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When a mid-major upsets a highly ranked team, its fun to see the excuses given by the national press to explain away why it happened. You get the run of the mill "They weren't happy to be playing in that bowl game," "the Mid-Major doesn't play the murderer's row schedule and isn't as beat up," etc. The best example from yesterday was the discussion of Utah beating Stanford on College Gameday Final on ESPN. This was the conversation summed up:
Mark May - This loss was the result of poor play calling by Stanford. If they wouldn't have passed and stuck with the run on the goal line, they would have won.
Lou Holtz - I know coming from an academic institution that this is the time of midterms. Stanford was not focused. They were tired from studying at the expense of sleep. That looked like a football team that was in midterms.
Rece Davis - ...And they are at midterms at Stanford. There is another factor. They are coming off an emotional win. Its tough to win big and then go to an opponent who has not had success. Its hard to get the juices flowing.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.Last edited by USUC; 10-13-2013, 07:16 PM.
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this must be the parity that Portland Ute was tweeting about.Originally posted by USUC View PostWhen a mid-major upsets a highly ranked team, its fun to see the excuses given by the national press to explain away why it happened. You get the run of the mill "They weren't happy to be playing in that bowl game," "the Mid-Major doesn't play the murderer's row schedule and isn't as beat up," etc. The best example from yesterday was the discussion of Utah beating Stanford on College Football Final on ESPN. This was the conversation summed up:
Mark May - This loss was the result of poor play calling by Stanford. If they wouldn't have passed and stuck with the run on the goal line, they would have won.
Lou Holtz - I know coming from an academic institution that this is the time of midterms. Stanford was not focused. They were tired from studying at the expense of sleep. That looked like a football team that was in midterms.
Rece Davis - ...And they are at midterms at Stanford. There is another factor. They are coming off an emotional win. Its tough to win big and then go to an opponent who has not had success. Its hard to get the juices flowing.
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I was trying to figure out what you were talking about when you said that Utah won a super bowl. I thought you were alluding to Van Noy's comment that the Utah/BYU game this year was his super bowl because it would be the last chance for him to beat Utah.Originally posted by TripletDaddy View PostI think you are confused with the actual Super Bowl, in which Dennis Pitta caught a TD pass.
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Originally posted by USUC View PostWhen a mid-major upsets a highly ranked team, its fun to see the excuses given by the national press to explain away why it happened. You get the run of the mill "They weren't happy to be playing in that bowl game," "the Mid-Major doesn't play the murderer's row schedule and isn't as beat up," etc. The best example from yesterday was the discussion of Utah beating Stanford on College Gameday Final on ESPN. This was the conversation summed up:
Mark May - This loss was the result of poor play calling by Stanford. If they wouldn't have passed and stuck with the run on the goal line, they would have won.
Lou Holtz - I know coming from an academic institution that this is the time of midterms. Stanford was not focused. They were tired from studying at the expense of sleep. That looked like a football team that was in midterms.
Rece Davis - ...And they are at midterms at Stanford. There is another factor. They are coming off an emotional win. Its tough to win big and then go to an opponent who has not had success. Its hard to get the juices flowing.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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lol.Originally posted by il Padrino Ute View PostI was trying to figure out what you were talking about when you said that Utah won a super bowl. I thought you were alluding to Van Noy's comment that the Utah/BYU game this year was his super bowl because it would be the last chance for him to beat Utah.
If that isn't the case, please clarify your comment.
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I am CS's mirror, as I have ever been.Originally posted by YOhio View PostHis humor has turned into dark, biting cruelty. I've come to suspect that he's also apostatized from Kindness.When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.
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ha. I think it's cute when the Ute "fans" reappear on the board. why ever would they show up to post this weekend?"Either evolution or intelligent design can account for the athlete, but neither can account for the sports fan." - Robert Brault
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Congrats, YO!Originally posted by HuskyFreeNorthwest View PostThis round goes to YOhio. Sorry IPU."Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill
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No depositions!!!Originally posted by Blueintheface View Postha. I think it's cute when the Ute "fans" reappear on the board. why ever would they show up to post this weekend?
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