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Goatnapper'96 · 06-23-2008, 04:24 PM

http://sev.prnewswire.com/sports/200...3062008-1.html

New ground for Mendenhall to manage expectations. Does the BCS actually help BYU in that the collective national angst against it has the press scouring the countryside for some unfairly marginalized team to overhype? Given that in college football perception has a big impact on ranking, glory and adulation perhaps.

Personally, it is going to be a fun year where BYU is going to win a heck of a lot of games again, but how I worry for many in BYU's fanbase when that first loss comes.

I do think BYU has a good chance of upsetting Iowa in the opening game..won't that be great to have Hayden Fry and Hawkeyes in LES? Revenge for Ty's errant throw, baby! I'll be '71 had hard nipples thinking of that matchup!

BYU71 · 06-23-2008, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Goatnapper'96

http://sev.prnewswire.com/sports/200...3062008-1.html

New ground for Mendenhall to manage expectations. Does the BCS actually help BYU in that the collective national angst against it has the press scouring the countryside for some unfairly marginalized team to overhype? Given that in college football perception has a big impact on ranking, glory and adulation perhaps.

Personally, it is going to be a fun year where BYU is going to win a heck of a lot of games again, but how I worry for many in BYU's fanbase when that first loss comes.

I do think BYU has a good chance of upsetting Iowa in the opening game..won't that be great to have Hayden Fry and Hawkeyes in LES? Revenge for Ty's errant throw, baby! I'll be '71 had hard nipples thinking of that matchup!

I have to be out of town that weekend. Wanna buy my tickets for the game. They aren't on the 50 yard line anymore though, they are on the 40 and 5 rows further up. I guess $25,000 just won't get you what it used to. That's understandable though when you are bringing in the big boys like Iowa to the stadium.

TripletDaddy · 06-23-2008, 04:46 PM

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I have to be out of town that weekend. Wanna buy my tickets for the game. They aren't on the 50 yard line anymore though, they are on the 40 and 5 rows further up. I guess $25,000 just won't get you what it used to. That's understandable though when you are bringing in the big boys like Iowa to the stadium.

Good thing you only ponied up half the 25k!

BYU71 · 06-23-2008, 04:48 PM

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Good thing you only ponied up half the 25k!

Yea, good point.

Now I can't even brag I have good seats. I just told them they can have my 2 tickets back. I did a cost analysis. $600 to watch one game I really am excited about just didn't make sense, especially when I can get the seats back next year when I like the schedule better.

I have lost that feeling that I used to have that I am letting the team down if I don't show up.

Goatnapper'96 · 06-23-2008, 04:51 PM

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I have lost that feeling that I used to have that I am letting the team down if I don't show up.

Erectile dysfunction can do that to a man.

Blame age.

MikeWaters · 06-23-2008, 04:52 PM

our loss to WA in the first game will quiet the hype somewhat.

BYU71 · 06-23-2008, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Goatnapper'96

Erectile dysfunction can do that to a man.

Blame age.

Age has to be part of it. I don't like the thought of the two hour drive to the game and the two hour drive back. I can only take so much of listening to Greg Wrubell go giddy on the schedule and how good BYU is.

TripletDaddy · 06-23-2008, 04:56 PM

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our loss to WA in the first game will quiet the hype somewhat.

I think the first game is iowa community college, but I agree that the UW game will set the tone....and I am nervous about playing up in Seattle.

I have seen losses fairly recently at Notre Dame, SC, Boston College, UCLA, and Alabama.

It would be nice to see a win at a BCS stadium (besides Ga Tech).

EDIT: wait, we lost AT Ga tech, won at home.

I dont know if I have ever seen a win at a BCS stadium yet.

Goatnapper'96 · 06-23-2008, 05:03 PM

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Age has to be part of it. I don't like the thought of the two hour drive to the game and the two hour drive back. I can only take so much of listening to Greg Wrubell go giddy on the schedule and how good BYU is.

Sounds like the jealousy of one man unable to enjoy the benefits of a good orgasm towards another who sometimes has one 3-4 times per game....."Harvey 10..Harvey 5 Touchdown Harvey!"

BYU71 · 06-23-2008, 05:05 PM

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Sounds like the jealousy of one man unable to enjoy the benefits of a good orgasm towards another who sometimes has one 3-4 times per game....."Harvey 10..Harvey 5 Touchdown Harvey!"

I will still have them, but they will be on the couch and not in front of some old lady yelling, down in front.

06-23-2008, 04:24 PM	#1
Goatnapper'96 Recruiting Coordinator/Bosom Inspector Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,412	The hype machine is building http://sev.prnewswire.com/sports/200...3062008-1.html New ground for Mendenhall to manage expectations. Does the BCS actually help BYU in that the collective national angst against it has the press scouring the countryside for some unfairly marginalized team to overhype? Given that in college football perception has a big impact on ranking, glory and adulation perhaps. Personally, it is going to be a fun year where BYU is going to win a heck of a lot of games again, but how I worry for many in BYU's fanbase when that first loss comes. I do think BYU has a good chance of upsetting Iowa in the opening game..won't that be great to have Hayden Fry and Hawkeyes in LES? Revenge for Ty's errant throw, baby! I'll be '71 had hard nipples thinking of that matchup! __________________ She had a psychiatrist who said because I didn't trust the water system, the school system, the government, I was paranoid," he said. "I had a psychiatrist who said her psychiatrist was stupid."

06-23-2008, 04:52 PM	#6
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	our loss to WA in the first game will quiet the hype somewhat.