Notre Dame has annual opponents, where both sides really love the "rivalry". Makes scheduling much easier too. For Notre Dame this is:
1--USC
2--Navy
3--Stanford
4--Purdue
BYU is a few short on this---we need more. And it needs to be two-sided.
1--Utah (but their AD has an inferiority complex, and wants to one-up BYU, and get out of it)
2--Boise (best current rivalry BYU has)
3---USU (inferiority complex, little brother)
BYU needs about 2-3 more ANNUAL rivalries to sustain Independence, but we haven't found them. I would be happy if Hawaii and SDSU were annual games. But those schools have to want it.