Utah’s vs BYU’s Big12 schedule

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Jul 2, 2024
10:28:38am

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Utah’s vs BYU’s Big12 schedule

The Big12 conference games strength of schedule for BYU and Utah, as measured by the sum of their opposition’s rankings in the preseason media poll:

BYU - 66
Utah - 99

BYU also had the most difficult conference schedule last year. Nice softball lob there to the Utes.…
— CougarStats (@CougarStats) July 2, 2024

https://twitter.com/CougarStats/status/1808175069748752670

Utah’s Big12 schedule highlights why a 16 team conference is such a bad idea — especially with no divisions. There is such a massive disparity in schedule strength between conference members.

It’s institutional malpractice. @Spencer_Linton @jsnshep
— CougarStats (@CougarStats) July 2, 2024

https://twitter.com/CougarStats/status/1808172746125594913

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Utah’s vs BYU’s Big12 schedule

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

Jul 2, 10:28am

The conference wants byu playing good teams for media purposes

Longseason

Jul 2, 10:31am

Utah’s argument: “Well, we can’t play ourselves.”

Yukon

Jul 2, 10:31am

...but they do

7FootRussian

Jul 2, 5:48pm

They're following the SEC model of giving conference favorites favorable

Scratch

Jul 2, 10:36am

Nobody gives a crap about the utes around here

Bill

Jul 2, 11:57am

I mean, I responded to a past specifically about Utah and this topic, so

Scratch

Jul 2, 12:08pm

RE: I mean, I responded to a past specifically about Utah and this topic, so

Toubibe

Jul 2, 2:45pm

Boardname checks out:

RoaroftheCougartails

Jul 2, 3:38pm

So why give the utes an easy schedule then?

Toubibe

Jul 2, 2:47pm

RE: So why give the utes an easy schedule then?

Scratch

Jul 2, 2:49pm

Fake news, obviously. I bet you're really fun at parties

Toubibe

Jul 2, 2:54pm

Also.. those are possibly the ugliest football uniforms ever created

Toubibe

Jul 2, 2:55pm

We have an option: We can beat the Utes in Salt Lake.

Plantagenet

Jul 2, 11:00am

I was just working on this analysis: Avg. conf opponent rank and # top5 played

oilman

Jul 2, 1:42pm

One major issue with both of these analyses is top teams don't play themselves

NYC and Japan

Jul 3, 2:31pm

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