have 3 weeks of this stuff. We don't want some Sun Belt team talking about how we're not really ready to play any team, any time, any where.
You can point back to this statement no matter who leaks it out. No doubt, several small schools have already contacted BYU about games and Tom knows some "leak" could come from one of them at any moment especially if they want to dogpile while the Washington debacle is in the news.
You have to be thinking about the next potential issue as well so you don't have to issue a statement after every single rumor.