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Jun 26, 2019
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Yeah all that extra money and exposure from Indy has been a bad thing
The problem has been winning vs losing.
If we had been winning consistently since going Indy we'd be in a different situation right now. That's it.
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I'm somewhat surprised that there are so many people on here that think BYU
UberDeek
6/25/19 10:56pm
I'm guessing that many people want to join the AAC simply because
ManicBlue
6/25/19 10:58pm
These are the same guys that want to be a big fish in a small pond
Idahofallsblue
6/25/19 11:08pm
we're now in the smallest pond of all (it's more of a puddle really)...
icecougar
6/26/19 7:08pm
What on earth has happened the last 10 years that would make anyone
Gerald-DeGroot
6/26/19 1:47am
Venues....
777
6/26/19 2:28am
this is a bad, bad take
Dissenter
6/26/19 6:47am
Except that electing Trump really did cause a drastic change for the better
tony
6/26/19 8:12am
That's gonna be a no from me, dog.
Dissenter
6/26/19 8:37am
Me too
Uncle Bluto
6/26/19 8:44am
And you are wrong
LDTemplar
6/26/19 10:23am
lol, what has gotten better because of Trump?
Dissenter
6/26/19 11:37am
Those are all HUGE
LDTemplar
6/26/19 12:39pm
Building the Wall is shameful, the travel ban was shameful
Dissenter
6/26/19 12:54pm
Wow, I was correct, you
LDTemplar
6/26/19 3:01pm
Please, please weigh in on a single point I talked about.
Dissenter
6/26/19 3:41pm
All hyperbole in those statements.
bd52
6/26/19 4:35pm
setting the Leftist playbook aside...
icecougar
6/26/19 7:45pm
3rd world state? California? what the freak?
Dissenter
6/26/19 10:30pm
Rampant homelessness, 20% of poverty in US exists in CA. Feces on the streets...
icecougar
6/27/19 10:47am
you, my friend, have no idea what a 3rd world country is
Dissenter
6/27/19 11:21am
It’s TIC. Conservative dig aimed at one of the bastions of the Left in...
icecougar
6/27/19 1:36pm
You don't want to go down that road
Dissenter
6/27/19 1:52pm
Not saying I agree with every conservative policy (I don't) but ...
Colorado
6/27/19 2:21pm
It fairly obvious that you hate America
LDTemplar
6/27/19 3:55pm
RE: You don't want to go down that road
LDTemplar
6/27/19 3:55pm
RE: setting the Leftist playbook aside...
LDTemplar
6/27/19 10:54am
careful, the world's going to blow up in 12 yrs. You wouldn't want that to be...
icecougar
6/26/19 7:20pm
RE: careful, the world's going to blow up in 12 yrs. You wouldn't want that to
LDTemplar
6/27/19 10:52am
Is that you AOC?? Bernie? Beto??
icecougar
6/26/19 7:11pm
"the world is screwed anyway, so why try"
Dissenter
6/26/19 7:24pm
another fundamental flaw and problem with the Paris Accord....
icecougar
6/26/19 7:49pm
What are you defending here? Your mental gymnastics are dizzying
Dissenter
6/26/19 10:29pm
Reading fail
LDTemplar
6/27/19 10:56am
RE: "the world is screwed anyway, so why try"
LDTemplar
6/27/19 10:54am
RE: Is that you AOC?? Bernie? Beto??
LDTemplar
6/27/19 10:53am
as crazy as Trump is, he's the anchor of sanity right now keeping our country...
icecougar
6/26/19 7:57pm
"Regressives on the left" is my new favorite take. Lol
Dissenter
6/26/19 10:23pm
RE: "Regressives on the left" is my new favorite take. Lol
LDTemplar
6/27/19 10:58am
yep...board name checks out
icecougar
6/26/19 7:09pm
LOL
Mtbcoug
6/26/19 9:39am
RE: Except that electing Trump really did cause a drastic change for the better
LDTemplar
6/26/19 10:25am
If your beloved Mitt was President and got half the results Trump did, you'd all
tony
6/26/19 11:03am
If Romney did half of what Trump did I'd be ashamed
Dissenter
6/26/19 11:33am
And I'm ashamed of you.
LDTemplar
6/26/19 12:43pm
Trump is the best POTUS since Reagan
LDTemplar
6/26/19 12:40pm
You'd be hard, hard pressed to make a case for Trump vs anyone since Reagan
Dissenter
6/26/19 7:26pm
yes from a likeability standpoint but no not really otherwise...
icecougar
6/26/19 8:06pm
Lol there it is, the random bUt HiLlArY comment.
Dissenter
6/26/19 10:32pm
And you have to see how idiotic this take is
Dissenter
6/26/19 10:41pm
Your political takes are much worse
LDTemplar
6/27/19 1:11pm
Which one? That coal is a dying industry and shouldn't be artificially supported
Dissenter
6/27/19 1:23pm
Haha, that’s ironic that you’re calling the right “radicalized”..
icecougar
6/27/19 5:09pm
Coal is a dying industry?
LDTemplar
6/30/19 2:39pm
Please. What made Hilary the (*cough*) "most qualified Presidential candidate..
icecougar
6/27/19 6:17pm
how many presidential candidates were secretary of state before running
Dissenter
6/27/19 7:13pm
She broke federal law and lied/covered it up. That only qualifies her for prison
icecougar
6/27/19 8:03pm
forgot to mention obstruction of justice. What is it the Dems want to impeach...
icecougar
6/28/19 10:25am
another reason Trump is a great president: his takedown of CNN and the fake news
icecougar
6/27/19 8:32pm
Lol
Dissenter
6/28/19 4:19am
It’s also a big reason why conservatism is on the rise in the U.S. with...
icecougar
6/28/19 12:57pm
right. Change never makes things better. keeping things the same always does
icecougar
6/26/19 7:06pm
I hope the financial security translates into end of season rankings and better
franklyvulgar
6/25/19 11:07pm
Yeah, make this about masculinity for some reason. That'll work.
SandYFan
6/25/19 11:09pm
Woman up!
Idahofallsblue
6/25/19 11:13pm
Sorry... I obviously meant 'man' in the non-gender form, but whatever
UberDeek
6/25/19 11:18pm
I don't want to go the AAC. I just think telling people to "man up" if they
SandYFan
6/25/19 11:18pm
Cause our games which are about as meaningful as an NFL preseason game are so much fun...
Coug
6/25/19 11:27pm
Yeah! There it is! We could play Georgia Southern every week if we joined the
UberDeek
6/25/19 11:34pm
when were getting blown out two years ago by Wisconsin at home, I took solace
franklyvulgar
6/25/19 11:41pm
Quote: "I feel indy will work if BYU can improve their recruiting to have the...
BleedCougarBlue2
6/26/19 7:39am
We played New Mexico in a snow storm in November and didn’t have under 50k fans in attendance....
Coug
6/25/19 11:42pm
Game attendance numbers being smaller isn't a BYU, or independence problem
SMITTY
6/26/19 6:14am
I think it is more of a 85 inch HDTV thing more than anything
viper
6/26/19 7:13am
It's absolutely an Independance thing... Explain Utah and their sell outs?
Coug
6/26/19 7:34am
Their stadium has 16000 fewer seats.
SMITTY
6/26/19 8:13am
There is no way to know that. Utah sells out because fans are excited
ReggaeCoug
6/26/19 10:55am
That's your assumption. Here's mine:Utah fans are excited and show up to games
SMITTY
6/26/19 1:14pm
Yes, Utah and their fans are shameful sellouts.
Shihan
6/26/19 11:14am
No... You sir are telling us to pee into the wind because of how refreshing you
UberDeek
6/26/19 8:14am
Independence sucks... it does nothing for the program...
Coug
6/26/19 10:23am
Your reasons for Independence sucking, have nothing to do with Independence
UberDeek
6/26/19 2:24pm
Exactly, correlation does not imply causation.
SMITTY
6/26/19 2:30pm
There is something about being conference champions that people cheer for
Sexytaxman
6/26/19 10:54am
Here are the kind of games that BYU could be playing in November if in
FanofBYU
6/26/19 9:02am
emphasis on 'COULD'
UberDeek
6/26/19 9:04am
Those are the teams from the AAC. Go ahead and mix the teams up.
FanofBYU
6/26/19 9:14am
Now I think I know why Utah drivers are so inconsiderate and aggressive;
Shihan
6/26/19 10:08am
BYU had USC and Washington as home games in the MWC
bja13
6/25/19 11:36pm
In the same year? No.... No.... Try again.
UberDeek
6/25/19 11:39pm
2004 included Notre Dame and USC at home w/ Boise State and Stanford on the road
bja13
6/25/19 11:43pm
It happened once and you think it'd be the norm?
UberDeek
6/26/19 7:34am
The same could be said of Indy. 2019 is the 1st year with more than 2 P5 Home
bja13
6/26/19 8:23am
So, we played 2 p5 home games once as a member of the MWC, and now 5 times as
UberDeek
6/26/19 8:26am
It happened more than once. That was one example. The home schedule sucks Indy
bja13
6/26/19 8:32am
sorry, you already lost your argument. Next!
UberDeek
6/26/19 8:34am
Good Trump response. You argued that AAC = Trading P5 home games
bja13
6/26/19 8:42am
No, you argued that our home schedules were weaker as Indy, then proved yourself
UberDeek
6/26/19 8:43am
Actually I never argued that. Just that Indy at home is on par with MWC.
bja13
6/26/19 8:46am
Yes, and I already established that the MWC we were part of was better than the
UberDeek
6/26/19 9:02am
The MWC we were part of no longer has TCU or Utah. So no, it's really not
FanofBYU
6/26/19 9:06am
Home schedules are WORSE as an independent. They are no better than
bja13
6/26/19 9:09am
No, they're not. No amount of tantrums will change that. If you want a crappy
UberDeek
6/26/19 9:42am
1999 had 3. Matching the most Independence has brought to Provo.
bja13
6/26/19 8:33am
You're willing to give up and accept a lower status? Truly sad.
ManicBlue
6/25/19 11:46pm
Lower status? What do you mean?
bja13
6/25/19 11:48pm
Sounds to me like you prefer putting your tail between your legs and begging the
ManicBlue
6/26/19 12:11am
No. Was asking a question. What do you mean by lower status?
bja13
6/26/19 12:26am
This is pretty much what it comes down to. It's not even about going P5 it's
777
6/26/19 1:12am
G5 conference have access to the NYD 6 bowls... we have access to The Potato bowl... who is at the lower status again?
Coug
6/25/19 11:54pm
Gotta win games to have access no matter where you are. You just prefer
ManicBlue
6/26/19 12:10am
Liberty? NiU? UMASS? SUU? Savannah State? Middle Tennessee?
bja13
6/26/19 12:32am
EVERY team has a few of those but are you trying to argue that
ManicBlue
6/26/19 9:44am
We don't have access, even if we win....
Coug
6/26/19 7:37am
In an expanded AAC, the home schedule could easily look like this:
boscatar
6/26/19 9:06am
Which Independent home schedule has been your favorite?
bja13
6/25/19 11:50pm
Hogwash...
777
6/26/19 1:28am
"CFU"? You've heard so much about them you don't know they are actually UCF
stirmac
6/26/19 5:25am
That was also my first thought
mwcoug
6/26/19 6:00am
Haha...1:28AM, I'll give that one to you.
777
6/26/19 11:40am
“I’ve heard more about [UCF] than Alabama”
che flaco
6/26/19 7:29am
Yeah all that extra money and exposure from Indy has been a bad thing
(Private)
6/26/19 7:45am
Exactly. Winning is the problem. Quite frankly, with the teams we've fielded,
Colorado
6/26/19 10:25am
When an AGGIE is giving you a POTD, most fans likely don't share your opinion
cougfan03
6/26/19 9:06am
You're just as far off as the poster you respond to:
gwalker
6/26/19 9:07am
You've heard more about UCF than Alabama? You clearly do not follow NCAA FB
chazen
6/26/19 2:35pm
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dYrtbYkerYder
6/27/19 8:06am
Every few years we could put a championship trophy in our trophy room
ptcougr
6/26/19 5:01am
Indy was a fun experiment that didn’t get us to where we wanted to go
Gil Buckman
6/26/19 5:05am
It’s also appalling how much the “Indy” label gets overvalued.
Mr. Scoobs
6/26/19 6:37am
Would it really cost $10M to cancel existing contracts?
lilpenny
6/26/19 7:11am
The built in language you mentioned exists... This is what it says:
UberDeek
6/26/19 7:38am
Totally agree. The AAC is a dead end. Period.
BleedCougarBlue2
6/26/19 7:36am
BYU Admin and Holmoe Probably Have Already Run the Numbers
runningryan
6/26/19 8:43am
If BYU was in AAC for the next four years and could be conference champion or
FanofBYU
6/26/19 9:21am
I disagree that AAC is weaker....
LDTemplar
6/26/19 10:22am
I think it’s weaker than the MW when TCU, Utah, and is were in it
D.T. Survivor
6/26/19 12:00pm
AAC is stronger with BYU than MWC with BYU today. Post bowl game appearances
FanofBYU
6/26/19 12:09pm
You missed his post. He’s not comparing them both today.
D.T. Survivor
6/29/19 3:19pm
People are sick of conference's looking at us as if we are P5 caliber
Ghost
6/26/19 11:38am
It’s not that simple. If all the conferences
FanofBYU
6/26/19 11:46am
Are you really asking? Sunday play, broheim.
Mitty
6/26/19 1:21pm
Was not even an issue when being considered for B12. Broheim.
FanofBYU
6/26/19 1:34pm
it's absolutely a factor
Dissenter
6/26/19 1:37pm
Based on what evidence? BYU has really only been seriously considered by
FanofBYU
6/26/19 1:39pm
Who said it's not an issue? They may have publicly said that but we're talking
Colorado
6/26/19 1:44pm
It would actually be easier for them to say that it's an issue because
FanofBYU
6/26/19 3:56pm
Consider the following scenario. You have two schools that are equivalent.
Colorado
6/26/19 4:13pm
So it's weekday or weekend? No. They can easily play those games on Sat.
FanofBYU
6/26/19 4:53pm
What about sports that have multi-day meets and such?
Colorado
6/26/19 8:33pm
AAC is P6 though
boscatar
6/26/19 11:54am
Definitely not important...UCF hasn't boosted their image through what the AAC provides.
TheLoneCougar
6/26/19 1:00pm
Here here.
Dr MoBYU
6/26/19 2:08pm
People assume we would dominate the AAC when our closest road game
baldcoug74
6/26/19 3:44pm
RE: People assume we would dominate the AAC when our closest road game
baldcoug74
6/26/19 3:46pm
I would assume that they would be put in West Division so bulk of games would be
FanofBYU
6/27/19 12:48pm
not a great argument
icecougar
6/26/19 7:04pm
Amen. Thank you
MaxxPower
6/27/19 7:09am
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