Nov 20, 2024
6:06:53pm
6:06:53pm
If you're just going to shift the goal posts, you could have used fewer words.
You claimed BYU is a mid P4 team. You claimed we belong in that 25-40 group. Then you claimed that you're "just being realistic."
That's the point I'm contesting. It's not realistic relative to just about every meaningful metric out there.
Even your last prognostication of 9% chance to beat ASU is lower than any model I've seen, so yeah, I'd consider it by definition "controversial" and pessimistic.
We could get smoked by ASU this weekend, or we could very well win comfortably. That's not the point. The point, at least the one I've been speaking to, is that right now you seem to have a negative outlook on BYU football relative to computers, pollsters, Vegas, other fans, etc. If you have any data points that indicate otherwise, please share.
Who knows, maybe your negative outlook will prove to be more accurate when it's all said and done. But that doesn't make it any less pessimistic in the here and now.
That's the point I'm contesting. It's not realistic relative to just about every meaningful metric out there.
Even your last prognostication of 9% chance to beat ASU is lower than any model I've seen, so yeah, I'd consider it by definition "controversial" and pessimistic.
We could get smoked by ASU this weekend, or we could very well win comfortably. That's not the point. The point, at least the one I've been speaking to, is that right now you seem to have a negative outlook on BYU football relative to computers, pollsters, Vegas, other fans, etc. If you have any data points that indicate otherwise, please share.
Who knows, maybe your negative outlook will prove to be more accurate when it's all said and done. But that doesn't make it any less pessimistic in the here and now.
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They do. As always sitake wins one he shouldn’t (maybe 3 this year-SMU, OK state and Utah) and loses one he shouldn’t. I
Nov 20, 10:22am
Nov 20, 10:30am
I’m realistic. I watch a lot of football and see where we fit in the world. Mid P4 team is a huge jump from last year’s
Nov 20, 10:55am
Do you watch BYU games and think they are on par with Tennessee, Georgia, Texas a&m or even Clemson or Colorado? (Only
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Nov 20, 4:19pm
Thanks. I think we would get spanked by all but Indiana in the top 10. And maybe Penn state. I think we would lose to
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