Hopes for Today's Press Conference

I hope he addresses the bowl situation. I want to know in 2011 when we win at least 9 games where we may or may not be going for a bowl game. Just think we get to keep thew whole payout now. That is a big deal. The vegas bowl jsut got a lot better if we get to keep the whole 1.2 million to ourselves.



I hope they tell us what the schedule for 2011 will look like so we can shut up all the haters right away.

jonnylingo wrote:
I hope he addresses the bowl situation. I want to know in 2011 when we win at least 9 games where we may or may not be going for a bowl game. Just think we get to keep thew whole payout now. That is a big deal. The vegas bowl jsut got a lot better if we get to keep the whole 1.2 million to ourselves.



I hope they tell us what the schedule for 2011 will look like so we can shut up all the haters right away.

The only thing that shuts up haters is beating them on the field. And sometimes that doesn't even work.

BTIB wrote:

I hope he addresses the bowl situation. I want to know in 2011 when we win at least 9 games where we may or may not be going for a bowl game. Just think we get to keep thew whole payout now. That is a big deal. The vegas bowl jsut got a lot better if we get to keep the whole 1.2 million to ourselves.



I hope they tell us what the schedule for 2011 will look like so we can shut up all the haters right away.

The only thing that shuts up haters is beating them on the field. And sometimes that doesn't even work.

We have already beat all the leaches in the mwc on the field. they are now saying they are not going to schedule us and who else is. i want to demonstrate that we didn't need them and they were indeed leaches.

jonnylingo wrote:
The vegas bowl jsut got a lot better if we get to keep the whole 1.2 million to ourselves.

Except when you think that ESPN will be paying the Cougs 1-2 million for a nationally televised regular season game.



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jonnylingo wrote:
they are now saying they are not going to schedule us and who else is.

once they start getting tired of playing in half empty stadiums, I'm sure their sentiments towards scheduling us will change.

My hopes:

1. 6 year deal with Notre Dame

2. ESPN details

3. Humility and Gratitude for the awesome experience it was to be in the MWC

4. Bowl arrangements

5. Short and sweet

6. No mention of Utah

7. No dumb words like "special" or "brand."

8. Full 2011 schedule

ProV1 wrote:
My hopes:

1. 6 year deal with Notre Dame

2. ESPN details

3. Humility and Gratitude for the awesome experience it was to be in the MWC

4. Bowl arrangements

5. Short and sweet

6. No mention of Utah

7. No dumb words like "special" or "brand."

8. Full 2011 schedule

I would only add:



8. Full 2011 schedule, including games against Notre Dame and AT LEAST 3 other BCS schools (in addition to Oregon State and Texas, who are already on the schedule)

I think BYU would be wise to keep the tough games at 4-5 a year with 7-8 easy games. Works for every other big school. No reason to schedule 6 tough games a year at all. I am fine with switching Wyoming, UNLV, UNM and SDSU, CSU for Hawaii, SJSU, NMSU and Idaho, along with USU. That is a a wash. 4-6 WAC type games is fine with me. I think we need to get a Duke on schedule, a Syracuse, a Vandy, etc. Teams with BCS names, but not BCS games. Show we can thump thse teams just like the big boys. No reason to play a brutal schedule.

Lawboy wrote:
I think BYU would be wise to keep the tough games at 4-5 a year with 7-8 easy games. Works for every other big school. No reason to schedule 6 tough games a year at all. I am fine with switching Wyoming, UNLV, UNM and SDSU, CSU for Hawaii, SJSU, NMSU and Idaho, along with USU. That is a a wash. 4-6 WAC type games is fine with me. I think we need to get a Duke on schedule, a Syracuse, a Vandy, etc. Teams with BCS names, but not BCS games. Show we can thump thse teams just like the big boys. No reason to play a brutal schedule.

Would love to see a schedule like this with mid tier BCS schools and get a chance to prove that we are just as good/if not better than them. Stoked to see the press conference.

Lawboy wrote:
I think BYU would be wise to keep the tough games at 4-5 a year with 7-8 easy games. Works for every other big school. No reason to schedule 6 tough games a year at all. I am fine with switching Wyoming, UNLV, UNM and SDSU, CSU for Hawaii, SJSU, NMSU and Idaho, along with USU. That is a a wash. 4-6 WAC type games is fine with me. I think we need to get a Duke on schedule, a Syracuse, a Vandy, etc. Teams with BCS names, but not BCS games. Show we can thump thse teams just like the big boys. No reason to play a brutal schedule.

We will probably know more in the next hour, but BYU's 2011 schedule is already looking tough with games with Oregon State, Texas, and Boise State. If you add Notre Dame, I would shoot for 1-2 good games against BCS opponents (ie, Clemson and Texas Tech). That leaves 6-7 games. Assuming we get Clemson and Tech, you have 6 games left. You could easily get Utah State and Hawaii. Those are two relatively easy games. With the remaining 4 games, I think two of those should be against NMSU, Idaho, or SJSU (or CSU, SDSU, UNLV...if they's take us). The remaining two, ideally, would be against a Duke, Indiana, Syracuse, etc. I just don't see those games coming together for 2011. So, BYU will instead have to go after a couple of additional WAC/MWC leftovers.



Moving forward, I love the idea of standing games against:



Utah

Utah State

Notre Dame

Navy



And then, follow this formula:



2 Pac 12

2 Big XII

2 WAC/MWC

2 ACC/Big East/Big Ten



The balancing act will be to mix and match the Texas-type match-ups with low-level BCS teams and the TCU/BSU match-ups with UNLV and NMSU....

We will also be playing hawaii every year i imagine.



I jsut aw this tweet:





espn700shep profile



espn700shep An ESPN official will speak today.

Can you login? I think there might be too many fans trying to get to their site.

Wow, awesome quality. Looks very professional. High quality. The antithesis of a mwc presser.



MAKING HISTORY!!



on espnnews and espncollege football live. additional announcement to be made.

Am I the only one feelig like I am watching general conference? :)

Why is th picture so flickery?



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Music to my ears: EVERY BBAL AND FOOTBALL GAME WILL BE BROADCAST NATIONALLY.

8 year contract with espn.

highlighting how bad the mwc conference media deal is. this is so much fun!