Lead to suffering......
We scheduled a tough, physical P5 slate to start the year. Even at BYUs best were not physical enough to handle that. Few teams are.
Unless we get P5 funding and regular top 40 recruiting classes, we will never have the athletes to handle these schedules.
If you want to stay Independent then schedule more conservatively in the future. Mix in an easier team or two between big name teams. You don't have to schedule fewer tough teams, just spread it out more and give yourself a chance to be healthy late in the year.