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Expectations will get you man- in this life or any other.

Keep them low and be happy when reality exceeds your expectations.

You’re the one saying that you are dejected, do not care and is losing your fandom, not me.

Per dictionary.com: A fair weather fan is a sports fan who only supports a team when they are winning and loses interest when they are losing.

It’s one thing to be frustrated, it’s only to “lose fandom”. That’s a choice you made.

Can agree here. As fans, we don’t ‘deserve’ really good football teams, we just hope for it. But when we spend our time and money and put our hearts into our team, I think we deserve to know what’s going on with Cam. Blowing smoke up the skirt about how Cam is “almost there” is just rude to the fans and deluded to think it actually gives you a…[Read more]

How so. Exactly why do you “deserve” anything from Whit or this team? Seriously? They are, as ruled by the courts, entertainment. And, as is the case with all entertainment, you may or may not like what you see just like w movies.

Reality is we don’t “deserve” anything short of a place to sit in correspondence for the money we spent on the…[Read more]

There is that component also but I was just referring to the utility in going for it on fourth down.

Ludwig has been an OC for over 20 years and his patterns are very well established. The other team still has to be able to stop his offense and having a good idea of what he is going to call in any situation is only half the battle. Penn State,…[Read more]

I haven’t donated before but plan to when you have it set up. Your site is great and would love to fund you so you can keep up the good work.

Thanks for understanding my point – IMO it was more fun when Barnes was the starter because our expectations were in check.

If Whitt was honest with the fan base all of our expectations would reset to realistic levels vs. where they were set when we were told we had the most talent we have ever had.

I’m fine if we are Wilson or bust but…[Read more]

I like Venmo, I can see the wider aspects of “go-fund” me cause I do see a lot of sharing of the page/link too. Either.

Welcome! Glad you are here and many thanks for the comment!

I don’t believe I’m a trash fan for wanting to know what to expect when I turn on a game – we have been told for weeks that Cam is a game time decision and then today in the Dnews we hear that the staff is waiting for medical clearance.

My point is it was more fun to know when Barnes was the starter because our expectations were in check.…[Read more]

I hear exactly what you are saying, Andy. Last year I stopped doing my midweek obsessing and just tuning in to the games to enjoy watching Utah play. It was a less enjoyable season for me and I was really looking forward to being your typical obsessed fan again this year. This bye week has felt like last season to me.

Part of me thinks that the…[Read more]

Tony, I am new to the site after giving up a pay site I was on for 13 years. You have created a great space to talk about Utah Sports! I love it here.

Personally Venmo is easier for me. But I’d drive to your house and hand you cash if it meant keeping UteHub a great spot for Ute fans like me.

Thanks for the explanation. I was more in line with data from past statistics. Odds and scoring percentages make more sense.

There’s absolutely stuff I don’t like about the landscape but to go as far to say need or reason to watch is very extreme. I listened to Bernard and Kuithe after practice. They both got me pumped for Friday. There’s a lot of mess in college football but there’s also still a lot of good. Much of this has to do with attitude. Wherever your focus is…[Read more]

What are you talking about? Read the post again. He cares too much.

So you analyze all your (and other teams) past data and determine what the likelihoods are statistically. Let say you traditionally score 50% of the time you at 4th and 2 or less. But you have a 90% chance of scoring a field goal in the same place. In the first case your expected outcome is 3.5 points (7 x 0.5 ignoring the extra point stats), in…[Read more]

Exactly how I feel about the whole situation.

Why do you spend so much time and/or money — attend games, watch on television, follow the teams, post on message boards etc…. about something you care little about? Makes no sense.

It’s the whole sport. There has always been haves and have nots. But the difference between today and the 80’s and 90’s is that the have nots still had things to work for.

Think back to those days. Especially the 90’s through about 2010.

Bowl games mattered. Conference championships mattered. You had rivals you cared about and wanted to beat.…[Read more]