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Archaea · 12-10-2007, 02:12 AM

strikes me now and then.

Every so often I allow myself to delude myself into believing BYU can and will step, at least momentarily, into a bigger stage and win. Of course, then we fall flat on our faces, as we did against MSU.

We're really, the not-quite-ready-for-prime-time players.

Jeff Lebowski · 12-10-2007, 02:17 AM

Uh... We beat Louisville. They were ranked #6 at the time, as I recall.

RockyBalboa · 12-10-2007, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

strikes me now and then.

Every so often I allow myself to delude myself into believing BYU can and will step, at least momentarily, into a bigger stage and win. Of course, then we fall flat on our faces, as we did against MSU.

We're really, the not-quite-ready-for-prime-time players.

Quit being such a pussy.

Archaea · 12-10-2007, 02:23 AM

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Quit being such a pussy.

So you like losing constantly when it matters?

BYU won't be big time, unfortunately because we don't have the athletes. We are offstage and apparently, always that way, even though we have our best or second best big man ever. That is a sorry statement.

Of course, our Achilles' Heel, lack of good guards, did us in.

Archaea · 12-10-2007, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Uh... We beat Louisville. They were ranked #6 at the time, as I recall.

One out of three ain't too good.

RockyBalboa · 12-10-2007, 02:27 AM

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So you like losing constantly when it matters?

BYU won't be big time, unfortunately because we don't have the athletes. We are offstage and apparently, always that way, even though we have our best or second best big man ever. That is a sorry statement.

Of course, our Achilles' Heel, lack of good guards, did us in.

It wasn't our lack of good guards....it was our lack of boxing out on the boards. If we box out and rebound....we win. Simple as that. Even with JT having a bad game.

Arch, you are the biggest pussywhiner I know when it comes to BYU sports.

Just admit you enjoy being miserable.

If we win a NCAA Tourney game or two...you'll still whine like a baby. Stop watching.

Archaea · 12-10-2007, 02:29 AM

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It wasn't our lack of good guards....it was our lack of boxing out on the boards. If we box out and rebound....we win. Simple as that. Even with JT having a bad game.

Arch, you are the biggest pussywhiner I know when it comes to BYU sports.

Just admit you enjoy being miserable.

Well I couldn't see it, but I saw on the gametracker a time when Murdock turned it over at a critical time, when it was a one point game.

RockyBalboa · 12-10-2007, 02:30 AM

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Well I couldn't see it, but I saw on the gametracker a time when Murdock turned it over at a critical time, when it was a one point game.

SeattleUte hijacked your computer I see.

TripletDaddy · 12-10-2007, 02:35 AM

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BYU won't be big time, unfortunately because we don't have the athletes. We are offstage and apparently, always that way

You are now coming to this realization? After how many years?

What were you thinking all these other years? That BYU was big time?

There is this great mountain biking bumper sticker that you see now and then in Utah. It says: "New York London Paris Moab" It has since expanded to include Tokyo, but the old ones only had 4 cities listed on it.

That bumper sticker is how I view myopic BYU fans thinking that BYU is "big-time." Placing us in the same sentence as the big boys is like that easy SAT question prompting you to identify the one thing that does not belong in the group....

USC Nebraska Florida Michigan Miami Texas Notre Dame Ohio State BYU.

Jeff Lebowski · 12-10-2007, 02:36 AM

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One out of three ain't too good.

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Every so often I allow myself to delude myself into believing BYU can and will step, at least momentarily, into a bigger stage and win. Of course, then we fall flat on our faces, as we did against MSU.

I think the Louisville win qualifies for what you described.

12-10-2007, 02:12 AM	#1
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	Perhaps Mike's disillusionment strikes me now and then. Every so often I allow myself to delude myself into believing BYU can and will step, at least momentarily, into a bigger stage and win. Of course, then we fall flat on our faces, as we did against MSU. We're really, the not-quite-ready-for-prime-time players. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

12-10-2007, 02:17 AM	#2
Jeff Lebowski Charon Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the heart of darkness (Provo) Posts: 9,564	Uh... We beat Louisville. They were ranked #6 at the time, as I recall. __________________ "... the arc of the universe is long but it bends toward justice." Martin Luther King, Jr.