BYU chooses independence over non-AO sponsorship

[DelaneyRudd]

BYU will get more money because of this. This is fact. The MWC TV deal is bad even for New Mexico. They will get a couple million from ESPN (worth a couple more than their current deal) and get to put on commercials from the Foundation for a Better Life on their own station. (You know those commercials, they used to say "A message from the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints) I guess people didn't want to do cute and pleasant things for others if it meant being a mormon. I dunno.

It will mean BYU has nothing to play for until they get Army/Navy deals with minor bowls. They have no one to play besides Hawaii and Utah State. Even Utah is too cool for them now. Our rival is USC bitches! (the author is a Ute alum) Don't you be pulling any crazy pranks this year you dastardly Trojans!

BYU will need ESPN to create a respectable schedule. They won't get NBC help the Notre Dame doesn't need. They will get games against BCS conferences at home though. Your Vanderbilts and Connecticuts will take this arrangement to get on ESPN on any given year. At that point BYU will need to beat the Texas's or Georgias that will let them play at their home. After all that perfection is required. The BCS bowls only have BYUs ability to sell physical tickets to rely on. Mormons get cable ratings, but network ratings are another story. Only Fiesta can really consider the Mormon factor a plus. Sure, Rose Bowl has plenty of willing mormons for their coffers, but the pot is so much bigger, and the community is smaller than the Mormons in Arizona. You remember when Arizona voted in a Governor who stopped Martin Luther King Day and everyone was like, wow, Arizona is more racist than I thought, and then that governor was convicted of fraud? He was a mormon. Besides the point, but Arizona is less evolved than Mississippi.

BYU will need to hope that they are successful;(semicolon) AND the Longhorn Network is sort of successful, but not super successful. Just enough to make the Big-12 realize special networks help the league out. Then the Big-12 adds BYU and Loyola Marymount who's new WCC basketball success influences them to open up Football, hire Pete Carroll, and join the Big-12.

But in all reality what really happens is BYU runs in place, continues to recruit well from mormons and less active mormons, and later joins Conference-USA for all(only) sports named Football (in the USA). The Utah Utes in the meantime ascend to the National Championship game to defeat some school from a confederate state one week after crushing Washington St. in the Pac-12 Championship Game Sponsored by Chipotle Mexican Grill 63-2.

[DelaneyRudd]

(our long snapper sucks)

[nghedman]

Wow, a lot of "Mormon" stuff in there. ^^^^ You sound like you have a grudge against mormons like every other non-mormon-interacted-with-missionaries-and-don't-want-to-be-mormon says.

Anyways, on another note.

I've figured it out! And I'm sure BYU has too. Here is what it is.

First of all, just as BYU has carved out and molded the BCS from 84 to about 2000. They are doing it again. No one wants to admit it because BYU hasn't been in a "recent" BCS game but, it has been BYU that has changed the BCS from there titles of BCS, Bowl Alliance, Bowls Committee and before then the six majors. And the future of the BCS is severly at risk! It starts with Independence. I will explain.

Notre Dame has figured it out and has been riding the wave for years. Taking in all the money for them selves. The BCS can't do a thing about it and have taken the stance of if you can't beat them join them philosophy, by letting them in the BCS formula at a pretty much equal stance with the rest of the BCS conferences...maybe even better. BYU sees that money but for all is good....they are going independent first off for their church and exposure and second for money. Believe you me this is true. The mormon church is true to this and always will be. But the money is staring at every major successful college football program right in the face and they have to share it with everyone in their conference. Texas sees that very much so and have already scheduled a visit with BYU to see their multimedia/HD set up so they can do the same. You see, Independence don't have to share any money from their bowl games and regular season tv network money. You better believe that USC, or UCLA, or Florida, or I don't know...whoever the major "majors" of college football are will eventually convert to their own network and independence. There own strength will enable this. The less-than-major college football programs won't be able to survive through independence.

All the money will be going to about 5-10 colleage football programs. This will eventually kill conferences. It's very hard to run a program when one isn't getting any money to run it. In the past the weak conference teams have relied on the stronger ones to give them the money from bowl game appearances. This won't be happening anymore with "Independence" The BCS will be forced to abolish and go to a playoff system.

BYU was the flag bearer again in carving out the college football system. See mormons are good for something. lol

[DelaneyRudd]

Well, talking about Presbyterians hardly seems appropriate.

[nghedman]

I forgot to add that the reason the BCS will have to go to a playoff system is because they will want the money so they will figure out a way to make money through a playoff system instead of giving it out to all the "major" independances every year.

[DelaneyRudd]

They only have to let one of them in, and it's not BYU. Todays news is certainly good for BYU. I am now projecting an increase in status. 8 years on ESPN and 6 years of playing Notre Dame will work out well.

[nghedman]

In the years to come BYU won't be the only Independant that bolts from a conference. It will cause a big problem when many schools ranked higher than the BCS bowlers don't go and the NCAA football championship game doesn't include the BCS conferences.

BTW it could easily be Notre Dame and BYU some day.

[DelaneyRudd]

Easily... lol.

Rotfl.

[nghedman]

Oh, I forgot it's impossible for BYU to go undefeated or one loss in a season, that is bound to never happen, it never has and what college football team has ever dont that? And Notre Dame could in no way do that either. And of course they both will probably be in a conference in a few years and and of course they don't have the TV coverage to have all the voters see them play. Ya my bad, no chance at all.

[craig01]

In the years to come BYU won't be the only Independant that bolts from a conference. It will cause a big problem when many schools ranked higher than the BCS bowlers don't go and the NCAA football championship game doesn't include the BCS conferences.

BTW it could easily be Notre Dame and BYU some day.

LOL....dream on

[DelaneyRudd]

Oh, I forgot it's impossible for BYU to go undefeated or one loss in a season, that is bound to never happen, it never has and what college football team has ever dont that? And Notre Dame could in no way do that either. And of course they both will probably be in a conference in a few years and and of course they don't have the TV coverage to have all the voters see them play. Ya my bad, no chance at all.

And that won't be enough. Not when you play WAC teams in November. Yes, the ND series is good, they got some Texas games. but the late season games will be weak. They will be Hawaii on Thursday at midnight.

[LAKESHOW]

"Our rival is USC bitches!"

holy crap!

give the kid an inch, and he'll take a mile. give the kids a soda, and they want a beer. give the kids some lipstick, and they want a makeover. times are tough for THE EMPIRE, but now we have to put up with the peons of the world.

[DelaneyRudd]

"Our rival is USC bitches!"

holy crap!

give the kid an inch, and he'll take a mile. give the kids a soda, and they want a beer. give the kids some lipstick, and they want a makeover. times are tough for THE EMPIRE, but now we have to put up with the peons of the world.

I'd expect that out of the University of Spoiled Children! See ya next year!!!!!

[carrottop12]

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/26/sport ... -bowl.html