SALT LAKE CITY – Only two games, either of which will be the favorite, stand between the BYU football team and an undefeated normal season.
It’s just that athletic director Tom Holmoe or any other BYU manager asks for advice, but here he is, anyway: keep the calendar as it is. Don’t go up anymore.
“I know Tom is at the top,” said coach Kalani Sitake. “If there’s an opportunity to (add a game), then so much the better. To me, it doesn’t matter what I would do for bowling games and things like that. I’m going to be able to get some other guaranteed chance of playing with those guys again. But apart from that, whatever happens, we will appreciate it. That is our way of thinking, and if nothing happens, we will appreciate it and we will continue painting with what may happen. We have. “
In this highly unlikely season, given all the disorders caused by coronavirus in all facets of life, the Cougars have combined a series of impressive victories that have catapulted them into national conversation. Every November, returning to the inaugural season as nine independent seasons, BYU away from radar beyond his opponent in a second-tier bowling match.
The situation is radically different this season, in which the Pumas 8-0 have earned at least being part of the groups to take part in the four-team school football playoffs. -The final places of this season, seem extravagant, BYU has at least a smart chance in the prestigious Cotton or Fiesta bowls.
The only way to achieve either game is to overburden northern Alabama on November 21 and then stick to it in the same way as in the state of San Diego on December 12. In any case, while this would possibly go against undritten sportsmanship rules, taste problems matter.
Win big the next two games and that can lead to the show’s most productive bowl since its only New Year’s Day appearance at the Cotton Bowl in 1997. Nothing less can result in a bowl game that no one cares about beyond players and parents.
As it seems now, the Cougars have a fair chance of completing 10-0 with a national rating that is not below their current 8th place. Only the state of San Diego can derail BYU’s quest for perfection, yes, we intended not to forget the motto coined by former coach Bronco Mendenhall, but the Aztecs lost their credibility by losing last week to San Jose State, who played as a replacement quarterback.
Once the virus destroyed BYU’s original schedule, which included six Power Five opponents, Holmoe sought agreements with any team that was willing to play this season. Over time, he discovered 10 candidates, adding the replacement of the opposing army to Boise State, with the concept of eventually adding games as the season progressed.
As the season progressed, the concept of completing open dates seemed seductive as an attempt at the fragmented calendar that was missing extraordinarily in logo names. A lot of Group of Five opponents, some of whom have no reputation, were not going to open their eyes.
But anything happened along the way, turning the concept that BYU couldn’t get any national attention through a feast with anyone. However, here we are, toasting the Cougars as a favorite of the sport.
You don’t have to ruin anything smart.
Unless BYU can load a reputable P5 program, which probably doesn’t seem as deep in the fall with all COVID restrictions, it doesn’t make sense to look up your credentials in front of some other discrete team on the Sun Belt or American Athletic. Conference, Let’s stop recovery, which includes blowing up the Navy, Houston and Boise State, on its own.
With Quarterback Zach Wilson discussed as a Heisman prospect, the Cougars are a brand. It’s better to go 10-0 and see what happens.