Prety much my thoughts exactly. Plus we were already scheduling some P5 teams as

Oct 12, 2017
10:49:18am

NorCal Cougar Contributor

a G5, and beating them didn't help get us into a P5. I'm not sure how beating them as an Indy (or not beating them as the case has been lately) would help any more.

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Independence or P5 is our only path to the playoffs under the current system...

youngm

10/11/17 10:01pm

Not sure why people are so concerned about this

TNT

10/11/17 10:03pm

Yeah, BYU isn't getting into the playoff anytime in the foreseeable future. They

cougaman

10/11/17 10:07pm

Need to start with a BCS bowl first and G5 is the easier way to get there.

NorCal Cougar

10/11/17 10:41pm

How does playing in a BCS bowl help?

youngm

10/11/17 10:50pm

It's a more intermediate goal that is: 1) easier to obtain than the playoff

NorCal Cougar

10/11/17 10:59pm

So, you believe joining a G5 will help us join a P5 better than independence?

youngm

10/11/17 11:12pm

Had the Big12 picked Byu over UH, independence would have had 0 to do with it.

Turbine

10/11/17 11:52pm

Dunno. But how has independence helped so far? I think it would be easier to get

NorCal Cougar

10/12/17 8:12am

The issue with the “just win” cop-out is that it ignores how our Indy schedules

Junior Deputy

10/12/17 7:02am

W could just as easily schedule bad teams to play in Provo without being in a

cougaman

10/12/17 10:09am

And be rewarded with a Poinsettia Bowl bid when we beat all of them.

Junior Deputy

10/12/17 2:47pm

First goal should be trying to finish in the top 25 playoff talk is laughable

franklyvulgar

10/11/17 10:12pm

When you’ve tasted the sweet nectar like BYU has before,

Bostonblue

10/11/17 10:31pm

BYU was extremely close in 2006 and 2007. But yeah, it has been 10 years. 9 years since Utah did it.

mulletino

10/11/17 10:47pm

Indy is a crappy path to the playoff and g5 is a crappy path. They are probably

cougtrain

10/11/17 11:47pm

We won't

Cougarealist

10/11/17 10:04pm

We "won't" ever win the NCAA tournament

youngm

10/11/17 10:45pm

NY6 is more achievable in a G5

franklyvulgar

10/11/17 11:05pm

Is NY6 the goal for you? No higher?

youngm

10/11/17 11:08pm

I think the chances of us making a playoff are the same as us in a P5 conference

franklyvulgar

10/11/17 11:20pm

We would be left out of playoffs going undefeated as Indy. Besides, we won't go

BlueForLife

10/12/17 7:08am

No.

Junior Deputy

10/11/17 10:14pm

That’s a joke. Houston was NEVER in the running for the playoffs.

DirtyWater

10/11/17 10:29pm

They were, actually. At the very least they were certainly closer than we will

Junior Deputy

10/12/17 6:52am

G5 and hope for playoff expansion. That is the best we have to look forward to

Countcougula

10/11/17 10:27pm

🙄

DirtyWater

10/11/17 10:28pm

RE: 🙄

Countcougula

10/11/17 10:36pm

He's not that far off. We're soon to be 1-6.

BlueForLife

10/12/17 7:09am

Sooooooooo.......you're saying there's a chance!

kolob32

10/11/17 10:42pm

Multiple G5 teams have better SOS than BYU. They also play a CCG.

Turbine

10/11/17 10:48pm

So, you're saying a G5 team with a high SOS because of a CCG can make it?

youngm

10/11/17 10:52pm

That a G5 chance could actually be better than BYU. Neither has a good chance.

Turbine

10/11/17 11:09pm

Possibly. But, as an independent we have much greater control over that chance?

youngm

10/11/17 11:13pm

Independence might be the worst path to the playoff. We dont have a championship

cougtrain

10/11/17 11:37pm

No way- as long as we keep pretending we’re not a G5 the playoff committee will

Junior Deputy

10/12/17 6:55am

Too much logic here Nice post!

BlueForLife

10/12/17 7:10am

Prety much my thoughts exactly. Plus we were already scheduling some P5 teams as

NorCal Cougar

10/12/17 10:49am

Who cares? We are so far from being a playoff team. Your point is irrelevant.

MoscowCoug

10/11/17 11:38pm

Conference affiliation is longer than a single year decision

youngm

10/12/17 11:24am

Who cares about the playoff? The system is set up against us. We'd have to go

IronPotato

10/12/17 12:53am

I say we just try and win a D1 game first.

Gerald-DeGroot

10/12/17 1:18am

Yewt Troll Alert.

Rocketman

10/12/17 2:44am

Honestly, neither gets us there. The five P5 conferences would fight to keep us

BlueForLife

10/12/17 7:00am

My point exactly. We should focus on getting a BCS bid which is more likely to

NorCal Cougar

10/12/17 10:51am

Thanks for everyone for the input

youngm

10/12/17 11:50am

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