was a gamble by BYU; would have been a gamble either way; but this one backfired

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Nov 28, 2020
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The Athletic with the backstory on how SDSU came to play CU.

Everyman

11/28/20 6:27am

This is the only way BYU will get another game IMHO.

Brigham

11/28/20 6:32am

Or talk to other teams outside the pac 12

idacoug

11/28/20 6:33am

How many teams are there available?

Brigham

11/28/20 6:36am

Or interested? BYU apparently has gotten turned down a bunch

ldssdl

11/28/20 7:06am

BYU should talk to multiple conferences to be the contingency plan on any given

Lalau

11/28/20 7:15am

With UW “needing to move on” that far in advance shows the absurdity of them

Albuq_Coug

11/28/20 6:49am

They had to do what’s best for them and found SDSU provided the best solution for them. Not absurd at all.

Gibbcoug

11/28/20 7:34am

Yes. And yet TH screwed up? It’s absurd to say that UW is justified but BYU not.

StalwartBraveTrue

11/30/20 7:53am

Brutal if that’s legit.

JoeExotic

11/28/20 6:50am

I didn’t notice that the portion dealing with BYU was inadvertently deleted

Everyman

11/28/20 6:52am

That doesn’t add up. What was BYU doing on Monday if they weren’t talking?

All-American

11/28/20 7:01am

RE: That doesn’t add up. What was BYU doing on Monday if they

maxpowers

11/28/20 7:03am

If true that byu said they wanted to wait for the rankings, then they deserve

maxpowers

11/28/20 6:56am

This has been Tom's one mistake this year. Just schedule the games.

dave

11/28/20 6:58am

It’s consistent with what Holmoe said during the UNA pregame.

rainorsnow

11/28/20 7:06am

And consistent with what the media were reporting. Waiting was a huge blunder.

ldssdl

11/28/20 7:09am

Not at all consistent with what Thamel was reporting.

All-American

11/28/20 7:29am

For sure.which is why Holmoe should have told his side of the story

JoeExotic

11/28/20 7:07am

Disagree. No need to burn bridges when we still want games.

All-American

11/28/20 7:29am

Don’t have to burn bridges to do that.

JoeExotic

11/28/20 7:52am

I’m thinking there is some truth to what they said. That Tom was wanting to wait

Idahofallsblue

11/28/20 7:56am

Pete thamel of yahoo reported otherwise.

All-American

11/28/20 8:02am

Key word here is “if true”. Need both sides.Truth usually in the middle

SwampCougar

11/28/20 8:22am

It’s totally true, Tom blew it big time. Crazy thing is it’s a complete repeat

Blue2thebone

11/28/20 9:44am

And you were a fly on the wall and observed it all happen? Crazy allegations.

ClimbY

11/28/20 10:11am

Not a 🪰 on the wall but the info has all been leaked.

Blue2thebone

11/28/20 10:40am

Source?

SwampCougar

11/28/20 10:56am

The Atlantic gave details of BYU putting off UW until rankings released.

Blue2thebone

11/28/20 11:39am

was a gamble by BYU; would have been a gamble either way; but this one backfired

Scooter

11/28/20 6:58am

If BYU falls just short of a NY6,

Everyman

11/28/20 7:09am

How was it a “gamble”. It should have been a no-brainer.

COACHdrn

11/28/20 8:33pm

That's not entirely true. BYU was willing to sign UW long before Tuesday but UW backed out when it became clear UW

unctoothman

11/28/20 7:30am

The other part of the article is that BYU ended up dealing with the PAC-12

TempeCoug

11/28/20 7:44am

But that may be the only way we get more games. Be flexible

Bandersnatch

11/28/20 7:51am

I agree we should be flexible but I think with it being Thanksgiving

TempeCoug

11/28/20 8:01am

This was the key...with the players gone and needing to fly back on short notice

ClimbY

11/28/20 8:12am

As an independent BYU chose the wrong time to get conservative with its decision making...you can’t be risk averse.....

Bonoman

11/28/20 7:36am

Calling SidVicious.

Dr MoBYU

11/28/20 7:44am

The real story is the absurdity of the Pac12 expecting to keep teams dangling

Super Chicken

11/28/20 8:23am

Worked out for SDSU

JoeExotic

11/28/20 8:29am

The difference was that SDSU had already planned on being around all week

TempeCoug

11/28/20 8:39am

BYU practiced on Monday

JoeExotic

11/28/20 8:46am

Yes. Who knows if it would have worked out for BYU. BL - can’t have a 1-sided

Super Chicken

11/28/20 8:51am

Sure you can. It was a bye week and byu is desperate for a game.

JoeExotic

11/28/20 9:06am

More and more negative press blowing up in BYU's face. They should have

byusage

11/28/20 8:41am

There is more proof that the PAC is more difficult to work with than BYU and it

Idahofallsblue

11/28/20 9:11am

But PAC12 is P5, operating from position of strength. BYU is...not

krindorr

11/28/20 9:44am

But saying BYU is difficult to work with is BS when you look at the ridiculous

Idahofallsblue

11/28/20 10:37am

You are vastly overestimating the PR backlash against BYU

All-American

11/28/20 9:19am

Especially with GameDay just vindicating us.

Albuq_Coug

11/28/20 9:27am

This makes more sense than all the excuses from CB we have heard. BYU thought

johnnybyu

11/28/20 9:22am

Except we were practicing on Monday.

All-American

11/28/20 9:46am

Many out of state players went home last weekend. They were called on Monday

johnnybyu

11/28/20 10:15am

The problem for BYU in this situation that I haven't seen discussed is

dultso

11/28/20 10:14am

This is a valid point. I imagine they could have started the scheduling process

johnnybyu

11/28/20 10:17am

If that's the real problem they should be more transparent

JoeExotic

11/28/20 10:17am

SDSU has more money problems than byu, no?

Undefeated

11/28/20 10:19am

My guess is most schools have a worse money problem than BYU

johnnybyu

11/28/20 10:21am

I haven't been bothered by any of this. Now that I just read that I'm officially

Undefeated

11/28/20 10:19am

When you hear over and over BYU is hard to work with at some point there is

johnnybyu

11/28/20 10:20am

They’re telling half the story, part of which conflicts with known facts.

All-American

11/28/20 10:41am

Sounded to me like (during Tom's pregame interview) Tom wanted to wait until

Undefeated

11/28/20 11:45am

RE: The Athletic with the backstory on how SDSU came to play CU.

TEXAS

11/28/20 11:16am

These are epic failures by BYU. This specific situation in multiple ways.

COACHdrn

11/28/20 8:28pm

It really isn’t. Calm down.

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