Biggest Scheduling Blunder of 2012

This asinine bye-week after we've played Utah, ND, Oregon State, BSU, and GaTech, but right in time to get us healthy and refreshed for the murderers row of Idaho, SJSU, and NMSU. What a worthless bye week this is.

Just highlights, once again, how difficult Indy scheduling is for BYU, especially late in the year simply because most teams are more than happy to play us in September and October, but not November. So we pack them in for those two months, then coast late on cupcakes.

snoscythe wrote:
This asinine bye-week after we've played Utah, ND, Oregon State, BSU, and GaTech, but right in time to get us healthy and refreshed for the murderers row of Idaho, SJSU, and NMSU. What a worthless bye week this is.

dem da berries

Especially difficult in only the 2nd year of independence.



But it better be getting better going forward.

Maybe this is why he did his interview. To fill the void with his words not with those who would point out a glaring gap like this.

Lawboy wrote:
Just highlights, once again, how difficult Indy scheduling is for BYU, especially late in the year simply because most teams are more than happy to play us in September and October, but not November. So we pack them in for those two months, then coast late on cupcakes.

Yep. When you don't have a conference, you REALLY don't get to choose when your bye week happens.

Florida State has a bye this week.

Y12 wrote:
Florida State has a bye this week.

Following their bye, FSU plays: Virginia Tech, Maryland, and Florida. Good timing for a bye.



Following our bye, we play: Idaho, San Jose State, and New Mexico State. Don't really need the rest and recovery at this point. Would have been good to have the bye before OSU or ND.

Too bad we didn't have a 13th game this year. We could have scheduled someone. Last year we didn't take advantage of the game probably because we could not fill it. I expect it next year. Even if it is a Sun Belt or MAC team.

scott715 wrote:
Too bad we didn't have a 13th game this year. We could have scheduled someone. Last year we didn't take advantage of the game probably because we could not fill it. I expect it next year. Even if it is a Sun Belt or MAC team.

Although I can never get enough BYU Football and used to relish seasons where we seemed to regularly get a kick-off classic game, Hawaii exclusion game, and Bowl game and one year - 1996 BAM 15 games - Bonanza 14-1, maybe 1 game too many.



There basically is no upside in the extra game if a team wants to be a contender and especially if it lacks depth like most mid-major teams. More injuries - less time to heal - another opportunity to lose.



Maybe someday we will have a playoff instead of a beauty contest and then a 13th game and evenly matched opponents would make the season even more fun and interesting.