Frustrating game but we're fine

[MU82]

So let's say you buy yourself a nice rib-eye steak Uncle R or order one at a restaurant.  You go out to your grill, lose focus, and wind up cooking a black brick.  It tastes like death but since you're "playing with house money" are you telling me you still enjoy it?  What a bunch of nonsense.  If fans don't matter then why do people attend sporting events?  Are you telling me home-court means nothing in college hoops?

Here's a better analogy:

You buy yourself a nice ribeye steak and you put it on your grill. Your neighbor smells you cooking that delicious steak and says to his wife, "Wow, Muggsy lives a great life. He really is cooking with house money."

Is your steak now in danger of being ruined because your neighbor said something "ridiculously unhealthy on a myriad of fronts" that you didn't even hear and that didn't affect you or your steak one iota?

[MuggsyB]

Here's a better analogy:

You buy yourself a nice ribeye steak and you put it on your grill. Your neighbor smells you cooking that delicious steak and says to his wife, "Wow, Muggsy lives a great life. He really is cooking with house money."

Is your steak now in danger of being ruined because your neighbor said something "ridiculously unhealthy on a myriad of fronts" that you didn't even hear and that didn't affect you or your steak one iota?

My steaks and other delicacies are almost never in danger of being ruined.  It would have to be a cataclysmic circumstance.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

So let's say you buy yourself a nice rib-eye steak Uncle R or order one at a restaurant.  You go out to your grill, lose focus, and wind up cooking a black brick.  It tastes like death but since you're "playing with house money" are you telling me you still enjoy it?  What a bunch of nonsense.  If fans don't matter then why do people attend sporting events?  Are you telling me home-court means nothing in college hoops?

[MuggsyB]

I'm done here and apologize if I got carried away.  We simply have to get back on track.

[MU82]

My steaks and other delicacies are almost never in danger of being ruined.  It would have to be a cataclysmic circumstance.

Exactly. Even if somebody on a steak-lovers website says something about the way you cook a steak, it will not lead to ruination.

Anonymous commenters on websites don't affect basketball games, either.

Have a good one, Muggs!

Oh, and for the record, I think I know what "we're playing with house money" means, but I never said it and I'm not sure I agree with it. I expected us to go at least 5-1 in these last 6 games, so I'll be disappointed if our guys lose another. House money or not.

[DoctorV]

Exactly. Even if somebody on a steak-lovers website says something about the way you cook a steak, it will not lead to ruination.

Anonymous commenters on websites don't affect basketball games, either.

Have a good one, Muggs!

Oh, and for the record, I think I know what "we're playing with house money" means, but I never said it and I'm not sure I agree with it. I expected us to go at least 5-1 in these last 6 games, so I'll be disappointed if our guys lose another. House money or not.

Is ruination really a word? I had to read it several times. I really learned something here.

I'd love a good ribeye at any time.

I'd rather lose 2-3 more games from now until March 17th/18th than lose on one of those two days.

Muggsy I know you think MU should win out, and maybe not lose again until the dance (or at worst lose once in the BET) but it may just not be that realistic my man. I know you don't want to call that playing with house money, but you also have to be realistic at times.

Marquette exceeded its lot in the middle 6 of the 6-6-6 stretch by going 4-2 during that gauntlet. The team is set to underachieve in the final stretch of 6 because at the end of the day all Marquettes reach equilibrium.

Sure going 2-4 in the stretch of the final 6 would seem damning with the schedule, it would seem like the sky is falling indeed. It would still include a trip to the big dance, however.
Worst part of that would be getting a substantially lower seed than current.

1-0 on March 17/18th would make that all but forgotten. Going 5-1 in the last 6 and then 0-1 on March 17/18 would make winning these next 5 all but forgotten.

[MU82]

Is ruination really a word?

From dictionary.com:

the act or state of ruining or the state of being ruined.

[bradforster]

Is ruination really a word? I had to read it several times. I really learned something here.

Did you really have to ask this?  Does your computer not have Google?

[Newsdreams]

Casa cash.

Dinero en efectivo de la casa

[tower912]

Haus gelt.

[JakeBarnes]

If we're playing with house money I'd at least hope we're getting comped a few things along the way as well

[Miss Katie’s]

L'argent de la maison

[Galway Eagle]

So can I pay for a steak with medieval house money?

[TSmith34, Inc.]

I believe it was known as hovel money back then.

[CTWarrior]

Exactly. Even if somebody on a steak-lovers website says something about the way you cook a steak, it will not lead to ruination.

Anonymous commenters on websites don't affect basketball games, either.

Have a good one, Muggs!

Oh, and for the record, I think I know what "we're playing with house money" means, but I never said it and I'm not sure I agree with it. I expected us to go at least 5-1 in these last 6 games, so I'll be disappointed if our guys lose another. House money or not.

Losses happen, but I think the "house money" idea is BS.  You're playing a game, win the thing.  By most people's definition, house money means you've done better than expected, so a loss isn't the end of the world.  But doing better than expected gives you new opportunities.  If you squander them, then what was the point of earning the house money in the first place?

[MU82]

Losses happen, but I think the "house money" idea is BS.  You're playing a game, win the thing.  By most people's definition, house money means you've done better than expected, so a loss isn't the end of the world.  But doing better than expected gives you new opportunities.  If you squander them, then what was the point of earning the house money in the first place?

Exactly. Raised expectations are a good thing because those come from winning. Time to win some more!

That being said, whether you or I or tower or TAMU or Ners says something different, it doesn't affect the team one iota. Obviously.

[Galway Eagle]

Losses happen, but I think the "house money" idea is BS.  You're playing a game, win the thing.  By most people's definition, house money means you've done better than expected, so a loss isn't the end of the world.  But doing better than expected gives you new opportunities.  If you squander them, then what was the point of earning the house money in the first place?

Apparently to buy a good steak?