NCAAF 12 team playoff

[mikbone]

The four highest-ranked conference champions will be seeded Nos. 1-4 and receive a first-round bye. Seeds 5-12 will play each other in the first round. The higher-seeded teams will play host in their first round games. Here's a breakdown of the first round matchups:

• No. 5 vs. No. 12
• No. 6 vs. No. 11
• No. 7 vs. No. 10
• No. 8 vs. No. 9

New Year's Six bowl games will be introduced in the quarterfinal round. The semifinals will be played in bowls on a rotating basis while the national championship host site is determined through bids by prospective host sites.

This is a huge improvement.

If you don’t win your conference championship you cannot be in the top 4 seed.

Four rounds!  The first four games have home field advantage.  Gonna be exciting.

[mikbone]

BYU football schedule 

1. August 31 - Southern Illinois (Home)
2. September 6 - at SMU
3. September 14 - at Wyoming
4. September 21 - Kansas State (Home) [Big 12 Opener]
5. September 28 - at Baylor
6. October 5 - Bye Week (General Conference)
7. October 12 - Arizona (Home)
8. October 18 or 19 - Oklahoma State (Home)
9. October 26 - at UCF
10. November 2 - Bye Week
11. November 9 - at Utah
12. November 16 - Kansas (Home)
13. November 23 - at Arizona State
14. November 30 - Houston (Home) [Senior Day]

Edited September 5, 2024 by mikbone

[mirkwood]

1 hour ago, mikbone said:

BYU football schedule 

11. November 9 - at Utah
 

 

Still trying to get tickets.  My buddy and I are usually able to get a pair to any game, but no luck on this one so far.

[LDSGator]

[JohnsonJones]

On 8/24/2024 at 9:43 AM, mikbone said:

The four highest-ranked conference champions will be seeded Nos. 1-4 and receive a first-round bye. Seeds 5-12 will play each other in the first round. The higher-seeded teams will play host in their first round games. Here's a breakdown of the first round matchups:

• No. 5 vs. No. 12
• No. 6 vs. No. 11
• No. 7 vs. No. 10
• No. 8 vs. No. 9

New Year's Six bowl games will be introduced in the quarterfinal round. The semifinals will be played in bowls on a rotating basis while the national championship host site is determined through bids by prospective host sites.

This is a huge improvement.

If you don’t win your conference championship you cannot be in the top 4 seed.

Four rounds!  The first four games have home field advantage.  Gonna be exciting.

Probably, but with how corrupt they are, I'd imagine a situation like last year will pop up again and they will ignore their own rules in favor of putting who they think will matter most instead.

[JohnsonJones]

On 8/24/2024 at 12:26 PM, mirkwood said:

 

Still trying to get tickets.  My buddy and I are usually able to get a pair to any game, but no luck on this one so far.

So, who should I cheer for in this one?

The Mormon Pride, or the Mormon academics?

My Mother in Law used to say that the Utes were the Lord's team (ironic, I know, as many would say that should be applied to BYU, but not for her they weren't), but I don't know...there are a lot of people that seem to say they bleed blue instead of red (and blue and red are both colors of blood from what I understand, the level of oxygen being what determines what color it is... @mikbone would know the truth though)

[mikbone]

3 hours ago, JohnsonJones said:

blue and red are both colors of blood from what I understand, the level of oxygen being what determines what color it is... @mikbone would know the truth though)

All blood is red.  Arterial (oxygenated blood) is bright red and under high pulsatile pressure.  Venous blood oozes out and is dark red.

It’s freaking obvious during surgery.

There is one exception though - the pulmonary system is reversed.  Pulmonary artery is semi high pressure but un-oxygenated and the Pulmonary vein is low pressure and oxygenated.

[mirkwood]

One founded by a prophet, one named after a prophet.

 

 

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[LDSGator]

Have a laugh on me everyone. My alma mater  is uh, having an off night. 😜 

[mikbone]

What a wild ride

Coaches Poll

22. BYU

Edited September 22, 2024 by mikbone

[Phoenix_person]

13 hours ago, mikbone said:

What a wild ride

Coaches Poll

22. BYU

I spotted some fascinating mustaches on the BYU sideline last night. The bretheren are really letting their light shine. 

[mikbone]

BYU will likely win out the rest of the regular season. We saved the weakest for last. Poor Utah, they are 13th in the conference BTW, too far down the list to make it into my screen shot.

I bet Iowa State will lose to Texas Tech or Kansas State or both.

Either Colorado or Kansas State will win out as well.  Whoever does will be in the conference championship with us.

We are going to the playoffs!

Edited October 27, 2024 by mikbone

[Traveler]

When it comes to sports, I lack anything close to the spirit of prophecy.   I have learned that if you love sports and have a favorite team that brings you happiness when they win – you will spend a lot of your life without happiness.   So many things of this generation will bring you disappointment if you put your happiness stock into it.

I recommend that those reading my post make a choice to be happy regardless of what reality deals you in the fallen mortal existence.  Whatever your experiences are in life – it will only be bearable and seam worth it, if you are happy.

 

The Traveler

[LDSGator]

22 minutes ago, Traveler said:

When it comes to sports, I lack anything close to the spirit of prophecy.   I have learned that if you love sports and have a favorite team that brings you happiness when they win – you will spend a lot of your life without happiness.   So many things of this generation will bring you disappointment if you put your happiness stock into it.

I recommend that those reading my post make a choice to be happy regardless of what reality deals you in the fallen mortal existence.  Whatever your experiences are in life – it will only be bearable and seam worth it, if you are happy.

 

The Traveler

What you fail to understand about 90%of sports fans is that our happiness comes from things other than sports too. I’m a die hard sports fan (everyone probably knows this) and I find happiness everywhere.
 

When my favorite team loses-and lately my Gators have done terrible, my Rays lack a home field, and my favorite boxer is flirting with being washed up-I get mad/sad for maybe a day or two then I have this remarkable ability to move on. 

You’ll find those 10% of fans who live and die by their sports team, can’t get over losses, and act like every loss is Armageddon. I find it a little silly too, but who cares? It’s harmless. No one ever shot up a school over the Bears beating the Seahawks. 
 

To be clear, in my personal life, like when I’m competing in TKD tournaments, I tend to take losses much worse and much more personally. But I don’t take it on my wife, friends and family. I work harder. 

Edited October 27, 2024 by LDSGator

[LDSGator]

@mikbone-thanks for taking down UCF. They beat up my alma mater 50-3 and acted like they won the Rose Bowl. I went to UNH, and they are much much smaller than any of the other schools down here. 

I viewed this game as my more talented cousins coming to teach the bullies a lesson. 

Edited October 27, 2024 by LDSGator

[mikbone]

44 minutes ago, Traveler said:

When it comes to sports, I lack anything close to the spirit of prophecy.   I have learned that if you love sports and have a favorite team that brings you happiness when they win – you will spend a lot of your life without happiness.   So many things of this generation will bring you disappointment if you put your happiness stock into it.

 

Sports has been an important part of my life.

Without sports I would not have had the opportunity to become a surgeon.

Without the strength I have obtained by training my body, I would have been less successful repairing fractures and reducing dislocations.  Strength is very useful in my profession.

Sports teach responsibility, teamwork, the benefit of struggle, and the will the overcome.

I fell sorry for those who cannot appreciate the joy of sports.

Edited October 27, 2024 by mikbone

[LDSGator]

41 minutes ago, mikbone said:

Sports has been an important part of my life.

Without sports I would not have had the opportunity to become a surgeon.

Without the strength I have obtained by training my body, I would have been less successful repairing fractures and reducing dislocations.  Strength is very useful in my profession.

Sports teach responsibility, teamwork, the benefit of struggle, and the will the overcome.

I fell sorry for those who cannot appreciate the joy of sports.

Perfectly said. 

[JohnsonJones]

12 hours ago, mikbone said:

Sports has been an important part of my life.

Without sports I would not have had the opportunity to become a surgeon.

Without the strength I have obtained by training my body, I would have been less successful repairing fractures and reducing dislocations.  Strength is very useful in my profession.

Sports teach responsibility, teamwork, the benefit of struggle, and the will the overcome.

I fell sorry for those who cannot appreciate the joy of sports.

Sports are fun, but I wouldn't say they are the end all to be all.

I, obviously, have the teams I cheer for, and I get very into being a fan of some of them, but at the end of the day it really doesn't matter.

In 1000 years, will it really matter that one team beat another?  Is it really that important?

I think too often people want to feel part of a team (even if just as a fan) and glory in beating another bunch of people.  They forget that it's actually fun.

Sports that are only about teamwork, struggle, responsibility, and the will to overcome miss the point of what games are...and the reasons for them in my opinion.  The reason for the game is to have fun.  If a game is no longer fun, I don't think it's worth it anymore.

If the only reason you can have fun in a game is because you get to beat someone, I don't think that makes for a very good learning environment or a very good sport.

There is a thrill to triumph, but anyone who only lives to feel the triumph of a win misses almost 99% of the game.  It's about the game (the journey) and the experience of it.  If you can only enjoy the end, you've missed the journey.

I think that's for much of life as well.  If you are always only anticipating the end of something (such as saving for all your life so that you will be able to be a multimillionaire and retire richly in old age, but are miserable for the rest of it) but never enjoy the journey, I think you are missing out.

Of course, then you have my situation where I now have to work in my old age (or, at least continue to work to retain my standard of living I'm accustomed to, I could retire and live off of less...which is becoming more and more tempting every day) because instead of planning heavily for the future I lived to enjoy the day.  The good thing though is I can look back at life and say I tried my best to enjoy what I was blessed with rather than forget to be grateful for what I had then while being miserable because I feared what the future could bring. 

[Traveler]

18 hours ago, LDSGator said:

What you fail to understand about 90%of sports fans is that our happiness comes from things other than sports too. I’m a die hard sports fan (everyone probably knows this) and I find happiness everywhere.
 

When my favorite team loses-and lately my Gators have done terrible, my Rays lack a home field, and my favorite boxer is flirting with being washed up-I get mad/sad for maybe a day or two then I have this remarkable ability to move on. 

You’ll find those 10% of fans who live and die by their sports team, can’t get over losses, and act like every loss is Armageddon. I find it a little silly too, but who cares? It’s harmless. No one ever shot up a school over the Bears beating the Seahawks. 
 

To be clear, in my personal life, like when I’m competing in TKD tournaments, I tend to take losses much worse and much more personally. But I don’t take it on my wife, friends and family. I work harder. 

It just seems to me that there is too much vanity in sports.  For myself it is difficult to just enjoy (even the sports I participate in) without the pressure or need for competition – even against myself – but it seems worse sitting on the sidelines with no actual input.

 

The Traveler

 

 

[Traveler]

18 hours ago, mikbone said:

Sports has been an important part of my life.

Without sports I would not have had the opportunity to become a surgeon.

Without the strength I have obtained by training my body, I would have been less successful repairing fractures and reducing dislocations.  Strength is very useful in my profession.

Sports teach responsibility, teamwork, the benefit of struggle, and the will the overcome.

I fell sorry for those who cannot appreciate the joy of sports.

Obviously, you did not grow up playing church ball in a reck hall.  

 

The Traveler

[mikbone]

1 hour ago, Traveler said:

Obviously, you did not grow up playing church ball in a reck hall.  

 

The Traveler

I was pretty busy with High School sports, and my stake in southern Dallas, Texas was pretty isolated.

When I was a Junior in HS, I did play a few games for the ward team though.  And I was a wrecking ball.  

I hadn't played much team basketball, mostly football and I could high jump 6' 4" at that time.

I remember that they called a technical foul on me after a dunk.  I lost interest after that.  

 

Basketball in the MTC was a blast though.  

[Ironhold]

1 hour ago, Traveler said:

Obviously, you did not grow up playing church ball in a reck hall.  

 

The Traveler

Yeah, I keep having to explain to people that we inadvertently managed to turn basketball into a blood sport. 

[LDSGator]

1 hour ago, Traveler said:

It just seems to me that there is too much vanity in sports.  For myself it is difficult to just enjoy (even the sports I participate in) without the pressure or need for competition – even against myself – but it seems worse sitting on the sidelines with no actual input.

 

The Traveler

 

 

You’d be surprised how many high level athletes are insecure and oddly humble. There will always be exceptions-I’ve met one or two highly skilled martial artists that are brilliant and would be the first to tell you-but I’ve met way more who are spectacular and always sell themselves short. The more you know, generally speaking, the more you realize what there is to know. 

[Traveler]

3 hours ago, LDSGator said:

You’d be surprised how many high level athletes are insecure and oddly humble. There will always be exceptions-I’ve met one or two highly skilled martial artists that are brilliant and would be the first to tell you-but I’ve met way more who are spectacular and always sell themselves short. The more you know, generally speaking, the more you realize what there is to know. 

One of the most life changing experiences for me was the military.  I grew up loving to hunt.  After my military experience, I hardly ever used a firearm, especially for sport.  While in the military I excelled in martial arts.  The problem is that every move was intended to be lethal.  A close friend from the military came to visit while I was attending BYU.  He was better than me and the times and circumstances were such that we hurt some fellows quite badly that were recreational martial artists.  I do not enjoy watching the sport of martial arts.  I would personally prefer to get beat up rather than be triggered for sport or even self defense.

Not all see life through the experience of my eyes.  I still cycle and ski, but I am an old guy.  Every year my abilities decline.   Most that I use to ride with and ski with can no longer participate.    I try to remain calm during BYU sporting events, but it is difficult for me.  The only way that I can guarantee to remain calm is to check out the final score and if BYU won – then I can calmly watch the game and appreciate the efforts from both teams.

 

The Traveler

[LDSGator]

1 hour ago, Traveler said:

appreciate the efforts from both teams

I feel the same way, even though it’s hard sometimes. In most cases* the athletes on both sides give tremendous effort and bust their bodies trying to prepare and win.

 

*yes, there are times when a guy takes a play off, and even an entire team, but it’s actually very rare. If you start loafing, there are a dozen guys who will give you their arm for five seconds on the field. 

Edited October 28, 2024 by LDSGator