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Jun 27, 2019
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shakarocks
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This one's easy
BYU has no agreement and no power to force the issue. Those that hold the power will dismiss BYU because they can.
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Seems like many have forgotten or are too young to remember Independence Day
Mister P
6/26/19 12:49pm
Cool exhibition game schedules do not excite
CallingDingo
6/26/19 12:52pm
Playing for a meaningless conf title and the chance to play a P5 team at the end of the year is better than playing 4+
monkeycowboy
6/26/19 12:57pm
Conference titles are not meaningless
CallingDingo
6/26/19 1:00pm
Different football world.
O Gaucho
6/26/19 1:04pm
Oh I get it
CallingDingo
6/26/19 1:14pm
They only hold whatever meaning we assign them...
CoachSpeak
6/26/19 1:05pm
That's basically all of sports.
ekiben
6/26/19 11:43pm
They absolutely are. I dont care about participation trophies for beating Tulane or Wyoming. Now that BYU is trying to
monkeycowboy
6/26/19 1:08pm
Totally meaningless in today’s college football
jes2332
6/26/19 1:12pm
Bingo...winner of the losers bracket
BYUButters
6/27/19 12:01am
It is meaningless in the sense it doesn’t guarantee anything or net BYU any gain
gww687
6/26/19 2:08pm
Ok... it's meaningless... great... so what does BYU net right now?
Coug
6/26/19 2:09pm
Better schedule, not have to be in the sucky MWC, better TV
jes2332
6/26/19 2:17pm
Better schedule? Boise State had a better SOS than us last year... Navy had a better SOS than us...
Coug
6/26/19 2:39pm
Boise did, barely. Neither Navy or any other AAC team had better SOS. Link below
here's to hoping
6/26/19 3:54pm
Here's what I used....
Coug
6/26/19 3:59pm
Navy was the only AAC team with a better schedule than BYU last year
Still Questing
6/26/19 4:44pm
Why are you saying MWC, nobody is talking about the MWC, heck even INDY is
blackshirts
6/26/19 6:16pm
A guaranteed trip to the Hawaii Bowl!!!! Hooray!!!
Truerblue
6/26/19 2:20pm
It's not guaranteed by any stretch
BYU Fan
6/26/19 2:22pm
BYU is the G5 🏆 "Most P5 Games Champs" 🏆 With a 81 and 61 SOS the last
blackshirts
6/26/19 3:24pm
How many Ny6 games did we win in the MWC? I love how the assumption is we would start going to and winning them
monkeycowboy
6/26/19 3:26pm
No, but you'd have a much higher chance than the current proven track.
blackshirts
6/26/19 3:30pm
Please explain how BYU's chances would increase significantly in a G5 conference
Byron McNertney
6/26/19 4:06pm
It's not significant but BYU could still loss one or two games, win the
blackshirts
6/26/19 4:18pm
9 years ago, college football changed. We didn't catch a ride and neither did
here's to hoping
6/26/19 4:09pm
They are if it's with the mediocre MWC or ACC. It's like getting a high school
Jasbo
6/26/19 4:20pm
This is total crap!!!!!!!!!!!!
blackshirts
6/26/19 6:34pm
The only "crap" are the teams in the G5. Win or lose, I'd rather witness games
Jasbo
6/26/19 10:18pm
*G5
Jasbo
6/26/19 10:27pm
Check SOS of AAC teams vs BYU. BYU was 61 2018, 81, 2017.
blackshirts
6/27/19 7:49am
By the way, the post wasn't about playing USC, it was about playing many
Jasbo
6/26/19 10:25pm
You do realize that having a conference championship allows you to play one more
Truerblue
6/26/19 2:45pm
Cool. Not being in the MWC means i dont have to go to games in ABQ or Laramie. It also means i can have 3 p5 teams
monkeycowboy
6/26/19 3:01pm
Those should be fun games if you're a BYU fan.... (sarcasm intented)
Truerblue
6/26/19 3:41pm
And AAC does?
JohnnyComeLately
6/26/19 2:41pm
This isn't the NFL. Every game counts in college, which is why it's much better
zerome4sooners
6/26/19 5:22pm
They want individual player awards voted by coaches and media that couldn't care
BlackBart
6/26/19 12:53pm
We play UMASS, Tennessee and USF 2000 miles away this year and for what again?
Coug
6/26/19 12:57pm
for football
Belboz
6/26/19 1:02pm
Go follow USU if you want to watch a local G5 team play other inter region g5 teams. Ive gone the rounds with you on
monkeycowboy
6/26/19 1:09pm
Cause I don't want us to be Independent and feel we should play teams more at out level...
Coug
6/26/19 1:26pm
Yessir! I say we take your defeatist attitude and vote ya off the island. You and your cow lovin friends can go have
monkeycowboy
6/26/19 1:31pm
Fine by me at this point... I really don't want to be associated with BYU fans at the moment... vote a way
Coug
6/26/19 1:37pm
A little thin skinned aren't ya?
bushy7
6/26/19 1:48pm
The arrogance, the myopic utopia view of our current situation is simply nauseating
Coug
6/26/19 2:08pm
Sounds like a bandwagon fan to me
archie
6/26/19 2:51pm
Oh well
Coug
6/26/19 2:55pm
Arrogant BYU fans like this reaffirm my decision to cheer for the Aggies now!
Truerblue
6/26/19 2:26pm
Sounds like a party. Glad you enjoy ogden.
monkeycowboy
6/26/19 2:34pm
Better than Lehi....
Truerblue
6/26/19 2:35pm
No it isn't...
CoachSpeak
6/26/19 2:41pm
Maybe if all the BYU fans lived there you could make that argument
puntersarepeople
6/26/19 4:04pm
Just for the record... Aggie fans can be pretty dang arrogant as well... and they've got 2 seasons in 20 years...
Coug
6/26/19 2:45pm
Yes, yes they can be. I used to cheer for BYU, I went to school at USU and
Truerblue
6/26/19 2:57pm
How many games do you get to watch on facebook or on construction cam this year? 😂😂😂
monkeycowboy
6/26/19 3:02pm
It really does!! It's fun to cheer for a winning team. If I were a BYU fan I
Truerblue
6/26/19 3:36pm
Talk about arrogance
puntersarepeople
6/26/19 4:06pm
Who cares how big the fanbase is? USU is currently higher in all the stats that
Truerblue
6/26/19 4:14pm
Hmmm... And yet, here you are, on a BYU fan site. Shouldn't you be celebrating
Emmett Fitz-Hume
6/26/19 4:47pm
so USU has several "firsts" against BYU in the past couple of years and all of
BlueSioux
6/26/19 4:58pm
The team that can’t get any games on TV? 😂😉
puntersarepeople
6/27/19 10:47am
And I’m sure I can speak for most BYU fans when I say “glad you’re gone”...
CoachSpeak
6/26/19 5:01pm
the only reason you go through fewer tissues than him is your abundance of socks
Belboz
6/27/19 10:10am
You need help!
blackshirts
6/27/19 12:15pm
I want to win games and if it takes "little man football" (We aren't P5 so we
AlphaCoug
6/26/19 8:05pm
So we don’t have to play Wyoming in Laramie and
kotacoug
6/26/19 1:21pm
but it isn't every other year and those are worthwhile destinations
BlackBart
6/26/19 1:22pm
Because Tennessee and USF are very good programs
puntersarepeople
6/26/19 2:38pm
Unfortunately it is "too hard" parlty because of lack of willingness to pay to improve from the admin
Deleted
6/26/19 12:55pm
Far from a great feeling... it was a feeling of desperation...
Coug
6/26/19 12:56pm
Wrong. It WAS a great feeling to leave the MWC!
BYURider
6/26/19 1:02pm
No it wasn't. We saw hallucinations while Utah went to a P5.
Iki_Balam
6/26/19 2:25pm
It was real to me! I also believe in placebo medicine!
BYURider
6/26/19 6:22pm
Independent BYU gets a full one-third of their P5 opponents to show up in Provo
Indy Coug
6/26/19 12:57pm
Are you saying we don't get P5 opponents in Provo? I don't follow.
rggee
6/26/19 1:21pm
Indy Coug, you are right about past games but not going forward.
Coogar2
6/26/19 3:29pm
It was a great day
BYU Fan
6/26/19 1:00pm
I honestly think we should have stayed.
Iki_Balam
6/26/19 2:30pm
It was a refreshing rationalization and reaction to Utah Joining the P12
newbie
6/26/19 1:05pm
It was the same feeling as hiring Detmer. Cool! and what? at the same time.
mudpupper
6/26/19 1:23pm
AMEN! MWC game stunk, traveling to watch those away games stunk & bowls stunk
BallisLife
6/26/19 1:50pm
I get to watch Utah, USC, Washington and Boise St. in Provo, in person this year
Coogar2
6/26/19 2:08pm
I dont miss the seething one-tooth drunks of Wyoming
Iki_Balam
6/26/19 2:32pm
Independence was a knee-jerk reaction to Utah moving up
shakarocks
6/26/19 2:46pm
Independence was the right thing to do.
BlueFever
6/26/19 8:39pm
You seem convinced... So, explain to me what INDY has done for BYU FB and BB
blackshirts
6/26/19 9:10pm
Are you trying to tell me that BYU would've been better had they stayed in the
BlueFever
6/26/19 9:21pm
Somebody please explain to me how an 11-1 Independent BYU
BlueFever
6/27/19 11:42am
Certainly could if none of those 11 have good seasons. It's not unheard of for
Still Questing
6/27/19 11:47am
I don't buy it. BYU isn't that much of a pariah.
BlueFever
6/27/19 11:55am
I don't think of BYU as a pariah either,
Still Questing
6/27/19 12:14pm
This one's easy
shakarocks
6/27/19 12:06pm
EXPOSURE!!!!!!
shakarocks
6/27/19 7:42am
I think the right thing to do was get into the BIG12 at all cost instead of
blackshirts
6/26/19 8:56pm
The only chance BYU gets a P5 invite is if the church gets out of the school.
BlueFever
6/27/19 11:45am
There was talk about going independent back in 1997 and even before that.
Byron McNertney
6/26/19 9:00pm
Two words: Sunk Costs
memento
6/26/19 3:47pm
RE: Seems like many have forgotten or are too young to remember Independence Day
WJCougar
6/26/19 3:57pm
I doubt anyone on CB was alive, let alone can remember July 4, 1776
puntersarepeople
6/26/19 4:08pm
MWC without Utah and TCU and getting screwed in third tier game rights.
PJMort
6/26/19 4:48pm
We've always had a couple good P5 opponents for decades. Imo, people w/ this
MatthiasG
6/26/19 6:31pm
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