Brayden Green wrote: ↑Wed Dec 06, 2017 8:54 pm
Uh, we are 6-2, with some good wins and good losses - and at halftime we just held our opponent to 17 points, which is the first time in forever we can say that. Maybe lighten up a bit, and watch a game once in a while. Anyone watching the games has been pretty happy about what they see.
We can always count on you to declare that someone with a different opinion either isn't as smart or informed as you.
Here is how BYU has started out the last two seasons and this season:
2015-16:
7-3
Losses to: Colorado, Utah, Long Beach State
Wins: UVU, Adams State, Miss Valley State, Belmont, Weber State, Utah State, Central Michigan
2016-17:
7-3
Losses to: Valpo, UVU, USC
Wins: Princeton, Coppin State, Coastal Carolina, St Louis, Utah State, Weber State, Colorado
2017-18:
7-2
Losses to: UT Arlington, Alabama
Wins: Mississippi Valley State, Princeton, Niagara, UMass, UVU, Utah State, Illinois State
I'm not seeing a basis for all the optimism that the team has turned a corner here. BYU is doing what it's done the last few seasons--beat some patsies, lose to one or two, and then go on to the conference slate. Last year we held both San Francisco and Pacific to 22 first half points, but I don't remember anyone claiming that we had arrived defensively at that point. I guess holding the #220 scoring offense to 5 points less than that is a harbinger of lasting change now?
A loss to UT Arlington at home? That's not a good loss at all. Close wins over UMass and Niagara? Wins are wins, but some leave you queasy.
I hope just as much as anyone that BYU does in fact turn it around, but so far they're on about the same trend as they were the past two seasons.