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[mikej]

Originally Posted by ClarkC

Just to set the record straight........(an hour later)...................Stanford loss?

i got way lost in that

first of all i don't know what two posts you are talking about, i was only bringing up the one where people were giving predictions for the final and yours listed a score for a UVA shutout over USC

the whole point of my post was that rational people can predict a different victor than the team that is a multiple time defending champ - something another person (BHSC = boar's head sports club = UVA fan) was saying wasn't reasonable and indicates fedace-level bias, etc...i figured giving him a concrete example of one of his own doing the same was a valid counterargument, my bad yo!

i don't get what you're objecting to? you didn't pick UVA over USC in that final? you aren't to be used as an example of a rational person who thinks maybe his team has surpassed the defending champs from one year to the next?

[mikej]

since your 2011 post is to be stricken from the record, here are two from last year (not as meaningful to me since these people may be crazies, rather than serving the example of a rational person i was looking for with your posting history on this board...but nontheless they will have to do to satisfy your 'don't mention that I said UVA would win in 2011 anymore' decree)

diehard82hoo: "UVA will edge USC 4-3 today!!!!"

jhy3: "i say JJ knocks off SJ for the clincher"

last one is especially interesting since SJ was towards the end of a 72-match win streak...guess fans of UVA join me in not always assuming multiple-time-defending-champs are the only reasonable choice for a title

[BHSC]

mikej,

I may have been a little over the top with the Fedace reference.

Still, we will just disagree over the “favorite” concept. I totally get that you believe in your team and what they are capable of. I think that whether you are a favorite/underdog is a totally different discussion than whether someone will or won’t win.

It’s a long time until next April/May. Ultimately, at this stage, any favorite talk is premature. We can at least agree that there is a lot that can happen--injuries, new January recruits, different players improving/regressing--to change the face of college tennis in the coming months. The view of whom the favorites are both nationally and within conferences will be much clearer next spring.

By the way, I am a big Ramsey Smith fan. He’s a class act and great coach.