BYU - About to Become the Notre Dame of the West?

[UKMustangFan]

BYU close to football independence

 

This is an interesting story to follow IMO.

 

Will they be able to gain all the same rights and benefits Notre Dame has as an independent?

[gametime]

National TV deal? No.

National relevance? No.

BCS exemption? No.

Watered down schedule? Sure.

[UKMustangFan]

According to the article they're currently in talks with ESPN about a TV deal.

 

I agree about the BCS exemption.

[CatsCatsCats]

National TV deal? No.

National relevance? No.

BCS exemption? No.

Watered down schedule? Sure.

 

My thoughts exactly. I think they'd be foolish to do this. What kind of follwing do they have? Do they have a huge fanbase that is going to get them on television every week and lead to a huge TV deal? Sure they get a bigger pay day IF they get to the BCS but that's pretty hard to do for a school like that. Trying to become another Notre Dame is crazy for them IMO.

[HT721]

BYU is still crying over Utah going to the Pac 10.

[CatsCatsCats]

According to the article they're currently in talks with ESPN about a TV deal.

 

I agree about the BCS exemption.

 

Are they going to show their games on ESPN 8: the Ocho?

[gametime]

According to the article they're currently in talks with ESPN about a TV deal.

 

 

They aren't jumping the SEC, ACC or Big East in the ESPN pecking order so a TV deal wouldn't hold anything close to the same power ND has with NBC...

[UKMustangFan]

They aren't jumping the SEC, ACC or Big East in the ESPN pecking order so a TV deal wouldn't hold anything close to the same power ND has with NBC...

 

But it would still be their own individual deal, so they'd be better off than with what they have now, wouldn't they?

[gametime]

But it would still be their own individual deal, so they'd be better off than with what they have now, wouldn't they?

 

Maybe. Depends on the deal...

[CoachBuckett]

I would give BYU any Deal. They would be lucking to get a deal with KET. I am confused as to why BYU thinks they can live without a conference.

 

ND's life with out a conference is on life support.

[gchs_uk9]

Isn't this just a way out of the MWC to make themselves more available for anything at any time, including the inevitable invitation to the Pac-10 or Big XII, once expansion picks back up (and you know it will)?

[CatsCatsCats]

I would give BYU any Deal. They would be lucking to get a deal with KET. I am confused as to why BYU thinks they can live without a conference.

 

ND's life with out a conference is on life support.

 

Really? How so?

[gchs_uk9]

ND's life with out a conference is on life support.

 

I think Notre Dame is fine for right now. But I do think the higher-ups in South Bend recognize that the landscape is changing and they need to be prepared. That's why they were at least open for discussion with the Big Ten. I don't think the Irish want to find themselves in a situation where there are four 16-team conferences and they aren't involved in any of them. But since the summer expansion really wasn't much more than a blip for right now, Notre Dame can afford to remain independent.

[Alabama Larry]

BYU gonna win three bowls games in twenty years? :idunno:

[FC]

Maybe they couldn't stand the thought of a playing in front of a bunch of rowdy, drunk, and obnoxious fans from Boise State every other year?