This is exactly why I shake my head at the vocal doubters.

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Oct 17, 2020
4:55:00pm

DraperCoug22 Contributor

It’s one thing to worry we might lose, and another to voice it publicly and make it your point of discussion.

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I think I understand fans who don’t want to get too excited/don’t want to get their hopes up. But I don’t relate to it.

mvtoro Scrub

10/17/20 4:00pm

Some on here just want to be miserable.

WJCougar

10/17/20 4:04pm

I think they believe it makes them less miserable to avoid the disappointment. For some that may be true? 🤷🏼‍♂️

mvtoro

10/17/20 4:16pm

Yeah, I really think that's a big part of it. They are just trying to protect themselves. But I agree with you--enjoy

dilbert

10/17/20 5:05pm

I've watched so many bad years of BYU football that I'm going to celebrate and

Goliath

10/17/20 4:05pm

Wow, well done!

Blue2thebone

10/17/20 4:05pm

Playoffs

IndepYndent

10/17/20 4:06pm

Good point.

Zaphod

10/17/20 4:08pm

RE: Playoffs

BYUtka

10/17/20 4:15pm

I was a student in 1984 and all we heard nonstop from the all-knowing fans

travelcoug

10/17/20 4:45pm

I graduated from BYU in December 1984. Watching the team that year was an awesome experience. Hoping and getting a win

SierraCoug

10/17/20 4:15pm

So... in order to enjoy success, you have to overstate that success? I can't

Byron McNertney

10/17/20 4:15pm

Too many people equate "reality" as being not optimistic...

PortlandCoug

10/17/20 4:21pm

Yep. I love this BYU team, but it's delusional to think they're on the level of

Byron McNertney

10/17/20 4:24pm

I think I specifically said they aren’t, didn’t I?

mvtoro

10/17/20 4:27pm

Ok, while fair to say this BYU team is not on the level of Clemson, Alabama, or

dfudge

10/17/20 7:51pm

That’s what the nation said about Utah. Then the Bama game happened. Never know

SlantRoute

10/17/20 8:17pm

That wasn't close to a playoff situation and that 'Bama team wasn't close to

Byron McNertney

10/17/20 8:20pm

Huh? That Bama team was ranked #4. 12-1 going into the Sugar Bowl.

SlantRoute

10/17/20 8:32pm

I am with you completely

BYU '80

10/17/20 8:29pm

Yeah, you didn’t get my post at all. Or more likely you’re inferring something from it that relates to another argument.

mvtoro

10/17/20 4:24pm

They can't stop at just protecting themselves--they want to protect everyone

Goliath

10/17/20 4:31pm

So....no, that’s not what was said. But you can have a trophy for participating

Blue2thebone

10/18/20 1:25am

Listening to Sitake on the coaches show last night was funny. He said he gets tired of BYU fans worrying and fretting

SierraCoug

10/17/20 4:25pm

This is exactly why I shake my head at the vocal doubters.

DraperCoug22

10/17/20 4:55pm

Agree this. The most infuriating phrase I hear at times is "game over", emphatically stated as early as the middle of

CLCougar

10/17/20 5:12pm

CB intra game, a room full of RS sistahs would mock how lame 3/4 of posts are

MatthiasPhunkHausen

10/17/20 8:58pm

I want to be excited but also hope the team is getting too excited. One game at

NacoCoug

10/17/20 5:30pm

For sure. I believe in one game at a time. But I don’t think a long-term goal is mutually exclusive with that.

mvtoro

10/17/20 6:40pm

You make a lot of good points. Overt cynicism can severely limit the experience

GeorgeAlbertsgoatie

10/17/20 6:40pm

Yes! Drink it in, my brother!

mvtoro

10/17/20 6:43pm

They "know" we will lay an egg, and want to be able to say "told you so"

BYUFootballisBack

10/17/20 6:45pm

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monsterdave

10/17/20 6:54pm

First off, you can do both. Second, sanctimonious preaching posts like

Gerald-DeGroot

10/17/20 7:42pm

People who try to do both seem to be horrible at it. And sanctimonious preachy posts like this aren’t nearly as lame as

mvtoro

10/17/20 10:16pm

Completely disagree. Let people fan how they want to fan. Don’t tell them that

Gerald-DeGroot

10/17/20 10:48pm

Yeah... so... I didn’t say either of those things. You didn’t understand at all.

mvtoro

10/18/20 2:47am

Dude hope you don’t always draw such wild conclusions from others communications

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