Herbstreit Picks Vols to upset WVU

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STILL DONT LIKE HIM!
 
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Pretty smart pick for several reasons. First, we have a pretty good record in these opening non-con games. Second, he'll look like a genius and remind everybody about it all season long if he's right. Lastly, no one will remember it a month from now if he's wrong.
 
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Glocker_Alum_2005 said:
Appreciate at least one National guy bothering to look at more than just last year's team. Him residing in Nashville might have something to do with it. That said wasn't he all on board with the Shiano hire?
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Yeah he browbeat the Tennessee fans on twitter for not being behind the attempted hire of Greg Sh*tiano:eek:
 
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ShinnstonEer said:
Do you guys count this as a positive development?
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Obviously, the only thing that matters is the scoreboard on Saturday about 7pm. Herbstreit has a job to do, and we are only a little over a touchdown underdog with a very good defensive mind at the helm now. He probably thinks we will lose but look better than people expect, so it won't make him look like an idiot.
 
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I asked what I did because of my own cynical nature when it comes to these sort of predictions. I think this is perhaps due to so few national pundits ever picking WVU in big games. At least on the football side. That same side believes they would all be predicting Tennessee this Saturday if The Vols were coming off of a 6-6 season with everything else being equal.

We are the stereotypical underdogs in so many ways. I know there are a couple of teams in more recent years that seem to have your number. It happens.

Maybe if any of these guys picks you to upset Bama, for example, you could feel the same. Maybe not. I'm glad someone is picking you. We seem to benefit if we can carry any size chip on our shoulder.

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Obviously, the only thing that matters is the scoreboard on Saturday about 7pm. Herbstreit has a job to do, and we are only a little over a touchdown underdog with a very good defensive mind at the helm now. He probably thinks we will lose but look better than people expect, so it won't make him look like an idiot.
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UT needs to win this game. It will be a huge confidence booster. It will show everyone that WVU has two great players and nothing else, and it will get us ready for two cupcakes before the hated Gators.

GO VOLS!
 
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GBOVFL88 said:
I hate when Herbstreit picks us to win, its a curse. That man is bad luck. I think he really believes it, but every time that he picks us to win stupid things happen in the game.
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I don't understand how people believe in "commentator curses." What some analyst says in the booth has no impact on the outcome of the game. Teams don't pay attention to that on game day. Either you have what it takes to win or you don't. No one else controls what happens. And if Herbstreit/Corso just so happen to pick us than enjoy the confidence from a national writer. Don't fear them "cursing" us because that is not a real thing.
 
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TheMookieMonster said:
I don't understand how people believe in "commentator curses." What some analyst says in the booth has no impact on the outcome of the game. Teams don't pay attention to that on game day. Either you have what it takes to win or you don't. No one else controls what happens. And if Herbstreit/Corso just so happen to pick us than enjoy the confidence from a national writer. Don't fear them "cursing" us because that is not a real thing.
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Mookie, I don't think most folks actually believe in "curses." They just believe that past trends can, in some circumstances, extrapolate to the future.

If a fella makes a living out of picking teams to win football games, and he's wrong significantly more than half the time, you can extrapolate into the future by concluding that you'd rather he didn't pick your team. We call it a "curse," but it's really just that he sucks at picking winners.

Speaking in scientific terms, you can appreciate correlation without believing there's any causation (the pick didn't cause the outcome, but that guy's picks do tend to lose).


p.s. I never heard of any such curse associated with Kirk. Lee Corso, yes. But not Kirk. He's right more often than he's wrong with his picks. I don't know if he could keep up with DAJ (70% success rate), but he gets it right well over half the time, anyway.
 
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