Hypothetical BYU scheduling as an independent

[LiveCoug]

If our yearly schedule looks something like this as an Independent, then I will be a fan:

USU
UU
UNR
Fresno
NMSU
ND
Army
Navy
Oklahoma State
UCLA
Boston College
Purdue


Add to that a tie in with the Holiday Bowl and a BCS game chance, I could dig that.


I'm scared.

[LiveCoug]

Yeah CJF I'm inclined to agree that's a pretty trollish comment - 2 and 1s with FSU I could see, giving Provo the WAC hoops tournament for five years seems unlikely.

On the other hand - this would be HUGE for the WAC and they might just be desperate enough to make concessions. We'll see.

I could see BYU trying to get the WAC tourny in SLC at the ESA

[ERCougar]

Not exactly overwhelming evidence to warrant a sticky.


Didn't ignore--I discounted. ND can get just about any school to work a game into their schedule at ND's convenience. I don't think it gets significantly easier for BYU suddenly, due to the need to fill an entire schedule.

FTR, I'd rather play Wyoming than Duke. I will, however, concede that there are people out there that would like to play Hawaii. From a football perspective, though, that's not a great pickup.

Duke(and maryland) are examples of what types of teams we could schedule. Take equivalent regional teams as substitutes.

And remember...this is navy. There's no reason to assume we couldn't do better

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

If our yearly schedule looks something like this as an Independent, then I will be a fan:

USU
UU
UNR
Fresno
NMSU
ND
Army
Navy
Oklahoma State
UCLA
Boston College
Purdue


Add to that a tie in with the Holiday Bowl and a BCS game chance, I could dig that.


I'm scared.

Why on earth would Okie STate, UCLA, BC and Purdue play us in November? Someone needs a better answer than ESPN.

[SloanHater]

I'm pumped to finally get Idaho on the schedule and New Mexico State. Hopefully we can get home/home series.

Sounds like your going to get 2 for 1s!

[creekster]

Why on earth would Okie STate, UCLA, BC and Purdue play us in November? Someone needs a better answer than ESPN.

who do we play in November now? Utah is the only decent opponent, typically. That will still be true.

[LiveCoug]

Why on earth would Okie STate, UCLA, BC and Purdue play us in November? Someone needs a better answer than ESPN.

That was just a list of teams, not necessarily the order we would play them...

It is unlikely, but that's what it would take for me to be excited.

[pellegrino]

Teams I'd love to see BYU schedule and that are entirely within the realm of possible:

Maryland
Navy
Duke
UNC
NC State
Wake Forest
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Marshall
Rutgers
Army
Cincinnati
Miami OH

I'd be very happy if we could schedule half of those teams for home/away games over the next five years.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Teams I'd love to see BYU schedule and that are entirely within the realm of possible:

Maryland
Navy
Duke
UNC
NC State
Wake Forest
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Marshall
Rutgers
Army
Cincinnati
Miami OH

I'd be very happy if we could schedule half of those teams for home/away games over the next five years.

Since I was a kid I have always wanted to see us play Michigan State. I have no idea why, but I always thought that would be really cool.

[beelzebabette]

Teams I'd love to see BYU schedule and that are entirely within the realm of possible:

Maryland
Navy
Duke
UNC
NC State
Wake Forest
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Marshall
Rutgers
Army
Cincinnati
Miami OH

I'd be very happy if we could schedule half of those teams for home/away games over the next five years.

Pure speculation, but I think BYU intentionally only scheduled one east-coast game each year. That's a lot of travel.

EDIT: I'm not supposing you're suggesting we schedule all those in the same year.

[Surfah]

Teams I'd love to see BYU schedule and that are entirely within the realm of possible:

Maryland
Navy
Duke
UNC
NC State
Wake Forest
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Marshall
Rutgers
Army
Cincinnati
Miami OH

I'd be very happy if we could schedule half of those teams for home/away games over the next five years.

You and me both. We'll split gas.

[pellegrino]

Pure speculation, but I think BYU intentionally only scheduled one east-coast game each year. That's a lot of travel.

EDIT: I'm not supposing you're suggesting we schedule all those in the same year.

we all have to look out for our own best interests.

I don't think it would be feasible to schedule all of them, but if they got two of those teams to play them annually and then alternated so that every year they were coming back east then that would be awesome.

[pellegrino]

You and me both. We'll split gas.

amen bro, amen

truth is, I think independence will actually make it possible to have more games on the east coast.

[beelzebabette]

we all have to look out for our own best interests.

I don't think it would be feasible to schedule all of them, but if they got two of those teams to play them annually and then alternated so that every year they were coming back east then that would be awesome.

I'd be all for getting exposure with more conferences.

[SloanHater]

Another problem with BYU scheduling will be the ability to make up for an early loss.

Playing the MWC, BYU usually faced a ranked TCU or Utah team in late October/early November. This provided an opportunity to make up for an early loss and move back up the polls.

Last year for example. A tough loss to FSU dropped them 12 spots in the polls. A win against TCU would have put them right back in the top 10.

How is this going to happen when they're playing service academies and WAC teams in October/November?