Good Looking Team - Cowherd Theory

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OP ain’t no homosexual or nothing…….he just been in that truck a long time.
 
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OP, try this post again, but on the Lady Vols Forum using gender appropriate examples.

Someone will be along Sunday morning to pick up your cyber carcass.
 
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I’m sorry op but this is a really bad take. Guys being good looking doesn’t have any correlation to their play on the field. Derek Henry is a freak of nature and that due is ugly. Lol. And some might disagree but I think Trevor Lawrence looks really goofy.
This team is really special because we have amazing quarterback play and an incredibly aggressive minded head coach.
I have been shouting for years we need a great quarterback and great offensive play calling and not much else. We saw LSU go from average to spectacular with nothing really more than that. Pruitt and Butch tried to convince us it was a five year project to stack your roster with five star players and that’s what it would take. That is certainly one way to do it…amd that’s the Alabama and Georgia strategy. But teams have win big without that much depth on the roster based off little more than great qb play.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
No. But he's right. Good looks are a pretty good indicator of success in almost every walk of life. Sports is no different. The best athletes are almost always attractive. Very rarely will be a superstar QB or NBA star be objectively ugly. Just look at the GOATs. Tom Brady and Michael Jordan are by all accounts very handsome attractive men to women.

Our best players being attractive is a strong indicator of why we've been successful. And it's also a big reason why I think Joe Milton will be better than Hendon Hooker next year. Milton has the look of a future superstar QB. Plus he has the physical tools. To me he's as good a bet as any QB in college right now to be a superstar in the NFL.
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Correlation doesn’t prove causation. Good physical health and fitness both make one more attractive on balance. Any professional or major college athlete is obviously going to be healthy and very fit. Therefore a disproportionate number of athletes will be attractive. Throw in the fact that pros have large incomes and can afford expensive grooming, clothing, etc. and it skews the effect even further.
 
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LadyVolette said:
No, I think those are just athletes who happen to be attractive, not the other way around
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So you just think it's chance that the two most winning athletes in modern American sports history also happen to be two of the most facially attractive?

Also if you include the likes of Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain, etc., the most dominant athletes of all-time are disproportionately attractive. Very few GOATs are simply average looking let alone ugly.

By the way one of the reasons for this is biology. The most dominant men tend to have high testosterone levels and those in turn lead to features women find attractive. So in a biological sense it does make sense for why the best athletes tend to also be attractive. So its not an observation without any scientific logic behind it.
 
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Seattle Hillbilly said:
A few members of the Manning family prove otherwise. Not real pretty, but played some real fine football.
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Outliers don't make the rule. I don't think anyone argued you can't be a great athlete if you're not attractive. The point here is there seems to be a correlation between highly successful athletes and a tendency to be facially attractive.

With that said I wouldn't say Peyton was ugly. He just had a big forehead which became more problematic as he aged and his hairline receded. Young Peyton Manning had objectively good facial features.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
So you just think it's chance that the two most winning athletes in modern American sports history also happen to be two of the most facially attractive?

Also if you include the likes of Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain, etc., the most dominant athletes of all-time are disproportionately attractive. Very few GOATs are simply average looking let alone ugly.

By the way one of the reasons for this is biology. The most dominant men tend to have high testosterone levels and those in turn lead to features women find attractive. So in a biological sense it does make sense for why the best athletes tend to also be attractive. So its not an observation without any scientific logic behind it.
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Larry. Bird.
 
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Seattle Hillbilly said:
If he shows improvement next year it’s because of his hard work and coaching. His appearance has nothing to do with it.
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Obviously his hard work and coaching will be key. But there are plenty of guys who work hard and get good coaching. Why would Joe Milton be the one who succeeds and not the other guys who also worked out? My argument is his looks are a good predictor of future success because of how much experience has shown us it correlates to success.

So if you give me the option between Joe Milton and 5 other guys who had similar athletic traits, coaching, and work ethic, my position is Joe Milton would be the best bet for success because of his superior looks. And I believe this because history shows it to be true given how the best looking athletes tend to have the most success.
 
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BruisedOrange said:
OP, try this post again, but on the Lady Vols Forum using gender appropriate examples.

Someone will be along Sunday morning to pick up your cyber carcass.
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Doesn't work for women because physical dominance isn't an attraction trigger for men. The reason the best male athletes tend to also be the best looking is because men and women biologically evolved to be attracted to different things. Women evolved to be attracted to survival traits like protection and provisioning. So a guy who is physically powerful is attractive. To be the best athlete in many ways you have to be the most physically imposing male hence why traits that lead to success in sports also lead to attraction from the opposite sex.

Men on the other hand evolved to be attracted to replication traits in women. It's why things like fertility and chastity are more important attraction triggers to men than a female's ability to be physically dominant in relation to other women. A girl who is college aged and with a low body count will garner infinitely more attention from men than some super athletic strong female athlete. The reverse is however not true. Women aren't clamoring for college aged male virgins over strong buff dominant athletes.

Men and women are completely different when it comes to our biological hardwiring when it comes to mate selection.
 
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Vol in Buckeye Land said:
Correlation doesn’t prove causation. Good physical health and fitness both make one more attractive on balance. Any professional or major college athlete is obviously going to be healthy and very fit. Therefore a disproportionate number of athletes will be attractive. Throw in the fact that pros have large incomes and can afford expensive grooming, clothing, etc. and it skews the effect even further.
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Absolutely agree. I made a similar point earlier. The traits that make a man good at sports are the same traits that women evolved to find attractive. It's the main reason why the best athletes tend to be good looking.

The only thing I've added is I believe we can use this correlation as a tool to help us predict future success. Similar to how a team with the higher recruiting classes is more likely to win a game over a team with the lesser recruiting classes. Now does that mean recruiting rank causes wins or losses? No it's simple a correlation that happens to generally be a good predictor of future success.

That's all I'm saying with regard to looks. The fact Joe Milton happens to look better than the other QBs on our roster leads me to think he has a better chance at success given this correlation.
 
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What did I just read 😂😂 OP I do like the confidence of heup and the team follows… he has been comfortable in the media all week he has a great game-plan ready.
 
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LadyVolette said:
Johnny Manziel.. he’s the ugliest dude I’ve ever seen lol
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Agreed. It's why he was such a monumental bust in the NFL. As Jay-Z once said " only so long fake thugs can pretend ".

I keep mentioning pro success because the timeline to being all-time great in professional sports is far longer than in college. In college, two great seasons can make you a legend. Two great seasons in the NFL can lead you to becoming the next Baker Mayfield.

Ugly athletes who skate by in college typically get exposed in the pros.
 
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Dobbs 4 Heisman said:
Agreed. It's why he was such a monumental bust in the NFL. As Jay-Z once said " only so long fake thugs can pretend ".

I keep mentioning pro success because the timeline to being all-time great in professional sports is far longer than in college. In college, two great seasons can make you a legend. Two great seasons in the NFL can lead you to becoming the next Baker Mayfield.

Ugly athletes who skate by in college typically get exposed in the pros.
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You are a persistent little booger aren’t you?
 
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OP girl, you’re right. Once I had enough vindication from girls my age, I developed an attitude around the “fact” that I’m good looking and it changed my life, really. However, this team seems mature beyond their years. The humble college ballers always seem to be the best, in the long run. See: Tebow vs Manziel
 
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kptvol1 said:
OP girl, you’re right. Once I had enough vindication from girls my age, I developed an attitude around the “fact” that I’m good looking and it changed my life, really. However, this team seems mature beyond their years. The humble college ballers always seem to be the best, in the long run. See: Tebow vs Manziel
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Vindication? Did you mean validation?
 
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