BYU in 2016?
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I'm surprised if he said this. Everyone's been pretty tight-lipped about the other recent scheduling announcements, and you kind of expect this to come straight from the horse's mouth.
Interesting, considering BYU's tried to convince Power 5 conferences that it is a P5 team. Link: Click here
I'd be worried the conference would deny the request to avoid setting a precedent. According to the article Maroon Eagle linked, the SEC has already ruled that BYU won't get a waiver.
I hadn't seen that article when I posted. However, that just says the SEC decided BYU doesn't count as a Power 5 opponent for purposes of the rule. We may still be able to get a waiver based on the limited time between the rule being passed and our good faith efforts to comply with the rule (2018-2023 already scheduled). I doubt we'd go too far with discussions with BYU without at least an indication from the SEC office that we could get a waiver.
Do other schools tailgate at Provo? Like if I were going to go, and if I could find liquor ANYWHERE in the state, could I drink it at a tailgate? Or would I be shipped off to a combine somewhere in hills before nightfall?
Most enjoyable non-SEC game I ever watched was when Hawaii beat the pants off of BYU the week after the MWC refs did their screw job.
That being said, BYU would be a great non-conference game for us, both home and away.
That being said, BYU would be a great non-conference game for us, both home and away.
Take my advice and stay up in SLC if you go. There are plenty of places there where a non-LDS guy could have fun.
No way should we play these holding, 17ers.....Never saw a team hold our players and be so obvious about about it....knowing it would not be called....
There have been a few rumors about BYU joining the Big 12. Perhaps the BYU AD knows that it will be a P5 school in 2016/17?
Thought we'd already set up games for the first two years with one of the Arizona schools (I get them confused, but probably the one that Byrne's at) and a Kansas school. Maybe those games are for '17 and '18?
