Rooting guide Week 4 2016

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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 (1-2) over West Virginia (2-0)



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



USC (1-2) over Utah (3-0)



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



Arizona (2-1) over #9 Washington (3-0)

UCLA (2-1) over #7 Stanford (2-0)

#8 Michigan State (2-0) over #11 Wisconsin (3-0)

Boise State (2-0) over Oregon State (1-1)

Cincinnati (2-1) over Miami OH (0-3)

Southern Utah (1-1) over Portland State (1-2)

UMass (1-2) over Mississippi State (1-2)

Utah State (2-1) over Air Force (2-0)



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).



Kent St. over #1 Alabama

Marshall over #3 Louisville

Penn St. over #4 Michigan

Georgia Tech over #5 Clemson

Texas St. over #6 Houston

#10 Texas A&M over #17 Arkansas

#12 Georgia over #23 Ole Miss

South Florida over #13 Florida St.

#14 Tennessee over #19 Florida

Oklahoma St. over #16 Baylor

Auburn over #18 LSU

Northwestern over #20 Nebraska



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



Wyoming over Eastern Michigan

Nevada over Purdue

San Jose St. over Iowa St.

Colorado St. over Minnesota

Fresno St. over Tulsa

UNLV over Idaho



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



Syracuse over UConn

Florida International 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.



Arizona St. (3) over Cal (2)

Colorado (3) over Oregon

Arkansas St (2) over Central Arkansas

South Carolina (2) over Kentucky

Akron over App St.

Ball St. over Florida Atlantic

Boston College over Wagner

Bowling Green over Memphis

Central Michigan over Virginia

East Carolina over Virginia Tech

Indiana over Wake Forest

Kansas St. over Missouri St.

Louisiana Lafayette over Tulane

Louisiana Tech over MTSU

Missouri over Delaware St.

Northern Illinois over Western Illinois

Notre Dame over Duke

Ohio over Gardner Webb

Old Dominion over UTSA

Rutgers over Iowa

South Alabama over Nicholls St.

TCU over SMU

Temple over Charlotte

Troy over New Mexico St.

Western Michigan over Georgia Southern



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



Western Kentucky over Vandy



I. It really doesn't matter:



Buffalo vs. Army

Pitt vs. North Carolina

North Texas vs. Rice

Southern Miss vs. UTEP

love these guides scott. Keep it up! A lot of work I'm sure.

One correction. I don't think you want UMASS over Mississippi State since we play Mississippi State and want them to look at least respectable. UMASS stinks, so it really doesn't matter if Mississippi State beats them as it relates to our strength of schedule. But the other way around would actually hurt it quite a bit.

Cougarfan87 wrote:
One correction. I don't think you want UMASS over Mississippi State since we play Mississippi State and want them to look at least respectable. UMASS is FCS, so it really doesn't matter if Mississippi State beats them as it relates to our strength of schedule. But the other way around would actually hurt it quite a bit.

UMass is FBS. They are an FBS independent.

Cougarfan87 wrote:
One correction. I don't think you want UMASS over Mississippi State since we play Mississippi State and want them to look at least respectable. UMASS is FCS, so it really doesn't matter if Mississippi State beats them as it relates to our strength of schedule. But the other way around would actually hurt it quite a bit.

UMASS is FBS, and is an independent.

SpiffCoug wrote:

One correction. I don't think you want UMASS over Mississippi State since we play Mississippi State and want them to look at least respectable. UMASS is FCS, so it really doesn't matter if Mississippi State beats them as it relates to our strength of schedule. But the other way around would actually hurt it quite a bit.

UMass is FBS. They are an FBS independent.

My bad. :blush: Correction made.

I would add Utah St. to Item B. The success of Utah St. hurts BYU's recruiting in Utah and hurts BYU's schedules because USU has become an *annual* home-away game. Need to get the BYU-USU series back to a 3-for-1.



And, our bowl opponent could be Air Force, so Air Force over Utah St.

I don't do these. I don't the time it would take to produce this work. But I can share them with you. Makes Saturday more interesting.

Ha ha. well thanks for sharing and a big thanks to whoever does them.

His name is Blue Cat.