There are a relatively few Bryant Gumbals out there. But a majority of actual sportswriters and broadcasters hold BYU in very high regard. Now the fact that pundit did not mention is that BYU had six P5s on schedule that the PAC, B1G and SEC all cancelled.

* Should P5 conferences benefit from their own contract decisions while hurting BYU? Believe it or not, a number of major talking heads say no. BYU if anything should be commended for finding games when left alone on the dance floor and stood up at the alter.

* The committee us made up of people who like many pundits once played, or coached or became AD's. They definitely view BYU different because of the unfairness of the above. More important you can ascertain the look at what-if the committee will perform:

Does BYU beat:

1. A rebuilding Utah? Toss-ups, maybe leaning yes after seeing the eye tests so far. Advantage BYU

2. Michigan State, Yes

3. At Minnesota, Yes

4. At ASU, the current significantly better BYU team beat a USC team that barely defeated ASU and looks no better in the line than last year's. BYU has performed like pros on the road. Advantage or toss up to BYU.

5. Missouri Yes

6 Stanford in Palo Alto, a last game and based on what we saw at Oregon, Toss-up or yes.

Furthermore ~ Road Wins at Navy, Houston, Boise State are pretty impressive. In fact the average of nearly 50 points/game OTR is also looked at.

The committee is comprised of 10 former coaches and ADs, three others who look at the overall justice, PR, inherent equity of the system and apply their own eye tests. So a pundit says no. But is that pundit in the committee. Does he know what the committee members really think. No! He expressed an opinion. If opinions were butts we'd be up to our elbows in 💩.

It's not that your report isn't good. It's a good window into one person's thoughts. But that person is not a member of the committee. Just say'n!