Taking off the blue goggles for a minute, my gut

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Mar 17, 2015
11:01:18am

gwalker

Taking off the blue goggles for a minute, my gut

tells me two things: 1. BYU doesn't get to the Sweet 16, 2. Stephen A. Smith (or F. Austin or whatever) doesn't beat Utah. The popular pre-tournament picks for 12-5 upset almost never pan out. And when we're the popular sleeper to go to the Sweet 16, that doesn't pan out either.

Here's to hoping I'm wrong.

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Taking off the blue goggles for a minute, my gut

gwalker

3/17/15 11:01am

Do we beat Ole Miss?

bushy7

3/17/15 11:03am

Yes. And Xavier. But my

gwalker

3/17/15 11:04am

Wait...the McGriddle stops there, or the train stops at McDs? I'm confused.

3/17/15 11:09am

I thought you said the blue goggles are off

crm48

3/17/15 1:59pm

RE: I thought you said the blue goggles are off

gwalker

3/17/15 3:53pm

Part of the reason they don't pan out is coaches can show their players

rcbyufan

3/17/15 11:05am

a 12 has beaten a 5 in every single NCAA tournament since it went to 64 teams.

Lance71

3/17/15 11:05am

I like Buffalo and Wofford the best out of that group.

BYUheaven

3/17/15 11:07am

Sorry but both of your statements are wrong.

Roscoe

3/17/15 11:50am

The problem is everybody is picking this

BigBlue04

3/17/15 1:28pm

You lost me at "when USU was good"

detmer4prez

3/17/15 3:40pm

Utah will win. They are a good team.

idacoug

3/17/15 11:08am

Utah is a great defensive team. The are not good on offense at all.

Lance71

3/17/15 11:14am

Ken Pom has them as the 18th most efficient offense in the country

BYUheaven

3/17/15 11:16am

Then whatever that means, it's not a good stat. Utah is terrible at offense

TrueAndBlue

3/17/15 11:19am

It means they play REALLY SLOW and are BORING but they score at a high

BYUheaven

3/17/15 11:23am

Does that dirty feeling that you get when a Ute fan gives your post a thumbs up

BYUheaven

3/17/15 11:35am

And he has them as 322 for offensive tempo.

Lance71

3/17/15 11:21am

The speed at which you score has nothing to do with whether or not you score

Left Shark Coug

3/17/15 11:42am

Possessions include rebounds and turnovers. The team that wins will be the team

Lance71

3/17/15 11:49am

They've had some absolute dud games this year on offense, for sure.

Left Shark Coug

3/17/15 12:04pm

Hasn't the 12 beat the 5 like 60% the past 5 years or something?

Walter Bellhaven

3/17/15 11:15am

opposite. the 12 has a 44/76 record vs the 5. Still almost 40% though

BlueFrog

3/17/15 11:19am

54% the past 5 years, though

rggee

3/17/15 11:23am

yeah i think only 3 years since 1985 a 12 seed hasnt won at least 1 game

BlueFrog

3/17/15 11:24am

Only 2 since 1989

rggee

3/17/15 11:24am

none since 2008

BlueFrog

3/17/15 11:25am

75% the past 2 years.

rggee

3/17/15 11:27am

Do a little research and get back to us on picks that don't pan out. I can

WhyKnot

3/17/15 11:16am

There are so many "experts" outs there publicly picking upsets that every upset

StantonMac

3/17/15 11:19am

Stephen F. Austin was the popular #12 seed upset last year

Triggerhappybunny

3/17/15 11:31am

Matchups. I don't think I could think of 2 teams more different than VCU & Utah

rcbyufan

3/17/15 11:57am

I picked Utah over SF Austin and Baylor over BYU

3/17/15 11:31am

I would say that your goggles are still on picking us to beat Ole Miss & Xavier

CougarBacker

3/17/15 11:53am

They don't actually come all the way off.

gwalker

3/17/15 12:06pm

I heard Rose this morning say that he hopes they (BYU) can keep up with....

Bonoman

3/17/15 12:54pm

Here is why you are wrong

pappabear246

3/17/15 1:53pm

...is huge?

icecougar

3/17/15 6:02pm

...Dunlap over your belt?

icecougar

3/17/15 6:02pm

Not true. 12 has beaten 5 nearly 50% of the time in the past 10 yrs

icecougar

3/17/15 6:05pm

I'm not saying 12s don't beat 5s. I'm saying if there is one

gwalker

3/18/15 5:15pm

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