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Nov 18, 2024
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shoganai
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"Momentum" is a misused term in sports. The closest accurate term for what
people are usually talking about when they say it is "confidence."
BYU will likely be a less confident team this week than they were last week. Debatable if that's good or bad.
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“Momentum” is made up. People keep worrying about “lost our momentum” now have “no momentum going into ASU” or even
mvtoro
Scrub
10:07am
I think they had a rivalry game hangover
Huge Manatee
10:08am
I think so too. Also think they got complacent about Kansas and their record. I think they got woken up.
mvtoro
10:19am
"Momentum" is a misused term in sports. The closest accurate term for what
shoganai
10:10am
Confidence is one way to look at it. Another is complacency vs urgency. I don’t think the former is our problem, but I
mvtoro
10:16am
What are your thoughts on “It”?
Sea Chicken
10:14am
🤣 I played my high school years as a reciever for John Beck. So when that whole discussion happened about whether he
mvtoro
10:18am
I think you overstate the metaphorical meaning of psychological momentum
The Dark Knight
10:25am
I’m not saying that there aren’t psychological factors at play. I’m saying “momentum” is a very poor way to describe
mvtoro
10:55am
Again, you are applying the principle of physics too literally, that's all.
The Dark Knight
11:32am
It’s a poor word to use for what it’s trying to communicate because people consistently infer things from it that are
mvtoro
11:54am
RE: “Momentum” is made up. People keep worrying about “lost our momentum” now
md7Coug
11:00am
Yeah, much better analogy here than it is to imply that a loss to Kansas makes us more likely to lose to ASU.
mvtoro
12:09pm
This guy disagrees with you. And so do I.
CascadeBYUFan
11:37am
No he doesn’t. I’m talking about the “momentum” that CBers claim is transferring from one game to influence the
mvtoro
12:08pm
Im not talking about the previous result predicting the next result.
CascadeBYUFan
12:50pm
Then you’re not talking about what he’s talking about either. 🤷🏼♂️
mvtoro
12:56pm
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