It's their duty to be good enough to command good TV contracts.

Dec 5, 2016
5:00:39pm

Division Bell Redshirt Freshman

So many CFB teams are located in the middle of nowhere, but because they win over and over, there is a demand for their product. Each school (and their fans) have no one to blame for weak demand but themselves.

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Division Bell

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So whats the truth behind the MWC fan's claims that BYU screwed them over?

cheezedawg

12/5/16 4:52pm

Allegations that BYU tried to persuade SDSU and UNLV to jump to the WAC to make a great BB conference.

Kajdin

12/5/16 4:53pm

And Nevada and Fresno to stay in the WAC. But Hair scooped them.

Turnpike Lane

12/5/16 5:00pm

it was much more than a "scoop". Those two teams broke their word.

Cougarclaw

12/5/16 10:24pm

Sounds about right. It doesn't really matter though.

Wingnut

12/5/16 4:54pm

We created their conference, threw them millions of dollars over the years and the cried like little babies when we

SuperTank

12/5/16 4:54pm

Just remind them that every successful relationship depends on mutual sharing of

Division Bell

12/5/16 4:57pm

Like a successful man dumping his lowly housewife, right?

ALUF 1990

12/5/16 5:04pm

Nice, coming from a PAC12er.

Division Bell

12/5/16 5:05pm

At least we abandoned the wife for an upgrade. You just drove away. We have a

ALUF 1990

12/5/16 5:08pm

We're the new swinging single guy.

Division Bell

12/5/16 5:09pm

Very nice

ALUF 1990

12/5/16 5:12pm

For starters, BYU left a $1.5M a year deal for about 6x that. Comprende math?

Rocketman

12/5/16 5:10pm

BYU gets paid way more, and is on National TV way more and plays better teams

ayfan

12/5/16 5:10pm

What a stupid comparison.

SuperTank

12/5/16 5:14pm

Classless logical fallacy. We owe nothing to anyone. Screw that.

Harrison0Yfan

12/5/16 5:23pm

We're way better off than we were in the MWC. You saying that moving to a new conference is the only acceptable change?

Stalwart Man

12/5/16 5:54pm

Absurd.

Cougar Insider

12/5/16 7:09pm

BYU brought Utah with it everywhere we went. Then when it was time to

Cougarclaw

12/5/16 10:25pm

Our family is right here. On our board.

PGVikingDad

12/6/16 12:25am

You got your trophy wife, while

Archaea

12/6/16 12:46am

And that trophy wife is hanging with the SoCal pool boy.

TheHop

12/6/16 10:46am

RE: At least we abandoned the wife for an upgrade. You just drove away. We

RandomDude

12/6/16 7:49am

So its ok if it is an upgrade huh? I'm sure your wife feels very secure.

TheLoneCougar

12/6/16 8:29am

We abandoned the wife only after she chucked our only baby in the dumpster.

Megamind

12/6/16 8:56am

You're not going to win any arguments with that logic.

byujdmba

12/6/16 12:14pm

Curious metaphor for a school whose fanbase still can't seem to get over its ex

ogdencoug

12/6/16 1:04pm

You Utes are oddly obsessed with this subject

mobius

12/5/16 5:55pm

We screwed them alright. They all knew when we left they would lose the TV

Lance71

12/5/16 4:58pm

It's their duty to be good enough to command good TV contracts.

Division Bell

12/5/16 5:00pm

Though BYU had a much better option available (like Utah did), they didn't want us to take it because it would hurt them

Stalwart Man

12/5/16 5:55pm

This is how I remember it

IceBlue

12/5/16 5:00pm

So, BYU was promised third tier broadcasting rights but was then denied them.

PJMort

12/5/16 5:18pm

Yep, we called their bluff and won.

BYUSwoop

12/5/16 5:25pm

At least the MWC learned from that experience. They bent over backwards giving special treatment to Boise.

Stalwart Man

12/5/16 5:57pm

You forgot the part where Hair convinced Lying nevada and

Cougarclaw

12/5/16 10:28pm

Even before that, the MWC didn't invite Boise St., Fresno, and Houston,

boscatar

12/5/16 5:08pm

IIRC, the MWC was **almost** a BCS conference.

Archaeovagrant

12/5/16 11:12pm

None. They're ungrateful whiners.

YIsForBrigham

12/5/16 5:12pm

isn't the MTN network alive and well?

claw

12/5/16 5:24pm

InlandEmpYre

12/5/16 5:56pm

Don't forget the part that they were all complicit in not standing by BYU when

ol' Blue Eyes

12/5/16 5:31pm

RE: So whats the truth behind the MWC fan's claims that BYU screwed them over?

WestWyoCowboy

12/5/16 5:53pm

Wait.. So how was it that BYU "sought to dismantle the MWC". They just wanted to take their football team independent.

Stalwart Man

12/5/16 6:04pm

RE: Wait.. So how was it that BYU "sought to dismantle the MWC". They just

WestWyoCowboy

12/5/16 6:13pm

Uhhhh....

CoachSpeak

12/5/16 6:42pm

BYU is the villain in all of their scenarios.

mobius

12/5/16 6:45pm

whhaaaat? reality doesn't jive with your perception? no reply?

Cougarclaw

12/5/16 10:31pm

Lol yeah that never happened.

BengalCougar

12/6/16 12:26pm

Maximize exposure of all teams....LOL. Yeah that's a good one.

mobius

12/5/16 6:23pm

Well we're better at negotiativving than y'all are!

Harrison0Yfan

12/5/16 6:47pm

A polished turd is still a turd. The only thing keeping BYU in the turd that...

Cougar Insider

12/5/16 8:02pm

That's 5,000 more than 2 weeks earlier when they hosted a ranked SDSU team = 19K

farsurfer

12/6/16 1:12am

"Wanting" to maximize exposure and ability to do so are 2 different issues

fattycoug

12/5/16 8:39pm

The hatred predates independence by decades. And don't say all the teams wanted

Archaeovagrant

12/5/16 11:17pm

Wyoming grad Dick Cheney taught us all that wanting things to be true doesn't

JoeMamaBesser

12/5/16 11:33pm

RE: So whats the truth behind the MWC fan's claims that BYU screwed them over?

BengalCougar

12/6/16 12:36pm

The truth: BYU was their source of food stamps and BYU left them without stamps

Y4LYFE

12/5/16 6:56pm

Loose lips sink ships

ABCoug

12/5/16 8:32pm

BYU would still be in the MWC

RobDog

12/5/16 9:51pm

and rather than help us get the games on BYUtv. Hair took their side.

Cougarclaw

12/5/16 10:32pm

BYU would still be in for all but football if Hair and Co hadn't gone the trick

Cougarpolis

12/5/16 10:00pm

Considering BYU and Utah were literally the founding members and conerstones

Wedgetail

12/6/16 7:21am

You can believe either the school w/an honor code or those that hate us 4 it.

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