By my count, BYU would be 10-10 in our last 20 games against Utah if we did the same thing.

Nov 13, 2024
2:24:24pm

KingDave The Movie Guy

Keeping the game close isn't some moral victory and I don't think it tells you a whole lot. A win is a win and a loss is a loss, and when you're the top dog, you have a big target on your back that everyone is aiming at.

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New ESPN+ article is kind of brutal but I can’t say I have much disagreement.

YOHONOMOTO

Nov 13, 2:12pm

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts....

DirtyWater

Nov 13, 2:13pm

A win is a win.

lightmann

Nov 13, 2:14pm

What's amazing is if you flip our opponents last scoring drive in all our games.

MarylandFan

Nov 13, 2:15pm

Link?

cougfanblue

Nov 13, 2:15pm

Lets flip every one-score result in the rivalry game

willkie40

Nov 13, 2:16pm

Weird how on one side of this hypothetical one team is actually undefeated while the others still have losses

Probable Sacko

Nov 13, 2:17pm

They never apply this argument to Blue bloods.

Jeremy

Nov 13, 2:17pm

I think he did it to other conferences too.

YOHONOMOTO

Nov 13, 3:33pm

To be fair, Colorado scored in the final minute in the last two games

Remigius

Nov 13, 2:20pm

and as a philosophy, Kalani doesnt run up the score. Been a couple of 7 pt

LeonMarek

Nov 13, 2:22pm

Did they forget the Baylor game?

Archaea

Nov 13, 9:36pm

By my count, BYU would be 10-10 in our last 20 games against Utah if we did the same thing.

KingDave

Nov 13, 2:24pm

Interesting- 23 BYU's record would have been 6-6 with two wins over ranked teams

Doogal McCougar

Nov 13, 2:25pm

So if BYU wouldn’t have won, they would have lost. Got it.

Zaphod

Nov 13, 2:30pm

The author really did some critical thinking journalism there…

ChiCityCoug

Nov 13, 3:05pm

BYU is 3rd in the country at beating the spread by an average of 12.2 pppg

nephicoug

Nov 13, 2:31pm

And BYU would still be having a better season than predicted. The Cougs are just

Ray Shoesmith

Nov 13, 2:38pm

Flipping all of them is dumb

Coop

Nov 13, 2:39pm

Well sure, if you switch all the winners to losers, things look different.

DirtyWater

Nov 13, 2:47pm

It's an intersting thought, sure. But sort of meaningless. Good teams figure out

fattycoug

Nov 13, 2:42pm

I think it’s just another point toward what we’ve been saying all along:

YOHONOMOTO

Nov 13, 3:34pm

1984 feels alive and well in 2024

BlueFever

Nov 13, 2:51pm

Scoreboard.

rockhound

Nov 13, 3:09pm

If my grandmother had wheels she would have been a bike

DanSmith

Nov 13, 3:12pm

That sports writer doesn’t get it. Look at us last year - flip our 1 score games

46in96

Nov 13, 4:39pm

This is the dumbest thing I’ve read on CB today. (Not a low bar.) Good news for

tkh9

Nov 13, 5:15pm

Tell that to the 2 time Super Bowl winning

cougforever

Nov 13, 5:18pm

I’m just glad there’s a playoff now

Srg

Nov 13, 5:35pm

What is really amazing is if you subtract 40 from our scores and add 40 to our

chet

Nov 13, 5:44pm

What's funny to me is that Texas and OU were treated

SaintGeorgeYFan

Nov 13, 6:17pm

I'm tired of excuses why this undefeated team isn't a real undefeated team

Iki_Balam

Nov 13, 7:36pm

This is not how football works. So who cares.

grosven

Nov 13, 8:09pm

Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

Scott_Tenorman

Nov 13, 9:11pm

If my aunt had stones she would be my uncle

Stucoug83

Nov 13, 9:13pm

So changing the score would change the outcome?

Monomachos

Nov 13, 9:49pm

Strength of Record - BYU is #2. FPI is a horrible metric in today's landscape.

dYrtbYkerYder

Nov 13, 10:04pm

Shows the talent may be pretty similar overall.

Undefeated

Nov 13, 10:40pm

Lots of parity in the league. It's fun. Big10 is a snooze fest. Some bad teams.

YOHONOMOTO

Nov 13, 10:54pm

and if you flip all our W's to L's... we'd be 0-9. What's the point?

Hill4Heisman

Nov 13, 10:45pm

I think the point is pointing out which teams have had a lot of close win/loss

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