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Message: [QUOTE="Pharos, post: 4552544, member: 9295"] Substitute "UConn" for "Xavier" in the following: Xavier! 0-19 in the Big East coming into last night's game. Coming into Gampel on Senior Night. Knowing they were supposed to be "fed to the lions." And what was their attitude? Positive! I imagine they set some smaller goals that they thought [B]miiiiiiight[/B] lead to a victory, but which would give them reason for pride anyway -- play tough defense, execute our offense, don't back down, win the first quarter (lost by 2), win the second quarter (ooops, lost by 10), oh well, let's go for winning quarter 3 (hey, we tied them!), and let's go for the win in quarter 4 (Awesome! Won by 3!) Maybe Xavier "was sent" to UConn to show them the right attitude? Xavier left last night 0-20 in the BE, with their heads held high. Pretty good... UConn... not 0-29... not "fed to the lions"... likelihood of winning... likelihood of winning any given quarter... opportunity to play tough defense (and ability to)... opportunity to execute offense (and ability to)... opportunity to "not back down"... UConn has measurable advantages for which they should (I think) have a "happy" attitude... UConn did not end the evening 0-20... So "happy" yup... The idea of using Xavier as an example of the "happy" attitude UConn can have is called an a fortiori argument. If Xavier... then how much more UConn... "... given going in" is the problematic... [/QUOTE]