Rooting Guide Week 1

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The goals for BYU are:



1. To win the National Championship

2. To go to a NY6 bowl game

3. To achieve the highest ranking possible

4. To win as many games as possible

5. To be bowl eligible and play the best bowl team possible

6. To be better than Utah



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



A. Cheer for BYU. Duh.



BYU over Connecticut



B. Cheer for the team playing Utah. If we need help from Utah in any way then it is not worth having.



Idaho St. over Utah



C. Cheer for BYU’s opponents. This helps SOS.



Boise St. Over #18 Ole Miss

Houston over UTSA

UNLV over Arizona

UCF over Penn St.

Virginia over #7 UCLA

Nevada over Southern Utah

Cal over Northwestern

MTSU over Savannah St.

Texas over North Texas

USU over Tennessee





D. Cheer for teams playing teams ranked ahead of BYU. If both teams are ranked cheer for the team with more probable losses in their future (Of course rules A-C trump rule D).

Oklahoma St. Over #1 Florida St.

West Virginia over #2 Alabama

South Dakota over #3 Oregon

Louisiana Tech over #4 Oklahoma

Navy over #5 Ohio St.

Arkansas over #6 Auburn

Jacksonville St. Over #8 Michigan St.

#21 Texas A&M over #9 South Carolina

SMU over #10 Baylor

UC Davis over #11 Stanford

#13 LSU over #14 Wisconsin

#16 Clemson over #12 Georgia

Fresno St. Over #15 USC

Rice over #17 Notre Dame

Weber St. Over #19 Arizona St.

Stephen F. Austin over #20 Kansas St.

Florida Atlantic over #22 Nebraska

Liberty over #23 North Carolina

South Dakota St. Over #24 Missouri

Hawaii over #25 Washington



E. 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-D). Air Force is the most connected team to our opponents as they play 4 games against them (Boise St., Nevada, UNLV, Utah 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.



AF 4 over Nicholls St.

South Florida 3 over Western Carolina

Tulane 3 over Tulsa

Temple 3 over Vanderbilt

Memphis 3 over Austin Peay (Although you can root for Peay just to say “Let’s go Peay”)

SDSU 3 over Northern Arizona

SJSU 3 over North Dakota

NM 3 over UTEP

Colorado St. 3 over Colorado

East Carolina 2 over NC Central

Washington St. 2 over Rutgers

Wyoming 2 over Montana

Northern Illinois over Presbyterian

Wake Forest over Louisiana Monroe

Arkansas St. over Montana St.

Louisiana Lafayette over Southern

Kent St. over Ohio

Pitt over Delaware

Duke over Elon

Miami over Louisville

Virginia Tech over William and Mary

Oregon St. over Portland St.

Iowa St. over North Dakota St.

TCU over Samford

Texas Tech over Central Arkansas

Minnesota over Eastern Illinois

Western Kentucky over Bowling Green

Southern Miss over Mississippi St.

Old Dominion over Hampton

Marshall over Miami Oh

UAB over Troy

FIU over Bethune Cookman





F. Cheer for the FCS team. Because it is fun (unless it violates rules A-E)



Abilene Christian over Georgia St.

Howard over Akron

Chattanooga over Central Michigan

Cal Poly over New Mexico St.

Villanova over Syracuse

Indiana St. over Indiana

Northern Iowa over Iowa

Tennessee Martin over Kentucky

Youngstown St. over Illinois

Wofford over Georgia Tech

Colgate over Ball St.

James Madison over Maryland

Duquesne over Buffalo

Morgan St. over Eastern Michigan

New Hampshire over Toledo

Arkansas Pine Bluff over Texas St.



G. Cheer for the little guy



Appalachian St. over Michigan

Western Michigan over Purdue

Georgia Southern over NC St.

Umass over Boston College

Idaho over Florida

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The goals for BYU are:



1. To win the National Championship

2. To go to a NY6 bowl game

3. To achieve the highest ranking possible

4. To win as many games as possible

5. To be bowl eligible and play the best bowl team possible

6. To be better than Utah



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



A. Cheer for BYU. Duh.



BYU over Connecticut



B. Cheer for the team playing Utah. If we need help from Utah in any way then it is not worth having.



Idaho St. over Utah



C. Cheer for BYU’s opponents. This helps SOS.



Boise St. Over #18 Ole Miss

Houston over UTSA

UNLV over Arizona

UCF over Penn St.

Virginia over #7 UCLA

Nevada over Southern Utah

Cal over Northwestern

MTSU over Savannah St.

Texas over North Texas

USU over Tennessee





D. Cheer for teams playing teams ranked ahead of BYU. If both teams are ranked cheer for the team with more probable losses in their future (Of course rules A-C trump rule D).

Oklahoma St. Over #1 Florida St.

West Virginia over #2 Alabama

South Dakota over #3 Oregon

Louisiana Tech over #4 Oklahoma

Navy over #5 Ohio St.

Arkansas over #6 Auburn

Jacksonville St. Over #8 Michigan St.

#21 Texas A&M over #9 South Carolina

SMU over #10 Baylor

UC Davis over #11 Stanford

#13 LSU over #14 Wisconsin

#16 Clemson over #12 Georgia

Fresno St. Over #15 USC

Rice over #17 Notre Dame

Weber St. Over #19 Arizona St.

Stephen F. Austin over #20 Kansas St.

Florida Atlantic over #22 Nebraska

Liberty over #23 North Carolina

South Dakota St. Over #24 Missouri

Hawaii over #25 Washington



E. 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-D). Air Force is the most connected team to our opponents as they play 4 games against them (Boise St., Nevada, UNLV, Utah 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.



AF 4 over Nicholls St.

South Florida 3 over Western Carolina

Tulane 3 over Tulsa

Temple 3 over Vanderbilt

Memphis 3 over Austin Peay (Although you can root for Peay just to say “Let’s go Peay”)

SDSU 3 over Northern Arizona

SJSU 3 over North Dakota

NM 3 over UTEP

Colorado St. 3 over Colorado

East Carolina 2 over NC Central

Washington St. 2 over Rutgers

Wyoming 2 over Montana

Northern Illinois over Presbyterian

Wake Forest over Louisiana Monroe

Arkansas St. over Montana St.

Louisiana Lafayette over Southern

Kent St. over Ohio

Pitt over Delaware

Duke over Elon

Miami over Louisville

Virginia Tech over William and Mary

Oregon St. over Portland St.

Iowa St. over North Dakota St.

TCU over Samford

Texas Tech over Central Arkansas

Minnesota over Eastern Illinois

Western Kentucky over Bowling Green

Southern Miss over Mississippi St.

Old Dominion over Hampton

Marshall over Miami Oh

UAB over Troy

FIU over Bethune Cookman





F. Cheer for the FCS team. Because it is fun (unless it violates rules A-E)



Abilene Christian over Georgia St.

Howard over Akron

Chattanooga over Central Michigan

Cal Poly over New Mexico St.

Villanova over Syracuse

Indiana St. over Indiana

Northern Iowa over Iowa

Tennessee Martin over Kentucky

Youngstown St. over Illinois

Wofford over Georgia Tech

Colgate over Ball St.

James Madison over Maryland

Duquesne over Buffalo

Morgan St. over Eastern Michigan

New Hampshire over Toledo

Arkansas Pine Bluff over Texas St.



G. Cheer for the little guy



Appalachian St. over Michigan

Western Michigan over Purdue

Georgia Southern over NC St.

Umass over Boston College

Idaho over Florida

I have Part A down pat. The rest will have to take care of itself. :) Go Cougars!

Nice. Enjoy these break downs.



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I think there needs to be another level. root for all G5 over P5.

That deserves an up arrow. Respect for the game.



Respect.



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Out of all these games on who to root for, the one that has a special place in my heart is Utah State traveling to Tennessee. Tennessee is kind of a middle-of-the-pack team this year, and they just named their starting QB to go with their 1st year O coordinator . The Vols are also really young generally as a team. I think USU has a shot and Chuckie K should show those arrogant SEC fans what's up. I really want this one. Bad. Ohhhhh, I can't wait for the weekend! It's football time, baby!



Here's a good writeup on this matchup. The line is only +6.5 for Tennessee too, which shows some respect to USU. Cougar nation, you are invited to join me in being fellow Vol-haters for the weekend: http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2172349-tennessee-vs-utah-state-complete-game-preview

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USU on several levels. Helps our SOS, it's a G5 oner P5 and my dad got a degree there.



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Point "B" is first and foremost in my book.

Hatred runs deep . . . . so very very deep!

(One day I will repent - but not yet!)

TulaneVandyRiceCoug wrote:
Out of all these games on who to root for, the one that has a special place in my heart is Utah State traveling to Tennessee. Tennessee is kind of a middle-of-the-pack team this year, and they just named their starting QB to go with their 1st year O coordinator . The Vols are also really young generally as a team. I think USU has a shot and Chuckie K should show those arrogant SEC fans what's up. I really want this one. Bad. Ohhhhh, I can't wait for the weekend! It's football time, baby!



Here's a good writeup on this matchup. The line is only +6.5 for Tennessee too, which shows some respect to USU. Cougar nation, you are invited to join me in being fellow Vol-haters for the weekend: http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2172349-tennessee-vs-utah-state-complete-game-preview

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I'd love to see USU win that game, but they are not going to.



Utah St. has lost 48 straight road games vs. major conference teams. They did tie TCU in 1981 when TCU was a member of the SWC. That tie snapped a 15 game losing streak. USU's last road win against a major conference team came in 1971 against Kansas St.



0-63-1 suggests history is not on their side.

The record doesn't stop me for pulling for USU. They're tied for my 2nd favorite team. My niece was a cheerleader there.

mormonrasta wrote:

Out of all these games on who to root for, the one that has a special place in my heart is Utah State traveling to Tennessee. Tennessee is kind of a middle-of-the-pack team this year, and they just named their starting QB to go with their 1st year O coordinator . The Vols are also really young generally as a team. I think USU has a shot and Chuckie K should show those arrogant SEC fans what's up. I really want this one. Bad. Ohhhhh, I can't wait for the weekend! It's football time, baby!



Here's a good writeup on this matchup. The line is only +6.5 for Tennessee too, which shows some respect to USU. Cougar nation, you are invited to join me in being fellow Vol-haters for the weekend: http://m.bleacherreport.com/articles/2172349-tennessee-vs-utah-state-complete-game-preview

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I'd love to see USU win that game, but they are not going to.



Utah St. has lost 48 straight road games vs. major conference teams. They did tie TCU in 1981 when TCU was a member of the SWC. That tie snapped a 15 game losing streak. USU's last road win against a major conference team came in 1971 against Kansas St.



0-63-1 suggests history is not on their side.

This argument is stupid. None of those USU teams are involved in this game. Past performance does not guarantee future results. It's this year's USU vs. this year's Tennessee. The largest margin of victory of a major conference team over Utah State since Chuckie Keeton has been the quarterback is 4 points:

2011 @   Auburn    L 42-38
2011 @   BYU       L 27-24
2012 vs. Utah      W 27-20 (OT)
2012 @   Wisconsin L 16-14
2012 @   BYU       L 6-3
2013 @   Utah      L 30-26
2013 @   USC       L 17-14
2013 vs. BYU       L 31-14 (lost Keeton early in game)

You say it'll never happen, I say it's only a matter of time, and my stats are more relevant.

Love this!

Are you gonna post one every week?

I will post it if BlueCat writes it. It gets better as the season moves along.



USU should have won a few of those Chuckie games. They are due to get one. I hope they win. By the way I am not watching P5 games unless there is a G5 or us in it.

The USU/BYU relationship is so interesting to me. I know very few (if any) BYU fans that don't hope USU is successful while I know very few (the only one I can think of her dad played for BYU) USU fans/grads that want BYU to be successful.



I'm sure it is mostly due to them losing to us basically 19 out of 20 years but I don't know if USU fans realize that most BYU fans like USU. (If they do realize it it probably makes them hate us even more :P )



Anyways, go Aggies! Stick it to the SEC

Tennessee has brought in some good recruiting classes lately. If they gel, USU could be in trouble. However, I don't believe they've been blown out in any game Chuckie has played.



Part B isn't as big for me, since I generally hate all Pac 12 teams equally. If Utah winning somehow helps BYU, I'm good with it. There is a difference between being good with it and rooting for it.

Cool replies, all. I'm feeling the love. Go Aggies!



Here's a well-written rundown of the game that predicts USU winning 34-28. Lots of respect toward USU. It's even from one of the University of Tennessee sports sites:http://www.wutksports.com/young-vols-face-talented-utah-state-squad/



Fellow CC'ers, please join me in a moment of communal loathing. That east Tennessee area, wow, they just have that special brand of intolerant religious bigotry. Every time I visit home (I grew up in Nashville), I think to myself "Will someone ask me a crazy thing this visit?" Yep. Happens every time. It's like the closer you get to the Appalachian mountains, people are less informed and more intolerant. The Southern hospitality just doesn't even apply for many people there, unless of course, you share a homogeneous belief system with them.



I'm a UT hater for many other reasons too. Let's take Marsha Blackburn for example, one of the state's Congress reps. She's like a Sarah Palin 2.0 in all the worst ways. She was voted as one of "the most corrupt members of Congress" by the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) back in 2008, and those idiots keep electing her. Unopposed. One time she called my father a liar to his face. What a sweetie-pie (tic). This guy (TVRC) is to UT-Knoxville as Max Hall is to Utah.



Can I drop another bomb? They're playing this one on Sunday too, which is totally an evidence of UT's deal with the bald headed guy. (KaBooooom!)



All joking aside, I think USU has a great shot for a statement win and UT seems to be well aware. Pleeeeeeease pull it off!!!! Can't wait for Vandy to hand it to them this year. Again.

And now ESPN is highlighting the soon-to-be upset of USU over Tennessee:http://insider.espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11417406/tennessee-ole-miss-vulnerable-sec-teams-week-1-college-football



Come on Aggies, make a statement loud and clear!!

Wake Forest lost to LA-Laf last night. Vanderbilt lost to Temple. Maybe the ACC and SEC should just schedule P5 games so they don't have embarrassing losses like this. WSU also lost to Rutgers. BSU did not have a good opening to their season.

scott715 wrote:
Wake Forest lost to LA-Laf last night. Vanderbilt lost to Temple. Maybe the ACC and SEC should just schedule P5 games so they don't have embarrassing losses like this. WSU also lost to Rutgers. BSU did not have a good opening to their season.

I know that no one cares, but Wake Forest actually lost to Louisiana-MONROE last night. Louisiana-Lafayette is actually a front-runner to win the Sun Belt. LA-Monroe is not. Which makes the sting all the sweeter!



Temple's thrashing of Vanderbilt was also quite juicy.



In addition to a BYU blowout over UConn, I'm hoping that Colorado St. can take care of business over Colorado and that UNLV can somehow muster an upset over Arizona.



I would love for the Autonomy 5 to take it in the chin a few times this opening weekend.