Jun 22, 2017
5:13:58pm
5:13:58pm
fan pessimism (or optimism) is entirely separate and disconnected from reality..
...just ask any ute fan about BYU fan blue goggles. There's no revising here, just an unemotional look at the facts.
Fans may have felt pessimism but their groupthink doesn't change the facts about where the team was headed on the field.
2001...12-1
2002...5-7
2003...4-8 (played the #14 SOS)
2004...5-6 (played the #11 SOS, lost to #1 USC, #5 Utah and #14 BSU. We literally were 6 inches away from beating a ranked team on the road and finishing 6-5)
2005...6-6 (played the #72 SOS, returned a 2 yr starting QB, most of the offense from the year before).
I would argue that the fans who still suffer PTSD from the Crowton years are the ones who are revising history. Yes, he wasn't a great coach but it's hard to factually argue against the concept that the team already was trending up with experienced and talented players filling the 2 deep on offense returning (in some cases as a 3rd year starter) for a very weak schedule in 2005.
As for the honor code, player infractions happen and have happened for decades and still happen today. PTSD stricken fans act like they never happened before and we didn't know what to do in 2004. We've had a group of swimmers get kicked out of school for a string of burglaries, an All-American track star booted for felony fraud, a BYU basketball star for credit card fraud, 7 football players for an undisclosed violation of team rules in 2007 (on Bronco's watch), it's a long list. Yes, the rape case in 2004 was shocking but how shocking, in fact, was it if the jury found them not guilty because they felt like losing their football scholarship was punishment enough?
Fans may have felt pessimism but their groupthink doesn't change the facts about where the team was headed on the field.
2001...12-1
2002...5-7
2003...4-8 (played the #14 SOS)
2004...5-6 (played the #11 SOS, lost to #1 USC, #5 Utah and #14 BSU. We literally were 6 inches away from beating a ranked team on the road and finishing 6-5)
2005...6-6 (played the #72 SOS, returned a 2 yr starting QB, most of the offense from the year before).
I would argue that the fans who still suffer PTSD from the Crowton years are the ones who are revising history. Yes, he wasn't a great coach but it's hard to factually argue against the concept that the team already was trending up with experienced and talented players filling the 2 deep on offense returning (in some cases as a 3rd year starter) for a very weak schedule in 2005.
As for the honor code, player infractions happen and have happened for decades and still happen today. PTSD stricken fans act like they never happened before and we didn't know what to do in 2004. We've had a group of swimmers get kicked out of school for a string of burglaries, an All-American track star booted for felony fraud, a BYU basketball star for credit card fraud, 7 football players for an undisclosed violation of team rules in 2007 (on Bronco's watch), it's a long list. Yes, the rape case in 2004 was shocking but how shocking, in fact, was it if the jury found them not guilty because they felt like losing their football scholarship was punishment enough?
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