Non-Conference Scheduling rumors

[Top Ute]

I think it's just a matter of the "minuses" of playing BYU annually outweighing the "pluses." But as MBN notes, we blew BYU a kiss by including in our branding video some clips from the our third straight victory over their football team.

There are no minuses to playing BYU, unless you think we need to do everything possible to eliminate the element of our fan base who uses their Utah fanhood as a crutch to air their grievances against the LDS church and Mormons in general.

[Surfah]

Who is this Top Ute? I seem to agree with him a lot on Utah football and basketball these days.

[LA Ute]

There are no minuses to playing BYU, unless you think we need to do everything possible to eliminate the element of our fan base who uses their Utah fanhood as a crutch to air their grievances against the LDS church and Mormons in general.

You need to let Pershing and Hill know these important facts.

[Paperback Writer]

There are no minuses to playing BYU, unless you think we need to do everything possible to eliminate the element of our fan base who uses their Utah fanhood as a crutch to air their grievances against the LDS church and Mormons in general.

As a college football fan who is somewhat neutral on the whole BYU-Utah rivalry, I agree with the above comment. BYU provides Utah with a decent OOC game and one that will always sell out and continue to generate local and some national interest. The downside is that Utah probably won't want to schedule another challenging OOC game against a Big 12 or Big Ten opponent. I could see the Utes not wanting to schedule BYU when the whole PAC-12 - Big Ten alliance was being planned because it could mean Utah playing BYU and then someone like Nebraska in the same season which could further jeopardize the Utes bowl chances. But since the PAC-12-Big Ten scheduling agreement did not materialize, I don't see why Utah would not want to schedule BYU other than issuess with "Utah fanhood" or attempting to marginalize BYU.

[Mormon Red Death]

As a college football fan who is somewhat neutral on the whole BYU-Utah rivalry, I agree with the above comment. BYU provides Utah with a decent OOC game and one that will always sell out and continue to generate local and some national interest. The downside is that Utah probably won't want to schedule another challenging OOC game against a Big 12 or Big Ten opponent. I could see the Utes not wanting to schedule BYU when the whole PAC-12 - Big Ten alliance was being planned because it could mean Utah playing BYU and then someone like Nebraska in the same season which could further jeopardize the Utes bowl chances. But since the PAC-12-Big Ten scheduling agreement did not materialize, I don't see why Utah would not want to schedule BYU other than issuess with "Utah fanhood" or attempting to marginalize BYU.

It did materialze for a little bit as Utah has a home and home with Michigan. Those are the two years they aren't playing byu.

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[wapiti]

It did materialze for a little bit as Utah has a home and home with Michigan. Those are the two years they aren't playing byu.

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And a home and home with Fresno those same two years. That's where the speculation on intent comes from. If you are trying to dumb down the schedule or get an extra home game, why schedule Fresno?

[Omaha 680]

Yes, the fact is that 2 of the last 3 rivalry games were decided on the last play of the game. That's the kind of thing I am going to miss.

3 of the last 4. Going back to 2005 it's 6 of the last 8.

[Scorcho]

rumor - BYU has to drop the 2013 Hawaii game due to conflicts with the new MWC Championship game, and BYU has added Nevada on Thanskgiving Weekend also in 2013?

[The_Douger]

I guess that would fill out the schedule, because at that point we couldn't play 13 games because we wouldn't be playing Hawaii.

[Green Monstah]

rumor - BYU has to drop the 2013 Hawaii game due to conflicts with the new MWC Championship game, and BYU has added Nevada on Thanskgiving Weekend also in 2013?

Lots of Penn State rumors on CB today. Don't know if true, but that's a road trip I make my sister live an hour from State College.

[myboynoah]

Yeah, we're on the same page.

Even more LOL:

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[hostile]

Lots of Penn State rumors on CB today. Don't know if true, but that's a road trip I make my sister live an hour from State College.

When we were in Philadelphia I had a cousin playing football for Michigan. When Michigan came to Penn State we made the trip. Huge crowd and a great gameday atmosphere. Definitely recommended. Be aware that getting in and out of Happy Valley can take a while.

[Scorcho]

rumor - BYU has to drop the 2013 Hawaii game due to conflicts with the new MWC Championship game, and BYU has added Nevada on Thanskgiving Weekend also in 2013?

https://twitter.com/BYUcougars/statu...14952941121537

[Green Monstah]

https://twitter.com/BYUcougars/statu...14952941121537

Yay, I guess.

[lambdacoug]

Yay, I guess.

At least isn't isn't a 1-1, I'm more interested in seeing us play Nevada than MTSU.