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Spaz · 09-26-2008, 06:01 PM

IMO, the problem here lies with pride.

The Baylors of D1 CFB get lumped in with the "BCS" title that rightly belongs to the 20-or-so EXCELLENT programs in the country.

Meanwhile, the "mid-major" title gets applied to BYU, which gets lumped in with the SDSU's of D1 CFB.

Personally, I don't think "Quality of program" really matches up all that well with the BCS conference lines. For example, I think Utah & BYU belong in probably the third tier of programs (the top two being the 5-10 "ELITE" schools like USC, followed by the dozen-or-so "VERY GOOD" programs that consistently put together national-title-type teams).

BYU is, IMO, probably one of the top-35 programs over the last 30 years. I don't think any other mid-major is in that group.

09-26-2008, 06:01 PM	#88
Spaz Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,371	IMO, the problem here lies with pride. The Baylors of D1 CFB get lumped in with the "BCS" title that rightly belongs to the 20-or-so EXCELLENT programs in the country. Meanwhile, the "mid-major" title gets applied to BYU, which gets lumped in with the SDSU's of D1 CFB. Personally, I don't think "Quality of program" really matches up all that well with the BCS conference lines. For example, I think Utah & BYU belong in probably the third tier of programs (the top two being the 5-10 "ELITE" schools like USC, followed by the dozen-or-so "VERY GOOD" programs that consistently put together national-title-type teams). BYU is, IMO, probably one of the top-35 programs over the last 30 years. I don't think any other mid-major is in that group. __________________ "My days of not respecting you are certainly coming to a middle." -Malcolm Reynolds "It doesn't mean that if we lose a game or when we lose a game people won't then jump on and say the quest is over. Because they will. But they've missed the point." -Bronco Mendenhall on "The Quest"