Thursday, October 23, 2008

My Argument with the MWC Hater

Below is the debate i had today with the friend that made the unruly comment on my post entitled Win/Loss=Win, Win Win for Ute Fans

Isolicious: utah is ranked 11th! what a crock!!

joyo: you wish it were a crock

Isolicious: they aren't better than lsu

Joyo: why not?

Isolicious: tradition

joyo: they haven't played lsu, so how do you know?

Isolicious: it doesn't matter. who won the bcs last year?

Isolicious: i really don't remember right now

joyo: your funny

Isolicious: LSU is like 5-1 or 6-1. they lost to florida

Isolicious: who won the bcs in 07?

Joyo: so, who won it two years ago?

Isolicious: FLORIDA

Isolicious : ha!

Joyo: and how many undefeated teams were there

Isolicious: i don't know

Joyo: how many teams that didn't even get a chance to play for it? who knows how boise state would've done

Isolicious: that isn't my problem. that is life

Joyo: who knows how Utah would have done in 04

Isolicious: woulda shoulda coulda

Joyo: well, your logic is flawed because, unless we let these teams play each other, how can you really know that a 1 loss LSU team is better than an undefeated utah? There’s no way to know

Isolicious: who won the championship last year? who has the ring?

Joyo: and you can't say, well... they beat them and they beat them, so there better

Isolicious: that is all that matters

Joyo: that type of argument could be used for the non bcs benefit too. utah beats osu, osu beat usc, usc some think is still the best team

Isolicious: they are

Joyo: so that makes utah the best team, right?

Isolicious: no it doesn't

Joyo: EXACTLY! It doesn’t. your logic is flawed. you can't ask who has a ring when UTAH or BYU, or BSU will NEVER have a chance to even play in the title game, no matter how many undefeated seasons they have in a row

Joyo: you used that same logic in your argument. lsu lost to florida. florida won it two years ago. because florida won, then LSU. But Florida wasn’t even undefeated the year they won it.

Isolicious: that sounds like a kid who wasn't picked to be on the team

Joyo: as much as i love florida's coach, the whole thing is flawed

Isolicious: boise state beat oklahoma. it was a great game. do you honestly believe boise state, utah, byu would go undefeated in the sec? we will never know

Joyo: i don't disagree they are better conferences, but there's no saying that an undefeated utah is worse, because who knows. I don’t believe that those teams would go undefeated in the sec.

Isolicious: thats right. who knows. all we know who is the champ and who isn't

Joyo: but who knows, they might beat a florida or lsu here and there. whos' the champ is completely thrown out of the window with the current system

Isolicious: maybe, but you can't say they are better

Joyo: it means nothing . i mean, it means something, but, it's not a TRUE champ unless there were a playoff

Isolicious: well who ever wins the BCS is considered the champion right?

Joyo: to beat the best of the best, survival of the fittest, is considered the champ, right? Who knows if the winner of the BCS is truly the BEST team what happens when there are three undefeated BCS conference schools? and only 2 can play for it, and we finish the season with 2 undefeated BCS schools? who's the champ then?

Isolicious: i live in reality not fantasy

Isolicious: i know it is frustrating. you look at strength of schedule and past accomplishments

joyo: you look at past accomplishments? That’s crock

Isolicious: usc is 5th or something right now. why is that?

Joyo: i agree, strength of schedule, but not what they've done in past years. that shouldn't even be relevant.

Isolicious: shouldn't they be lower in the rankings? they aren't because partly they are usc. it shouldn't be relevant but it is

Isolicious: i win the debate!

Joyo: ok, 3 undefeated BCS school teams is entirely possible... and then their system will cave in on itself if it happens 2 or 3 years, not necessarily in a row. it will especially cave in if you finish the bowl series with 3 undefeated teams, all that played in bcs games. which COULD indeed happen if a non bcs team makes it in against a one loss team. if it happens 2 or 3 times

Isolicious: i like the system.

joyo: i'm all for a 6 or 8 team playoff

Isolicious: it will never happen. Too many games.

Joyo: even a 4 team playoff

Joyo: i don't think there will be many occasions that there would be more than 4 undefeated schools at the end of the season

Isolicious: maybe 4 teams but still. this is college

joyo: it'd give the non-bcs a chance at a national title

Isolicious: either way someone will get left out with 4

joyo: you gotta' admit, it's funner in bball when a utah, george mason has a chance

Isolicious: 8 teams would be 7 games. at least one more month of football

Joyo: 8 games would be 3 weeks, and there all just sitting there in december anyway, and we're all just waiting for the january bowl.

Isolicious: christmas vacation! college kids

joyo (10/23/2008 11:38:59 AM): so, that doesn't matter in bball, the vegas bowl is played right around Christmas, along with tons of other bowls

Isolicious: i don't watch stupid bowls with loser teams

Joyo: but, if it were a playoff, you would be watching them. what a lame argument "I don't watch stupid bowls with loser teams". no bowl has a team with a losing record team. so there. i win!

Isolicious: oh okay you win. you can watch those crappy 6 win teams

Isolicious: i like the bcs bowl games. thats it

Joyo: what! no, i win the argument that the bcs needs a playoff and it is completely viable. and people would watch, and it would give you a true national champion. even like half of the bcs coaches agree with me

Isolicious: oh. maybe so. but the bcs is sponsored and it is big money. i know i can't make it change so why fight it

Joyo: it'd be even bigger money with a playoff because there would be 4 more games

Isolicious: maybe. but it may take away from the other bowls

Joyo: who cares about the other bowls! you said it yourself!

Isolicious: you care about other bowls

Joyo: exactly, you'd care if your team were in one. but otherwise not

joyo: i'm sorry that i always win

2 comments:

Cheeseboy said...

I am so confused. Your circular argument with this guy makes no sense. There were points where my head was just spinning. Where is this guy from, Georgia? And why does he hate the non-BCS so much?

I hope Utah plays Florida and kicks the crap out of them. Maybe then he will finally change his tune. I mean, how many BCS teams does Utah have to beat to prove they are legit? I say build the graveyard, (even though it is lame), just to put inferiority complex losers like this in their place!

Ike said...

Jordan, trying to argue with people like this is like Bible bashing with Jehovah's Witnesses. It just doesn't work.

Just bear your testimony that you KNOW Utah is as good as 3/4 of the teams in the SEC and get the heck out of there.