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Sep 24, 2017
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dadofkhec
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So BYU continues to wander in the wilderness of independence until one day
When our AD finds a Liahona on the ground outside of his office?
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Is this what the end of Independence looks like?
mtnKat
9/24/17 10:46am
You pretty much nailed it.
ABCoug
9/24/17 10:49am
Nope, you got it right.
rerunc
9/24/17 10:51am
AAC is not a current option according to Mike Aresco
bcriddle
9/24/17 10:13pm
With due respect Ben, I just listened to it again and that's not what he said.
mannheimadler
9/25/17 1:05pm
Pretty good summary
TNT
9/24/17 10:52am
We don't want MWC or AAC. Indy it is for the forseeable future.
LiveCoug
9/24/17 10:54am
Seems there are no good options. Everybody sucks, and I hate everything.
sgriff
9/24/17 10:58am
You too?
TNT
9/24/17 11:04am
Probably.
sgriff
9/24/17 12:05pm
So BYU continues to wander in the wilderness of independence until one day
dadofkhec
9/24/17 10:59am
Independence IS a humbling, bumbling failure
CallingDingo
9/24/17 11:27am
Seven years worth of data support this but Cougar nation prefers to cling to a
mm73
9/24/17 11:55am
Isn't 7 years famine a sign of the times?
8Bcougar
9/24/17 11:59am
It's definitely a sign that something is working as planned
insidebyu
9/24/17 6:37pm
I would be all for conference affiliation if we could keep espn contract.
kolob32
9/24/17 11:37am
Let's be fair to TCU. They didn't "break up the MWC." We left before they did.
mannheimadler
9/24/17 11:57am
^^^this.
Skysthelimit
9/24/17 3:55pm
So true. Not to mention, we had TWO shots at joining BIG-12. uuuggghhh!!
insidebyu
9/24/17 6:38pm
Give the football program to UVU but keep the uniforms the same &
Y4LYFE
9/24/17 12:12pm
Brilliant play! We could call it "Boise State South"
insidebyu
9/24/17 6:39pm
I think the Honor Code, LDS affiliation, recruiting base and recruiting limitations are far more detrimental to
byuTX
9/24/17 12:14pm
Agreed - without some type of tweak the HC affiliation
HerkCoug
9/24/17 2:37pm
I agree - unless AAC inclusion were done in secret and then announced
License To Ill
9/24/17 12:15pm
I think I would enjoy watching us play AAC schools though. Much more than MWC.
License To Ill
9/24/17 12:17pm
Don't you just hate Social Justice
Cougtruth
9/24/17 12:55pm
Whose definition of social justice? Yours, I'm assuming?
License To Ill
9/24/17 4:02pm
The kind where society has the same rules for everyone. Religion will always be
Polecat
9/24/17 6:03pm
Oh really? Is that what's happening?
License To Ill
9/24/17 7:29pm
They don't have to be ok with it. Religion has too often prevented society
Polecat
9/24/17 7:44pm
I'm not in favor of religion forcing their views on all. By the same token
License To Ill
9/24/17 8:01pm
Anyway, you can have last word. You know you're morally and intellectually
License To Ill
9/24/17 8:06pm
Made up term used seriously by you = sycophantic troll.
Ash
9/24/17 6:36pm
The landscape could change in an instant. TH knows that and wants us available
SUAVO
9/24/17 12:27pm
Like it's so hard to get out of a non-p5 conference. The argument that we need
cougtrain
9/24/17 12:47pm
Isn't the aac exit fee around 10 million? Many of those schools were willing
SUAVO
9/24/17 4:19pm
More about perception - confer need have allowed
truecougster
9/24/17 6:57pm
Hallow wishes
insidebyu
9/24/17 6:46pm
We don't, and nobody says we will, but a multitude of things can happen
SUAVO
9/24/17 6:54pm
Is that code for "Champagne Wishes & Caviar Dreams?
Tsisquan
9/24/17 11:46pm
The lawyer was with the Big East...stop the revisionist history.
BYUSwoop
9/24/17 1:56pm
I love the urban legend that BYU passed on the Big 12.
ataylor
9/24/17 2:02pm
I don't know what really happened, but the BIG 12 was in a very fragile state,
Ocho Cuatro
9/24/17 4:55pm
Big-12 clearly has some dysfunctions but they are much better off than we are
insidebyu
9/24/17 6:49pm
They are now. They were at risk of collapsing when BYU was in talks.
Ocho Cuatro
9/24/17 9:24pm
The thing is had they collapsed BYU would have landed in the exact same spot
ABCoug
9/26/17 5:50pm
And the "piece of work' attorney kept us from joining the Big East, not the
NewMexiCoug
9/24/17 8:44pm
BYU get rid of sports.
TutumTeRoboreReddam
9/24/17 2:55pm
Too much tradition. This will never happen unless we begin to have
Skysthelimit
9/24/17 4:02pm
It will work out, if it's meant to...
truecougster
9/24/17 4:02pm
RE: It will work out, if it's meant to...
longtimeYfan
9/24/17 4:46pm
Agree - some on here don't like to hear that it's
truecougster
9/24/17 6:48pm
All the talk of Independence no longer being sustainable
CougarsFanSince80s
9/24/17 4:03pm
He's stated in the past it's not sustainable long term Bronco also echoed this
franklyvulgar
9/24/17 5:32pm
I agree that at some point it will no longer be the way to go but
CougarsFanSince80s
9/24/17 7:55pm
Yep, people just want to react to the losses. Knee jerk reaction to the stupid.
BYUSwoop
9/24/17 6:12pm
No, it's just that once we inevitably lose a couple of games in Sept (like we do
Run-DMT
9/24/17 6:25pm
Fair analysis...
insidebyu
9/24/17 6:34pm
I think it's conceivable that BYU addresses the HC issue
cajuncoug
9/24/17 6:43pm
Sure, but what should give us all the cold sweats at night...
insidebyu
9/24/17 6:51pm
Nah. Do that and we permanently brand ourselves as Amish of the Rockies
cajuncoug
9/24/17 9:05pm
Take away Indy Sched and TV exposure? Bye bye recruits.
Katewot
9/24/17 9:22pm
Really? Has recruiting been any better since we've gone indy?
sgriff
9/24/17 9:25pm
Where are our hot shot Indy WRs? We've got a couple of JC transfers, local guys
Run-DMT
9/25/17 10:40am
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