I'm getting nervous for Wednesday

First, Obama is going to open his mouth on national TV, Kentucky got beat tonight, and tomorrow we play New Mexico in the pit. I hope tomorrow is a good news, good news day; Obama commits to stay the socialist course, and the cougars whup up on the Lobos.

bball wrote:
First, Obama is going to open his mouth on national TV, Kentucky got beat tonight, and tomorrow we play New Mexico in the pit. I hope tomorrow is a good news, good news day; Obama commits to stay the socialist course, and the cougars whup up on the Lobos.

Come now, Obama opening his mouth is a good thing. The more he opens the worse he looks. Guy brings his own shovel everywhere he goes. ;)



Kentucky losing is a good thing too and us playing UNM is a good thing too too...as long as we win. :crazy:

It's funny on espns schedule of our season, we're exactly at the point in the 2nd half where we lost a game in the first half. Imagine if we win all our other games, and lose both our 5th game I think it was, and in the 2nd half lose our 5th game. Weird.



In all seriousness I have watched 2 unlv home games this past week or so and am totally unconvinced that they will beat us at unlv. I know it'll be 'hit Y fans' loud and crazy since everyone hates us, but they are getting worse and worse. NM will be loud, but losing will fuel us to beat Utah by 40.



Y 81

NM 65

It's hard not to be nervous about this game because I think this is actually the best team we will have played this season and as always, New Mexico and all of the rest of the MWC, want to beat BYU more than most everyone else and it makes it more of a challenge.



I just hope we don't do what we did last year at the Pit and just lay a big royal egg. That was embarassing. This would be a tougher loss because of the visibility the program currently has being ranked #10/12. At least we have a team that is ranked in one of the polls if we do lose this game on the road. I still can't quite get my arms around out loss at Logan as it doesn't seem consistent with much of what else we have done this season.

Jimmer's got you covered.and at least Obama can speak some semblance of English,in contrast to other previous white House occupant.

clemdiggitydog1 wrote:
Jimmer's got you covered.and at least Obama can speak some semblance of English,in contrast to other previous white House occupant.

As long as he's reading it verbatim from a teleprompter. Take that away and he actually sounds much worse than the previous occupant.

yea,that's what a Harvard Law degree gets you,i guess.he can't possibly measure up to W"s lofty standard.

Now I'm just getting nervous that we're degrading to political bantering :~(

good point.i'll stop. :)

From a national perspective, I suppose this is a must win for BYU. We all know better...



It's very difficult to win in the Pit and this UNM team is very good and will be up for this game.



However, since we won the front of this roadie, I have to feel like the pressure is off. Go play hoops, have fun and give it your all. UNM is expected to win and we've already split the toughest part of our schedule.



I dont' think we will win because of where this game is played, but that's the icing. If we win, it could be seen as one of the biggest wins in BYU hoops history in 20+ years. If we lose, we still have a measurable lead in the conference standings, a 20-2 record, and a shot at the Lobos in Provo.



This game is paramount for one big reason though, our tourney seeding is drastically improved with a win. I just hope that the players can avoid thinking like that and play like they have nothing to lose. Hopefully we can see an @Arizona type performance from the team (particularly on defense) and win this. If not, it's time to beat Utah.

hawkwing wrote:

Jimmer's got you covered.and at least Obama can speak some semblance of English,in contrast to other previous white House occupant.

As long as he's reading it verbatim from a teleprompter. Take that away and he actually sounds much worse than the previous occupant.

Did you see him at the Elementary school the other day with his teleprompter? classic.



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ok,ok,i'm convinced now.you're smart and he's stupid.and we don't need health care reform, or clean air and water,or for that matter any control of corporations spending in elections.it's all becoming clear to me.it's all fixed by the private sector,and all is well in Zion,Zion prospereth.he's just a dirty socialist, so who cares how much we criticize and deride anyway?he's just our president afterall,and elected by the will of the people,and we can all do better.i didn't start this thread and i'm really out now. :roll:

craigoscarson wrote:
From a national perspective, I suppose this is a must win for BYU. We all know better...



It's very difficult to win in the Pit and this UNM team is very good and will be up for this game.



However, since we won the front of this roadie, I have to feel like the pressure is off. Go play hoops, have fun and give it your all. UNM is expected to win and we've already split the toughest part of our schedule.



I dont' think we will win because of where this game is played, but that's the icing. If we win, it could be seen as one of the biggest wins in BYU hoops history in 20+ years. If we lose, we still have a measurable lead in the conference standings, a 20-2 record, and a shot at the Lobos in Provo.



This game is paramount for one big reason though, our tourney seeding is drastically improved with a win. I just hope that the players can avoid thinking like that and play like they have nothing to lose. Hopefully we can see an @Arizona type performance from the team (particularly on defense) and win this. If not, it's time to beat Utah.

Craig, I couldn't imagine anyone having put this all into the proper perspective more than what you said above.

Perspective. North Carolina, the face of college basketball, has had more than one "embarrassing" loss this year, and so has Duke, and Kentucky kind of stunk last night in losing to an unranked South Carolina team. So it happens. Basketball is a funny game, you can look great one game and awful the next. One night the basket is as big as a hoola hoop, the next night it's the size of straw.



One of the things, as a basketball player, I've puzzled over is how an entire team can have an off shooting night, everybody. I really don't get that. I've experienced it a couple of times and it still makes no sense.

bball wrote:
Perspective. North Carolina, the face of college basketball, has had more than one "embarrassing" loss this year, and so has Duke, and Kentucky kind of stunk last night in losing to an unranked South Carolina team. So it happens. Basketball is a funny game, you can look great one game and awful the next. One night the basket is as big as a hoola hoop, the next night it's the size of straw.



One of the things, as a basketball player, I've puzzled over is how an entire team can have an off shooting night, everybody. I really don't get that. I've experienced it a couple of times and it still makes no sense.

Two words--Utah State.



Hopefully we have that out of our system, but we didn't look like we have throughout the season up there in Logan. But because of the USU game I'm probably more nervous than normal as the environments are similar.

One thing to also keep in mind is UNM blew us out last year by 20+ points if I remember correctly. The team will want to redeem themselves from that. Before last year Rose was perfect at the Pitt.

Hartsock and Davies are going to be the keys to BYU pulling this out. I have confidence that our guard line will win that battle easily, but I still get sweaty palms thinking about how Danny Faris and Roman Martinez just had their way down low last season.

snoscythe wrote:
Hartsock and Davies are going to be the keys to BYU pulling this out. I have confidence that our guard line will win that battle easily, but I still get sweaty palms thinking about how Danny Faris and Roman Martinez just had their way down low last season.

True, true. UNM will likely pound it inside. I would if I were them. SDSU could have had us if they hadn't abandoned the low post game. Abouo will likely be a huge catalyst for us too, at least I hope so.

bball wrote:
Perspective. North Carolina, the face of college basketball, has had more than one "embarrassing" loss this year, and so has Duke, and Kentucky kind of stunk last night in losing to an unranked South Carolina team. So it happens. Basketball is a funny game, you can look great one game and awful the next. One night the basket is as big as a hoola hoop, the next night it's the size of straw."





This is why I think it is so stupid when someone says that because you lost to X team, you can't possibly be as good as Y team, because X beat Y. There are infinite variables as to why each game is unique, and every team has up and down games.







"One of the things, as a basketball player, I've puzzled over is how an entire team can have an off shooting night, everybody. I really don't get that. I've experienced it a couple of times and it still makes no sense.

I think that it has a lot to do with perception and the feeling that comes with it. You see a team mate not doing well, and you start feeling that things aren't going right . Then you start feeling down, and you begin to lose your confidence. That spreads until the entire team is ineffective. That is an over-simplification, but it illustrates the real psychlogical phoenomenon involved. It is a lot of why there is such a strong home team advantage in sports.



I had an experience in a softball tournament in Missouri that tought me how great an effect (or affect) this can be. (Long story, VERY short) We were the best team, but got psyched out early by watching another team slide on the muddy field after a heavy rain storm, and lost the first game. We struggled through the losers' bracket, and were losing badly in the final game. One teammate's girlfriend just started to cheer real loud for us, giving each of us a made-up nick name. In a very short time, we were laughing and having fun, and we completely turned it around, coming back to defeat our opponent to force another game, in which we trounced them.

Gunk wrote:

Hartsock and Davies are going to be the keys to BYU pulling this out. I have confidence that our guard line will win that battle easily, but I still get sweaty palms thinking about how Danny Faris and Roman Martinez just had their way down low last season.

True, true. UNM will likely pound it inside. I would if I were them. SDSU could have had us if they hadn't abandoned the low post game. Abouo will likely be a huge catalyst for us too, at least I hope so.

UNM doesn't have the horses to pound it inside and it's not their game. They play a small ball game and get to the hole by driving there not pounding it, their top 2 rebounders are 6'7" or smaller.



If anything, BYU has the advantage when it comes to pounding it this game. Where we win or lose this game will be how we manage our turnovers and if we ourselves can use our size advantage in this game.



I don't expect BYU to win this. I dont' think anyone that goes to the Pit can be considered the favorites. I'd be like a kid in a candy store if we do win, I just dont' expect it.