(10-29-2017 04:16 PM)OsageJ Wrote: All year long the common theme here has been "yeah y'all are good but wait til you play someone else." The most recent was before we played UL and NMSU. It was we will know how you are after these next two games.
Ok we played them and averaged over 40 points. Now this was coming from other teams posters not us. Still according to you we are lacking. What I find funny is the App loss and some of the comments there. BOP brings up some legit comments on that and some posters on here jump all over him with excuses. Mainly UMASS is better than they have shown. This is not coming from their fans but SBC opponents. It just kills you guys that we dominate this conference. Someday that will end. Maybe this year. But next time you start to downplay stAte's accomplishments of the last 6 years just think how much we have done and its not your team no matter how much you want it to be. Well all fans but Troy because they went through a stretch like we are in but I doubt even they had to listen to the "yeah you have been great but you don't really deserve it." Yeah it's tough being king.Lol. BTW someone on the Den brought up since Anderson has been here every win has been by double digits except two. One was GS last year. Can't remember who the other was. So yeah dominate. What you guys don't seem to realize is how hopeless it would be for you If we had a running game. If USA or Troy beats us I think that will be the Achilles heel. If you want to hammer us with something use that.
I think your perception is off. As it was when we were king. Yes, there are times when talking good about ARKST leads to someone accusing you of chest bumping. We still get that, and we aren't even king anymore.
That said, no one is saying you don't deserve to be king, and if they are, there's few and far between that actually mean it. I should repeat that. People think you're beatable and you and many ARKST fans have taken it as "you ain't ****". On the flip side, a lot of what you guys say is perceived as "there's no way you can beat us, so you really shouldn't even try" which is probably also perceived wrong.
When someone says you haven't played any good defenses, they're not saying your offense sucks and the red wolves ain't ****, they're saying we don't know how strong you really are until you play USA and Troy, who at least statically, have better defenses that what you've faced so far. That's a perfectly logical thing to say and argue about. Talking sports doesn't have to be an offense, but many ARKST fans and others take it that way.
These are the rules:
1. When you're the king, anyone who doesn't hold the king in unreasonably high esteem is a dissenter, and is obviously talking ****. He must be dealt with, for the king's reputation is of the utmost value.
2. If you're not the king, anytime the king refers to himself in a positive light, he is "chest thumping" and the feelings of peasants are hurt. This must also be dealt with, because no one likes a bully.