THAT is how you respond...

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Originally Posted by engie

Of course. You've proven it by bringing up all the stuff I've gotten wrong either in prediction or analysis about the team this year. If you dig hard enough -- maybe there is actually something out there to be found.

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I wanted to ask a question and at random choose this post to ask in.

What do you think the balk was that was called and I wonder why no one post game asked Cohen about it?

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Originally Posted by I seen it dawg

Only when morons are involved...about your size shoe

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Not that I'm a moron. I just don't respect you. And in your case I am apparently not alone.

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Originally Posted by engie

I'm saying you are the worst poster in the history of MSU message boards to be giving advice about how to go about arguing with moderators. There is prettymuch no similarity between what always gets you banned and what I'm doing here.

Arguing the positive side is a win/win if you can take the heat when things go wrong. I feel like I've prettymuch worn my blunders over the years. Started threads to call myself a dumb ass on all the major ones. If you are going to approach arguing the way I do, you've got to approach admitting defeat the same way sometimes.

The bottom line is that when the results are better than people expect, they don't mind being wrong so much. It's arguing the negative side and then crowing about being right when people are already pissed off about the on field results that ends in vacations.

And I admit to generally being a sports optimist. It's a decision I made consciously in the last couple of years rather than a thought process I can't escape. My actual life/work is spent as a realist that leans toward pessimism. I can revert to that in my approach to sports just as naturally. But at that point, sports are no different than the real world -- when I actually watch them as an escape from all that.

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You make the mistake of thinking I care. I'm here to call attention to the BS in our fanbase. If I get banned, so be it. But I understand, it's important to you. I'm just trying to spare you the desperate panic you will no doubt experience if you ever were to be banned. In the meantime, continue your whining about how other people don't view Cohen the exact way you should because you guys are elevating above us all on statistically created clouds (that only exist in your heads).

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Originally Posted by engie

Arguing the positive side is a win/win if you can take the heat when things go wrong. I feel like I've prettymuch worn my blunders over the years. Started threads to call myself a dumb ass on all the major ones. If you are going to approach arguing the way I do, you've got to approach admitting defeat the same way sometimes.

The bottom line is that when the results are better than people expect, they don't mind being wrong so much. It's arguing the negative side and then crowing about being right when people are already pissed off about the on field results that ends in vacations.

And I admit to generally being a sports optimist. It's a decision I made consciously in the last couple of years rather than a thought process I can't escape. My actual life/work is spent as a realist that leans toward pessimism. I can revert to that in my approach to sports just as naturally. But at that point, sports are no different than the real world -- when I actually watch them as an escape from all that.

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Slow clap on all of this. For the people who are constantly pessimistic about the teams they 'root' for, I honestly wonder why they even bother.

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Originally Posted by smootness

Slow clap on all of this. For the people who are constantly pessimistic about the teams they 'root' for, I honestly wonder why they even bother.

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You can't understand why MSU sports fans might be a little pessimistic? It's not like most of us chose this shit. 99% of us were born and/or raised in MS or have parents that passed it down.

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Originally Posted by Taog Redloh

You can't understand why MSU sports fans might be a little pessimistic? It's not like most of us chose this shit. 99% of us were born and/or raised in MS or have parents that passed it down.

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I get why logically you can understand our disadvantages and realize championships will be very hard. I do not get why so many fans (not just State fans, fans of any team anywhere) constantly believe the worst about their teams.

I mean, we have had tons and tons of fans jump all over Cohen and our 'mental midget' players this year and claim things are about to unravel...all while we climb to top 5 in every poll in the country. That's stupid. If you can't enjoy success like this, why pay attention?

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Originally Posted by Percho

I wanted to ask a question and at random choose this post to ask in.

What do you think the balk was that was called and I wonder why no one post game asked Cohen about it?

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Like the strike zone, it was bs. You've got to overcome that stuff -- but it was a terrible umpired game.

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Originally Posted by smootness

Slow clap on all of this. For the people who are constantly pessimistic about the teams they 'root' for, I honestly wonder why they even bother.

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I've concluded that they must lead absolutely glorious real lives, and the negativity of their sports opinions balance them out.

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Originally Posted by Todd4State

http://www.nmnathletics.com/fls/1680...16/plyr_45.htm

These are Billingsley's stats he is and should be one of our main relief pitchers. His ERA is better than Rigby, Houston and comparable to Daniel Brown's relief only appearances. Explain to me why he is undeserving of a role in our bullpen?

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He needs to quit leaving his hook up or good teams are gonna drop bombs, just sayin'. Ole Miss just missed the damn ball. Alabama didn't.