I don't think anyone on here

Aug 20, 2018
3:21:31am

Spocougar All-American

really knows what went on with the first round of expansion and how realistic it was for BYU to join the Big XII at that time. I don't know how much was in Tom's and the Board of Directors' hands and how much was beyond our control.

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IF you had a time machine, and could go back in time 10 years, what different choices/decisions made by BYU Athletics

whitey1980 Strong Safety

8/20/18 2:42am

I don't think anyone on here

Spocougar

8/20/18 3:21am

I'm pretty sure that the second "opportunity" to join the Big XII

Spocougar

8/20/18 3:24am

I'm in NO WAY implying that I know anything about BYU's negotiation(s) with the Big XII. I am NOT a sports insider.

whitey1980

8/20/18 3:38am

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shakarocks

8/20/18 7:37am

I’d have been more transparent with MWC on leaving for INDY.

SouthernBlueBlood

8/20/18 4:30am

Ignored all emails about Brandon Davies until after the season.

mobomanjoe

8/20/18 4:32am

RE: Ignored all emails about Brandon Davies until after the season.

Iki_Balam

8/20/18 9:22am

So ignore emails or nip in the bud right away? These two

UNHuskerCoug

8/20/18 10:20am

Well they didn't do either, so...

Iki_Balam

8/20/18 12:29pm

Keep Ricks football program going

Hill4Heisman

8/20/18 6:19pm

Keep Anae as OC after 2010.

Y05

8/20/18 5:06am

It was so weird the way that all went down.

Left Shark Coug

8/20/18 6:02am

Set BYU's offensive line back for close to a decade.

ldssdl

8/20/18 6:23am

This. BYU with an established offensive brand in Indy would be a nice change.

CaliWG

8/20/18 9:00am

This was probably the biggest on the field issue for me.

kolob32

8/20/18 9:22am

This this this this this loved that offense.

CougaRR4L

8/20/18 4:05pm

The leadership should have done whatever it took to get into the Big 12 or Pac.

Backcountry

8/20/18 5:13am

Making demands on the B12 was smart... I wonder where these, BYU is hard to

blackshirts

8/20/18 6:03am

This is the correct answer. In 2010, the Big 12 was desperate to expand

ALUF 1990

8/20/18 6:33am

That’s why you don’t alllow people to make decisions based off their status in

Paul Hewson

8/20/18 7:42am

absolutely true.

johnnycarson

8/20/18 8:29am

Exactly.

Gerald-DeGroot

8/20/18 10:54am

PSA: BYU football is not dead. Not all dead or even “mostly dead.”

TayPower

8/20/18 7:58am

We’ve been dead for a while in terms of relevance

franklyvulgar

8/20/18 8:06am

The year with Taysom going undefeated into the UsU

Florwood

8/20/18 8:40am

And how did that season go for us?

Backcountry

8/20/18 8:40am

it was long enough ago. and he was an NFL qb with an NFL rb and a

johnnycarson

8/20/18 8:44am

We’re doomed! No. No we’re not.

TayPower

8/20/18 9:36am

Not even that far back. Just go to 2015 when we were ranked #19 going to UCLA

andrewg3

8/21/18 4:12pm

2016?

soupie

8/21/18 5:13pm

Except for BYU's national media coverage being higher than the majority of D1.

Pete Way

8/20/18 5:00pm

byu is a sinking ship. and one of the problems is fans who can't see it.

johnnycarson

8/20/18 8:30am

It's dying. If you don't recognize that I don't k ow what to say. Look around

Backcountry

8/20/18 8:40am

I agree with a lot of this. I also think you aren’t giving

TayPower

8/20/18 11:10am

Sure feels like a sinking ship to me...

BYUfan92

8/20/18 8:52am

Losing Bronco

Dr MoBYU

8/20/18 10:22am

Yep. There should have been no negotiation or pushback on anything. Just

macdizzle

8/20/18 10:53am

And how do you know those would have been options?

Mr Blue

8/20/18 11:34am

I basically said that at the time and was called an idiot.

Paco

8/20/18 12:59pm

I think the thing they had the most control over

JuicyJam

8/20/18 6:05am

Not as bad as hiring Kalani

Coogar2

8/20/18 6:09am

Honestly, who else? Realistically with the lack of $, who else would we get?

Iki_Balam

8/20/18 9:28am

Yeah maybe the Kalani hire was bad. But they had 2 or 3 realistic options.

JuicyJam

8/20/18 5:21pm

2 or 3... at the VERY most. Brother Reid isn't (voluntarily) leaving the NFL to coach at BYU.

whitey1980

8/20/18 6:19pm

It's up there

Backcountry

8/20/18 6:30am

Is there any indication as to who wanted Detmer? Was it all Holmoe?

Iki_Balam

8/20/18 9:29am

I would go back further and keep Rondo

shakarocks

8/20/18 7:47am

Or Andy Reid instead of Crowton

mcnasty

8/20/18 5:24pm

Convince Lavell to retire a couple years earlier

KingDave

8/20/18 8:57pm

I've read some good things and here is my list in order:

Benfica1

8/20/18 8:03am

Go back to that one bowl game and take a knee on the first three downs of

frontrowcougar

8/20/18 8:07am

Fix the honor code. Couldn’t be less Christlike

Bleeding Blue

8/20/18 8:31am

This. Antiquated, anti-hippie policy, double layered, bureaucratic mess.

Iki_Balam

8/20/18 9:32am

Here here

ALC

8/20/18 10:03am

Apply the Honor Code to Spiritual Standing not Academic/Athletic Standing.

CT98

8/20/18 11:55am

I wouldn't have bought season tickets last year.

BrewCoug

8/20/18 8:56am

One thing I would change.

RGreenha

8/20/18 9:12am

Wasn't it the girl who said something?

Jay Rick

8/20/18 2:22pm

Stop losing to Utah

matthodge

8/20/18 9:17am

Bronco giving up DC responsibilities, I think it was a mistake on his part.

kolob32

8/20/18 9:22am

Not popular, but I think independence was a mistake, stay in MWC and work to get

kolob32

8/20/18 9:24am

Hiring Detmer as OC should of never happened.

kolob32

8/20/18 9:25am

A few things:

UCLACoug

8/20/18 9:54am

RE: A few things:

Iki_Balam

8/20/18 10:45am

There are three turning points I see in BYU Football for the worse. They are;

Iki_Balam

8/20/18 10:05am

Along with the handling of Brandon Davies, the handling of Harvey Unga.

partybog

8/20/18 10:07am

Unga faced the same suspension as Jaamal Williams. If Unga would have taken a

CT98

8/20/18 11:50am

#1 Go back 15 years and don’t hire Teflon.

Gerald-DeGroot

8/20/18 10:52am

Go back further and retain Rondo.

Real Men Wear Blue

8/20/18 11:31am

+1. Rondo was a very progressive AD, one of the best we've had.

cosmohio

8/20/18 2:06pm

#1 Join the Big East with Boise St and SDSU. This would have given us a home

kosmokramer

8/20/18 2:21pm

Bench Riley Nelson when he was injured.

ChurroNieves

8/20/18 3:26pm

The problem is that, with the complete absence of any offensive line at the time

Pete Way

8/20/18 4:54pm

Shoot Urban Meyer and Dr Hill.

BYU Grounds

8/20/18 3:36pm

Start working on going independent earlier. BYU was still too close to getting

Pete Way

8/20/18 4:50pm

A much stronger focus on getting and keeping excellent assistant coaches.

lightmann

8/20/18 5:01pm

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