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Gentleman Stan

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I’ve been thinking about this topic for a while and I wish I could post it in a

gwalker

12/14/18 3:51am

Most often, the athletes themselves understand this better than fans do

Zooropa

12/14/18 4:08am

IMO the only disappointing thing about last night was the way they lost. It

idcougarfan

12/14/18 4:49am

Their libero was insane and I am convinced they found a tell our setter was

Fdnman

12/14/18 5:17am

It was the same Stanford team but not the same BYU team sans Miller.

NewMexiCoug

12/14/18 5:43am

I agree. The performance didn't reflect the quality of play throughout the sea-

Archaea

12/14/18 5:51am

That’s fair to be disappointed in how the team played last night. I’m sure they

gwalker

12/14/18 6:27am

Somebody posted that perhaps Stanford noticed a tell

Archaea

12/14/18 6:35am

Of course they did. You noticed it and so did I. Roni Jones Perry was who

Bullrider

12/14/18 9:03am

When you run into a buzzsaw,

kiyoshige

12/14/18 7:58am

spot on... not much else you could do with planning, prep, or attitude. They

reezonablecoug

12/14/18 8:48am

They collapsed after about point nine or ten

Archaea

12/14/18 9:10am

Exactly. The way they lost was terrible. No moral victory there.

What_The_Hill?

12/14/18 9:08am

Well said

ChiCityCoug

12/14/18 6:37am

You have said it all. Well done.

PortlandBlue

12/14/18 6:51am

And BYU does this with a recruiting pool of Utah, a little bit of California and

bluedad

12/14/18 6:52am

Actually, Illinois' roster is primarily a handful of midwestern states

mindzeYe

12/14/18 8:45am

You get my POTD, not only because I grew up a McEnroe fan, but you make a great point.

Texas Hammer

12/14/18 6:54am

Yeah, I'm gonna disagree.

zerome4sooners

12/14/18 7:16am

It's disappointing to not win the championship but the overall season is not a

palangi

12/14/18 7:25am

It seemed clear that losing a star player in McKenna Miller

donnerstag

12/14/18 7:26am

To continue with zerome's Alabama CFB comparison, we did not have a Hurts

NewMexiCoug

12/14/18 7:43am

RE: Yeah, I'm gonna disagree.

NukeCoug50

12/14/18 7:44am

A bunch of obese fans in their lounge chairs with their faces full of donuts

Shihan

12/14/18 10:21am

There's a very good book written by BYU's tennis coach

donnerstag

12/14/18 7:21am

Spot on. I grew up in a very small town with very mediocre athletics. Our

Throwaway59840

12/14/18 9:10am

That is Dr. Craig Manning's Book correct?

Ode to Hoy

12/14/18 9:20am

Yes

donnerstag

12/14/18 9:37am

High school tennis coach made my doubles partner and I run 50 sets of lines

astroman

12/14/18 12:43pm

3:51AM?! That some deep thoughts keeping you awake. Great post

Hank Rearden

12/14/18 7:58am

Middle aged man’s disease. Sometimes I jolt wide awake in the middle of the

gwalker

12/14/18 8:20am

Can relate...but the jolting awake comes from the middle-of-the-night-

m0resn0w

12/14/18 2:42pm

My son’s baseball team lost the state championship

Ythesadface

12/14/18 8:15am

good points. We can take solace that Stanford was coached by a Y grad

mindzeYe

12/14/18 8:41am

Stanford returns practically their entire team next year

mindzeYe

12/14/18 8:47am

Pat yourself on the back all you want. Bottom line, they lost & got embarrassed

What_The_Hill?

12/14/18 9:10am

This. If it had been a good fight it would be a

Archaea

12/14/18 9:12am

Not at all. Their loss wasn’t an embarrassment at all, and neither was their

Alpi Gusto

12/14/18 9:31am

Yes, but

buckowens

12/14/18 10:48am

I don’t deserve a pat on the back. The team does.

gwalker

12/14/18 10:59am

Preach! Exactly. AND it doesn’t help it football either.

canofpicante

12/14/18 9:10am

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Gentleman Stan

12/14/18 9:33am

People don't understand how hard it is to win.

Blue Heart

12/14/18 10:22am

I’m guilty of being a little sour after the loss. I really wish we had faced one

Q-grr

12/14/18 10:44am

I agree about the impression the match may have left & being very uncharactistic of this team but that's

soupie

12/14/18 10:51am

Given what is required of student-athletes at BYU (and I'm not saying

BlackBart

12/14/18 11:24am

And Stanford is not unique?

Archaea

12/14/18 1:04pm

If you make it to the final four in anything your year has been successful

Bonoman

12/14/18 11:40am

Couldn't agree more. Played w adversity not having Miller was HUGE

Coug Dude

12/14/18 11:53am

WVB BEST TEAM AT BYU IN A MAJOR SPORT IN A LONG LONG TIME.

Dr MoBYU

12/14/18 1:29pm

Except men's cross country

donnerstag

12/14/18 2:13pm

And men's volleyball over the last several years.

buckowens

12/14/18 2:49pm

Your 7th paragraph was nail on the head.

Y2k

12/14/18 11:46pm

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