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<blockquote data-quote="LowFatMilk" data-source="post: 129242480" data-attributes="member: 1912770">I ignored those chanting this crap before the game because I didn't want to come off as a hater (although that's seemingly impossible anyway).&nbsp;&nbsp; One poster even preferred this matchup over us playing a team we beat twice....he believed this crap so much.Well yea...it's actually true if teams are anywhere close to equal in overall&nbsp; talent, coaching, and physical ability.....BEFORE ALREADY PLAYING&nbsp; TWO GAMES.&nbsp;&nbsp; Even if teams are completely equal the odds for a team to win a third game are IDENTICAL even if they won/lost/tied in the two previous games.&nbsp;&nbsp; The whole 'we're due to win' idea is completely flawed.&nbsp;&nbsp; In any given game as the odds don't change. Before any single (of three) games are played the odds do change on a team winning all three....but NOT ON ANY SINGLE GIVEN GAME.Losers have been told for a lifetime that it's 'hard to get beat by the same team three times' AFTER already being beat twice.&nbsp;&nbsp; It's more of a motto than a truth.&nbsp;&nbsp; I guess it makes for a nice pregame speech...or a slogan for 'true' fans.-------------Oh yea...we averaged losing by 20 points TWICE to Baylor....&nbsp; ......so talent, coaching, and physical ability were OBVIOUSLY NOT equal in the first place..........and should I even dive into our injury situation ?This post was edited on 3/14 7:27 PM by LowFatMilk</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LowFatMilk, post: 129242480, member: 1912770"] I ignored those chanting this crap before the game because I didn't want to come off as a hater (although that's seemingly impossible anyway). One poster even preferred this matchup over us playing a team we beat twice....he believed this crap so much. Well yea...it's actually true if teams are anywhere close to equal in overall talent, coaching, and physical ability.....BEFORE ALREADY PLAYING TWO GAMES. Even if teams are completely equal the odds for a team to win a third game are IDENTICAL even if they won/lost/tied in the two previous games. The whole 'we're due to win' idea is completely flawed. In any given game as the odds don't change. Before any single (of three) games are played the odds do change on a team winning all three....but NOT ON ANY SINGLE GIVEN GAME. Losers have been told for a lifetime that it's 'hard to get beat by the same team three times' AFTER already being beat twice. It's more of a motto than a truth. I guess it makes for a nice pregame speech...or a slogan for 'true' fans. ------------- Oh yea...we averaged losing by 20 points TWICE to Baylor.... ......so talent, coaching, and physical ability were OBVIOUSLY NOT equal in the first place. .........and should I even dive into our injury situation ? [I]This post was edited on 3/14 7:27 PM by LowFatMilk[/I] [/QUOTE]

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