laugh-out-loud, shake-the-chair, terrific!

Sorry…I live in Europe and probably get everything late. I absolutely loved this clip. What a riot! [And to show you how far away I live, I haven't seen it used before!]

Love BYU, love the Cougars win and lose (not or).

By: bluesista

bluesista — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:44:32 +0000

I don’t know if you guys are still entertaining requests, but could you talk about the transition from the mission to playing football. Did you think about football at all on the mission? What did you do to get your head back into football once you got off? Maybe some advice you’d give the guys coming back (like Mckay Jacobson) to help them get back into it? etc. etc.

Thanks, you guys are great!

By: CougarCollin

CougarCollin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:25:15 +0000

Anyone know the name of the movie? I would love to watch it the whole thing! I’m excited for the bowl game and I hope if we don’t play BSU that TCU takes it to them.

By: CougarCollin

CougarCollin — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:16:41 +0000

In addition to Mark’s explanation of the clip, a few translations for those who would like to know. When he starts yelling UNDEFEATED! WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GO UNDEFEATED!! He’s really saying, “FEIGLINGE!” “DAS SIND FEIGLINGE!” Which means, “COWARDS!” “THOSE ARE COWARDS”, which refers to his own men, or perhaps the commanders, who lost the battle. When he puts his face in his hands and says quietely, “Der Krieg ist verloren,” he’s saying, “the War is lost”, and then at the end “Tun was Sie wollen”, “Do whatever you want now”. When he says “Deutsches Volk” and “Deutsches Reich” he’s saying “the German people” “the German Empire”. This was a classic clip, I as well, laughed very hard the first time I saw it. It’ll be fun to see what comes up next year when we actually win this game!

By: Mark Freckleton

Mark Freckleton — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:29:39 +0000

I wish this site had an editing feature so I can delete the stupid mistakes before they are displayed to the world. The date of the battle of Berlin was 1945, not 1949. Also the second to last sentence should start “If the poster boy…”

Anal retentively yours…

By: Mark Freckleton

Mark Freckleton — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:26:45 +0000

For those who were curious about the spoken dialog as opposed to the sub-titles, the high command is briefing the Fuehrer about the battle of Berlin in April 1949, just before the end. They are pointing at the various battle points on the map when Adolf asks about the offensive that General Steiner is to mount (that’s when he says that Max Hall will get them into the end zone). They tell him that Steiner’s attack failed and that’s when he goes into his tantrum.

I watched several of the other take-offs of this clip on You-Tube and this is by far the best – not that I have any bias. What was interesting was the reactions among the comments – both Cougar and Ute fans. I can’t tell whether the producer is a fan of one side or the other, because it has an appeal to both

As for those who objected to it as immoral – we can’t ignore history, but back in ancient times when I was in college and we only had a quarter century perspective on naziism, a common catch phrase referring to it was “the banality of evil.” I the poster boy for evil in the 20th century ranting about a defeat in a rivalry football game doesn’t illustrate the banality of evil, I don’t know what does. I guess I don’t understand what your objection is, because this certainly is not glorifying or even endorsing nazis.

By: chelsea

chelsea — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:05:27 +0000

that video is hilarious, thanks for posting it. quinn i have loved this site so much, thanks for creating it, i have learned a ton. i also have a quick question and yes feel free to mock me, it’s not that profound. why do the players wear those black bands above their elbows? my best guess is that it makes their biceps look bigger, please tell me i’m wrong. thanks again for the site

By: Cayce

Cayce — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:47:26 +0000

Yeah, I was laughing so hard I cried. My co-workers came in to see what was going on. Had to play it again several times, we all had a great laugh!

Nice job!

By: Mark B

Mark B — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:48:45 +0000

For those of you that were offended by the video, you are wound too tight. You may be the same people that think vampire movies are evil. RELAX

By: shortbaldhonest

shortbaldhonest — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:49:20 +0000

LoyalCougar lighten up!

This was a great tear jerker! but rather than Edwards we needed Chow, Edwards offence!

By: Rex

Rex — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:35:34 +0000

Thanks for posting this. It brought tears to my eyes, I was laughing so hard.

I give it 5 stars for creativity – even if others have used the “Downfall” clip other times. The loss hurt so bad, I was in need of something offbeat to brighten my day.

I hope we never lose the ability to laugh at ourselves. My favorite line was that we’d never lost a fireside.

By: kiyoshige

kiyoshige — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:32:29 +0000

Because I never, ever want this website to end, if I was introducing the webmaster, I would just use what the BYU football site has under his profile…

Before BYU
Earned All-America honorable-mention honors … selected first-team all-state and all-city as a senior … Southern Arizona Player of the Year … tallied over 1,000 yards and 15 touchdowns as a senior, despite missing six games due to a knee injury … recorded 24 receptions for 260 yards … produced over 600 yards as a junior, including 21 receptions and 18 touchdowns … defensively, recorded 12 interceptions.

Personal
Parents are Gary and Sharee Gooch … youngest of eight children … older brother, David, also played for the Cougars … father, Gary, played basketball at BYU in 1958-59 … married to Dani Smart of Lubbock, Texas … served a Church mission in Germany … recruited by Arizona, Stanford, Northwestern, UCLA and Utah.

BTW, your wife has got to be pleased with the great year TT has had…

By: Jett

Jett — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:13:11 +0000

1 – Can you give us some insight what it is like to travel as a team? Do you have charters? Is the seating better than regular airline flights? How about motel/hotel arrangements? Can I assume you share rooms? What is done to help compensate for missing classes, etc.

2 – What is done to help the players play better on the road? Playing at home has obvious advantages. What does BYU do to play better on the road?

By: fullyinvestedgirl

fullyinvestedgirl — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:32:52 +0000

I will be so excited if BYU goes to Vegas again! I hear that Phantom is playing at the Venetian! Whoo hoo!

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:25:01 +0000

Quinn,
Thank you for putting that up. It helps to bring a smile to help ease the pain of losing to the Utes.