BYU to go indy in football, WCC in everything else in 2011

[T-Dog]

Saw it on the ticker. ESPN.com says announcement will come tonight.

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Looks like the WAC is on it's deathbed.

[Fresno St. Alum]

BYU plays in a 22K arena for Bball the biggest WCC school 5.5K There's a reason only ND, Navy and Army are Indy. ND would NOT be indy if they had to play other sports in the Horizon League. Yeah the WCC has Gonzaga and St.Mary's but are fans gonna come to see USF, Santa Clara, LMU, USD, Pepperdine, Portland and possible future member Seattle? My guess no, they'll just watch on BYUtv. To quote South Park on their Mormon episode "dumb dumb dumb dumb" They shoulda stayed in the MWC and hoped for an AQ then left IF the Big 12 invites them in 6 years.

So if BYU plays a hard schedule assuming they can land 7 or 8 good teams, they'll finish 8-4 and no bcs. What bowls do the WCC have If they play an easy schedule they go 10-2 and don't go to a bcs game.

Example of a Future BYU schedule (*already on it)

2011

*Texas 0-1
*Oregon St. 1-1
*Utah 1-2
*Hawaii 2-2
*Utah St. 3-2
Idaho 4-2
Weber St. 5-2
Notre Dame 5-3 (I'm catholic)
New Mexico St. 6-3
Army 7-3
Navy 8-3
San Jose St. 9-3

awesome

[Fresno St. Alum]

Here's BYU's deam schedule (If you go to the MWC board they actually believe this and that they'll go 10-2 or 11-1)

USC
Texas
Oklahoma
Utah
Oregon
Utah St.
Hawaii
Boise St.
TCU
Florida
Notre Dame
Ohio St.

Most of those teams are saying get back on your bicycles, with your blue slacks, white shirt, and tie and peddle off little one.

[GannonFan]

I think you guys are a little too close to the BYU situation, or don't like them for some other reason. Sure they're going to have some difficulty scheduling 11-12 games a year, but they'll get it done. It's not like they are a pariah and can't get people to call them back. They are a decent name in college football, they have gotten the likes of Washington and Texas and others to play them before, so they'll still get that now. All that matters is if they make more money with byutv then they would've under the MWC, and they could very well do that. If they do, they'll be successful. The basketball is really a lateral move with a chance to be an upward move if they can win in the WCC, and the rest of sports don't really matter in this discussion. If they can make money on their own channel, this will work.

[Wedgebuster]

Cool, Breed-Em-Young and Altar Boy Ewe has announced a six game series. Throw in a couple more God-Squads and they could have their own "Comander In Chief's Trophy" akin to but much bigger than the service academys have going.

[EPJr]

I wonder if they realize yet that their BB program is now a midmajor

[GannonFan]

I wonder if they realize yet that their BB program is now a midmajor

Well, it wasn't a major before (weren't in one of the 6 BCS level conferences) so is it a big deal? Like the A-10, the MWC wasn't a major, and neither is the WCC.