Ok, maybe my lack of sleep made it seem funnier to me than it was. Most times, it seems to me, they will phrase a potential loss along the lines of "if they get by this team" or "if they come through the game against this team unscathed" or similar. The fact that he used the phrase, "if they don't screw that up" referring to the Memphis game made me believe that he thinks TSUN has a very real chance of falling flatter than a pancake when the spotlight gets too bright.