RickSwensen @RickSwensen

Brand Marketer by day, Dad of many humans and pets by night, BYU Football fanatic South Jordan, UT Joined February 2011

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RickSwensen @RickSwensen

5 days ago

@FIPreview I wish all those covering sports carried themselves with the level of class that this guy does. Games are emotional for those that care, but I’m inspired with his ability to talk about it with perspective.

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RickSwensen @RickSwensen

a month ago

@lesfifita @kalanifsitake @Pouha91 Such a big fan of your son and how he carries himself! Obviously raised right. We're Arizona fans the rest of the way. Wish Noah tons of success and the accolades he deserves this year.

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RickSwensen @RickSwensen

10 months ago

@faletausatuala You just made my week! You are such a talent! We’re so glad we have you. Keep grinding so you can join Puka and Fred in the league!

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RickSwensen @RickSwensen

10 months ago

@jasonmcgowan @CoachJayHill Thanks for all you’ve done for BYU Football, Jay. No matter what you choose, you’ll always be a Cougar and have our utmost respect. You’ve built something special here and I hope the reasons to stay outweigh the reasons to go. An incredible leader who teaches by example. GoCougs

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RickSwensen @RickSwensen

11 months ago

@BYUfootball #GoCougs

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Bill Connelly @ESPN_BillC

11 months ago

Honestly, this is the hardest ranking for me to accept. Miami shouldn't have played for OT twice. ND had a weak schedule, and we knew they probably needed to start 1-1. BYU ... lost to a spectacular team on the road and beat everyone else. x.com/cougarbuhler/s…

Robert Buhler @cougarbuhler

11 months ago

@ESPN_BillC What about the team that only lost to a single top-5 opponent on the road and beat a top-15 team and another top-25 team, plus 3 more wins over P5 teams over .500?

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Jason Shepherd @jsnshep

11 months ago

Oh my gosh…STEAL??? BYU is the team that’s EARNED it!

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Big 12 Conference @Big12Conference

11 months ago

Read ‘em and weep. #Big12FB | @BYUfootball

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ShowtimeCFB @ShowtimeCFBPod

11 months ago

What has Notre Dame done that BYU hasn’t? This is one of the worst cases of Brand Bias I have EVER seen. Still waiting to hear answers.

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Jon Gruden @BarstoolGruden

11 months ago

How I would fix the College Football Playoff.

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Exposing SEC Bias @overrated_sec

11 months ago

Great work here by @RedditCFB. Comments and images are from them. Take a look at these altered graphics by ESPN/ABC from this past weekend: #1: Shown on the majority of broadcasts & excludes teams ranked 11th and 13th. #2: shown during the BYU-UCF game. For this one, ESPN decided for the "W-L vs RANKED OPP" stat to only include games against teams who were ranked at the time of play instead of games vs current CFP ranked opponents. ESPN didn't convey this distinction to the audience so any casual viewer would probably think that BYU's resume wasn't Comparable to Oklahoma and Alabama. #3: ESPN finally gets it right and shows an unbiased graphic during the Notre Dame-Stanford game which started in the 10:30 PM EST. Look at how the statistics differ between this graph and what was shown during the BYU-UCF game. #4: BYU excluded from graph that was shown during the CFP ranking show. Now Pitt and Tennessee have both fallen out of the CFP rankings so Oklahoma, Alabama, Notre Dame and Miami all lost a ranked win compared to what was shown Saturday. Maybe that's why they went back to excluding BYU from the discussion as now BYU has a better or equal(Alabama) record against ranked opponents compared to the other bubble teams.

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Kramer @KramerHolle

11 months ago

If you're going to penalize a 1-loss Power Conference team for a weak strength of schedule... BYU's SOS is better than Ole Miss and Notre Dame. If you're going to penalize a team for not having the strongest power ratings (which incorporate prior year's history and recruiting rankings)... BYU's FPI is higher than Oklahoma's. If you're going to penalize a team for a non-competitive / bad loss... Alabama lost by 14 to a team with a losing record and Miami lost to two unranked teams. If you're going to use strength-of-record like you indicated you would, BYU's SOR is the second highest of teams 6-12. BYU also (1) made its conference championship game and (2) if you sum up the wins of the teams it has beaten, it is THIRD in the country. It is hard to win games and BYU has beaten a lot of teams with a lot of wins. This. Makes. No. Sense. The @CFBPlayoff should be ashamed of itself. It has literally contorted itself into a pretzel to avoid putting BYU where it should be ranked (somewhere between 6th - 9th). RT to get the info out there. They need to feel pressure.

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RickSwensen @RickSwensen

11 months ago

@jasonmcgowan @kalanifsitake You represent us well in public, but more importantly, your influence extends beyond the field. You are teaching young men how to use football as a platform to do good, specifically for children/families facing adversity. I will always be a Kalani fan and I hope you stay at BYU!

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RickSwensen @RickSwensen

11 months ago

@jasonmcgowan @kalanifsitake Balancing the inherent violence of football with a Christlike life is a rare challenge, and few even attempt to reconcile these two seemingly opposite goals. I don’t think anyone has navigated this better—or represented BYU and the Church with more dignity—than you.

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Jeff Fuller @jjfuller72

11 months ago

BYU is the 8th best CFB team in the nation per the avg of the 64 independent ranking systems included in today’s Massey Composite Yet the CFP committee & AP Voters have seen fit to underrate BYU YET AGAIN! It would be funny if it weren’t so persistent, obvious, & serious in leaving the Cougs out of the CFP field THIS IS NOT OK!