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Author Message JSF General User Member Since: 1/29/2005 Location: Houston, TX Post Count: 6,554 Status: Offline     Has Anyone Else Noticed...    Posted: 8/25/2012 10:47:27 PM  ...when the media predicts good things for the football team, everyone gets excited, but when the media predicts good things for the basketball team, people freak out? Watch what happens when Elton and Super Friends pick us in a couple months. "Loyalty to a hometown or city is fleeting and interchangeable, but college is a stamp of identity."- Kyle Whelliston, One Beautiful Season. My blog about depression and mental illness: https://bit.ly/3buGXH8 Back to Top The Optimist General User Member Since: 3/16/2007 Location: CLE Post Count: 5,597 Status: Offline     RE: Has Anyone Else Noticed...    Posted: 8/26/2012 1:43:38 PM  We've been disappointed before in hoops...  You can only get so excited about a D-1 football team running the Wing-T, if we blow it this year maybe football will be the same.  Then again, I still get excited about the Browns.   I've seen crazier things happen. Back to Top shabamon General User Member Since: 11/17/2006 Location: Cincinnati Post Count: 6,865 Status: Offline     RE: Has Anyone Else Noticed...    Posted: 8/26/2012 2:40:48 PM  I think that's because a basketball team is smaller, so if anything happens (injury, suspension, homesickness), it has a far greater chance of having a significant impact with the team dynamic and chemistry. I think that a football team is able to withstand those setbacks because the roster is so much larger. Back to Top Kevin Finnegan General User Member Since: 2/4/2005 Location: Rockton, IL Post Count: 1,165 Status: Offline     RE: Has Anyone Else Noticed...    Posted: 8/26/2012 3:15:55 PM  Interesting observation, one I hadn't noticed until you pointed it out.  However, I think the reason has to do with the setups of the sports themselves.  In college football, you need high expectations before the season, as there are only a small number of games to prove yourself, and unlike basketball, the winner isn't solely decided on the field.  It's decided by the sportswriters who build the expectations.   Back to Top HeHateMiami General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Mason, OH Post Count: 473 Status: Offline     RE: Has Anyone Else Noticed...    Posted: 8/26/2012 7:34:06 PM  JSF wrote: Watch what happens when Elton and Super Friends pick us in a couple months. Elton's in the tank for Akron. I'd bet money that he picks them to win the MAC East this season. Back to Top JSF General User Member Since: 1/29/2005 Location: Houston, TX Post Count: 6,554 Status: Offline     RE: Has Anyone Else Noticed...    Posted: 8/27/2012 12:56:31 AM  HeHateMiami wrote: JSF wrote: Watch what happens when Elton and Super Friends pick us in a couple months. Elton's in the tank for Akron. I'd bet money that he picks them to win the MAC East this season. Perhaps, but we'll win the poll. Handily, most likely. "Loyalty to a hometown or city is fleeting and interchangeable, but college is a stamp of identity."- Kyle Whelliston, One Beautiful Season. My blog about depression and mental illness: https://bit.ly/3buGXH8 Back to Top Ohio69 General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 3,062 Status: Offline     RE: Has Anyone Else Noticed...    Posted: 8/27/2012 8:38:45 AM  JSF wrote: ...when the media predicts good things for the football team, everyone gets excited, but when the media predicts good things for the basketball team, people freak out? Because this is a basketball school.  And maybe a 1-2 guys who doing/acting dumb can wreck a basketball team, but usually not a football team?  I for one am worried about all the hype for football.  The separation betweent teams in the MAC is small.  And, Penn State is on a mission to blow us out.  If it happens, I wonder how the whole program (team, students, community fans, etc.) will react. Can somebody hit a pull up jumper for me?..... Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,764 Status: Offline     RE: Has Anyone Else Noticed...    Posted: 9/13/2012 11:21:24 PM  Ohio69 wrote: . . . I for one am worried about all the hype for football.  The separation betweent teams in the MAC is small.  And, Penn State is on a mission to blow us out.  If it happens, I wonder how the whole program (team, students, community fans, etc.) will react.  One needless worry down the drain!  The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. 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