Mooney44Cards;955753 wrote:I love when fans of the underdog use people predicting the other ("better") team winning as some sort of sign of disrespect. Northwest has a chance to win this game, come to Youngstown and cheer on your team. Enjoy some great Italian food at the MVR. But seriously lets cut the crap.....the Dispatch predicting Mooney as the DIII champ means nothing, its akin to Joe Schmo on the street predicting something, neither means anything. If someone is predicting Mooney will win in this thread, by god just take it to heart and let it make you feel all the better if NW wins on Friday. But lets cut with the useless bickering about who beat who beat who beat who, and who's schedule sucked and who's was awesome. Mooney's schedule was better than any other DIII team, I can guarantee that, but they don't award you extra points on the scoreboard for playing McKinley and Boardman.
Moral of the story: cheerleading is for the cheerleaders on the sidelines....predictions are for weird ladies with crystal balls....unless you have something to add about matchups or specifics, just keep it to yourself. Oh I know someone will try to demonize me for trying to tell people what to do and what not to do. But seriously, what you all do in these threads is not discussing football regardless of what you tell your wives while you're on here.
Reps, best post of the thread. Rider should take notes. As in the article I posted, Mooney knows what is coming and respects it. I especially found interesting the quote about prepairing for 2 different things on O. I have never seen it that way, but it is strange to have such a complete contrast on the same team.