Byu Football Big 12, With No Games Against Big 12 Teams Where Does Byu Go From Here Ksl Sports

We would love to be in the big 12 mendenhall told the austin american statesman newspaper.

Byu recent news. Just ask western kentucky. Provo when the pac 12 and big ten announced in july they were playing conference games only due to the spread of covid 19 just like that byus games with utah michigan state arizona state minnesota and stanford disappeared from the schedule. As independents both programs are even more affected by a potential conference only football season.

There was speculation that the independent cougars were seeking scheduling deals with conferences that intended to play a full schedule at the. During the last two rounds of realignment for the big 12 byu was a common name but the conference never got to the point of inviting or accepting the cougars. When the college football world was upended this summer and conferences were cancelling left and right the independent byu cougars were one of those programs who found themselves in a very difficult situation.

Its a one time solution to the big 12s big scheduling obstacles but adding byu for 2020 solves a lot of problems at once and brings in an attractive football property to make the league. And the big 12 has led the majority of the buzz. This would have made life a lot easier for the big 12 but byu is located more than 1000 miles away from oklahoma city.

If the big 12 goes to a schedule that allows for one non conference game maybe the cougars could utilize their partnership with espn to get games. Provo utah all of the work byu athletic director tom holmoe spent the past seven years putting together byus challenging 2020 schedule evaporated in one month due to covid 19. But that might still be a tall order for byu to accomplish.

The big 12 should offer temporary membership to both notre dame and byu. Byu will still need to keep their eyes peeled to the big 12s decision coming up next week. Even when byus offense is not at its best it is still scary good.

With the sec joining the big ten and pac 12 by going to a conference only schedule its left byu with six games remaining on its upcoming slate this fallall the remaining six games are against programs from. Over the last month as byu has seen its once strong 2020 football schedule dwindle down to only six possible games the murmurings of how to.