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

Oct 18, 2020
3:18:53pm

whirl Truly Addicted User

Half of the market despises the fact that BYU isn't, to the rest of the country, who they want to believe BYU is. They hate that no one else can see what they've convinced themselves of.

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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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