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Sep 21, 2021
12:13:33pm

Happy As Larry Contributor

The polls are wrong too

The further we get into the season the bigger the X on the back of anyone who remains undefeated. And the increasingly harder it becomes to remain undefeated. I wonder if ANYONE will get through this season undefeated -Bama included.

Because of our reliance on subjective CF polls, being undefeated has always been way overvalued IMHO. That is why I am excited at the prospects of an expanded playoff. Conference champions slug it out and the last one standing is the winner. Whether you were a "perfect" 12-0 or 9-3 in the regular season becomes irrelevant —and rightly so.

p.s. The polls are WRONG. We are not #15. We are #1! 😉

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Happy As Larry

Previous username: Jack Marman
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There are two types of BYU fans: Those who admit they're already thinking about

shoganai

9/21/21 6:42am

RE: There are two types of BYU fans: Those who admit they're already thinking

9/21/21 6:44am

Waiting until you lose to dream of an undefeated season is kind of worthless...

Fdnman

9/21/21 6:45am

I suppose I have thought about it enough to realize thinking about it after 3

Ozymandias

9/21/21 6:45am

RE: I suppose I have thought about it enough to realize thinking about it after

shoganai

9/21/21 6:50am

We're fans. Having dumb dreams of grandeur is what we do.

HighHorse

9/21/21 6:51am

BYU isnt going 12-0. Realistic fans are dreaming about 11-2.

Backcountry

9/21/21 6:55am

If you are realistic, then you really aren't a true fan. 😉

Fdnman

9/21/21 7:08am

If that’s realistic, why waste your dreams on it?

DirtyWater

9/21/21 7:09am

We all know what the realistic probabilities are. That's not the point.

shoganai

9/21/21 7:11am

Do realistic car fanatics dream about the Hyundai Elantra?

Skeptical Optimist

9/21/21 7:14am

Dude 10-2 is at least a Lexus

Backcountry

9/21/21 9:47am

11-2 would be our best team since at least 2001.

Backcountry

9/21/21 9:48am

We went 11-1 last year. And 11-2 in 2006, 2007, and 2009.

Skeptical Optimist

9/22/21 10:28am

We didnt beat P5s those years

Backcountry

9/22/21 11:07am

2006 we crushed Oregon.

Ozymandias

9/22/21 11:43am

2007 we beat UCLA and Arizona.

Ozymandias

9/22/21 11:44am

2009 we beat Oklahoma and Oregon State.

Ozymandias

9/22/21 11:45am

RE: 2009 we beat Oklahoma and Oregon State.

Skeptical Optimist

9/22/21 12:05pm

We play 6 this year and we are 3-0 so far. The schedule isnt comparable

Backcountry

9/22/21 12:17pm

Now you are just changing the argument because you were wrong.

Ozymandias

9/22/21 12:29pm

Not even a little bit. 11-2 this year is the best team since 01 or 96 because

Backcountry

9/22/21 2:58pm

You said we didn't beat any p5 teams in those years. That was demonstrably

Ozymandias

9/22/21 3:04pm

Relative to this year, we werent beating P5 teams.

Backcountry

9/22/21 3:37pm

You said "we didn't beat P5s those years." Seems like you didn't know it till

Ozymandias

9/22/21 3:40pm

Are we beaying more P5s now than then? Yes. Thats what I meant.

Backcountry

9/22/21 5:13pm

Then you should have said that, not that we didn't beat P5s those years.

Ozymandias

9/22/21 5:45pm

Seems pretty obvious to most im sure

Backcountry

9/22/21 5:47pm

Wait....you think it is obvious to others that when you say "we didn't beat P5s

Ozymandias

9/22/21 6:05pm

Well, yeah. Everybody remembers those games. Had you forgotten about Oklahoma

Backcountry

9/22/21 7:17pm

Yet, what you said is what you said. I have no idea if a yewt fan remembers who

Ozymandias

9/22/21 7:31pm

Do you take everything literally? I think an intelligent individual would have

Backcountry

9/22/21 7:38pm

See there you go again..... saying one thing but meaning something completely

Ozymandias

9/22/21 7:45pm

The REAL realistic fans are thinking "okay, we could end up 3-9" because the

StarMan

9/21/21 7:22am

*Boise is dreaming about going 11-2.

9/21/21 7:32am

Who dreams "realistically"? I'm thinking about 12 and 0 but also not getting my

conrad44

9/21/21 9:18am

Says the guy who said we’d never beat Utah

9/21/21 10:20am

Theres no shame in picking 87% of the last 8 rivalry games correctly.

Backcountry

9/21/21 12:25pm

Real fans are thinking 14-0. Why cheapen the dream by only thinking 12-0?

downtownchrisbrown

9/21/21 6:59am

I'm in!

OldFogey

9/21/21 10:10am

I’ve thought about it…

ACrop

9/21/21 7:08am

Exactly. For 99% of us, this is just a diversion. Why not be optimistic?

BlackBart

9/21/21 7:15am

National champs, here we go!!!

Colorado

9/21/21 7:21am

I've thought about it kind of like I thought about dating Jennifer Aniston

slowhiteguy

9/21/21 7:30am

I love our cougs and hope I’m wrong but I’ll be shocked if we beat Baylor

DanSmith

9/21/21 7:31am

Baylor, VA, USC

Cswilliam01

9/21/21 7:40am

Unlikely but not impossible. I'd put it around 3% chance.

Colorado

9/21/21 7:43am

I think 3.5% is more realistic.

Soy Celeste

9/21/21 8:43am

There are probably three or four teams more likely to beat us than Baylor.

shoganai

9/21/21 8:12am

I just think that will be our first loss tbh

DanSmith

9/21/21 11:23am

I'm just dreaming about beating USF...

lbmango

9/21/21 7:59am

This! 🙂 nm

9/21/21 11:57am

Can't help but think of it. But don't want to be let down. With Pili out for the duration it just got tougher.

SwimmingWithSharks

9/21/21 8:28am

Every year I dream of an undefeated season. I was at BYU in 1984.

Y-Zag

9/21/21 8:29am

All fans hope for an undefeated season but understand when that 1st loss happens

byujdmba

9/21/21 8:32am

Thinking about it is one thing. Sports Media talking about it?? Nah....

wilsdad

9/21/21 8:53am

I think of an undefeated season every year till we lose

vancouvercougar

9/21/21 9:21am

RE: There are two types of BYU fans: Those who admit they're already thinking

Dat_rmishner

9/21/21 9:22am

Every fan thinks about it during spring ball. But the talk in the media should

Cougar TD

9/21/21 9:26am

Or the ones who have seen those story play out over the last 30 years.

Falco

9/21/21 9:34am

The way I see it, get your hopes up. Dream. It's fun. It's not real life it's

9/21/21 9:45am

13 & 0! Baby!! 13 and Oh!

lightmann

9/21/21 10:37am

RE: There are two types of BYU fans: Those who admit they're already thinking about

crm48

9/21/21 10:41am

Well, you can't not think about it everyone is writing articles about it. Not h

oldrugger

9/21/21 10:51am

I won’t talk about it because I’m stupidstitious

Millhouse

9/21/21 11:05am

The polls are wrong too

9/21/21 12:13pm

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