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il Padrino Ute · 10-23-2007, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Indy Coug

How many posts do I have over on Utefans? If I was such a Ute hater more than a BYU fan, wouldn't I have more posts over on Utefans trying to rile up the drooling hordes rather than posting on Cougarboard/Cougarguard with only rare mentions of Utah?

I don't know. Perhaps you're not brave enough to post there.

Indy Coug · 10-23-2007, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

I don't know. Perhaps you're not brave enough to post there.

LOL! It's just that I have better things to do than to go Ute hatin' over on that oversized font website.

Taq Man · 10-23-2007, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Mormon Red Death

play the game in december.... no way should any mwc let byu play this game at home.

Your Hank quote is wrong. Its SAW Bones as in a doctor. Your welcome.

Mormon Red Death · 10-23-2007, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Taq Man

Your Hank quote is wrong. Its SAW Bones as in a doctor. Your welcome.

thank you

jay santos · 10-23-2007, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

Ok, 2 final questions then:

Do you think Bronco and his team are silly to say that winning the conference title is their number one goal each season?

If that's what the team wants, why shouldn't the fans want it as well?

It's a PC thing and it's a symbol. It's PC in that every team in D1 puts winning conference as their goal and even though we play in a shitty conference, it's disrespectful to the conference and your conference foes not to say winning conference is #1 goal.

It's a symbol in that if you win the conference, you're most likely a good team and you might be good enough to do the things the fans really are about--overall winning record, signature wins, top 25 ranking, bowl performance.

Sorry IPU, you're just wrong on this one. Bottom line is that at BYU a successful season is measured by:

--overall win record
--signature wins
--top 25 ranking
--bowl performance
--conference championship
--win over Utes

Conf champ is just one of the criteria and it could be missing and still be successful. Likewise, missing the majority of the rest of the criteria but hitting on conf championship would feel like a failure to fans.

MikeWaters · 10-23-2007, 02:36 PM

It's sad the Bronco's number one goal, for example, next year will be to win the conference championship.

There will probably be 45 schools next year whose stated team goal is to go undefeated and win the NC.

BYU will not be one of those schools.

Indy Coug · 10-23-2007, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

It's sad the Bronco's number one goal, for example, next year will be to win the conference championship.

There will probably be 45 schools next year whose stated team goal is to go undefeated and win the NC.

BYU will not be one of those schools.

LaVell won a national championship using the same goal hierarchy.

jay santos · 10-23-2007, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

It's sad the Bronco's number one goal, for example, next year will be to win the conference championship.

There will probably be 45 schools next year whose stated team goal is to go undefeated and win the NC.

BYU will not be one of those schools.

This year's goal was to play in January. They would break the huddle with "JANUARY!" in fall camp. I loved that when I heard it, but I guess they probably don't still say it.

I don't think Bronco is quite the small thinker you believe he is, MW. But I think he's bought into the idea that easy schedule is the way you get respect--the Boise St model.

MikeWaters · 10-23-2007, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by jay santos

This year's goal was to play in January. They would break the huddle with "JANUARY!" in fall camp. I loved that when I heard it, but I guess they probably don't still say it.

I don't think Bronco is quite the small thinker you believe he is, MW. But I think he's bought into the idea that easy schedule is the way you get respect--the Boise St model.

is he paying attention? Just like all the massive respect Hawaii is getting?

Indy Coug · 10-23-2007, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

is he paying attention? Just like all the massive respect Hawaii is getting?

BYU is 2-6 vs BCS teams during the Bronco era. It's not that we aren't scheduling BCS teams so much as it is the fact we aren't beating them.

10-23-2007, 02:36 PM	#36
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	It's sad the Bronco's number one goal, for example, next year will be to win the conference championship. There will probably be 45 schools next year whose stated team goal is to go undefeated and win the NC. BYU will not be one of those schools.