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Originally Posted by Indy Coug
What makes you think anyone cared about BYU when they were on ESPN? The only time they got serious attention was when they played Penn State, Florida State or Miami on ESPN. IOW, it wasn't BYU they were interested in, it was the fans of the team they were playing.
The other appearances on ESPN versus AFA, SDSU and so forth just didn't get anyone outside of the MWC footprint all that excited.
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exposure, exposure, exposure.
When you are the only football game on TV, you get exposure (i.e. Thursday night ESPN games back in the day).
More college football fans today are familiar with Boise St., than they are BYU.