Why would he drop them… if they were beat by a team with a top 11 win. No shame

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Aug 14, 2023
10:42:22am

Bell of the Ball I once knew a guy who played

Why would he drop them… if they were beat by a team with a top 11 win. No shame

in that, why should they be punished for scheduling teams that hard and can beat the #11 team in the country*. For real though that’s how the circular logic works, that’s how they convince themselves.

* this logic does not apply when they play BYU.

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Bell of the Ball

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Furlong has the Utes ranked 11 in his preseason ballot. Does not have Baylor or

Dangerous

8/14/23 8:18am

Their fans are pretty silly. They have their own media claiming they won the

8/14/23 8:21am

*past 5 years

Unibro

8/14/23 8:21am

He'll just elevate Florida to a top ten team if they beat Utah to justify his

thewaterboy

8/14/23 8:23am

This is what happened last year.

Geldir

8/15/23 2:37pm

He also has Oregon State way higher than TCU. Funny how a Rose Bowl loss is

Dangerous

8/14/23 8:25am

This is my fear. Clowns will still rank the old Pac 12 teams higher even after

O Gaucho

8/14/23 8:29am

Isn’t he statistically the worst AP voter?

maxpowers

8/14/23 8:31am

It not, he is close to it.

BYUtka

8/14/23 8:53am

Yes, he had to produce a bogus formula to justify consistently ranking PAC teams

8/14/23 8:56am

I'm not sure I'll ever understand this criticism; the data just doesn't bear it out

krindorr

8/14/23 10:28am

Here's his 2022 data for the PAC. And for BYU

krindorr

8/14/23 10:31am

Hahaha, a great example of confirmation bias here.

CPAcoug87

8/14/23 10:42am

I agree. He is the worst

Cougzilla

8/14/23 2:16pm

Furlong is a liar and a dweeb.

Japan Coug

8/14/23 8:32am

Don't you know, according to our resident ute CBrs it shows how much everyone

byublue42

8/14/23 9:07am

Makes as much sense as ranking Jeffrey Dahmer ahead of Russell M. Nelson in the inspiring people category.

BlueBlood94

8/14/23 9:13am

What's silly is believing that biased writers aren't biased

8/14/23 9:17am

We'll see where they are ranked, but my bet is he is within 4 spots.

8/14/23 9:43am

The Utes have been overhyped for the last decade playing in a weak conference

EDthoracotomy

8/14/23 9:55am

We will see soon enough in 2024

Dr T-bone

8/14/23 10:20am

Utah is a good program and Whit is an incredible coach

EDthoracotomy

8/14/23 10:33am

"...been an incredible program" that hasn't won a P4 game since 2017?

Brandoblueblood

8/14/23 12:07pm

By incredible I mean consistently good in a P5 conference.

EDthoracotomy

8/14/23 1:00pm

Won't even have to wait until 2024...the first two weeks will show us.

BYUHgrad

8/14/23 1:25pm

I am currently a huge Florida and Baylor fan.

EDthoracotomy

8/14/23 1:59pm

Utes haven't won a P4 game since 2017 aktchyewally

Brandoblueblood

8/14/23 10:13am

Amen. Same crap happened last year. They lose to Florida and its almost like

EDthoracotomy

8/14/23 2:00pm

Then again, the loss to #3 BIG team Penn State was a blowout...and #10 ranking?

Brandoblueblood

8/14/23 2:32pm

Exactly. Utah was not good. Decent but not good.

EDthoracotomy

8/14/23 3:30pm

They are going to start their QB3 too. This makes no sense.

Captain Rex

8/14/23 10:19am

I honestly don't think media and voters have accounted for this yet. When they

kos

8/14/23 12:39pm

Why would he drop them… if they were beat by a team with a top 11 win. No shame

Bell of the Ball

8/14/23 10:42am

Jokes on him. the only reason the Yewts were getting propped up in preseason

SFarkus

8/14/23 11:00am

Don't worry after 3 weeks there will be no PAC teams in the 25

BYU Grounds

8/14/23 11:14am

Although they do still have PAC Homer voters. What a joke that has been.

Brandoblueblood

8/14/23 12:05pm

At what point does furlong abandon the Pac 12? Next year? This year? Pro Big 12?

ParentingNotForSissy

8/14/23 11:17am

USC was very good last year and Utah beat them twice. Repeat PAC12 Champs.

ALUF 1990

8/14/23 12:26pm

The prevailing consensus on CB is that Utah was "terrible" and not simply that they're overrated?

BlueBlood94

8/14/23 12:50pm

Overrated ≠ Terrible. Don’t worry, lots of teams are overrated, not just utah.

Japan Coug

8/14/23 1:12pm

USC was terrible. They lost twice to the team that got worked over in the Rose

O Gaucho

8/14/23 1:18pm

USC was great? They beat up on weak Pac12 teams and lost to Tulane.

8/14/23 1:26pm

Those were great wins but don't pretend that Utah was great last year.

EDthoracotomy

8/14/23 2:02pm

Based on what? USC won 1 P4 game that year (and it was at home).

Brandoblueblood

8/14/23 2:42pm

Haha, with his rankings he belives the pac is second only to the SEC. Shows you

byublue42

8/14/23 12:30pm

Furlong has always been Shortminded....

VII_Times

8/14/23 12:32pm

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