most people don't remember just how many Independent teams there were.

Oct 26, 2016
3:43:56pm

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Notre Dame, Boston College, Penn St., WVU, Pitt, Miami, Syracuse, Rutgers, Florida St., South Carolina, Va Tech were all Independents for a good while.

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Author

Time

More Independents?

justkeyrock

10/26/16 9:15am

If there were 3-4 more independents out there like BYU (with a secondary

JackStack

10/26/16 9:21am

If some of the big boys went independent

Oatmeal

10/26/16 9:29am

Texas was considering independence as recently as the summer, so was Air Force

PickleButton

10/26/16 9:38am

Link?

Everyman

10/26/16 11:53am

I wish Air Force would do it. They'd be a great independent partner IMO

YIsForBrigham

10/26/16 6:46pm

OK, I'll start dreaming a bit here. What if the last 4 games of the season were

JackStack

10/26/16 9:40am

You're correct. I would only take a few addition marquee indys.

lbmango

10/26/16 10:56am

ND doesn't care about us. Screw them

spugeddy24

10/26/16 11:07am

How ND views BYU football... Slam, bam, thankyou Ma'am.

CougarThug

10/26/16 12:40pm

RE: If there were 3-4 more independents out there like BYU (with a secondary

justkeyrock

10/26/16 9:54am

Can someone explain why ND and BYU don't have an annual game?

Heath Squashwell

10/26/16 11:00am

Had ND not made the deal with the ACC, then I think that an annual game would have been more likely.

Adrielle

10/26/16 11:03am

Supply and demand. They have 12 games a year and 128 teams that will play them

cougarstolz

10/26/16 11:06am

I sure wish we had that same luxury

Heath Squashwell

10/26/16 11:41am

Exactly. What is ND's rationale playing for an annual game w/ us? None.

Cougstreak

10/26/16 11:44am

Simple. They want to keep their 8-9 home games/year schedule....

bluefish

10/26/16 3:07pm

8 to 9 home games? Hmmmm......they have 7 this year, 7 2017, 7 2018

Cougstreak

10/26/16 3:20pm

Haha.... like any of those bloated Big 12 teams could take a financial haircut

kotacoug

10/26/16 9:24am

This is the issue. They don't have a clue how independence would impact revenue.

justkeyrock

10/26/16 9:51am

Texas and Oklahoma could.

Cyclogist

10/26/16 11:40am

Shhhhh...let's just let them keep thinking that Indy can work for them.

IndependentGeorge

10/26/16 9:44am

They absolutely should!!! So BYU can take their spot in the Big 12

Twin Roots

10/26/16 10:28am

Lot of things there that they don't seem to have a strong grasp of

Gustav

10/26/16 10:33am

The big teams could easily make more independent than in a conference

jsjohnson1278

10/26/16 10:46am

If 2-3 big programs with large following did go indi they

Dixie's Red Rocks

10/26/16 10:48am

I do think if the playoff expands, that a few more teams might go Independent.

Adrielle

10/26/16 11:01am

The way Texas handles itself, independence actually seems like their destiny.

JustKeyrock

10/26/16 4:48pm

WVU has been independent for most of its history (since 1891).

Mississippi

10/26/16 11:50am

most people don't remember just how many Independent teams there were.

VACOUGFAN

10/26/16 3:43pm

RE: most people don't remember just how many Independent teams there were.

JustKeyrock

10/26/16 4:59pm

It would be great for BYU if that many teams became Independents again.

Mississippi

10/26/16 5:15pm

"Perhaps he should spend more time on CB."

CougarThug

10/26/16 12:36pm

RE: "Perhaps he should spend more time on CB."

JustKeyrock

10/26/16 1:54pm

If there were more independents, it would work even better, actually

Bob Vance

10/26/16 2:13pm

Absolutely, I was just suggesting he was a bit naive.

JustKeyrock

10/26/16 2:23pm

People from West Virginia are known for being stupid.

DoseOfReality

10/26/16 2:42pm

That would prove all the WV stupid redneck jokes are true.

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