Stupid Football/Basketball Hypothetical

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Stupid Football/Basketball Hypothetical

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It's the off season, indulge me.

Assume for a minute that the sports god are cruel, and success in one area has to mean something taken away from another area. After all, we can only have so much happiness (OK, that's really not an assumption). If you had to choose, would you rather:

- Ducks basketball wins the National Championship, but football finishes 5-7 with losses to the Huskies and Beavers or;
- Basketball loses their next game, and football goes 10-2 with a win over the Huskies and Beavers and an appearance in the Pac 12 title game. No other assurances about winning that game or going to the playoff.

I tried to make this a tough choice. Obviously a great majority would prefer greatness in football, but a NC in the second biggest college sport would be huge.
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I'll take the BB NC now and hope the FB team would get better in the near future.
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EncinitasDuck wrote:I'll take the BB NC now and hope the FB team would get better in the near future.
I think I agree, but another long football season would be tough.
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I would go for success in football. Not only do I care more about football but more importantly I think another losing season could have some long term consequences for the program whereas a loss in the final four would still be an improvement over last year and demonstrate positive momentum for the BB program.
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You have to grab a Natty whenever you can. Even though I'm way more football centric, I'd take a Championship in basketball in a heartbeat.
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Easy, get that Natty.

Hopefully the losses in football are close like Riley at Nebraska, and show promise/improvement.
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Natty all day. We have a young team with a good coach and great recruiters in football rebuilding for another year would suck, but we can improve. Natty is forever.
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Natty. I'd ask the same question, but instead Oregon losing in the natty.

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I may like football a little more, but to get a natty in a major sport? Can't pass that up.


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