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http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/11/06/crimesider/entry5550113.shtml

I'm actually starting to feel a little bad for the girl. She may never escape this.

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Herbstreit says if LSU wins out and beats Alabama and Florida, then even with one loss, they belong in the championship game because they will have run the gauntlet.

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Game Day Centerpiece Bosco 11/7

This is a special year for Robbie Bosco.

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New Mexico's Lambert suspended indefinitely

Coming quicker than a takedown by the pony tail, New Mexico's

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BYU vs. Wyoming Matchups

BYU offense vs.

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it to me?

I don't get it.

To me it is kind of like booing your own brother or kid? It is sooooooooo far from my perspective that I can't even understand it.

Someone please explain.

If I really stretch, I can comprehend all of the other emotion-over-logic, sky-is-falling reactions around here, because as a fan, I really get into it - but I don't get the booing.

Booing a ref - sure it's poor sportsmanship, but they aren't your family. I get that (and I do that).

But booing your own family in your own house?

I am confused...

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Please give me the opportunity to vent. I posted very little after losing to TCU. It took me a week to finally post my thoughts. This is to keep everyone grounded so thier expectations don't run ahead of the teams ability.

Responses to comments from article in Daily Herald

"Mendenhall admitted this week that he's been wrong more often than he's been right when it comes to guessing how his team will perform on any given Saturday."

What- Oh you mean you don't know how to get the team motivated for big games.

"I sit in the locker room and look and I have no idea," Mendenhall said. "I can usually tell in the way we practice if we're prepared or not. The games I've been most confident in haven't really gone the way I thought. I think this week the team is well prepared because of the way they've practiced. But to say that I know what's going to happen? I never know. I haven't known when we're going to win big, lose big or in between."

Try preparing for your opponents strenghts and weaknesses- instead of the same old game plan for each team. It was the coach who said "we were so impressed with our first two games we didn't see a need to change anything".

"But this year's Wyoming team, under new coach Dave Christensen, has different schemes and a new energy."

Means BYU will still run the 6 basic plays plus thier 7th play called a "turnover"
Wyoming could announce they are starting Bret favre and BYU will still approach the game
with the same scheme- you all know it. 3rd and 6 or longer drop 8 guys, put them all in a zone and give the QB plenty of time to find a reciever who breaks open. 3rd and 5 or shorter put 5-6 guys on the line

"The program is running so efficiently and the kids are working so hard, I go into most games optimistic."

we're so efficent we don't concern ourselves with individual teams. Each team is just another
game on the schedule. If they are mediocre or less we will win. If they are a better team than most we'll see whsat happens.

"We struggled a little bit in our offense," Christensen said.

So we're looking forward to playing BYU it's an opportunity for us to have a break out game

"It's not a secret that when you play top-20 teams in the country and top defenses in the country week in and week out, there will be some struggles, especially when you have the youth that we have."

so this week won't be too challenging

Freshman quarterback Austyn Carta-Samuels has given the Cowboy offense a shot in the arm, though Wyoming has only scored 10 points in the past two weeks against Air Force and Utah.

that's why they need a breakout game

"They've got a lot of good athletes and their quarterback has been really good with his feet and his arm," BYU junior safety Andrew Rich said. "We're gonna have to be able to contain him and stay alive in their routes, because once he gets out of pocket, you never know if he's going to run or throw."

Yeah that is BYU's weakest link containg a QB who can throw on the run.

"The return of sophomore wide receiver McKay Jacobson, who missed the past four games with a hamstring injury, should inject some new life into the Cougars' offense".

So could Ahmad Rashad

"I've talked with our guys, and sticking with a top-20 team is not a moral victory," he said. "In our program, losing is not acceptable. That's not what we are out here to do."

wonder if this coach would make any adjustments at half time??

"I always enjoy playing in hostile environments, that's what it should be," Rich said. "People in Laramie shouldn't like BYU, so we're looking forward to it. They are a good football team and we're excited."

Whoa- I thought LES was hostile and BYU looked forward to playing on the road. get the story straight

Out: BYU lost three special teams players to injury this week. Tucker Lamb (hamstring) and Carter Mees (foot) will miss the Wyoming game. Landon Jaussi had shoulder surgery on Thursday and is out indefinitely.

Big deal- maybe coverage wil be better. don't like to see anyone get hurt but doubt speical teams will miss anyone. Can't kick the ball out of the endzone, can't kick a fg, can't cover the return men- so is this suppossed to be a blow to the special teams

More wins: A victory today would give quarterback Max Hall a total of 28 career wins, only one game behind Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer, who currently tops the BYU record list with 29 wins.

wins the conference as a So. second place as a JR and third as a Sr. I'm not blaming him. I actually feel bad for him. Seems the big games are the games the coaches let him down.

Good support: Mendenhall said having former Cougars Poppinga and Shaun Nua on the coaching staff has been a big plus.
"It's so much fun now to have players that wanted to come back and coach, that they were inspired by their experiences here and want that again," Mendenhall said.

former players want to help- they can see the team needs help- they're embarassed. hold out your hand and accept the offer

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I've been a PC gamer for the most part, but just ordered my first Xbox 360 (Arcade). I'm not sure if it was a good deal or not - $200 with a $100 Amazon.com gift card.

It appears that there is not any hard drive. Do I need one? Can I install one myself?

I'm planning on getting some games for the family for Christmas - Force Unleashed, Dance Dance, and some others.

I'll also need to buy some accessories - at least one more game controller & maybe a dance pad.

Any suggestions?

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his play will make you go bald and or pull your hair out.

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This has probably been posted somewhere already, but for those who haven't seen it, on their front page espn.com has posted a link to the clip from Sports Center on the BYU-New Mexico women's soccer game. Lots of rough stuff throughout.

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4628040&categoryid=2378529

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during the game, anyone know the channel it's on off the top of their head?

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speech to the football team. She can teach them the "Utah handshake", dread pulls, etc.

That "chick" (term used lightly) has some serious anger issues.

The Hobos should be very proud; of course there is no such thing as bad press.....

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"I sit in the locker room and look and I have no idea,"
(from the daily herald)

No kidding
welcome to reality

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Hall passes for over 375 yards.
Unga rushes for over 100 yards.
Virgil has over 100 yards receiving.
Pitta becomes #4 in career yards receiving.

Rise and Shout!
Go Cougars!

All you haters can go catch yourself on fire.

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Just kidding, sorry, but is it just me or does it seem there's large numbers of BYU fans that are out on the ledge over all of Bronco's perceived shortcomings and acting crazy in their declarations of his incompetence, strategy shortcomings, communication/coaching style. Be careful what you wish for especially when you're dealing with a guy who took a suddenly perennial bottomfeeder team and turned it around to successes that stand up fairly well to the glory days. The job of coaching an FBS school, let alone BYU, is a brutally difficult job. If you spent 3 weeks in his shoes I think you guys would probably apologize publicly. Theres many things he says and does that annoy me at times, but how it gets to the level of public declarations of what a loser he is and what he needs to do in order to smoke opponents, it kind of proves his point. Ignorant fans w/ a public forum aren't helpful. He's right on. It seems there are way too many clueless fans with big mouths, and a public forum. Nobody wants to win more than the coaches and players that give everything to be successful. And nobody takes it like a knife, right to their heart and soul more than they do when they lose. Maybe I'm a know-nothing loser, but if you doubt the coaches and players total dedication and/or strategies and effort, then come forward with something helpful. I rarely see any intelligent analysis or insight on this board from the 'skies falling' dudes. When I see all the name-calling and Mr. know-it-all stuff, I wonder where all the adults went. If we wonder whether theres a more 'fairweather' and total panicmaster element to our fans than others, apparently there is. My buddy in Georgia and others around the country have made unsolicited comments over the years of how surprised they were by BYU fans. MG P.S. sorry for the length boys

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Wow. You mean you don't have any other problems in life than that BYU is 6-2 instead of 8-0? If that's your biggest problem I'll trade you lives! Some of you people and other fans that aren't of this board, need to get things in perspective. I am just as passionate and have as big a love for BYU football as any of you here do-I LOVE LOVE LOVE when we win, and I hate when we lose-I go to every game I can, and not just football but other sports as well, etc. you get the picture. But I still realize what it is. It's a game, meant to entertain us, and meant as something that is fun to do for those who play. Getting your panties in a knot because we lost or because this and that, etc. whining about the coaches giving their opinions on fan behavior, is just lame.

Just enjoy being a fan and watching a successful program who sometimes has a really bad game. Have fun at the games. If we lose we lose, cry about it for a few minutes whatever, but then get over it. I've never heard of being negative and whiny making someone feel better. It usually just makes you feel worse. This is ridiculous that a message board of "grown men" whine and cry so much. I don't know why I keep coming back here. But for some reason I do. But I just end up wanting to smack half the people that post lame stuff. A line from the movie Anastasia comes to mind. "All men are babies."

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Bosco a key cog in raising the bar for BYU football program

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BYU looking to re-establish its identity after bye week

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BYU, Wyoming Advance 11/7

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Women's basketball: Utes, Cougars, Bruins each roll to victory

Four players scored in double figures as the University of Utah women's basketball team defeated Division II Chadron State,...

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http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=102008

Anytime I need a laugh I open up this NBA post. Good stuff.

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Can't seem to find any in my neck of the woods...

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We've had some problems with our new church becoming the "parking center" for local copulation. One prostitute seems to have been using it for her spot. Then our bishop's daughters were assaulted with a man wielding a baseball bat. Anyway, we were asked to keep an eye out. On my way back from training, I noticed a car in the parking lot. I shined my lights in the window just in time to get an eyeful. So I just stopped about 100 feet from the car, hoping they would move on. The guy turned his car to face mine, as if the play chicken. So I turned to the side, to make it clear that I didn't want to play. He swerved and barely missed my back bumper, but then parked within inches on my back bumper.

I carry a legal concealed sidearm, but I never want to be tempted to use it, so I took it out, left it in the car, and then got out to see if he had hit the car. He swerved around and came right at me. I put my hand out and he hit me. Wasn't too bad, but got my attention. By this point neighbors around the church were calling the police. He rolled down his window and talked tough, but didn't get out. I just nicely asked him to move on.

So I asked my wife to get his license plate. He took mine and also called the police claiming "harassment" - (or major interruptous as I like to call it). Thank goodness I have 4-5 witnesses. I said I didn't want to press charges, but that he should understand that hitting me with a car is pretty serious. When I heard he'd called and claimed harassment, it made me want to push things to the limit.

Fun date night!

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BYU football: Refocused Cougs aim to bounce back

With the stated goal of capturing the Mountain West Conference championship seemingly out of reach in the wake of BYU's 38-7...

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The string of dirty plays made it today as the #1 spot "On the top 10 plays of the week" on Canada's TSN sports network ahead of a bunch hockey plays, a CFL highlight TD Catch between the legs, Ted Ginn Jr's two TD runs and Manu Ginobili's bat grab.

Its more than a little weird to see BYU womens soccer getting the spotlight on Canadian sports television.

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I would never want BYU to lose, no matter what, nor do I think we will lose tomorrow. I root for them to win every game. However, if we should lose to WYO tomorrow, there would hopefully be one bright side to it all.

That is, I think that all of the bandwagon utish type fans that we have would crawl back into their holes and find another team to annoy.

There is a silver lining in everything...

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Maybe it's just because I can't stand Notre Dame, but I am sick and tired of the slobbering love affair between the media/BCS/and Notre Dame.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4628857

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sbrjj1WjDD0&feature=fvw

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BYU football game day

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truly is.

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Conference Tournament Play Begins Thursday for BYU

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Willis Receives Top Defensive Player of the Year Award

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Momentum is vital for Cougs this week

BYU is favored to defeat Wyoming today in a showdown at noon at War Memorial Stadium. It should be a two-TD victory.

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New Mexico suspends hair-pulling soccer player

A New Mexico soccer player has become an Internet celebrity for the wrong reasons.

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New Mexico women's soccer player suspended indefinitely

University of New Mexico head women's soccer coach Kit Vela announced today that junior defender Elizabeth Lambert has been...

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Right now it looks like this:

#7 BSU- 1176
#8 Iowa-1161
#9 Cincinnati-1150
#10 Oregon-1079

They will lose 26 points for sure after tonights performance.