Future BYU Football Schedules

Boomer asked for some stuff on BYU's future schedules as an independent.  There are a couple of sites that are good for looking at future schedules, though they do not get updated as frequently as I do!  Here are a few links:

http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa/mtn-west/byu-cougars.php
http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/future_schedules/brighamyoung_future.htm

National Schedule
BYU has the freedom to move around the country.  They will have nationally interesting games with national broadcasts.  They currently have Texas, Georgia Tech, Notre Dame, Utah, Hawaii, West Virginia, Boise State, Oregon State, and UCF, which would all spark some national interest.  I would expect the number of teams like that to grow over the coming months and years.  They also have 4-5 current WAC teams on their future schedules the next few years.  Boomer, there are your easy wins.

Going East
I am guessing that BYU will try to schedule a Big East or ACC road game for 2013 (assuming conference expansion doesn't completely change the picture between now and then).  BYU is making trips east of the Mississippi in 2011, 2012 (two), 2013, 2014 (two), and 2016.  It looks like they are trying to get back east/south at least twice a year, wherever possible.  After BYU's two basketball games this December in New York, we'll have a better idea of how enthusiastic Cougar fans in New England are about the university.  That could spark discussions with Army, Syracuse, or Rutgers for a 2013 game.

Rough September
They will have very difficult September schedules for the foreseeable future.  I think that trend will continue: BYU's best chance to get big games is in September since everyone else is in conference play in October and November.  They will probably play at least 4 bowl teams every September.  If BYU ever starts 4-0, they will have a good shot to run the table!  And if they do that, they would have a good argument to belong in the National Championship discussion.  Remember, I said "if."  Twice.

Holy 2014
2014 looks particularly overwhelming already.  BYU only has four games scheduled, but all four are on the road against what figures to be quality opponents.  They play at Texas, at Boise State, at UCF, and at Georgia Tech.  It is tough to know exactly what those schools will look like 4 years from now, but I cannot imagine that a schedule like that will be anything but extremely tough.  Probably add Utah to that as well (2014 would be in Salt Lake City, if the rotation continues).  Heaps would graduate in 2013, so BYU will probably (hopefully, that means Heaps stayed healthy and was good...) be breaking in a new QB that season as well.  A home game against Notre Dame is also a possibility.  The BYU-WAC agreement has not yet extended into 2014, but, if the conference survives, I imagine BYU will add 2-4 schools from there too.  Utah State and Hawaii, I imagine, are teams that BYU wants to play each year, that want to play them as well.  I would potentially put UTEP, from Conference USA, in that category as well.  They have a healthy rivalry that would generate a lot of interest from fanbases.  Plus, BYU needs to keep playing in Texas.