BYU didn't have a single AP top 25 finish until a few years after LaVell took

Jan 12, 2021
2:36:14pm

westsidecoug All-American

over in 1977. That isn't close to the earliest days of college football and most college football fans are well aware of them and remember them in their lifetime.

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Utah can say how much they have passed us up all they want, but this stat is

westsidecoug

1/12/21 12:14pm

The problem is the trend no?

Fargo

1/12/21 12:16pm

The good thing is the trend has already started correcting itself this year.

westsidecoug

1/12/21 12:18pm

A single year is a data point. Let's look at next season and see if there is a trend correction.

Tokolosh

1/12/21 12:19pm

Sure it is one data point, but it is going in the right direction. That is all

westsidecoug

1/12/21 12:21pm

This year's schedule for BYU was certainly an outlier if you consider a few

Regal Ute

1/12/21 12:26pm

Leaving aside the original schedule, it's clear this was a good BYU team.

ReyOso

1/12/21 12:38pm

I think everyone can agree BYU was a good team in 2020. The question is if they

kudzucoug

1/12/21 12:52pm

That is fair, but this year's team was special regardless of the schedule. Too

westsidecoug

1/12/21 12:50pm

BYU played a pathetic schedule. This year was a complete outlier. Means nothing.

Fargo

1/12/21 2:48pm

This, what was this same stat in 2002?

Coog4Life

1/12/21 12:19pm

LaVell accounted for 12 of those

NarfUte

1/12/21 1:11pm

Not really.

Texas Hammer

1/12/21 12:21pm

What does this have to do with whether Utah has passed up BYU? "Passed up"

Scratch

1/12/21 12:22pm

Final poll rankings have a ton to do with measuring teams and most importantly

westsidecoug

1/12/21 12:49pm

Yale enjoyed great success before the era of the AP Polls. Clearly BYU is a better program but Yale would be high on...

Tokolosh

1/12/21 12:55pm

My post isn't regarding football before the AP poll.

westsidecoug

1/12/21 1:27pm

Do you seriously not understand the point here? You're trying to distinguish

Scratch

1/12/21 1:35pm

Your point is about passing a historically strong program. BYU has passed Yale but the data you're using likely wouldn't

Tokolosh

1/12/21 1:37pm

None of what you just said has anything to do with whether or not Utah has

Scratch

1/12/21 1:08pm

You are acting like those AP top 25 finishes happened in the earliest days of

westsidecoug

1/12/21 1:27pm

Yes they do. And they occurred before Utah passed BYU by. That's the point.

Scratch

1/12/21 1:34pm

BYU didn't have a single AP top 25 finish until a few years after LaVell took

westsidecoug

1/12/21 2:36pm

*sigh* And yes, that is around the time when BYU passed Utah and stayed ahead

Scratch

1/12/21 2:43pm

We'll just have to agree to disagree. I put more weight on AP top 25 finishes

westsidecoug

1/12/21 3:49pm

Do you understand that this discussion has nothing to do with the weight placed

Scratch

1/12/21 4:05pm

I'd think that as well if my team had under 10.

westsidecoug

1/12/21 9:45pm

The fact that Ute fans regularly live and post on CB is the ultimate data point

Run-DMT

1/12/21 12:24pm

The irony is that this is on a post trying to explain why we're still better

Tricky

1/12/21 12:34pm

They have.

slowhiteguy

1/12/21 12:27pm

Utah is closer there to USU than BYU.

bluesloth

1/12/21 12:28pm

what doe that look like in the past 10 years?

CougarCanuck76

1/12/21 1:27pm

Who cares? Our losing streak is older than my grandkids!

coastcat

1/12/21 3:17pm

One day Clemson (34) might even pass up USC (50)

krindorr

1/12/21 3:26pm

Utah has 6 final AP poll appearances in the last 15 years

formerly utesplease

1/13/21 11:05am

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