BYU Notes, 2/18/2011

Hoops Conference Title
BYU's destiny has always been in its own hands.  However, now it is up to them, and no one else, to win the MWC Title.  SDSU survived scares at CSU and UNLV, then held off New Mexico this past Wednesday night.  BYU is now the only test between the Aztecs and an outright MWC championship.  If BYU wins at SDSU, they win the conference.  If BYU loses, SDSU should run off an unprecedented 15-1 record in the MWC.  BYU will have to settle for second place for a second consecutive year.  BYU's hopes for a conference title now rest solely in Jimmer's, I mean their own hands.

Football Scheduling Change
BYU has added a game with TCU on Friday, October 28th, at Cowboys Stadium.  Instead of having a bye that weekend and playing at Louisiana Tech the following Saturday, BYU plays TCU and no longer plays the road game at LA Tech.  The game will be on ESPN2.

This means that BYU's non-home schedule goes like this: at Ole Miss, at Texas, at Oregon State, vs. TCU, and at Hawaii.  I would put that road schedule up against any other I-A football program's road schedule.  If BYU finds a way to go 5-0 (definitely, definitely not an early prediction), it'd be tough to keep them out of the top 5.  If BYU finds a way to go 0-5, it might be tough to get to a bowl game.  Regardless of which way it goes (probably somewhere between those extremes), I imagine Bronco and the BYU team are pretty excited right now at the prospect of playing that schedule.  Tom Holmoe said they wanted access and exposure, they definitely have it with that road schedule and with home games to be broadcast exclusively on ESPN networks and BYU-TV.  Now the Cougars just have to deliver the goods...