hence, BYU is playing ISU. BYU HAS to beat that home schedule by at least by 17 points. It has to be a spanking because the first three travel games are P5 teams, need to win (close) or lose (close). Losing BIG to those P5 teams won't help BYU as they get closer to P5 entrance.
Just won't happen. I always prefer to play UP, but that is me and that has been my mandate for a very very long time.