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Oct 13, 2021
9:57:12am

2FarGone No One of Consequence

In the Independence Era, you play for the highest ranking possible

It's all about the rank. Does anyone care about being the champion of nothing conference anyway? Even when we were in the WAC and MWC, conference championships were fools gold awards. Who cares if we were the best team among teams nobody cares about?

All college football cares about the Top 25. They are vetted against each other, at least in people's minds.

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2FarGone

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Time

For the “nothing left to play for crowd”:

RoyalJ3 Potential Transfer

10/13/21 9:53am

To win the game

Sea Chicken

10/13/21 9:55am

Exactly.

Y-Zag

10/13/21 10:03am

For any player and fans like me

kiyoshige

10/13/21 10:35pm

There's always something left to play for. Whether some fans think there is nothing left to watch for

Indy Coug

10/13/21 9:55am

Also, if you like football, the football games are fun to watch.

DirtyWater

10/13/21 9:56am

How funny it is that we can forget the real reason we like watching.

Blue chunks

10/13/21 10:58am

This. I don’t understand people sometimes.

Reasonable1

10/13/21 11:14am

Everyone is wired a little different

LateToTheGame

10/13/21 12:57pm

Haha made me literally lol, so true

Judge Judy

10/13/21 4:14pm

In the Independence Era, you play for the highest ranking possible

2FarGone

10/13/21 9:57am

At the bare minimum, you play for building up a culture of dedication, commitment and resilience

Indy Coug

10/13/21 10:01am

I disagree - conference championships are meaningful

antiyewt

10/13/21 10:01am

It was a conference that no one cared about outside the intermountain west

2FarGone

10/13/21 10:05am

To his point though I consider 2009 when we finished #11 but didn't win the MWC

Food Snob

10/13/21 10:29am

I have heard several players state the opposite - for them it was about ranking

Dr T-bone

10/13/21 10:44am

BYU is who it is because of those conference championships. There is a

katmai32

10/13/21 12:55pm

Winning out = Top 10 ranking and NY6 consideration

BYURider

10/13/21 10:00am

I really want us to be considered in that conversation again to finish the year

BYUFam1

10/13/21 10:06am

One of the NY6 bowls is for the highest ranked G5 team. BYU is not considered G5

Cosmo4life

10/13/21 11:02am

How about just playing for pride? For the program? For each other?

(Private)

10/13/21 10:03am

Or because it’s fun and you like to win. Never understood the “nothing to play

DiamondMo

10/13/21 10:09am

Exactly!

ausgezeichnet

10/13/21 10:38am

Setting aside the conversation about a NY6 Bowl....

wilsdad

10/13/21 10:38am

I watch BYU football because I love it - I watch the nfl because a true champion

Swish

10/13/21 10:42am

For me it's 10 wins. I believe that if BYU gets to 10 wins they'll be in final

Schrodizzy

10/13/21 10:57am

I usually try and consider other peoples povs

10/13/21 11:13am

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AZbronco

10/13/21 11:29am

Big Ute? Is it you?

Carnac

10/13/21 11:29am

RE: I guess people think it’s fun to say, but BYU can’t be the P12

bjc

10/13/21 11:49am

I hate comments about winning the pac 12 south. That's little brother talk.

MrClark

10/13/21 11:59am

So Pete Thamel, McMurphy, etc are participating in "little brother talk"

Carnac

10/13/21 12:00pm

Little brother is having a parade for being P12 South *Co-champs*

Reasonable1

10/13/21 3:04pm

We have everything to play for

Carnac

10/13/21 11:29am

Even if we lose @Baylor, we still have a chance to win in LA the same season

Royal Air Force

10/13/21 11:36am

You can't wipe the smile from my face...

bjc

10/13/21 11:39am

Yep, you won your super bowl. Meanwhile, Utah lost an OOC game.. Meh

Roghai

10/13/21 12:48pm

LOL! You don't care about BYU.

Carnac

10/13/21 12:55pm

not the super bowl, not any bowl...just beat you... still smiling

bjc

10/13/21 4:49pm

Winning is important to recruiting this season as we gear up for the B12.

Forzaitalia

10/13/21 11:42am

If we win this weekend I agree

Sircumference

10/13/21 11:53am

Yeah, I don't get that sentiment. Even playing pickup sports, I want to win

OldFogey

10/13/21 12:08pm

How about just enjoying because football and BYU are both AWESOME!

cowbellcoug

10/13/21 12:09pm

People who say that are betas that really never played sports. At least, not at a level above rec league.

10/13/21 12:13pm

It could help us start higher in the polls next year

mncstr

10/13/21 12:45pm

It could help recruiting

mncstr

10/13/21 12:45pm

If we win Saturday, I bet we get a recruit commitment or two

scott715

10/13/21 1:19pm

There’s always something to play for. Always. Playoff is done, but only four go.

10/13/21 2:23pm

An 11-1 BYU team beating ASU, Utah, Baylor probably finishes 7-10th

stansburycoug

10/13/21 2:36pm

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