I think it is more about being invited. BYU's Indy status gives ESPN the

Jun 26, 2019
8:39:26am

DJROSS All-American

flexibility to key them in in ways no other team in a conference would be able to accommodate. It can be both beneficial, as well as a challenge.

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According to Brad Rock in the DNews, BYU will make more than AAC teams

inertiaman

6/25/19 9:08pm

What “guaranteed money against P5 schools” is he talking about? There is no

Scratch

6/25/19 9:25pm

Scratch is right.

Lynk

6/25/19 9:29pm

Both schools got money for the LSU game.

molodyets

6/25/19 10:00pm

Yep, like I said, both teams get paid for neutral site games, but they don't get

Scratch

6/25/19 10:33pm

Scratch is wrong.

Jeffacka

6/26/19 10:22am

*Sigh* No, I'm right, I specifically talked about those one-off games and the

Scratch

6/26/19 10:35am

Okay, $1 million from Nebraska and $1.3 million from Michigan.

Jeffacka

6/26/19 10:43am

Exactly. And again, the point is that that money is good, but it means that BYU

Scratch

6/26/19 10:47am

And we all know BYU makes no money from home games.

Jeffacka

6/26/19 10:48am

Of course it does. But the point is that BYU makes that money for home games

Scratch

6/26/19 10:55am

They only play one FCS team a year.

Jeffacka

6/26/19 11:02am

It's a one-to-one transaction. Every time BYU gets a payday for playing an

Scratch

6/26/19 11:10am

I understand that, but there are still contractional terms we don't know about.

Jeffacka

6/26/19 11:22am

I doubt that. I've seen a lot of these contracts and there's not much to them.

Scratch

6/26/19 11:30am

They make a lot less when it is Savannah State or UMASS and nobody comes.

ochobeeguy

6/26/19 8:39pm

Scratch is absolutely Right. Come on people. This isn't rocket science.

FanofBYU

6/26/19 12:20pm

I'm glad scratch is so invested in BYU athletics. You might even say he is fully invested.

kccougar

6/29/19 2:12pm

Is he not a BYU fan?

Jeffacka

6/29/19 2:36pm

Could mean any neutral site venue games like those played in NFL stadiums where

DJROSS

6/26/19 6:44am

I assume that’s what he meant, and covered it in my post. As I noted, those

Scratch

6/26/19 8:18am

I think it is more about being invited. BYU's Indy status gives ESPN the

DJROSS

6/26/19 8:39am

Interesting. Not sure, because lots of teams in conferences play these games.

Scratch

6/26/19 9:09am

I think it all has to do with branding. BYU is strong enough for ESPN to brand

DJROSS

6/26/19 11:54am

All those facts and logic just go over the head of INDY lovers. They only hear

blackshirts

6/25/19 10:11pm

RE: All those facts and logic just go over the head of INDY lovers. They only hear

mulletino

6/25/19 10:28pm

RE: All those facts and logic just go over the head of INDY lovers. They only

Oranje

6/25/19 10:47pm

Two can twist facts...

blackshirts

6/26/19 8:27am

RE: Two can twist facts...

DJROSS

6/26/19 9:34am

Male cow crap?

YIsForBrigham

6/26/19 10:46am

RE: Two can twist facts...

Oranje

6/26/19 1:52pm

RE: Two can twist facts...

kahuna

6/26/19 3:50pm

Take your MWC dreams and go cheer for USU

Y4LYFE

6/25/19 11:16pm

AAC yes.... Tough Guy!!!

blackshirts

6/26/19 8:40am

as much 'facts and logic' in the MWC argument as in anything Ben Shapiro says

Dissenter

6/26/19 9:42am

If you look at where MWC teams wound up playing their bowl games

FanofBYU

6/26/19 12:23pm

It's all relative. Is it a step up from the MWC? Sure, but that doesn't matter

Dissenter

6/26/19 12:55pm

It absolutely does if they are winning and playing in NY6 bowls. There is

FanofBYU

6/26/19 1:40pm

Meh. We could still play pac schools in September

Josef K

6/25/19 10:12pm

Hooray! More money! This is main reason I’m a fan!! GOOOO COUGARS!!

Traveshamockery

6/25/19 11:00pm

RE: According to Brad Rock in the DNews, BYU will make more than AAC teams

Zach Morris

6/25/19 11:20pm

Wait, I thought we hated Brad Rock?

SJS

6/26/19 7:26am

"According to Brad Rock" ... okay not official.

ThorLebowski

6/26/19 3:33pm

Brad's not an idiot...

UberDeek

6/26/19 3:40pm

who said he was?

ThorLebowski

6/26/19 3:41pm

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