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Oct 7, 2015
6:47:02am

BYUFam1

You know this year BYU has either the Hawaii or Las Vegas bowl possibility

At the end of the year ESPN will make the best matchups with BYU taking the MWC spot in the Las Vegas bowl or will go to the Hawaii bowl...the MWC will put a team in the Hawaii bowl if BYU goes to the Las Vegas bowl.

So this year they had tiers to play for - CFP/NY6/Las Vegas/Hawaii...

So if you followed that fact there is still something to play for...

The more you know...

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BYUFam1

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Problem is not the coaches

10/6/15 10:04pm

The nothing to play for excuse is lame.

blueaussie

10/6/15 10:08pm

So what's there to play for?

10/6/15 10:09pm

The same thing Notre Dame has to play for.

CMuehle

10/6/15 10:15pm

Wrong

10/6/15 10:26pm

What did ND have to play for until 1969 when

CMuehle

10/6/15 10:35pm

Yup. BYU is not ND. But BYU is comparable to the 1980s eastern independents.

SteveOrr

10/6/15 10:42pm

In answer to your first question

10/6/15 10:43pm

Football players play for the same reasons now that they did in

CMuehle

10/6/15 10:53pm

what did the cal win do for BYU?

10/6/15 11:01pm

You're making my point for me.

CMuehle

10/6/15 11:04pm

Think of their celebration if they had just won a conference championship

10/6/15 11:06pm

Then we should drop to FCS and be a perennial National Championship contender.

BarraCouga

10/6/15 11:14pm

If you're suggesting that they'd have big celebrations if they

CMuehle

10/6/15 11:14pm

Here is my question to you

10/6/15 11:25pm

First, the reason BYU is one of the few teams

CMuehle

10/6/15 11:43pm

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10/6/15 11:27pm

National Ranking is preferable to an MWC Championship.

HighHorse

10/6/15 10:17pm

Problem with that argument is

10/6/15 10:23pm

Not a valid comparison.

10/6/15 11:50pm

last year we lost to 3 MWC teams.

HighHorse

10/7/15 6:03am

Competitive drive is stronger than any pointless conference championship

squirrelyearl

10/6/15 10:29pm

Well looked at it this way

10/6/15 10:34pm

How often are we ranked and how often to we go to a good bowl game?

OpusX

10/6/15 10:43pm

Not very often

10/6/15 10:49pm

Playing to win should be enough but I realize for many it is not.

blueaussie

10/6/15 10:30pm

You play to win the game. It's that simple. You play to win the game.

BarraCouga

10/6/15 10:36pm

so every school should just go independant if it's just about winning the game

10/6/15 10:54pm

That may be the worst logical leap in the history of Cougarboard. Quite a feat.

BarraCouga

10/6/15 10:59pm

but

10/6/15 11:03pm

Only if it's legit.

BarraCouga

10/6/15 11:08pm

It has worked well for Boise st.

10/6/15 11:14pm

We're not a truck driver school.

BarraCouga

10/6/15 11:19pm

I agree

10/6/15 11:30pm

So Texas should go to the MWC? Logic fall.

BarraCouga

10/6/15 11:37pm

funny thing

10/6/15 11:47pm

Boise is looking better right now than Texas. Texas should emasculate itself...

BarraCouga

10/7/15 1:20am

interestingly I remember thinking byu should go independent in the 80s/90s.

blueaussie

10/6/15 11:03pm

It's only enough in Fairyland. In the real world, it's meaningless.

P-townCoug

10/6/15 10:11pm

Utter bull-pucky.

CMuehle

10/6/15 10:16pm

Fantastic rebuttal.

P-townCoug

10/6/15 10:18pm

Every bit as thoughtful as the statement it rebuts.

CMuehle

10/6/15 10:35pm

not saying it is reality. Just saying it should be enough. I always play to win

blueaussie

10/6/15 10:33pm

Internal error message

10/6/15 10:32pm

Haha. Unfortunately some need more motivation than just winning.

blueaussie

10/6/15 10:34pm

One other thing...

wilsdad

10/7/15 6:31am

I agree with that but

10/7/15 7:09am

or maybe they aren't getting in to the nfl because they lack desire after one

blueaussie

10/7/15 9:21am

you must love preaseason NBA and NFL, too. right? MLB spring training! yay!

macaroni

10/7/15 8:04am

nope can't stand it but at least in those cases there is a greater purpose

blueaussie

10/9/15 11:30am

Although I do believe the coaching is suspect, I couldn't agree

P-townCoug

10/6/15 10:10pm

the arguments I've heard are 1- It's the only way to get into a P5 conference

franklyvulgar

10/6/15 10:13pm

I have heard the same thing problem is

10/6/15 10:20pm

BYU has said that Independence is not sustainable,my question is it P5 or bust

franklyvulgar

10/6/15 10:51pm

And we were one turf slip by Jurgens from being 4-1.

CougarThug

10/7/15 6:12am

Lavell was concerned about this when BYU went independent.

10/6/15 10:16pm

so how does it work when you don't have a conference championship to play for?

palangi

10/7/15 1:14am

I agree. What I wonder is if Notre Dame fans feel the same way? Excepting 2013,

mikeynolikey

10/6/15 10:26pm

If playing for the love of the game isn't enough, I don't want you on my team.

SoCalCoug

10/6/15 10:30pm

Really? So why even keep score?

10/6/15 10:36pm

You play to win the game. Why assume the competition isn't part of the love

SoCalCoug

10/6/15 10:39pm

i agree, and playing to win championship is part of that

10/6/15 10:48pm

Then why don't teams just quit when they're eliminated from a championship?

SoCalCoug

10/6/15 10:59pm

i think they do. See Alabama vs Utah. I think Alabama packed that game in.

10/6/15 11:12pm

These arguments belong in Utopia.

P-townCoug

10/6/15 11:18pm

Well said

10/6/15 11:31pm

Sorry, but what tangible thing, exactly, does BYU get

CMuehle

10/7/15 12:01am

You're the only one who's brought up MWC.

P-townCoug

10/7/15 9:13am

Nice strategy.

CMuehle

10/9/15 10:48am

That's ok, he probably doesn't want Pollyanna on his.

mikeynolikey

10/7/15 9:06am

I don't like Independence either. But our coaches are below average.

10/6/15 10:31pm

There are multiple problems. Independence is the biggest problem. Even ND is

Josef K

10/6/15 10:50pm

Academy. Navy is AAC

Colorado

10/6/15 10:56pm

Even Navy figured out they couldn't be independent.

Josef K

10/6/15 11:03pm

It's embarrassing. Not just that the players can't get motivated to

DH51

10/6/15 11:01pm

that was fun everyone. Thanks for the good discussion. I am off to bed, do it

10/6/15 11:18pm

Yeah, let's join the MWC and remove all doubt

Harrison0Yfan

10/6/15 11:26pm

Just curious

10/6/15 11:34pm

They could have 100 MWC trophies and I wouldn't trade.

BarraCouga

10/6/15 11:44pm

so you wouldn't take their BCS and NY6 bowl appearances

10/6/15 11:48pm

Not at that cost.

BarraCouga

10/7/15 12:40am

Nah. I like BYU and hope they succeed in their own way

Harrison0Yfan

10/7/15 2:48pm

wa wa wa wa wa wa wa feel like I stuck in nursery.

bald man

10/7/15 6:18am

agreed....wonding if bleedblues parents know he's up.

digitalayon

10/7/15 9:38am

You know this year BYU has either the Hawaii or Las Vegas bowl possibility

BYUFam1

10/7/15 6:47am

I feel bad Ibleedblue that you had to take on these fellers all by yourself.

cowhide

10/7/15 8:27am

What you guys want just sounds so boring though

Harrison0Yfan

10/7/15 2:52pm

for the record, BYU would have beaten Oklahoma or Washington in 1984

mikeynolikey

10/7/15 10:02pm

RE: Problem is not the coaches

Cougsanity

10/7/15 9:04am

you're stuck in the wrong decade

warp

10/7/15 9:10am

way off

digitalayon

10/7/15 9:36am

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