Superstition. If someone says their team will lose then they won't jinx the win.

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Sep 17, 2021
6:30:34am

No touching All-American

Superstition. If someone says their team will lose then they won't jinx the win.

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What is the point of predicting BYU losses? I don't get it. Someone explain it

Acorn

9/17/21 6:07am

Hedging to lessen the emotional letdown of a loss.

Archaea

9/17/21 6:09am

Seems like weak sauce to me and not much fun. But to each his own I guess...

Acorn

9/17/21 6:11am

I can understand such inner turmoil, but why drag down fellow fans?

Zooropa

9/17/21 6:17am

It has the same "point" as any prediction.

shoganai

9/17/21 6:18am

Understood. I don’t predict any scores. Win or lose.

Acorn

9/17/21 6:24am

I like predicting scores. It's a good analytical challenge. And I'll never bet

shoganai

9/17/21 6:29am

Yeah - I don't like board games much either. Interesting how we are all made

Acorn

9/17/21 6:42am

If I were betting (NEVER, JEFE, NEVER!) on a game, there would be a reason to

LiveCoug

9/17/21 6:29am

Does that logic apply to the Jets?

Baron

9/17/21 6:48am

It's different when you are THAT bad. 🙂

LiveCoug

9/17/21 6:57am

LOL Weirdo Pedant...what is that?

Acorn

9/17/21 6:59am

Superstition. If someone says their team will lose then they won't jinx the win.

No touching

9/17/21 6:30am

There is a difference between predicting a loss and wanting BYU to lose.

idcougarfan

9/17/21 6:33am

What's the point of talking about a game before it actually happens?

boogers

9/17/21 6:42am

You're right. I have way more business posts than football posts. I need to

Acorn

9/17/21 6:49am

I inadvertently try to emotionally hedge against a loss. It never works anyways cause the losses still hurt.

shimmy

9/17/21 6:49am

Cougarboarders do preseason predictions all the time.

Brigham

9/17/21 7:17am

I should have emphasized the difference. There are those that are too

Acorn

9/17/21 7:28am

Battered fan syndrome is the best explanation. Before we got into the B12..

greatbam

9/17/21 9:25am

nashty used to predict undefeated all the time along with story lines.

Colorado

9/17/21 12:36pm

Whatever happened to nashty? We nee4d to start a list of CBers who we want

jcase16byu

9/17/21 12:52pm

Not sure. Those predictions were fun to read even unrealistic

Colorado

9/17/21 12:59pm

Only makes sense if there are stakes in being right. Like gambling.

Gorgias

9/17/21 3:53pm

Because some people lead sad, pitiful lives and love to self loathe and justify

Big Daddy D

9/17/21 7:17pm

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