Bronco and scheduling.

[Indy Coug]

BYU got several very positive mentions in the preseason this year on ESPN and in various periodicals, but they killed all that by losing to a 6-7 UCLA team and laid a giant egg at Tulsa.

BYU only has themselves to blame vis a vis their losses and not their TV coverage or scheduling philosophies for whatever their current state of off-the-radarness is.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by BYU71

Arguable??? They will be ranked in the top 20. His comment isn't arguable, it is ridiculous.

BYU is on your radar. It's off the national radar.

A top 25 ranking doesn't mean BYU is on the radar. At least not by my definition.

[Goatnapper'96]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

BYU is on your radar. It's off the national radar.

A top 25 ranking doesn't mean BYU is on the radar. At least not by my definition.

Then what is your definition?

[FMCoug]

BYU <> USC. Never will. If you think otherwise you're on crack.

[jay santos]

Originally Posted by FMCoug

BYU <> USC. Never will. If you think otherwise you're on crack.

BYU > USC * 2/12. If you think otherwise you are on crack.

[Indy Coug]

Originally Posted by Goatnapper'96

Then what is your definition?

Whatever best suits his ability to continue to piss and moan like a 14 year old girl experiencing her first bout of PMS.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by Goatnapper'96

Then what is your definition?

when fans that follow college football have 1) either seen a BYU game or 2) know a one sentence summary about the team.

Based on my conversations with football fans, this is not the case, and it's never been worse, because of the lack of national TV coverage.

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

when fans that follow college football have 1) either seen a BYU game or 2) know a one sentence summary about the team.

Based on my conversations with football fans, this is not the case, and it's never been worse, because of the lack of national TV coverage.

Mike, you remind me of ex-ute. We have gone from a scheduling discussion and BYU being off of the radar back to the Mtn deal and being off of the radar.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by BYU71

Mike, you remind me of ex-ute. We have gone from a scheduling discussion and BYU being off of the radar back to the Mtn deal and being off of the radar.

how you schedule matters in terms of your radar. how you schedule matters in terms of the media exposure and what network it will be televised (if at all).

etc.

It's all tied together.

[Goatnapper'96]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

when fans that follow college football have 1) either seen a BYU game or 2) know a one sentence summary about the team.

Based on my conversations with football fans, this is not the case, and it's never been worse, because of the lack of national TV coverage.

What good does being on people's radar do for BYU? In other words, how is BYU hurt from this present TV situation?

Is BYU being hurt in the national rankings, I don't think so. Is BYU's recruiting suffering? Doesn't appear so. Is BYU's ability to put a good product on the field being jeapordized? Perhaps in the long run but the short run appears fine. Are fans not going to the games? Don't look like that is an issue. Is BYU losing money? I think they are making more. Other than providing you an avenue to whine, which you know I think is justified and that BYU's performance has earned them the right to bitch, how is BYU being negatively impacted by the masses knowing nothing about them? Does your definition of national radar mean shit?

I do think that the current issue is negatively impacting BYU football as the seventh arm of the LDS Church's missionary wing. That bothers me...deeply.