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Blue Cat Rooting Guide Week 1

by scott715 · 8/23/2019

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The goals for BYU are:



1. To win as many games as possible

2. To be bowl eligible and play the best bowl opponent possible

3. To achieve the highest ranking possible

4. To win a NY6 bowl game

5. To win the National Championship

6. To be better than Utah



Ideal records:

BYU 12-0. CFP #1 seed.

Tennessee 12-1. SEC champs.

South Florida 12-1. AAC champs

Toledo 12-1. MAC champs

Idaho St. 11-1. Big Sky champs

UMass 11-1.

Washington 11-2. Pac-12 champs.

USC 11-2. Pac-12 South Champs.

SDSU 11-2. MWC champs.

Boise St. 11-2. Mountain West Mountain champs.

Utah St 10-2.

Liberty 10-2.

Utah 0-12.



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



A. Cheer for BYU. Duh.



BYU over Utah



B. Cheer for the team playing Utah. Because they’re Utah.



BYU over Utah



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



Boise St. over Florida St

USC over Fresno St

UMass over Rutgers

Idaho St over Western Colorado

Liberty over #22 Syracuse

SDSU over Weber St

South Florida over #18 Wisconsin

Tennessee over Georgia St

Toledo over Kentucky

Utah St. over Wake Forest

#13 Washington over Eastern Washington



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 team (Of course rules A-C trump rule D).



Georgia Tech over #1 Clemson

Duke over #2 Alabama

Vanderbilt over #3 Georgia

Houston over #4 Oklahoma

Florida Atlantic over #5 Ohio St

Georgia Southern over #6 LSU

Middle Tennessee over #7 Michigan

Miami over #8 Florida

Louisville over #9 Notre Dame

Louisiana Tech over #10 Texas

#11 Oregon over #16 Auburn

Texas St over #12 Texas A&M

Idaho over #15 Penn St

Florida A&M over #17 UCF

Tulsa over #18 Michigan St

Miami (OH) over #20 Iowa

Northern Iowa over #21 Iowa St

New Mexico St over #23 Washington St

South Alabama over #24 Nebraska

Northwestern over #25 Stanford



E. Cheer for our Opponents’ opponents unless they are playing our opponents. This helps our SOS in virtually every SOS calculation. Cheer for the team that our opponents have defeated or will likely defeat. All things being equal cheer for the more connected team (unless it violates rules A-D). For example, Colorado St is one of the most connected teams to our opponents as they play 4 games against them (Toledo, San Diego St, Boise St, Utah St). The number by the team indicates how connected they are.



Air Force (2) over Colgate

Akron over Illinois

Arizona St (2) over Kent St

Army over Rice

Ball St over Indiana

Bowling Green over Morgan St

Buffalo (2) over Robert Morris

Cal (3) over UC Davis

Central Michigan over Albany

Charlotte over Gardner-Webb

East Carolina over North Carolina St

Eastern Michigan over Coastal Carolina

Florida International over Tulane

Hawaii (3) over Arizona (3)

Louisiana over Mississippi St

Marshall over VMI

Memphis over Mississippi

Navy over Holy Cross

Nevada (2) over Purdue

New Mexico (3) over Sam Houston St

Northern Illinois (2) over Illinois St

Oregon St (2) over Oklahoma St

Portland St (2) over Arkansas

San Jose St (2) over Northern Colorado

SMU over Arkansas St

South Carolina over North Carolina

Temple over Bucknell

UAB over Alabama St

UCLA (3) over Cincinnati

UConn (2) over Wagner

UNLV (2) over Southern Utah

Virginia over Pitt

Western Michigan over Monmouth

Wyoming (3) over Missouri



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



Abilene Christian over North Texas

Alcorn St over Southern Mississippi

Arkansas Pine Bluff over TCU

Campbell over Troy

Central Arkansas over Western Kentucky

East Tennessee St over Appalachian St

Grambling over Louisiana Monroe

Howard over Maryland

Houston Baptist over UTEP

Incarnate Word over UTSA

Indiana St over Kansas

James Madison over West Virginia

Montana St over Texas Tech

Nicholls over Kansas St

Norfolk St over Old Dominion

Rhode Island over Ohio

South Dakota St over Minnesota

Stephen F Austin over Baylor



G. It doesn’t matter



Boston College vs Virginia Tech
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CougarCrazy
It’s finally here!
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scott715
There’s a game today? I thought games were next Thursday.
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Mars
1-1. Florida eked out a win over Miami, and Hawaii eked out a win over Arizona (whose defense is AWFUL).
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Jarhead
Impressive guide as always
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