ESPN Mentions BYU as Title Contender for '15-'16

Although they set our odds as 100-1. The section on BYU:



"BYU is the only non-Power 5 program that can make the playoff under the current structure. That's because the Cougars control their schedule, while the Group of 5 champions face slates that are automatically perceived as too weak to make the cut. (Witness the committee's inability to keep an unbeaten Florida State squad that oddsmakers tell us would be a pick 'em against 6-6 Arkansas out of the top four despite a so-so ACC résumé, while then-unbeaten Marshall couldn't even crack the top 25.) Nebraska, UCLA, Michigan and Missouri grace the 2015 slate of a Cougars squad that returns quarterback Taysom Hill to what should continue to be a potent offense, while defensive guru Bronco Mendenhall is once again personally taking the reins on that side of the ball."



A nice comment to make about us.

true. nice of him, considering 100-1 odds. Ddnt even have to mention BYU.

Maybe the "set up" season (2014) wasnt quite as important. Credit TH (where i have also expressed concern regarding him), bc if nothing else he has created the perception/fantasy/delusion that he at least got BYU "in the hunt", a place at the starting line, and that the rest is up to Bronco and crew.

I think that is a great point--we don't have to play the bottom half of the MWC or AAC which totally kills their SOS to the point that even as an undefeated you aren't getting respect. But with the independent schedule, if we manage to put together a great season you have beaten some teams to get there and really don't have many of "those" teams you beat to get there.

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We're in good company at 100 to 1 odds.

Course ESPN did. They want people tuning into our games...

Of course TH has to stay healthy for that to happen.