Yep - not many complaints about losing to Cal last year

Oct 11, 2019
1:24:43pm

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Lots of complaints about loses to USU and NIU who weren't bad teams but don't register as such for the average football fan.

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Had an interesting conversation with a coworker about BYU football since indy

Mattattack159

10/11/19 1:10pm

Our overall win% the past 9 years would be lower

Indy Coug

10/11/19 1:11pm

You think? Hard to say for sure. I'd guess about the same.

ManicBlue

10/11/19 1:13pm

I'm virtually certain it would be

Indy Coug

10/11/19 1:17pm

It would almost certainly be lower

BYU Fan

10/11/19 1:17pm

but that's given our recruiting isn't better and we have the exact same teams

ManicBlue

10/11/19 1:21pm

I've often wondered how much BYU's recruiting would improve as a P5

BYU Fan

10/11/19 1:27pm

I'm guessing it would be similar to what it is now

ManicBlue

10/11/19 1:29pm

Recruiting would be much better. Maybe Bronco is still coach

cougaman

10/11/19 1:12pm

I’ve never bought into this conclusion.

Traveshamockery

10/11/19 2:26pm

The difference would be less lost battles against P5 schools for higher rated

Coug Man in Florida

10/11/19 2:30pm

I don't know how much better, that would depend on how well they were doing.

cougaman

10/11/19 2:34pm

Agreed

stansburycoug

10/11/19 2:46pm

Fan enthusiasm would be 800% greater.

SandYFan

10/11/19 1:14pm

This is the conclusion I came to

Mattattack159

10/11/19 1:16pm

6-6 still sucks but rivalries would develop and games would be more meaningful

BYU Fan

10/11/19 1:20pm

I think the pursuit of an improved bowl would outweigh rivalries.

cwilke1

10/11/19 1:46pm

Bad seasons would be easier to accept

Coug

10/11/19 1:20pm

Much easier.

Mattattack159

10/11/19 1:21pm

Yep - not many complaints about losing to Cal last year

BYU Fan

10/11/19 1:24pm

Same with Washington vs Toledo this year.

MikeDitka'sStache

10/11/19 1:32pm

I think somewhere in the middle of TCU/Utah success wise...

Coug

10/11/19 1:20pm

The Texas Two-Step would have been a whole lot more meaningful.

Q-grr

10/11/19 1:47pm

They would be competing for the purpose of winning on conference title AND a

Coug Man in Florida

10/11/19 2:14pm

Possibly an unpopular take but a likely reality in my mind

Ned Schneebly

10/11/19 3:26pm

We would have better players

Kerbouchard

10/11/19 7:51pm

I think there would have been many athletes booted for honor code

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