(PRE GAME) BYU, Wed., Dec. 2, 5p, ESPN-2 / 970 AM WNYM

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[quote="Mike Zaun" post=404801][quote="Moose" post=404776][quote="Mike Zaun" post=404770]Nice to get some ESPN exposure like the old days. Happy with FS1 but ESPN will still get many more eyeballs on our program.[/quote]

As I'm sure you know linear TV is dying. ESPN has lost upwards of 10M subs the last few years while Fox Sports continued to gain more. At this point they are pretty much the same in terms of number of subs accounting for 90% of TV's with cable.

And that's just big ESPN. Their other channels are much lower.[/quote]

Last time I looked, ESPN channels still had much more viewers. As in hundreds of thousands more...sometimes doubling or tripling FS1 viewers. FS1 has been great but it's still new and most still don't know about it. ESPN has been around since what, the late 70's early 80's? Don't be so sure yet about cord cutting...I've used Playstation Vue, Hulu, Sling, and now YouTube TV to stream live TV and watch our games. It's probably just my awful internet (thanks Cablevision), but off WiFi it's pretty bad still. Games will be pixelized and buffer at times. Still very early in the streaming game. Cable you don't have to worry about buffering or pixels. I had to connect my ethernet cable directly to my smart TV for it to work as well as cable, but even then it can get funky once in a while. When I get a house, if they offer Fios, I will use them instead of streaming. At this point in time I think it's still superior probably for the next several years.[/quote] Fios has the free chicken parm delivery package also with their highest tiered plan . Maybe I’ll upgrade before the game tomorrow
 
Believe me I don't need to make it easier to get my hands on chicken parm. Trying to lose a few haha was down 15 not too long ago but hit a snag with Thanksgiving and all. Zaun diet :(
 
[quote="Mike Zaun" post=404855]Believe me I don't need to make it easier to get my hands on chicken parm. Trying to lose a few haha was down 15 not too long ago but hit a snag with Thanksgiving and all. Zaun diet :([/quote] watching games at home eating anything heavy is the best but I’m in the same boat and trying to eat healthy now ( other than Thxgiving and Xmas ) I’d definitely rather be eating chicken meatball or shrimp parm tomorrow
 
[quote="rawdognyc" post=404789]The most famous polygamist was Brigham Young. They say he had 52 wives. Now, I remember the words of Brigham Young; he said, "I don't care how you bring 'em, but bring 'em young!" -Rodney Dangerfield[/quote]

I know it's a joke, but let me tell you a story that I learned when visiting Salt Lake City several years ago. A coworker and I attended Sunday mass at the Cathedral of St. Magdalene, which is the cathedral for the diocese there. About 10 years prior the cathedral was in dire need of repairs, and they started a $10 million campaign to renovate it. In Salt Lake City of course, Catholics are a minority, and the campaign fell woefully short, not even making the 50% mark. The LDS Church (Mormons refer to themselves as LDS and not Mormon) then out of friendship wrote a check to the cathedral for the balance.

The Cathedral of St. Magdalene has an incredible children's choir, and because of their special relationship with the LDS Church, the choir has many LDS children who are trained and participate in the choir for Sunday masses. Pretty cool thing I think,

I have several really close LDS friends, and to a person I am inspired by their generosity and devout faith. Any 20 year old who would give up two years of his life to go on an evangelical mission gets my respect for sure.

That being said, looking forward to the game.
 
BYU is an interesting matchup for us. Last season they finished up really strong winning ten straight from January 30th through February 29th while rising to number 14 in the country. That winning streak finally ended when they lost a one point heartbreaker to St. Mary's in the WCC tournament on March 9th to end their season. Among those ten wins during their streak was a thirteen point beat down of Gonzaga on February 23rd. It was the Zags only defeat in 2020 and their only loss in their last 26 games played.

The three most productive players from the 2019/2020 Cougars are now gone; Yoeli Childs a 6' 9" power forward who averaged 22.2 PPG and 9.0 RPG 2.0 APG has signed with the Washington Wizards. Jacob Toolson a 6' 5" shooting guard who averaged 15.2 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 3.9 APG signed with the Utah Jazz and TJ Haws a 6' 4" Point Guard who averaged 14.0 PPG, 2.5 RPG, 5.7 APG signed to play professionally in Poland.

Despite those losses, BYU has experience coming back. They also have added players from a strong recruiting class consisting of some players from High School, a Juco and a couple of D1 Transfer players led by 7' 3" Matt Haarms from Purdue. They have started out the season with three blowout victories against lower level competition. Today they will face better competition in USC and BYU enters that game as a 3.5 point favorite. The game will be televised at 2:30 PM on ESPN2, in case you want to get an advanced look at the 2020 Cougars before they play us tomorrow.
 
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I'm afraid of Haarms, saw him play at Purdue, the type of player who can really hurt us.

We should have an advantage with them having to play today and again early tomorrow night.

GO JOHNNIES beat the Mormons (ahem, LDSs) whose nickname "Cougar" has taken on a meaning similar to a MILF.
 
I don't love this matchup for us but I don't really know much about this BYU team. Going off their recent teams and style this doesn't seem ideal but hey they have to play USC today while our guys get to put their feet up and watch the game. Hopefully we can wear them down and our recent close game experience helps us out down the stretch. Based on previous BYU teams I'm assuming they have 5 or 6 guys who will knock down open 3's when we don't guard the perimeter and a few 7ft baby-faced mormons who will give us headaches underneath.

Tough but winnable.
 
I’m glad we aren’t the team playing on back-to-back days.
 
Watching BYU right now on ESPN2. We will have a distinct advantage as they are playing today. They have good size but are more of a plodding team. Little point named Alex Barcello is a good 3 point shooter. He also has good body control drawing fouls on bigger player. Haarms the big guy transfer from Purdue will be a factor down low he also looks to take some 3s. Looks like they play man to man D.

My three word scouting report is run, run, run.
 
Sounds like we may be able to get lots of fast break opportunities which will bode well. Hope the day off helps us so we are nice and fresh.
 
I’m watching them now. BYU is going to have a very hard time with our tempo. They are chucking a lot from the outside and mainly operate in the half court but the aren’t very athletic at all. I don’t think they can sustain our pace for very long, especially playing the next day. I still hope BYU wins as I’d like to beat them when they’re undefeated. They also aren’t a very good passing team.
 
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To add, BYU will have less than a day to prepare for our frantic style, which could potentially bode well for us.
 
[quote="QueensBall" post=404942]Why do I have a feeling that they won't shoot 2-16 from 3 and only go to the line once in the 1st half of our game?[/quote]

Yea you can see this coming a mile away. They look awful today but will be hot tomorrow.
 
We all think the same lol 2-12 from 3 just means they will shoot 75% from 3 against us. Teams always seem to save their best shooting days for us :D ...I'm almost certain they will shoot very well from 3 against us but I just hope we attempt to defend. A lot easier to swallow than wide open 3's all day.
 
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