Why all the sentimentality over winning the MWC?

Jun 11, 2012
7:18:45am

Freddie Cougar

The problem with being in the MWC was that winning it didn't mean anything and losing it meant everything. That sucked and I'm glad we're out.

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Author

Time

Novembrer Schedules from the past.

Swiadomy

6/11/12 7:00am

It's not as simple as playing the same teams.

cougarstolz

6/11/12 7:03am

Sorry, New Mexico was never exciting to anyone.

Swiadomy

6/11/12 7:04am

Maybe exciting isn't the right word.

cougarstolz

6/11/12 7:10am

1 game to loo forward to plus a possible conference champ

Blue Oyster Cult

6/11/12 7:10am

Why all the sentimentality over winning the MWC?

Freddie Cougar

6/11/12 7:18am

November games mattered then. Now they don't at all. Last

rggee

6/11/12 7:25am

And what has changed?

Freddie Cougar

6/11/12 7:32am

But some would be more crappy than others.

rggee

6/11/12 7:36am

Fair enough, but in my mind it's like choosing between

Freddie Cougar

6/11/12 7:49am

I'm not complaining about the rest of the schedule.

rggee

6/11/12 7:50am

Nobody is pretending it didn't suck

Freddie Cougar

6/11/12 7:51am

Do you not see that there are different shades of suck?

cougarstolz

6/11/12 7:52am

But I mean it sucked even more than usual. There's a

rggee

6/11/12 7:53am

My theory? Comparitive Analysis.

cougarick

6/11/12 7:33am

Great Post. +1

BYUMizzou

6/11/12 7:37am

Did you not read his post?

mr_thekid

6/11/12 7:59am

How is that different from before?

Freddie Cougar

6/11/12 8:05am

Exhibition games against the worst of the WAC.

rggee

6/11/12 8:07am

Oh, I think it would matter if we lost

Freddie Cougar

6/11/12 8:17am

Not really, though. We would still go to the Poinsettia

rggee

6/11/12 8:24am

The fans would be apoplectic

Freddie Cougar

6/11/12 8:33am

I pulled our home schedules for the past 20 years

BYUMizzou

6/11/12 7:12am

lol not this again...

rggee

6/11/12 7:13am

Not what again? A list of our past home games?

BYUMizzou

6/11/12 7:14am

It's not about the list of home games, as has already been

rggee

6/11/12 7:23am

Oh, so you're responding to an argument that I didn't make

BYUMizzou

6/11/12 7:24am

OK so what argument are you making?

rggee

6/11/12 7:25am

The original poster gave a sampling of teams we played in

BYUMizzou

6/11/12 7:28am

Ok, I was responding to the 3 or 4 other threads in which

rggee

6/11/12 7:29am

RE: Ok, I was responding to the 3 or 4 other threads in

rggee

6/11/12 7:30am

RE: Ok, I was responding to the 3 or 4 other threads in

BYUMizzou

6/11/12 7:35am

You mean the one other thread where I took a look at whether

BYUMizzou

6/11/12 7:33am

That's the one I was referring to, yes. But it looks like

rggee

6/11/12 7:37am

It's in the same thread. All you have to do is scroll down

BYUMizzou

6/11/12 7:38am

I meant this one.

rggee

6/11/12 7:39am

Ah, so you didn't even read the post before you started to

BYUMizzou

6/11/12 7:44am

No, I didn't read it. I figured I knew what it was going to

rggee

6/11/12 7:47am

I don't know

Cougnine33-31

6/11/12 7:26am

But they still mattered in terms of MWC standings positionin

rggee

6/11/12 7:28am

as I said before

Cougnine33-31

6/11/12 7:36am

The Utah rivalry was everything.

mr_thekid

6/11/12 7:56am

There was an anchor then

gustav88

6/11/12 7:22am

Outside of the Utah game, BYU has rarely had

CMuehle

6/11/12 7:41am

I enjoyed the 2006 New Mexico game.

cougarstolz

6/11/12 7:49am

Indy supporters don't like the answer.

BluePuppy

6/11/12 9:02am

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