Good poll. We need to discuss this more, because I think that a lot of the

Oct 22, 2014
5:19:05pm

newey-west

anxiety related to being an independent AND BYU's current "down" spell can be put into perspective if we settle on some realistic expectations.

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What are your realistic expectations for BYU year in and year out?

newey-west

10/22/14 4:14pm

Win all the games they should win and another 1 or 2 that they shouldn't

Tare

10/22/14 4:17pm

How are you going to identify games BYU should win?

newey-west

10/22/14 5:21pm

This is how I break this down...

Heinz57

10/22/14 6:04pm

Here's how we have done.

Blue Cat

10/22/14 6:11pm

RE: Here's how we have done.

Heinz57

10/22/14 6:33pm

55/45 in BYU’s favor against upper P5’s

So it goes...

10/22/14 6:43pm

I see that as over the long term

Heinz57

10/22/14 7:59pm

I would go along with that if

So it goes...

10/22/14 11:18pm

Your targets were pretty much spot on except for the top P5

Blue Cat

10/22/14 6:45pm

win the confer . . . . . oh, wait

lightmann

10/22/14 4:20pm

Agree with you. about the NC, it'll take a couple years, but the

molodyets

10/22/14 4:25pm

Anything can happen--just have to keep building the program.

newey-west

10/22/14 5:21pm

Every year? Win the bowl game.

Blue Cat

10/22/14 4:29pm

As much as some on here hate it I would be very happy with your every season

AFcoug7

10/22/14 4:30pm

a lot of this depends on where BYU is playing

brooklyncougar

10/22/14 4:34pm

With the way things are going I expect there to be no BYU FB in 10 years.

BYUflynn

10/22/14 4:38pm

Assume that BYU is an independent forever

newey-west

10/22/14 5:17pm

you gotta beat utah about 50% of the time to stay relevant imo.

johnnycarson

10/22/14 4:34pm

Beating Utah is overblown nowadays

boorad

10/22/14 4:53pm

they're our rival. can't shy away from it or diminish it.

johnnycarson

10/22/14 4:58pm

I'm just being realistic about the state of the rivalry right now

boorad

10/22/14 5:03pm

I couldn't care less about Utah.

newey-west

10/22/14 5:19pm

well if you played or coached for byu you're asked about the utah game all

johnnycarson

10/22/14 5:22pm

It matters to the Utah media because that's how they generate revenue. It

newey-west

10/22/14 5:30pm

Win *most* of the games you're supposed to. Be competitive in the ones you don't

Twin Roots

10/22/14 4:35pm

Can you tell me how you're going to identify games that BYU "should" win?

newey-west

10/22/14 5:18pm

Last 5 years < my expectations < 1984

youngbuck

10/22/14 4:44pm

Poll which I think relates to your post

concolor couguar

10/22/14 4:49pm

Good poll. We need to discuss this more, because I think that a lot of the

newey-west

10/22/14 5:19pm

Based on the last 3 weeks. CB expectation is beat the spread every week.

Lance71

10/22/14 4:59pm

Aren't those what Bronco's goals are?

AFcoogPT

10/22/14 5:28pm

I hope that Bronco is reaching for National Championships, but if he's measuring

newey-west

10/22/14 5:31pm

To play well enough to get into a P5 conf. Then play well enough to

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