Well, I really hope that Hawaii gets moved to another year and BYU picks up a H-H with UCLA, but Hawaii can choose to play an away game week 0 if they choose. They're doing it this year @UMass.
I would also like to see the NIU game moved to 10/20 and the FCS game 10/13
That gets my vote - if no new PAC game
SAT, 8/25Hawaii
SAT, 9/1 @ Arizona
SAT, 9/8 California
SAT, 9/15 @ Wisconsin
SAT, 9/22
SAT, 9/29 @ Washington
FRI, 10/5 Utah State
SAT, 10/13 FCS (MCNeese St.)
SAT, 10/20 Northern Illinois
SAT, 10/27
SAT, 11/3@ Boise State
SAT, 11/10 @ UMass
SAT, 11/17 NMSU
SAT, 11/24 @ Utah
That allows BYU to incorporate two BYE weeks, each before tough road games. I also think it makes the poor home slate less obvious and more palatable - 2 decent home games in August and September, Utah St. and NIU in October - and then Boise St. and Utah to make November exciting (even if they are road games).
*EDIT - I believe this illustrates the value of Hawaii on the schedule. In 2017, we were able to use the Hawaii exemption to get not only a 13th game, but also move the Portland St. game to Week 0 - late August.
In 2018, if we could get Hawaii to move the game to Week 0, that again gives BYU a less-difficult game to warm-up before the P5 gauntlet...and also create advantageous BYE weeks. Get 'er done, Tommy!
If Hawaii were an annual game, BYU could look to play a Week 0 game every year, with Hawaii as the late-August home opener every other year.Statistics: Posted by YNot — Fri May 26, 2017 12:38 pm
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