BYU-TV (or available through online streaming at byutv.org) will air a one-hour special about BYU's Road to Independence tonight. The initial airing will be at 6pm Mountain (interesting that this directly coincides with the second half of the Jimmer Game, but whatever, another example of how football drives the machine). Another showing will immediately follow at 7pm. The final viewing will be at 11:15pm Mountain.
BYU currently has 12 games scheduled, but only 6 of them have dates associated with them. BYU recently added Idaho State to the schedule. I think it will probably be a show describing the 2011 football opponents, giving exact dates (and perhaps some broadcast plans) for all of the games, and discussing what it took to make the Independent Dream a reality. Maybe they will decide to announce a 13th game...don't bet on it. I am sad to see they did not get anything worked out with any of the MWC schools, I thought Air Force might have been a possibility in 2011. They still have an opening in their schedule and have expressed at least some interest in playing BYU in the future.
BYU's presently announced 2011 schedule:
Saturday September 3, at Ole Miss
Saturday September 10, at Texas
Saturday September 17, Utah
Friday September 23, C-USA champion Central Florida
Friday September 30, Utah State
Saturday October 15th, at Oregon State
Other Home Games: Idaho, Idaho State, New Mexico State, and San Jose State
Other Road Games: at Hawaii, at Louisiana Tech
Did I miss the announcement about NOT playing Boise State next year? I thought they were on our schedule, or does that not start until 2012?
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