Wazzu and OU were both better than anyone on BYU’s schedule last year

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Jun 24, 2019
4:41:21pm

jkccoug All-American

I understand Wazzu lost to UW but that was a weird game in a snowstorm that they probably win otherwise.

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Why? Houston ranked #6, BYU ranked #23 by Athlon's Pre-season list evaluating

Punk Philosopher

6/24/19 1:39pm

Because pre-season predictions are garbage and not worth paying attention to.

SandYFan

6/24/19 1:41pm

I don't know if that's entirely true - though I do understand the sentiment.

Punk Philosopher

6/24/19 1:42pm

Rankings before mid-season are marketing tools. Period.

FairWeather-L.I.T.S.

6/24/19 1:45pm

I know I'm in the minority on this one here, and while I agree with you

Punk Philosopher

6/24/19 1:56pm

That’s not very punk...

FairWeather-L.I.T.S.

6/24/19 2:01pm

Please continue....

Punk Philosopher

6/24/19 2:02pm

Being agreeable is not very punk.

FairWeather-L.I.T.S.

6/24/19 2:03pm

I would.....disagree with you.

Punk Philosopher

6/24/19 2:06pm

That’s better.

FairWeather-L.I.T.S.

6/24/19 2:13pm

Maybe we’re getting hammered for our November?

SLIVER

6/24/19 1:42pm

That could be...but I would think taking on the bulk of your schedule in Sept

Punk Philosopher

6/24/19 1:44pm

Do SOS rankings take that into consideration? I have always been under the

here's to hoping

6/24/19 3:38pm

maybe home/away splits? We have our toughest games all at home, except for Tenn

Martin Van Nostrand

6/24/19 1:43pm

Oklahoma cincy and UCF are better than anyone we play except maybe UW - IMO

newbie

6/24/19 1:45pm

SDSU and Toledo shouldn’t be on the BYU list

ColoSpgs

6/24/19 1:45pm

It seems like the article looked mostly at games within a team's scheduling

Scratch

6/24/19 1:47pm

Hmm..that makes sense. So do you agree with that emphasis on weighting

Punk Philosopher

6/24/19 2:00pm

It depends on what you're trying to communicate. If you're simply trying to say

Scratch

6/24/19 2:10pm

I see. Excellent reasoning and I totally agree with you.

Punk Philosopher

6/24/19 2:13pm

that's how horrible the other games on the schedule are

BlueFrog

6/24/19 1:52pm

So if we replaced those games with the UNLV's of the world, do you think we

Punk Philosopher

6/24/19 2:18pm

dunno

BlueFrog

6/24/19 2:36pm

maybe SOS isn't determined by listing notable games

Hill4Heisman

6/24/19 2:53pm

Wazzu and OU were both better than anyone on BYU’s schedule last year

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