Most local affiliates will rank their hometown team higher than average, and

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Oct 18, 2020
1:12:26pm

Duke Silver All-American

so every other team gets a friendly bump in the poll voting from a biased party. Everyone except BYU.

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Duke Silver

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With friends like josh furlong who needs...

HRCougar

10/18/20 12:56pm

What did he rank us?

kansascougar

10/18/20 12:57pm

crimedog

10/18/20 12:58pm

15th. He hasn't been willing to raise BYU's ranking much at all this year.

Ungoy

10/18/20 12:59pm

He's the worst

Blueto

10/18/20 12:59pm

It's important to remember this when we're in a down year. True colors.

I'm Dynamite

10/18/20 12:59pm

Voting us 3 spots below our ranking isn’t a big deal.

DieHarder

10/18/20 1:00pm

Normally there's a slight bump from a local: 10 instead of 15. Plus Utah at 25.

I'm Dynamite

10/18/20 1:02pm

You get that it should always be higher right?

CougarCanuck76

10/18/20 1:05pm

No, I don’t. Please explain.

DieHarder

10/18/20 1:07pm

Ideally no bias ever would be great. But other teams are getting their bias bump

I'm Dynamite

10/18/20 1:11pm

For example: Utah

CougarCanuck76

10/18/20 1:11pm

Yup, its rare to deal with that from your local voter. Remember who Furlong is.

I'm Dynamite

10/18/20 1:12pm

But why should it happen? I understand that it does

DieHarder

10/18/20 1:22pm

None of it should happen. But when it happens elsewhere, let it be here too.

I'm Dynamite

10/18/20 1:28pm

It shouldn’t happen, and 3 spots below our actual ranking is not a big deal.

North Cat Coug

10/18/20 2:49pm

Most local affiliates will rank their hometown team higher than average, and

Duke Silver

10/18/20 1:12pm

I understand that it often happens. I don’t understand why it SHOULD happen, and why I should get worked up about it

DieHarder

10/18/20 1:21pm

Last week he didn’t even rank us. He did rank Utah last week.

kC Cougar

10/18/20 1:22pm

Yeah, that was much worse last week. Very silly.

I'm Dynamite

10/18/20 1:30pm

To go from unranked to 15 in one week in his poll—hmmm. He realized he would be

D.T. Survivor

10/18/20 2:29pm

Still holding out though. Local guy should give you a homer bump. He's 5 spots

I'm Dynamite

10/18/20 2:30pm

This is despicable....

Rocketman

10/18/20 2:43pm

This is a big deal. There is some bias from every voter. A KSL employee SHOULD

Rocketman

10/18/20 2:42pm

I worked at KSL for a year. Lots of Church hate. Lots of BYU hate.

Future_Tacos

10/18/20 2:44pm

Too bad the Church allows this. The Ute crowd in KSL management should be

Rocketman

10/18/20 2:46pm

Boycott time. No need to put up with crap treatment. We need local alternatives.

I'm Dynamite

10/18/20 2:48pm

We had a guy in our Ward who was a convert from

Oompabluepaw

10/18/20 4:55pm

Thanks for sharing!

BYUButters

10/18/20 8:30pm

He’s a yewt.

antiyewt

10/18/20 1:00pm

Yewts gonna yewt...

Ungoy

10/18/20 1:02pm

If I was adept at tweeting, I’d create a poll that asked:

m0resn0w

10/18/20 1:39pm

Is this really a concern though?

jhingman

10/18/20 1:04pm

If it were even unbias across local sports, you'd have a point. Utah at 25...

I'm Dynamite

10/18/20 1:06pm

I guarantee you other teams are getting favorable votes from their hometown guys

HRCougar

10/18/20 1:06pm

This is the constant battle for BYU. No other school in the country has to deal with this crap. It’s tiring

YIsForBrigham

10/18/20 1:09pm

It’s absolutely ridiculous.

LaVellIfIKnow

10/18/20 1:11pm

As someone that travels a lot and often listens to local sports radio when I do,

NorthernLight

10/18/20 2:32pm

I think Criddle does right by us.

4thand19

10/18/20 3:18pm

Umm.. He does a BYU specific show.

LiveCoug

10/18/20 3:20pm

Sure. But traveling around the country listening to sports radio, you’d stumble

4thand19

10/18/20 3:25pm

Yeah, the regular sports talk shows in SLC love to hype Utah for anything and

LiveCoug

10/18/20 3:30pm

That's part of the reason why BYU gets treated poorly in its own market

whirl

10/18/20 3:18pm

I’m certain Duke does not get better treatment in its home market.

More of a Jazz Fan

10/18/20 4:02pm

For basketball? They get plenty of national adulation to more than compensate

BYU '80

10/18/20 4:10pm

Is it religious bigotry?

Dr MoBYU

10/18/20 6:08pm

He's not a self proclaimed Utah fan. He's not even a journalist.

DeekLyfter

10/18/20 1:38pm

Too bad he's an AP poll voter. Ignore this Furlong clown.

I'm Dynamite

10/18/20 1:40pm

He should lose his voting privelige.

Rocketman

10/18/20 2:44pm

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Rocketman

10/18/20 2:50pm

15 is a pretty fair ranking

North Cat Coug

10/18/20 2:46pm

3 spots below average from a local voter is not fair. Not at all....

Rocketman

10/18/20 2:50pm

So he’s supposed to rank us higher than average simply bc of location?

North Cat Coug

10/18/20 2:54pm

Yes absolutely

YIsForBrigham

10/18/20 2:56pm

Makes sense

North Cat Coug

10/18/20 3:00pm

Ranking Utah at 25 makes sense too, I guess...

I'm Dynamite

10/18/20 3:05pm

Never said I agreed with that.

North Cat Coug

10/18/20 3:11pm

But surely seeing that helps you see the bigger picture.

I'm Dynamite

10/18/20 3:16pm

Opposite position by 3 spots...

North Cat Coug

10/18/20 3:24pm

No, 3 spots to average. Local teams should be above average.

I'm Dynamite

10/18/20 3:37pm

This is much ado about nothing. "Local bump"...lol dude owes BYU nothing.

delux_247

10/18/20 4:18pm

What does he owe to the Utes though?

I'm Dynamite

10/18/20 4:25pm

This is silly. 15 is lower than I think it should be, but is not totally

yapacoug

10/18/20 5:12pm

He’s a Utah fan not a friend ... surprised he ranked us at all

Pretorian

10/18/20 8:17pm

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