The collective opinion is that the schedule is much easier than last year. I agree with this groupthink, to an extent......

Last year BYU had a very top heavy schedule (top heavy is also one of my favorite consistent threads on Cougarboard) in that they played two teams that BYU had virtually no chance against and one team that was clearly better. However after that the schedule took a nosedive like Gary Crowton's BYU head coaching career in the best little city in the world. I would put that BYU played two teams that were toss up games and then played 6 teams that I felt, and since this is MY post MY opinions dictate reality, BYU was better or should have been better than. Breakdown is:

No Chance: USC, Utah (0-2)
Better than BYU: Boise State (0-1)
Toss Up: UNM and Notre Dame (1-1)
BYU Better than: Stanford, CSU, UNLV, WYO, AFA, SDSU (4-2)

This year BYU has no No Chance to win games, but also fewer games where BYU is better than its opponents, IMO. I put the breakdown for this year as such:

No Chance: None
Better than BYU: BC, 1/2 Notre Dame, 1/2 Utah
Toss Up Games: 1/2 Notre Dame, 1/2 Utah, WYO, UNM, 1/2 SDSU, 1/2 TCU
BYU Better than: 1/2 SDSU, CSU, AF, UNLV, 1/2 TCU
No Chance to Lose: EIU

Comparison:
Last Year This Year
NC: 2 0
BTBYU: 1 2
TU: 2 4
BYUBT: 6 4
NCL: 0 1

This schedule is more middle heavy than top heavy. I guess last year was a young woman schedule and this year is an older pear shaped foray. My point is that while BYU does not play as many unbeatable teams, I actually believe it plays more teams where it could play relatively well and still lose, like BSU last year. Last year I thought BYU played 6 teams that I felt it *should have* beaten. This year I feal like it plays one less of that nature.

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