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SALT LAKE CITY – With Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff coming to Utah this weekend, Barstool Sports’ founder Dave Portnoy is visiting the Beehive State for the first time.

In his first social media posts while in SLC, he praised the Utes’ campus store and also stopped by a few pizza places.

Utah gets the award for best bookstore I’ve been in so far. Tons of cool stuff. The thing you gotta know about me is I’m gonna drop 500 to 1000 in every book store I go in and probably never wear any of it once I leave campus but I get caught in the hype everytime. #utes

— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) September 18, 2025

His post about Utah’s book and merchandise store read:

Utah gets the award for best bookstore I’ve been in so far. Tons of cool stuff. The thing yo

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