Rooting Guide Week 5 2016

[scott715]

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The goals for BYU are:

1. To achieve the highest ranking possible
2. To be bowl eligible and play the best bowl team possible
3. To win as many games as possible
4. To get into the Big 12
5. To be better than Utah

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

A. Cheer for BYU. Duh.

BYU (1-3) over Toledo (3-0)

B. Cheer for the team playing Utah. Because there is no reason to cheer for Utah

Cal (2-2) over Utah (4-0)

C. Cheer for BYU’s opponents. This helps SOS which helps our overall ranking.

Arizona (2-2) over UCLA (2-2) (It's not who you lose to, it is who you beat to gain respect)
West Virginia (3-0) over Kansas State (2-1)
Michigan State (2-1) over Indiana (2-1)
Boise State (3-0) over Utah State (2-2) (Beating a nationally ranked Boise St. would give us more respect)
Cincinnati (3-1) over South Florida (3-1)
Southern Utah (2-1) over Montana (2-1)
UMass (1-3) over Tulane (2-2)

D. Cheer for teams playing teams ranked ahead of BYU. Cheer for unranked teams vs. ranked teams. If both teams are ranked ahead of BYU cheer for the higher ranked (Of course rules A-C trump rule D).

Kentucky over #1 Alabama
Rutgers over #2 Ohio St.
#5 Clemson over #3 Louisville (Just to knock Louisville down a notch in anticipation of the Houston game)
#4 Michigan over #8 Wisconsin (Allows Michigan St. to beat a higher ranked Michigan)
UConn over #6 Houston
#7 Stanford over #10 Washington
South Carolina over #9 Texas A&M
#11 Tennessee over #25 Georgia
#12 Florida St. over #23 North Carolina (Coaches poll)
Iowa St. over #13 Baylor
Georgia Tech over #14 Miami
Illinois over #15 Nebraska
Memphis over #16 Ole Miss
South Alabama over #19 SDSU
Alcorn St. over #20 Arkansas
Oklahoma over #21 TCU
Oklahoma St. over #22 Texas
Vandy over #23 Florida

E. Hold your nose and cheer for the MWC in nonconference play. Also cheer for the better team in conference matchups. The stronger the conference the stronger our bowl opponent will be (Unless it violates rules A-D).

Air Force over Navy
Colorado St. over Wyoming
Nevada over Hawaii
Fresno St. over UNLV
New Mexico over SJSU

F. Cheer for teams playing potential programs that could get into the Big 12 over BYU (Unless it violates rules A-E)

East Carolina over UCF

G. 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-F). For example, Oregon St. is the most connected team to our opponents as they play 4 games against them (UCLA, Arizona, Utah, Boise 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.

Oregon St. (4) over Colorado (3)
USC (4) over Arizona St. (3)
Washington St (3) over Oregon
Akron over Kent St.
Auburn over Louisiana Monroe
Ball St. over Northern Illinois
Boston College over Buffalo
Central Michigan over Western Michigan
Eastern Michigan over Bowling Green
Florida International over Florida Atlantic
Kansas over Texas Tech
Louisiana Lafayette over New Mexico St.
Louisiana Tech over UTEP
Missouri over LSU
Northwestern over Iowa
Notre Dame over Syracuse
Ohio over Miami OH
Old Dominion over Charlotte
Penn St. over Minnesota
Purdue over Maryland
Temple over SMU
Troy over Idaho

H. Cheer for the G5 team over the P5 team. Because it is fun (unless it violates rules A-G)

Marshall over Pitt

I. Cheer for FCS over FBS (unless it violates rules A-H)

Houston Baptist over Western Kentucky
Incarnate Word over Texas St.

J. It really doesn't matter:

App St. vs. Georgia St.
MTSU vs. North Texas
Rice vs. Southern Miss
Virginia vs. Duke
Wake Forest vs. NC St.

[Screamineagle]

Utah lost ha ha