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May 5, 2015
7:17:15am
BYU football post National Championship
1985: 11-3, losses to UCLA, UTEP, and Ohio State; rank at end of season 17 UPI, 16 AP
1986: 8-5, losses to Washington, Colorado State, Oregon State, SDSU, UCLA; NR
1987: 9-4, losses to Pittsburgh, TCU, Wyoming, Virginia; NR
1988: 9-4, losses to Wyoming, SDSU, Utah, Miami; NR
1989: 10-3 losses to Washington State, Hawaii, Penn State; 22 AP, 18 UPI
1990: 10-3, losses to Oregon, Hawaii, and Texas A&M; 22 AP, 17 UPI
1991: 8-3-2, losses to Florida State, UCLA, and Penn State; tied SDSU and Iowa; 23 AP and CNN
1992: 8-5 losses to SDSU, UCLA, Hawaii, Notre Dame, and Kansas; 23 CNN, 25 AP
1993: 6-6 losses to UCLA, Notre Dame, Fresno State, USU, Utah, Ohio State; NR
1994: 10-3 losses to Colorado State, Arizona State, and Utah; 10 CNN, 18 AP
1995: 7-4 losses to Air Force, UCLA, Arizona State, Utah; NR
1996: 14-1 losses to Washington; 5 AP and CNN
1997: 6-5 losses to Washington, Rice, UTEP, New Mexico, Utah; NR
1998: 9-5 losses to Alabama, Washington, Fresno State, Air Force, Tulane; NR
1999: 8-4 losses to Virginia, Wyoming, Utah, Marshall; NR
2000: 6-6 losses to Florida State, Air Force, Mississippi State, Syracuse, SDSU, Colorado State; NR
2001: 12-2 losses to Hawaii and Louisville; 24 ESPN, 25 AP
2002: 5-7 losses to Nevada, Georgia tech, AFA, UNLV, CSU, UNM, and Utah; NR
2003: 4-8 losses to USC, Stanford, AFA, CSU, Wyo, BSU, Notre Dame, Utah; NR
2004: 5-6 losses to Stanford, USC, BSU, UNLV, UNM, Utah; NR
2005: 6-6 losses to BC, TCU, SDSU, Notre Dame, Utah, Cal; NR
2006: 11-2 losses to Arizona and BC; 15 coaches, 16 AP
2007: 11-2 losses to UCLA and Tulsa; 14 AP and coaches
2008: 10-3 losses to TCU, Utah, and Arizona; 21 coaches 25 AP
2009: 11-2 losses to Florida State and TCU; 12 coaches and AP
2010: 7-6 losses to AFA, Florida State, Nevada, USU, TCU, and Utah; NR
2011: 10-3 losses to Texas, Utah, TCU; 25 coaches, (26 RV AP)
2012: 8-5 losses to Utah, BSU, Oregon State, Notre Dame, and SJSU; NR
2013: 8-5 losses to Virginia, Utah, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, Washington; NR
2014: 8-5 losses to USU, UCF, Nevada, BSU, Memphis; NR

Since 1984:
-11 10 win seasons, 5 under LaVell, 1 with Crowton, and 5 with Bronco.
-13 seasons ending ranked in top 25, 7 Lavell, 1 Crowton, 5 Bronco

LaVell: 139-64-2 0.678
Crowton: 26-23 0.531
Bronco: 90-39 0.698

While I am not content with BYU's record over the past 5 seasons, when you look at BYU's trend since winning the National championship in 1984, Bronco has a slightly better winning percentage than LaVell and has a higher percentage of seasons being ranked at the end of the season.

The point I am trying to make is, BYU football is performing at roughly the same level as it did from 1985-2000 under LaVell and so blaming all the unhappiness of fans on Bronco is crazy. Are there reasons to be unhappy, sure, BYU has not gone to a BCX game while other teams have. BYU has lost 4 straight to Utah. With that said, I still think Broonco can do great things IF he retains control of the defense,
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