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Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!
For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.
Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."Tags: None
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This article stings, but it is hard to argue with the truth, Cougar fans.
If there's one thing that sets apart the 2010 college-football season, it's how humiliating it has been for so many of the nation's proudest programs. We're not just talking about an off year, like the one Penn State had. That happens. We're talking about several of the sport's biggest names enduring preposterous frustrations and indignities all in the same season.Fitter. Happier. More Productive.
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Originally posted by TripletDaddy View PostYou just don't expect schools with national/global fanbases like SC, Texas, Florida, BYU, etc to go through stuff like this, esp everyone in the same season.
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USC's fall is perfectly understandable, given all the fallout from their complete disregard for the rules and quality coaching hires.
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Originally posted by TripletDaddy View PostThis article stings, but it is hard to argue with the truth, Cougar fans.
You just don't expect schools with national/global fanbases like SC, Texas, Florida, BYU, etc to go through stuff like this, esp everyone in the same season."Seriously, is there a bigger high on the whole face of the earth than eating a salad?"--SeattleUte
"The only Ute to cause even half the nationwide hysteria of Jimmermania was Ted Bundy."--TripletDaddy
This is a tough, NYC broad, a doctor who deals with bleeding organs, dying people and testicles on a regular basis without crying."--oxcoug
"I'm not impressed (and I'm even into choreography . . .)"--Donuthole
"I too was fortunate to leave with my same balls."--byu71
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Articles like that must irritate the hell out of the fans of MWC teams. We are not the same as they are and everyone outside the intermountain west knows it. I recall in 2005 I spent part of the bowl season in Philadelphia and one of my fellow associates, upon realizing I was a BYU fan, asked me if we had always had red in our school colors or if that was a new thing for the Fiesta Bowl the previous year. He was shocked to find out that there was a school known as Utah.
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"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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Originally posted by KillerDog View PostArticles like that must irritate the hell out of the fans of MWC teams. We are not the same as they are and everyone outside the intermountain west knows it. I recall in 2005 I spent part of the bowl season in Philadelphia and one of my fellow associates, upon realizing I was a BYU fan, asked me if we had always had red in our school colors or if that was a new thing for the Fiesta Bowl the previous year. He was shocked to find out that there was a school known as Utah."Nobody listens to Turtle."-Turtlesigpic
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Originally posted by KillerDog View PostArticles like that must irritate the hell out of the fans of MWC teams. We are not the same as they are and everyone outside the intermountain west knows it. I recall in 2005 I spent part of the bowl season in Philadelphia and one of my fellow associates, upon realizing I was a BYU fan, asked me if we had always had red in our school colors or if that was a new thing for the Fiesta Bowl the previous year. He was shocked to find out that there was a school known as Utah.“There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
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"God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
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The author of the article [Darren Everson - WSJ] is making 2010 appear more dramatic than it is. This season is no more "extreme" than some other years in the past couple of decades. In other words, every season there are "sport's biggest names enduring preposterous frustrations and indignities all in the same season." Everson is a Chicago based Big Ten homer and his world probably seems out of alignment because Michigan, Penn St., and Notre Dame are out of the rankings.
The fact is every program goes through rebuilding or down years. At present, there are 6 of the Top 10 programs not currently ranked in the AP poll. It's possible that Michigan, Penn St., and/or Notre Dame win their bowl game and become ranked in the final AP poll. If that happens then Everson's world is probably back in alignment and 2010 will appear no different that 2001, 2000, or 1997 where 5 Top 10 programs were not ranked in the final AP poll.
Here's a quick synopsis of Top 10 programs ranked in the final AP poll:
2010: 4 (but that could change) Not ranked: Mich, Texas, ND, PSU, Tenn, USC
2009: 6; not ranked: Mich, ND, OU, Tenn
2008: 6; not ranked: Mich, ND, Neb, Tenn
2007: 6; not ranked: ND, Neb, PSU, Bama
2006: 8; not ranked: Neb, Bama
2005: 8; not ranked: Mich, Tenn
2004: 6; not ranked: ND, Neb, PSU, Bama
2003: 7; not ranked: ND, PSU, Bama
2002: 8; not ranked: Neb, Tenn
2001: 5; not ranked: ND, OSU, PSU, Bama, USC
2000: 5; not ranked: OSU, PSU, Bama, Tenn, USC
1999: 6; not ranked: ND, OSU, OU, USC
1998: 7; not ranked: OU, Bama, USC
1997: 5; not ranked: Texas, ND, OU, Bama, USC
1996: 8; not ranked: OU, USC
1995: 9; not ranked: OU
1994: 8; not ranked: ND, OU
1993: 8; not ranked: Texas, USC
1992: 6; not ranked: Texas, PSU, OU, USC
1991: 7; not ranked: Texas, OSU, USC
1990: 8; not ranked: OSU, Bama
1989: 8; not ranked: Texas, OU
Top 10 programs: Michigan, Texas, Notre Dame, Nebraska, Ohio St., Penn St., Oklahoma, Alabama, Tennessee, and USC.“Not the victory but the action. Not the goal but the game. In the deed the glory.”
"All things are measured against Nebraska." falafel
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