03-13-2007, 06:58 PM | #1 |
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BYU is the only mid-major that is really a BCS
team in terms of size, support, etc.
I find it sad that we can't even throw our weight around in our own conference. It's for this reason that I vote we leave the MWC now and go independent. And let the major conferences know that we would look at inclusion if they were interested. It's high-time to get out of the MWC. We don't belong. We don't get any respect. |
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03-13-2007, 09:33 PM | #3 |
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It would be funny if BYU just became a "BCS" school in football without being invited to a conference. Go Independent, schedule six Pac Ten teams, four Big 12 or Big Ten teams, add Utah and Hawaii to the schedule and call it good. You could hit all the recruiting hot spots. I would be willing to pay alot more for season tickets if we got some new teams in. I'm not sure how it would work in basketball.
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Going independent would be the death knell for the program.
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BYU would be absolutely foolish to leave without a contract signed with a Major network first. And well...good luck on that ever happening. BYU is not Notre Dame
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03-14-2007, 12:30 AM | #7 |
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When you mention a schedule of six Pac-10 schools and four Big 12 schools, I'm sure any of them would welcome BYU into their home, but how many of the teams who are consistently over .500 would be willing to travel to Provo?
I know that in the recent past BYU has managed to secure home and home series with Notre Dame and USC (of course at the time of scheduling, nobody knew USC would be ranked #1 both years), however has it become more difficult to draw big name programs to LES, in the age of the BCS? |
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Throw in some rare games with Texas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Michigan, Penn St., and Iowa. Don't get me wrong, I don't think BYU would go 10-2 with this type of schedule very often. I'd be thrilled with 8-4 or 9-3 and have them play some new blood. It's hard to get excited about Wyoming or Colorado St. |
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