Oct 19, 2018
10:26:21am
10:26:21am
When was the last time bowl access was an issue for BYU? 1984? Was it even then?
(BYU won the title in 1984 anyway, so even though they were snubbed, it didn't end up mattering)
BYU hasn't had a team that was really an NY6 type of team since 2001 (pre-Staley injury). They were good in 2006-2007, when they won the MWC title, but Boise State and Hawaii would've taken the G5 auto-bid from BYU those years anyway.
The only argument you can possibly make is that joining a conference could improve the on the field performance. Without that, bowl access just isn't worth anything because we have to be the top G5 team anyway.
My counter-arguments are that BYU's money, P5 games, and TV exposure would all drop like a rock (relative to independence) and with it recruiting would go down and the on-the-field performance would suffer.
If the on-the-field performance doesn't improve in a conference then all you're doing is trading regular season P5 games for absolutely nothing.
BYU hasn't had a team that was really an NY6 type of team since 2001 (pre-Staley injury). They were good in 2006-2007, when they won the MWC title, but Boise State and Hawaii would've taken the G5 auto-bid from BYU those years anyway.
The only argument you can possibly make is that joining a conference could improve the on the field performance. Without that, bowl access just isn't worth anything because we have to be the top G5 team anyway.
My counter-arguments are that BYU's money, P5 games, and TV exposure would all drop like a rock (relative to independence) and with it recruiting would go down and the on-the-field performance would suffer.
If the on-the-field performance doesn't improve in a conference then all you're doing is trading regular season P5 games for absolutely nothing.
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