Is there something that requires us to conclude what our team is immediately

Nov 30, 2023
7:25:22pm

Your Royal Blueness All-American

and start tooting the horns? What’s wrong with cautious optimism and simple excitement for current successes vs potential ones?

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I remember after we beat SDST, there were a lot of posts around

rowlinthunder

11/30/23 12:58pm

Performance in a true road game reveals a lot about a team

Beggar

11/30/23 1:00pm

Yes. But regrouping & finding way to catch-up to --& prevail against-- NC State

SinkingQuffa

11/30/23 1:03pm

The biggest reason to be cautious

Goatnapper'96

11/30/23 1:01pm

we still have Khalifa and Baker getting up to speed. we might climb yet

LeonMarek

11/30/23 1:02pm

Exactly. We are missing probably our best 1-on-1 scorer in Baker, and Khalifa

babycarrot

11/30/23 1:07pm

I don’t know much about baker? Is he expected to perform well at this level of

ColonelMustard

11/30/23 3:52pm

He came from UC Irvine and played 3 years there. He averaged double digits each

babycarrot

11/30/23 7:24pm

Solid info thanks!

ColonelMustard

12/1/23 11:32pm

Feel like you are overestimating the impact of that across the board

MwangoleCoug9

11/30/23 1:06pm

Football team never looked good, even when they were winning early in the season. This basketball team is different.

roseyscenario

12/2/23 5:35am

You might be missing a transformative game plan just getting started. Note team shooting improving, not peaking. Pomeroy

roseyscenario

11/30/23 1:10pm

Only one team surpassed 40% last year. While BYU could go over 40%, it’s a little bit of a thin limb to jump on, TBH

Indy Coug

11/30/23 1:25pm

Thanks for your opinion. I said 40% "from here" is plausible. They're shooting 38.6% so far, 41.8% in LV, passing better

roseyscenario

11/30/23 2:28pm

I might be....

Goatnapper'96

11/30/23 3:11pm

Sounds reasonable. I prefer not to project beyond a bid. Anything can happen in 1 game. 20+ wins & bid sounds good.

roseyscenario

11/30/23 4:56pm

One reason to be cautious is Fouss is out. Still think BYU beats Utes. But if they don't, pessimists will be unbearable.

roseyscenario

11/30/23 1:08pm

This.

BYUCougarsFan

11/30/23 1:12pm

I’ve just come off of a very rocky relationship with BYU football so forgive

ChiCityCoug

11/30/23 1:16pm

RE: I’ve just come off of a very rocky relationship with BYU football so

ldssdl

11/30/23 1:49pm

BYU is deep and has consistent contributors...but, is there even 1 go-to player that can consistently create?

Preppy

11/30/23 1:16pm

Maybe just hit open 3s? But BYU is about to change their offense again. Watch Khalifa's magic from the high post.

roseyscenario

11/30/23 10:53pm

Utah beat St. Mary's by 7. San Diego St. beat them by 25. I will concede that

cougarfan84

11/30/23 1:21pm

After SDSU I was still tempering expectations. . . Now I am full on hype mode!

Zoobieman

11/30/23 1:22pm

The thing about this team is that they pass the "eyeball" test. They look as

Jasbo

11/30/23 2:30pm

I am falling in love with this team

BYU Fan

11/30/23 1:35pm

Ole Miss crushed NC STATE the other night. We need multiple bigs to seriously compete going forward

CLCougar

11/30/23 1:37pm

Conference play is not imminent. Plenty can go right or wrong by then. Fous has

Cougarbib

11/30/23 5:27pm

Don't disagree on your points...it will be interesting to see if we can maintain our momentum into conference play. One

CLCougar

11/30/23 5:42pm

To an extent, but he has very long arms.

Cougarbib

11/30/23 8:27pm

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Cougarbib

11/30/23 5:27pm

This team is entertaining. So much fun to watch. Who knows how good they can

hardcorecoug

11/30/23 1:52pm

RE: I remember after we beat SDST, there were a lot of posts around

Delta Cougar

11/30/23 1:53pm

I think we can do both: enjoy a fun team and hedge against lofty expectations

wisconsincougs

11/30/23 2:20pm

Thank you. Are people welcome to still think this team stinks? Sure, but please

royalwalrus

11/30/23 2:33pm

I like this team, but our opponents so far are a combined 18-22 (including 6-1

sandiegocgrfan

11/30/23 3:30pm

Very poor interpretation of Data. SDSU has only beat poor teams since.

Blue2thebone

11/30/23 4:11pm

Did he mistakenly think SDSU played Oregon and made conclusions based on that?

YSMACK

11/30/23 4:35pm

Could be. But as pointed out they beat Cal who is terrible,

Blue2thebone

11/30/23 5:12pm

Do you consider Saint Mary’s and Washington

rowlinthunder

11/30/23 4:42pm

He originally talked about how they barely beat a bad Oregon team, IIRC.

YSMACK

11/30/23 4:54pm

Bad teams. Lost to Weber

Blue2thebone

11/30/23 5:13pm

I've watched every game so far

Cougrrrs Roll

11/30/23 4:40pm

We are a snake-bitten fanbase. Jumping on the bandwagon is the kiss of death!

BlueBunny

11/30/23 7:10pm

Is there something that requires us to conclude what our team is immediately

Your Royal Blueness

11/30/23 7:25pm

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