BYU scoring mark might need asterisk

[Schmoe]

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7053 ... erisk.html

This is a dumb article and I'll tell you why: Harmon asserts that because there was no shot clock or 3-point line when the old record was set, that the new record means less. Why? Because that would mean that a team or player couldn't score as many points, right? Wrong, he also tells us how the team would regularly score 90 points a game, which is pretty on-par with what the team scores now.

[stuckinbig10country]

Harmon used to be the authority on BYU sports, but he has slipped significantly in the last few years. One thing that I usually like about him is that he shows that he is actually a fan.

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[Schmoe]

I don't mind Harmon at all, I think he just needed a filler article for a lull in BYU sports now that football's over and this is the best he could come up with. We've all turned in a last minute, uninspired paper at least once in school.

[SpiffCoug]

I don't like the idea of an asterisk, but I would be open to separate record books: pre- and post-three-point lines. The game is very different than it was 30, 40, or 50 years ago. I would be okay with record book distinguishing between the two eras.

[kfilly20]

The players are all much better now, and the competition is much more tough, so and advantages we have in 3 point lines and shot clocks are countered by better competition and such. The record was broken, and will be broken again. No asterisks .....

[Metal Bubba]

Never been a fan of Dick... going back to my days as a sportswriter for an off-campus student publication when I was at the Y. He often mooched off of other people's work in the press conferences.

[snoscythe]

I have no problem with splitting the record books in two. How many times do we hear NBA commentators mention a record "in the shot clock era." It does nothing to diminish what Jimmer did last week.

[nuk13]

I wouldn't take anything away from Skousen's record. I agree that players are bigger and faster now but 47 points is incredible in any era. Both Freddette and Skousen had incredible games. One doesn't take from the other. I wonder if Skousen had sons and did they play anywhere.