More a "was" than an "is" thing. He writes like he's 20 yrs retired these days.

May 27, 2016
1:55:57pm

mantis mutu All-American

Which makes him a perfect fit for the Des News.

Which is why sports boards are so popular. But to Dick's credit, he was on the front end of the sports board phenomenon.

But that was then...

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Wow. Harmon thinks there is better than a 50% chance that the Big12 votes to

Bostonblue

5/27/16 9:48am

What's his record on Big 12 predictions? Double or nothing on this one.

Diablo and Doc

5/27/16 9:50am

He's ofer. But he's still got connections at BYU so you can't completely

Bostonblue

5/27/16 9:51am

Was he claiming sources?

concolor couguar

5/27/16 9:52am

He didn't say.

Bostonblue

5/27/16 9:53am

No one will say their sources

Heinz57

5/27/16 9:56am

It is common place to attribute sources for this kind of claim

concolor couguar

5/27/16 10:00am

Harmon has said in the past that he thought it was likely in the future

5/27/16 12:44pm

He is a BYU fan. He knows nothing about expansion.

Backcountry

5/27/16 1:12pm

Every time BYU has been invited to join the B12, he got it right.

zonacougar

5/27/16 10:41am

They either will or they won't, so obviously there's a 50% chance

BYUCoug11

5/27/16 9:50am

umm. someone needs to go retake Stats 201 I think.

Bostonblue

5/27/16 9:52am

It's very simple. Don't overcomplicate it

BYUCoug11

5/27/16 9:53am

No I think he's right. Using his logic we have a 50% chance of winning the NC

Ron Mexico

5/27/16 9:54am

Love it. I'll take those odds.

Bostonblue

5/27/16 10:07am

So..you're saying I have a 50% chance of winning the lottery?? Either I will

Machiavelli

5/27/16 12:20pm

Yes

Ryan M

5/27/16 10:00pm

And I'm 80% sure that either they will or will not expand.

BluebloodOR

5/27/16 11:29am

You mean Harmon from the Deseret News!!!!... come on man of course he does...

Pretorian

5/27/16 9:50am

???

Bostonblue

5/27/16 9:51am

everything you read in the DN will reflect positively for BYU and the Church.

Pretorian

5/27/16 9:58am

okay, but being "positive" is different than just making crap up.

Bostonblue

5/27/16 11:37am

Calling it simply being positive is naive but you're right about the Trib

Pretorian

5/27/16 8:03pm

So that'd be at least a 30% chance of joining which is around the 1 in 3 odds

jreid191

5/27/16 9:51am

Why is that hard to comprehend?

Heinz57

5/27/16 9:53am

It's not hard to comprehend. What is surprising is that he thinks they

Bostonblue

5/27/16 9:56am

Gotcha...

Heinz57

5/27/16 9:56am

2017 *could* work, but we have a pretty sweet schedule, I'd prefer 2018

boscatar

5/27/16 10:12am

Consider what our 2017 schedule could be though

ManicBlue

5/27/16 10:27am

YES we're in!!!

SouthernBlueBlood

5/27/16 9:53am

My only glimmer of hope is when Holmoe was asked last week

Triggerhappybunny

5/27/16 9:55am

That gif, made my day

Heinz57

5/27/16 10:35am

Lol...homoe

Machiavelli

5/27/16 12:22pm

And that is more than he usually says and so it carries more weight, IMO.

bob falfa

5/27/16 12:47pm

So you're telling me there's a chance!

BangkokCoug

5/27/16 9:59am

So a 30% chance we are in that soon, 60% chance eventually?

CosmoK

5/27/16 10:00am

I'd say that's about right.

Josef K

5/27/16 10:00am

Actually wouldn't surprise me considering the B12 just might want

ManicBlue

5/27/16 10:01am

BYU is the Sharlene Wells of the B12!

Creekster

5/27/16 10:30am

And who's Vanessa Williams? Baylor or TCU?

mantis mutu

5/28/16 7:59am

Logical and I could see that as well

Heinz57

5/27/16 10:37am

You're probably on to something there.

Accipiter

5/27/16 2:15pm

60% of the time, they're voting BYU every time.

Diablo and Doc

5/27/16 10:01am

or byu's stadium is second in size next to UT's and OU's

byuprof

5/27/16 12:54pm

You can prove anything with statistics. 14% of all people know that.

Kougrage

5/27/16 2:15pm

Didn't Dick lose his insider source when Lance Reynolds left the program?

Random Walk

5/27/16 10:12am

RE: Wow. Harmon thinks there is better than a 50% chance that the Big12 votes

davidmj10

5/27/16 10:36am

did you skip fractions day? that's not as bad as skipping leg day, but still...

yahtzee

5/27/16 10:39am

I skipped math in general but even I know 60 + 50 is 110.

davidmj10

5/27/16 2:14pm

it isn't 50%+60%, it's 50% * 60%.

yahtzee

5/27/16 2:56pm

Wow! We're in for sure then ... that's 3000%!!

ManicBlue

5/27/16 3:15pm

Rumor has it that Holmoe already sent a draft acceptance op-ed to the DesNews.

El Fuego

5/27/16 11:14am

Doesn't jive with report we were told we're "definitely out"

byujdmba

5/27/16 12:00pm

What report? Link?

BamaCoug

5/27/16 1:03pm

I'm pretty sure the "report" he's referring to is the twitter account here:

Machiavelli

5/27/16 1:09pm

That's the one. The past tweets do make interesting reading.

byujdmba

5/27/16 1:38pm

Well yeah, because if he put a low percentage, nobody would share the article

Machiavelli

5/27/16 12:18pm

Dick & his predictions. Ngata interested, thanx.

mantis mutu

5/27/16 12:53pm

Ngata was interested. It came down to BYU and Oregon.

Bobmarleyjr

5/27/16 2:47pm

I remember the whole scenario, thanx. But ultimately Mr Harmon's prediction was

mantis mutu

5/27/16 3:47pm

Dick really nailed it with his prediction last time around.

Backcountry

5/27/16 1:10pm

Harmon's thing is deep local contacts and insight. National forecast not so much

keylimesoda

5/27/16 1:50pm

More a "was" than an "is" thing. He writes like he's 20 yrs retired these days.

mantis mutu

5/27/16 1:55pm

He's well connected, regardless of writing quality.

Gentleman Stan

5/27/16 7:41pm

I was being more critical of his effort than his ability.

mantis mutu

5/27/16 8:08pm

I agree and agree...

LEDSFW

5/27/16 2:30pm

Those percentages only mean one thing

curmudgeon

5/27/16 7:03pm

There is also a 50% chance that....

cosmos son

5/27/16 11:21pm

60% of the Time, Harmon is right 100% of the time.

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