Rooting Guide Week 1

[scott715]

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The goals for BYU are:

1. To win the National Championship
2. To go to a NY6 bowl game
3. To achieve the highest ranking possible
4. To win as many games as possible
5. To be bowl eligible and play the best bowl team possible
6. To be better than Utah

If you want to see these goals accomplished here is your rooting guide:

A. Cheer for BYU. Duh.

BYU over Connecticut

B. Cheer for the team playing Utah. If we need help from Utah in any way then it is not worth having.

Idaho St. over Utah

C. Cheer for BYU’s opponents. This helps SOS.

Boise St. Over #18 Ole Miss
Houston over UTSA
UNLV over Arizona
UCF over Penn St.
Virginia over #7 UCLA
Nevada over Southern Utah
Cal over Northwestern
MTSU over Savannah St.
Texas over North Texas
USU over Tennessee


D. Cheer for teams playing teams ranked ahead of BYU. If both teams are ranked cheer for the team with more probable losses in their future (Of course rules A-C trump rule D).
Oklahoma St. Over #1 Florida St.
West Virginia over #2 Alabama
South Dakota over #3 Oregon
Louisiana Tech over #4 Oklahoma
Navy over #5 Ohio St.
Arkansas over #6 Auburn
Jacksonville St. Over #8 Michigan St.
#21 Texas A&M over #9 South Carolina
SMU over #10 Baylor
UC Davis over #11 Stanford
#13 LSU over #14 Wisconsin
#16 Clemson over #12 Georgia
Fresno St. Over #15 USC
Rice over #17 Notre Dame
Weber St. Over #19 Arizona St.
Stephen F. Austin over #20 Kansas St.
Florida Atlantic over #22 Nebraska
Liberty over #23 North Carolina
South Dakota St. Over #24 Missouri
Hawaii over #25 Washington

E. Cheer for our Opponents’ opponents unless they are playing our opponents. This helps our SOS in virtually every SOS calculation. The more connected a team is to our opponents the more you should cheer for them (unless it violates rules A-D). Air Force is the most connected team to our opponents as they play 4 games against them (Boise St., Nevada, UNLV, Utah St.). The number by the team indicates how connected they are. If the numbers are equal take the team who has lost or will most likely lose to our opponents.

AF 4 over Nicholls St.
South Florida 3 over Western Carolina
Tulane 3 over Tulsa
Temple 3 over Vanderbilt
Memphis 3 over Austin Peay (Although you can root for Peay just to say “Let’s go Peay”)
SDSU 3 over Northern Arizona
SJSU 3 over North Dakota
NM 3 over UTEP
Colorado St. 3 over Colorado
East Carolina 2 over NC Central
Washington St. 2 over Rutgers
Wyoming 2 over Montana
Northern Illinois over Presbyterian
Wake Forest over Louisiana Monroe
Arkansas St. over Montana St.
Louisiana Lafayette over Southern
Kent St. over Ohio
Pitt over Delaware
Duke over Elon
Miami over Louisville
Virginia Tech over William and Mary
Oregon St. over Portland St.
Iowa St. over North Dakota St.
TCU over Samford
Texas Tech over Central Arkansas
Minnesota over Eastern Illinois
Western Kentucky over Bowling Green
Southern Miss over Mississippi St.
Old Dominion over Hampton
Marshall over Miami Oh
UAB over Troy
FIU over Bethune Cookman


F. Cheer for the FCS team. Because it is fun (unless it violates rules A-E)

Abilene Christian over Georgia St.
Howard over Akron
Chattanooga over Central Michigan
Cal Poly over New Mexico St.
Villanova over Syracuse
Indiana St. over Indiana
Northern Iowa over Iowa
Tennessee Martin over Kentucky
Youngstown St. over Illinois
Wofford over Georgia Tech
Colgate over Ball St.
James Madison over Maryland
Duquesne over Buffalo
Morgan St. over Eastern Michigan
New Hampshire over Toledo
Arkansas Pine Bluff over Texas St.

G. Cheer for the little guy

Appalachian St. over Michigan
Western Michigan over Purdue
Georgia Southern over NC St.
Umass over Boston College
Idaho over Florida

[Mars]

My shortened version:

Just Win!
BYU over Connecticut

SOS!
Boise St. Over #18 Ole Miss
Houston over UTSA
UNLV over Arizona
UCF over Penn St.
Virginia over #7 UCLA
Nevada over Southern Utah
Cal over Northwestern
MTSU over Savannah St.
Texas over North Texas
USU over Tennessee

BSU/USU/Nevada/UNLV's SOS
Fresno St. Over #15 USC
Colorado St. 3 over Colorado

Random fun
Tennessee Martin over Kentucky
James Madison over Maryland
Appalachian St. over Michigan
Western Michigan over Purdue

[Wolverine]

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The goals for BYU are:

1. To win the National Championship
2. To go to a NY6 bowl game
3. To achieve the highest ranking possible
4. To win as many games as possible
5. To be bowl eligible and play the best bowl team possible
6. To be better than Utah

If you want to see these goals accomplished here is your rooting guide:

A. Cheer for BYU. Duh.

BYU over Connecticut

B. Cheer for the team playing Utah. If we need help from Utah in any way then it is not worth having.

Idaho St. over Utah

C. Cheer for BYU’s opponents. This helps SOS.

Boise St. Over #18 Ole Miss
Houston over UTSA
UNLV over Arizona
UCF over Penn St.
Virginia over #7 UCLA
Nevada over Southern Utah
Cal over Northwestern
MTSU over Savannah St.
Texas over North Texas
USU over Tennessee


D. Cheer for teams playing teams ranked ahead of BYU. If both teams are ranked cheer for the team with more probable losses in their future (Of course rules A-C trump rule D).
Oklahoma St. Over #1 Florida St.
West Virginia over #2 Alabama
South Dakota over #3 Oregon
Louisiana Tech over #4 Oklahoma
Navy over #5 Ohio St.
Arkansas over #6 Auburn
Jacksonville St. Over #8 Michigan St.
#21 Texas A&M over #9 South Carolina
SMU over #10 Baylor
UC Davis over #11 Stanford
#13 LSU over #14 Wisconsin
#16 Clemson over #12 Georgia
Fresno St. Over #15 USC
Rice over #17 Notre Dame
Weber St. Over #19 Arizona St.
Stephen F. Austin over #20 Kansas St.
Florida Atlantic over #22 Nebraska
Liberty over #23 North Carolina
South Dakota St. Over #24 Missouri
Hawaii over #25 Washington

E. Cheer for our Opponents’ opponents unless they are playing our opponents. This helps our SOS in virtually every SOS calculation. The more connected a team is to our opponents the more you should cheer for them (unless it violates rules A-D). Air Force is the most connected team to our opponents as they play 4 games against them (Boise St., Nevada, UNLV, Utah St.). The number by the team indicates how connected they are. If the numbers are equal take the team who has lost or will most likely lose to our opponents.

AF 4 over Nicholls St.
South Florida 3 over Western Carolina
Tulane 3 over Tulsa
Temple 3 over Vanderbilt
Memphis 3 over Austin Peay (Although you can root for Peay just to say “Let’s go Peay”)
SDSU 3 over Northern Arizona
SJSU 3 over North Dakota
NM 3 over UTEP
Colorado St. 3 over Colorado
East Carolina 2 over NC Central
Washington St. 2 over Rutgers
Wyoming 2 over Montana
Northern Illinois over Presbyterian
Wake Forest over Louisiana Monroe
Arkansas St. over Montana St.
Louisiana Lafayette over Southern
Kent St. over Ohio
Pitt over Delaware
Duke over Elon
Miami over Louisville
Virginia Tech over William and Mary
Oregon St. over Portland St.
Iowa St. over North Dakota St.
TCU over Samford
Texas Tech over Central Arkansas
Minnesota over Eastern Illinois
Western Kentucky over Bowling Green
Southern Miss over Mississippi St.
Old Dominion over Hampton
Marshall over Miami Oh
UAB over Troy
FIU over Bethune Cookman


F. Cheer for the FCS team. Because it is fun (unless it violates rules A-E)

Abilene Christian over Georgia St.
Howard over Akron
Chattanooga over Central Michigan
Cal Poly over New Mexico St.
Villanova over Syracuse
Indiana St. over Indiana
Northern Iowa over Iowa
Tennessee Martin over Kentucky
Youngstown St. over Illinois
Wofford over Georgia Tech
Colgate over Ball St.
James Madison over Maryland
Duquesne over Buffalo
Morgan St. over Eastern Michigan
New Hampshire over Toledo
Arkansas Pine Bluff over Texas St.

G. Cheer for the little guy

Appalachian St. over Michigan
Western Michigan over Purdue
Georgia Southern over NC St.
Umass over Boston College
Idaho over Florida

I have Part A down pat. The rest will have to take care of itself. Go Cougars!

[Gunk]

Nice. Enjoy these break downs.

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[scott715]

I think there needs to be another level. root for all G5 over P5.

[Brayden Green]

That deserves an up arrow. Respect for the game.

Respect.

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[TulaneVandyRiceCoug]

Out of all these games on who to root for, the one that has a special place in my heart is Utah State traveling to Tennessee. Tennessee is kind of a middle-of-the-pack team this year, and they just named their starting QB to go with their 1st year O coordinator . The Vols are also really young generally as a team. I think USU has a shot and Chuckie K should show those arrogant SEC fans what's up. I really want this one. Bad. Ohhhhh, I can't wait for the weekend! It's football time, baby!

Here's a good writeup on this matchup. The line is only +6.5 for Tennessee too, which shows some respect to USU. Cougar nation, you are invited to join me in being fellow Vol-haters for the weekend: http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/21 ... me-preview
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[scott715]

USU on several levels. Helps our SOS, it's a G5 oner P5 and my dad got a degree there.

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[1967cougar]

Point "B" is first and foremost in my book.
Hatred runs deep . . . . so very very deep!
(One day I will repent - but not yet!)

[mormonrasta]

Out of all these games on who to root for, the one that has a special place in my heart is Utah State traveling to Tennessee. Tennessee is kind of a middle-of-the-pack team this year, and they just named their starting QB to go with their 1st year O coordinator . The Vols are also really young generally as a team. I think USU has a shot and Chuckie K should show those arrogant SEC fans what's up. I really want this one. Bad. Ohhhhh, I can't wait for the weekend! It's football time, baby!

Here's a good writeup on this matchup. The line is only +6.5 for Tennessee too, which shows some respect to USU. Cougar nation, you are invited to join me in being fellow Vol-haters for the weekend: http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/21 ... me-preview
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I'd love to see USU win that game, but they are not going to.

Utah St. has lost 48 straight road games vs. major conference teams. They did tie TCU in 1981 when TCU was a member of the SWC. That tie snapped a 15 game losing streak. USU's last road win against a major conference team came in 1971 against Kansas St.

0-63-1 suggests history is not on their side.