2019 Schedule

Utah 15

@ Tenn 66

USC 48

Wash 10

@ Toledo 73

@ USF 95

BSU 27

@ USU 35

Liberty 142

Id St 158

@ Mass 136

@ SDSU 86



With Sagarin ratings. BYU 70. It looks like we have a decent shot at 6 wins.

scott715 wrote:

Utah 15

@ Tenn 66

USC 48

Wash 10

@ Toledo 73

@ USF 95

BSU 27

@ USU 35

Liberty 142

Id St 158

@ Mass 136

@ SDSU 86



With Sagarin ratings. BYU 70. It looks like we have a decent shot at 6 wins.

6 wins isn't close to good enough. If that's what we end up with, I'll be disappointed.

KingCoug wrote:

Utah 15

@ Tenn 66

USC 48

Wash 10

@ Toledo 73

@ USF 95

BSU 27

@ USU 35

Liberty 142

Id St 158

@ Mass 136

@ SDSU 86



With Sagarin ratings. BYU 70. It looks like we have a decent shot at 6 wins.

6 wins isn't close to good enough. If that's what we end up with, I'll be disappointed.

Aren't you the same poster who said that this year BYU should have been 10-2 AT A MINIMUM? With that level of expectation be disappointed already.

That was not I. Maybe KingCoug. I don't follow stuff like that. Bad memory.

Fido wrote:

scott715 wrote:

Utah 15

@ Tenn 66

USC 48

Wash 10

@ Toledo 73

@ USF 95

BSU 27

@ USU 35

Liberty 142

Id St 158

@ Mass 136

@ SDSU 86



With Sagarin ratings. BYU 70. It looks like we have a decent shot at 6 wins.

6 wins isn't close to good enough. If that's what we end up with, I'll be disappointed.

Aren't you the same poster who said that this year BYU should have been 10-2 AT A MINIMUM? With that level of expectation be disappointed already.

Yes, that was me. And, yes, we should have gone 10-2 this year. I'm not saying I would expect 10-2 for next season but certainly better than 6-6.

That's still a schedule that can see BYU start 0-8.



Utah is a loss. On the road to an SEC team could easily be a loss. USC at home could be a loss. Washington at home is a loss. Toledo on the road could be a loss. USF on the road could be a loss. Boise at home could be a loss. Utah St on the road could be a loss.



Lose the first few and things could snowball.



The only games I feel confident about in 2019 are Liberty and Idaho St.

scott715 wrote:

Utah 15

@ Tenn 66

USC 48

Wash 10

@ Toledo 73

@ USF 95

BSU 27

@ USU 35

Liberty 142

Id St 158

@ Mass 136

@ SDSU 86



With Sagarin ratings. BYU 70. It looks like we have a decent shot at 6 wins.

6 wins would be a stretch against that schedule, 7 wins would be the high of my expectations. But I thought 8 wins was the high of the expectations for this season, and there was others who thought this team had the talent to win 10 this year :bug:

a1247 wrote:

Utah 15

@ Tenn 66

USC 48

Wash 10

@ Toledo 73

@ USF 95

BSU 27

@ USU 35

Liberty 142

Id St 158

@ Mass 136

@ SDSU 86



With Sagarin ratings. BYU 70. It looks like we have a decent shot at 6 wins.

6 wins would be a stretch against that schedule, 7 wins would be the high of my expectations. But I thought 8 wins was the high of the expectations for this season, and there was others who thought this team had the talent to win 10 this year :bug:

We did have the talent to win 10 games this year. We had the wrong offensive game plan against Cal and NIU. We lost a heart-breaker in Boise and made the wrong second-half defensive adjustments against Utah. Woulda, coulda, shoulda, but it's not hard to see how BYU could have hit 10 wins.



Next year is an interesting schedule because you can make a case for 9 wins and a case for 9 losses. A ton of toss-up games. A good team will win at least half of the home games and more than half of the road games. An average team could miss out on 6 wins.



I'm not sure if we will be a good team or an average team next year. IMO, our most urgent position needs are at RB and LB. Hopefully guys on the roster can step up to meet those needs.

SpiffCoug wrote:

That's still a schedule that can see BYU start 0-8.



Utah is a loss. On the road to an SEC team could easily be a loss. USC at home could be a loss. Washington at home is a loss. Toledo on the road could be a loss. USF on the road could be a loss. Boise at home could be a loss. Utah St on the road could be a loss.



Lose the first few and things could snowball.



The only games I feel confident about in 2019 are Liberty and Idaho St.

I don't see it as just possible that BYU starts 0-8, I see it as probable. Can you see Holmoe negotiating with ESPN with that nonsense going on? I seriously don't see why Sitake hasn't been fired already. This is ridiculous.

Now that our bowl game is over, time to look ahead to next season.

BYU has the talent and capability to compete with that schedule. I can guarantee that some of those teams that look formidable will be worse than we think and some of the teams that we currently think will be bad will be better than we think. The problem is coaching. This coaching staff has a bad habit of coaching the team to take halves of football off which causes us losses. Unless they figure something out and quit doing that, I don't see how BYU will get to a bowl game next year with that schedule.

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/byu-football-3-reasons-optimism-about-cougars-2019



1 Zach

2 Secondary

3 Home P5 games

https://athlonsports.com/college-football/way-too-early-top-25-college-football-rankings-2019



UW 14

Ut 16

This is an interesting schedule where our toughest games are at home, but not many cupcakes on the road.



I'm thinking we will win 2 out of the BSU, Washington, Utah, and USC games since they are all at home.



I feel really good about beating Liberty and Idaho St. at home.



I think we probably lose to Tennessee.



I think we go 3-2 vs. Utah St., SDSU, USF, Toledo, and Umass.



That comes out to 7-5.

How it should go:



BYU beats: BSU, Utah, USC, Liberty, Idaho State, Tennessee, Utah State, SDSU, Toledo, UMASS



For a great season with 10 wins, but we'll probably end up losing to BSU, Utah, and Tennessee for a flat 7 win season.

https://byucougars.com/story/football/1287914/BYU-releases-2019-football-schedule

The 2019 schedule is now "official".



2019 BYU FOOTBALL OPPONENT & SERIES INFORMATION



UTAH UTES (LaVell Edwards Stadium) — August 29

Utah is coming off a 9-5 season. For the first time in the history of the rivalry, BYU and Utah meet to open the season.

BYU’s series record: 31-58-4



@ TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS (Neyland Stadium) — Sept. 7

Tennessee is coming off a 5-7 record overall.

BYU’s series record: First meeting



USC TROJANS (LaVell Edwards Stadium) — Sept. 14

USC is coming off a 5-7 season.

BYU have never defeated USC, falling to the Trojans in 2003 and 2004 led by Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush. Both Leinart and Bush took a turn winning the Heisman Trophy.



WASHINGTON HUSKIES (LaVell Edwards Stadium) — Sept. 21

Washington won the 2018 Pac-12 title...with a 10-4 record

BYU is 3-1 against the Huskies in LaVell Edwards Stadium. BYU’s series record: 4-6



@ TOLEDO ROCKETS (Glass Bowl) — Sept. 28

Toledo is coming off a 7-6 season.

The two teams met in Provo in 2016 in a high-scoring thriller. The Cougars ended up edging the Rockets 55-53 thanks to a historic 286-yard, 5-touchdown performance from Jamaal Williams.

BYU’s series record: 1-0



@ USF BULLS (Raymond James Stadium) — Oct. 12

USF recorded a 7-6 record.

This matchup will be the 12th game BYU has played in an NFL stadium since 2009.

BYU’s series record: First meeting



BOISE STATE BRONCOS (LaVell Edwards Stadium) — Oct. 19

Boise State is coming off a 10-3 season.

The Cougars have fared better at home than on the blue in Boise, holding a 2-2 record in Provo.

BYU’s series record: 2-7



@ UTAH STATE AGGIES (Maverik Stadium) — Nov. 2

Utah State achieved a...11-2 season in 2018.

BYU has lost the last two games to the Aggies since a 28-10 victory in 2016.

The Cougars have not lost three in a row to Utah State since the Aggies had a streak of four wins against the Cougars from 1971 to 1974.



LIBERTY FLAMES (LaVell Edwards Stadium) — Nov. 9

Liberty, an independent, went 6-6 in their first FBS season.

BYU’s series record: First meeting



IDAHO STATE BENGALS (LaVell Edwards Stadium) — Nov. 16

Idaho State finished 2018 with a 6-5 record.

BYU’s series record: 5-0



@ UMASS MINUTEMEN (McGuirk Alumni Stadium) — Nov. 23

UMass, an independent coming off a 4-8 season.

For the second-straight year, BYU travels east to take on UMass. BYU topped UMass 35-16 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough last season.

This year the Cougars play at the Minutemen’s home stadium in Amherst.

BYU’s series record: 2-1



@ SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS (San Diego County Credit Union Stadium) — Nov. 30

San Diego State is coming off a 7-6 season.

San Diego State and BYU will meet in the regular season for the first time since 2010 when the two were both members of the Mountain West Conference.

BYU series record: 28-7

Great write-up! What impact do you think playing the Utes first will have? Does it increase our chances of winning or does it not really matter when we play them?

Just making sure you know I didn't do the write up--kept bullets I thought most interesting from the BYU release.



Things that don't jump out but I think is great for this year's games are:

- BYU has a bye week on Conference weekend--good because it means they get a week off between trips to Toledo (9/28) and Tampa (10/12).

- BYU has a second bye week on 10/26--which means an extra week of recovery/prep before facing Utah State on 11/2 in Logan.



I'm looking forward to the release of the MWC and AAC schedules to see what USF and Utah State have the week prior to our games with them.

hawkwing wrote:
but we'll probably end up losing to BSU, Utah, and Tennessee for a flat 7 win season.

The problem I see with this scenario is that Utah and Tennessee are the first two games of the season. If BYU drops those two, then I don't see how BYU recovers for the season. The next game is a home game against what will be a very talented USC team with a few games under their belt as well. And that is followed by another talented Washington team (although possibly less daunting than they were this year, when weren't even competitive with them).



BYU could easily drop those first four games. Then who knows how the season plays out after that. Does the team have any confidence heading to Toledo and South Florida? Are the Cougars now 0-6? Is an 0-6 team going to want to play Boise? 0-7? Then a road game against Utah State who would just love to not love to see BYU drop to 0-8 but embarrass the Cougars as well.



I'm sure we can right the ship against Liberty and Idaho St, but frankly who cares at that point?



If BYU wants to do ANYTHING in 2019 they simply cannot afford to drop those first two games.