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It's not our 1-2 start nor our QB controversy. It's not the success of Utah, TCU and BSU. Our problem isn't religious bias or lingering race-related issues.
Our biggest problem is that our timing absolutely sucks...a few examples. "Quest for perfection." We came off an 11-2 season with a sophomore QB and the sky looked like the limit. We got pieces on ESPN, we printed t-shirts, our general-authority-to-be head coach talked about it on the radio....and then we played TCU. And suddenly, we all saw the Quest for what it was. There's nothing wrong with wanting to have a perfect record, but printing t-shirts (complete with all the religious underpinnings of the statement)?? Timing fail.
In 2001 (I was on my mission for a good part of this season), we start the season undefeated. It appears we won't get an at-large bid to the BCS. The papers are filled with rumors of lawsuits and the injustice of the BCS. Last game of the season (a gimme, right?) against Hawai'i and we don't just lose, we get schilacked, shamed, athletically terrorized. We follow that up with an embarrassing loss to C-USA powerhouse Louisville in the Liberty Bowl. Ouch.
In 2010, we shake up the CFB world by going independent. We give our players the exposure they need by signing a deal with ESPN and getting rights to broadcast worldwide on BYUtv. We want to demonstrate to the PAC-10s and Big-12s of the world that we can go solo and make more money and be on TV just as much as any national powerhouse. But our team is struggling with a QB controversy and we're having trouble replacing some of the most dynamic offensive football players in our program's history. So, on national TV, we get schilacked by FSU.
All this being said, I think we have a great tradition (probably still better than Utah's, but if they keep things up, in ten years we'll be singing a different tune) and a great football program, but could our timing be any worse? Sometimes, I think not.
Our biggest problem is that our timing absolutely sucks...a few examples. "Quest for perfection." We came off an 11-2 season with a sophomore QB and the sky looked like the limit. We got pieces on ESPN, we printed t-shirts, our general-authority-to-be head coach talked about it on the radio....and then we played TCU. And suddenly, we all saw the Quest for what it was. There's nothing wrong with wanting to have a perfect record, but printing t-shirts (complete with all the religious underpinnings of the statement)?? Timing fail.
In 2001 (I was on my mission for a good part of this season), we start the season undefeated. It appears we won't get an at-large bid to the BCS. The papers are filled with rumors of lawsuits and the injustice of the BCS. Last game of the season (a gimme, right?) against Hawai'i and we don't just lose, we get schilacked, shamed, athletically terrorized. We follow that up with an embarrassing loss to C-USA powerhouse Louisville in the Liberty Bowl. Ouch.
In 2010, we shake up the CFB world by going independent. We give our players the exposure they need by signing a deal with ESPN and getting rights to broadcast worldwide on BYUtv. We want to demonstrate to the PAC-10s and Big-12s of the world that we can go solo and make more money and be on TV just as much as any national powerhouse. But our team is struggling with a QB controversy and we're having trouble replacing some of the most dynamic offensive football players in our program's history. So, on national TV, we get schilacked by FSU.
All this being said, I think we have a great tradition (probably still better than Utah's, but if they keep things up, in ten years we'll be singing a different tune) and a great football program, but could our timing be any worse? Sometimes, I think not.
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