Call it what you want. Just don't call it a true road game. It's way more neutral than road.

Mar 26, 2017
10:41:48pm

The Dude Abides All-American

We're talking about not playing in one of the most heralded home field advantages in all of college football. Lol. I'd say Reliant is a pretty sweet deal for us.

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Don't tell me our schedule isn't p5-worthy & enticing recruits. Tre Greene tweet

BamaCoug

3/26/17 7:30pm

I don't think it is P5 worthy, but maybe better than any other G5

BlueFrog

3/26/17 7:34pm

#41 on this CBS article

Crush4

3/26/17 7:43pm

Playing LSU and Wisconsin helps with that. It's the 7 meaningless, awful games that make our

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 7:46pm

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kunarcougar

3/26/17 8:01pm

I'll give you a PAC 12 schedule at random. Let's say Oregon State.

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 8:06pm

Let's do Washington now.

chilango

3/26/17 9:17pm

Already did.

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 9:19pm

That was weak sauce. See my reply.

chilango

3/26/17 9:24pm

Agree. See my "not even close?" reply just below for some examples.

BamaCoug

3/26/17 8:06pm

Don't be too dismissive of the games at ECU and at Hawaii, at least not yet. ECU

chilango

3/26/17 9:11pm

Our struggling in those games or not has nothing to do with the fact they are two of the worst teams in the country.

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 9:20pm

Things can change very quickly in this regard; those who ignore history are

chilango

3/26/17 9:26pm

Why R you bringing data/facts into this argument? Everyone knows P5 schedules R

BamaCoug

3/26/17 8:08pm

If we had a typical Big12 schedule, this board would be giddy about having our best and most

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 8:20pm

Not even close to a P5 schedule. Pretty decent schedule for us since going Indy though.

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 7:36pm

Not even close?

BamaCoug

3/26/17 8:05pm

I think those are night and day different because of their conference schedules. You said it best. Our last half of the

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 8:09pm

You give the P5 status too much credit IMO. We are stronger at the top of sked

BamaCoug

3/26/17 8:23pm

I think it's absolute lunacy to say our schedule even compares. We play two great teams. 3 good teams. And 8 bad teams.

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 8:28pm

Then how do you explain the CBS ranking of our schedule being harder than 25 P5?

BamaCoug

3/26/17 8:40pm

LSU and Wisconsin help an awful lot. I don't know how you can look at a schedule with those

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 8:45pm

Don't like being wrong huh? You sound like the village idiot.

SaintGeorgeYFan

3/27/17 12:13am

Way to reply respectfully. You disagree. Great.

flavordave

3/27/17 10:01am

Actually, it's the nicest thing he has ever said to me. I thought it was kind of a nice moment.

The Dude Abides

3/27/17 10:03am

Pretty sure that's not a CBS ranking. That's some random dude named Matt Smith

Scratch

3/26/17 9:33pm

P.S. I could have missed something, but that's how it looks to me

Scratch

3/26/17 9:38pm

I think it's a relative difficulty, not an absolute one.

Byu_1988

3/26/17 10:11pm

Washington's schedule:

BamaCoug

3/26/17 8:49pm

I see 4 bad games (counting Oregon State which BYU fans would call a good game simply because they're P5),

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 8:54pm

So BYU and the 25 P5 teams with worse schedules don't play a P5 schedule?

CougarThug

3/26/17 9:01pm

I disagree with the rankings you are referencing. I think in those rankings, we are getting

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 9:05pm

Arizona isn't bad? And what were their toughest road games, and how far away?

chilango

3/26/17 9:23pm

I'll give you Arizona is bad. Valid point. We're looking at teams on the schedule. We have

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 9:27pm

Your comment on road games and order of games as a component of SOS?

chilango

3/26/17 9:28pm

Okay. Neutral against LSU. Home against Wisconsin, Utah, Boise. Road game against Miss St.

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 9:33pm

If you believe the game vs LSU is neutral, then please call my admin to set up

chilango

3/26/17 9:46pm

It's not being played in LSU's stadium. If you think it's a true road game, you need to understand how

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 9:50pm

If you really think playing LSU in Houston is neutral, then I'm done wasting my

chilango

3/26/17 9:55pm

Lol. They're stadium is one of the most intimidating places to play a game in all of college football. Lol

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 10:12pm

Guaranteed that KenPom would label this a "semi-away" game for the Cougs. No way is it "neutral"

HarlemCoug

3/26/17 10:39pm

Call it what you want. Just don't call it a true road game. It's way more neutral than road.

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 10:41pm

Nice to see you switch the argument, from "it's really a neutral site, I

chilango

3/26/17 10:41pm

For what it's worth, Cougarboard would collectively flip out if we played this schedule.

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 9:11pm

Agree CB would flip out 4 that Sked; because it would mean we're in the PAC12!

BamaCoug

3/26/17 9:14pm

You missed Washington.

chilango

3/27/17 10:29am

Tougher than 25 P5 scheds according to CBS...

yfootball

3/26/17 8:06pm

(Link) according to CBS how our sched ranks

thenational

3/26/17 8:24pm

Agree, & the idea of BYU playing a P5-like sked is permeating into national...

BamaCoug

3/26/17 8:33pm

I think it's a better schedule than G5s. Not as good as P5 schedules.

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 8:41pm

Yet better than 25 P5 schedules. Your argument ignores that little gem

CougarThug

3/26/17 9:03pm

I don't have the list. Who is one of the teams worse than us? I'll show you where I'm coming from. In fact, give me the

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 9:06pm

Oh please. Historically many SEC teams hardly ever even left their home state.

ArchbishopMitty

3/26/17 10:14pm

And if we played the schedules you are talking about, our fans would say it was our toughest schedule ever.

The Dude Abides

3/26/17 10:17pm

Not even close??? You just sound like a hater. It's pretty close IMO. Just my 2

RUNBYU1

3/27/17 10:14am

I would rather see a "WHO TRE COVERED IN '17" list ala Chad Johnson.

WhyKnot

3/26/17 7:41pm

You're crazy if you think are schedule is P5 worthy, with that said it is

ColumbusCoug

3/26/17 7:41pm

Indy is a good gig for BYU. Definitely more beneficial then G5 and in some ways

Mark320

3/26/17 7:43pm

Phil Steele ranks all of the schedules preseason. Anyone know what he ranked ours for 2017? I'd better it's better

HarlemCoug

3/26/17 7:44pm

It will be ranked better than many, easily.

Crush4

3/26/17 7:45pm

Excited about LSU, Utah, Wisconsin, and Miss. State.

Byu_1988

3/26/17 7:45pm

Boise State and ECU are great matchups

BrutustheBrash

3/26/17 7:59pm

No MAC team on the schedule UMASS is Indy now

BYUFam1

3/26/17 8:33pm

This topic always comes up & a spitting contest quickly ensues. Think we can all agree that BYU schedules

soupie

3/26/17 8:19pm

Good points. But I'd quibble with your statement that our schedule "is tougher..

BamaCoug

3/26/17 8:37pm

Except for Memphis, Navy, Boise, Houston, Colorado st and I stopped

BlueFrog

3/26/17 8:41pm

Believe it was "far tougher than a typical G5" which I think is what you're saying too. Feel free to remove

soupie

3/26/17 8:43pm

And our schedules keep getting better too. We'll get where we need to go

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