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Sep 17, 2019
12:02:06pm
Klompus Walk-on
I was at the game Saturday, and I still really don't like Indy.

Loved the game. Great ending and enjoyed being with some family and friends. That said, walking out from the stadium it dawned on me how little it actually means for the season. It was excting and fun, but what does it actually contribute going forward? Very little I am afraid. 

It does nothing for conference standings. BYU could win 4 more games this year, or 8 more and we would be going to the exact same bowl game. Beating USC means absoltly nothing when we play UMASS and Liberty later in the season. 

That said, I am not a poster who pushes for BYU to join the MWC. I am a BYU fan first, Houston 2nd and Wash St 3rd. My fandom for Houston and WSU has gone way up the last 5 or 6 years as BYU's Independence has grown very boring for me. BYU is just in a terrible, terrible spot. By far the worst spot they have been in during my lifetime. Their rival has moved on to greener pastures, the old rivalries with MWC/WAC schools has died off. BYU's spot as big fish in a little pond is gone. BYU has no kind of access to an NY6 game or conference championship. In many ways BYU is a little better off that a MWC school, and in many ways they are worse off. It just sucks. I'd give a lot to see BYU join the Big12. Id give almost as much to see them join the Pac12.  Id be very excited to see something beneficial carved out with the American or some kind of best of the rest conference. 

I couldn't care less for the argument that BYU "travels the country playing cool name teams". That does nothing for me, its a season long pre-season. 

In short: Losing has not been the problem with Independence, Independence as been the problem with Independence. As it stands, BYU really is just in a weird spot and I don't like it. I really hope something changes in the next few years. 

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Originally posted on Sep 17, 2019 at 12:02:06pm
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