If BYU gets in for 2017, which games do you keep?

[scott715]

If the Big 12 goes to an 8 game conference schedule and BYU needs to drop 8 games, which of the following do you keep?

Sep. 2 Tigers LSU Tigers
Sep. 9 Utes Utah Utes
Sep. 16 Badgers Wisconsin Badgers
Sep. 23 --- TBA --- ---
Sep. 29 Aggies at Utah State Aggies
Oct. 7 Broncos Boise State Broncos
Oct. 14 Bulldogs at Mississippi State Bulldogs
Oct. 21 Pirates at East Carolina Pirates
Oct. 28 Spartans San Jose State Spartans
Nov. 4 Bulldogs at Fresno State Bulldogs
Nov. 11 Rebels at UNLV Rebels
Nov. 18 Minutemen UMass Minutemen
Nov. 25 Warriors at Hawaii Rainbow Warriors

Keep Hawaii to get a 13th game. Then keep LSU, Wisconsin, Utah and BSU. That would be 7 home games.

[redneckjedi]

Drop Utah, citing concerns for player safety. After all, they had a guy ejected for 2 personal fouls in the bowl game...

[SpiffCoug]

I keep the Utah, Wisconsin, and Boise games because they're at home.

LSU is being played in Houston I think. I'd be ok keeping that one potentially

[redneckjedi]

I don't see a need to keep Hawaii - we've got plenty of good games already on the schedule. They would basically be the 13th game. Unless it's some kind of recruiting advantage, no need to travel out there. So, our schedule would consist of:
8 Big XII in-conference games (4 home, 4 away)
1 SEC OOC game, neutral
1 B1G OOC game, home
1 PAC 12 game, home
1 MW game, home
P5: 6 home, 4 away, 1 neutral, 11 total
G5: 1 home
Total: 7 home, 4 away, 1 neutral,

and potentially:
1 Conference Championship Game, neutral
1-2 Bowl Games, neutral

With a potential for 15 games once you factor in postseason play, I definitely drop Hawaii. That's a wicked schedule, although the in-conference slate could be on the softer side depending on who's in our division.

[scott715]

Hawaii would be a win but it might conflict with a CCG.

[Screamineagle]

I would play 8 conference games plus Wisconsin they owe us the return trip and it would be a great game to have in Provo, Boise State because we get them at home and it is usually a good game, USU just because.If I had any say I would never play the Utes again cant stand them and do not want to do anything to help them or make them look any better. We need to beat them this year and be done with them.

[scott715]

The Utes would be a home game so it would be hard to give that one up.

[Schmoe]

Keep the first four games and Hawaii. Don't disrespect USU by dropping them, don't give up a home game vs , don't pass up playing LSU, have Wisconsin come to us, and get 13 games. Good schedule.

[jvquarterback]

Only home games. SJSU, UMass, Utah, and Wisc/BSU. Maybe @Hawaii for the extra game the first weekend and an FCS too.

If the MWC is willing to work with the BYU on arranging to start each year playing a MWC team to get the week one exemption via the Hawaii rule I'd like to get 2:1 with SJSU, Fresno, SDSU, and Hawaii on a rotating schedule. Throw in some 1:1 with USC, UCLA, Cal, and Stanford in years there isn't a game scheduled in CA. BYU needs to continue recruiting California if the get in the Big12.

[scott715]

No need to play a FCS team with all of these games that will get cancelled.