06-11-2014, 09:28 AM
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Be a team player
BYU was known in certain Mountain West circles as overpowering, and maybe that's because it could get away with it.
But no one wants to hire an employee who's difficult to deal with. BYU would have to blend its culture with a set of new schools that make a ton of money and aren't about to disrupt the pot.
Be willing to sing the company line.
Set up killer football schedules
If BYU can continue to schedule tough in football despite its outlier status, that would show the Big 12 it handles difficult situations deftly.
Word out of the SEC meetings two weeks ago was at least one SEC school was talking with BYU about a home-and-home before the league approved an 8 + 1 model that suppressed negotiations. Still pulling off at least one SEC game would be impressive.
Play the Big 12 more. Get into Texas and Oklahoma backyards. After the Texas game this year, BYU plays one game from that conference in the next two years -- a 2016 matchup with West Virginia in Landover, Md.
Call Oklahoma's Joe Castiglione every day. Agree to three consecutive games in Norman.
Play to your strengths
You can argue BYU is a top-40 program, which means it might be better than 25 so-called power conference teams.
Football success hinges on quarterback play, and you've had it: Ty Detmer, Jim McMahon, Steve Young, and to a lesser extent -- Taysom Hill. Play that up.
Show your value system is a strength, a different voice for the conference room.
And hope for a phone call.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...go-all-out
Be a team player
BYU was known in certain Mountain West circles as overpowering, and maybe that's because it could get away with it.
But no one wants to hire an employee who's difficult to deal with. BYU would have to blend its culture with a set of new schools that make a ton of money and aren't about to disrupt the pot.
Be willing to sing the company line.
Set up killer football schedules
If BYU can continue to schedule tough in football despite its outlier status, that would show the Big 12 it handles difficult situations deftly.
Word out of the SEC meetings two weeks ago was at least one SEC school was talking with BYU about a home-and-home before the league approved an 8 + 1 model that suppressed negotiations. Still pulling off at least one SEC game would be impressive.
Play the Big 12 more. Get into Texas and Oklahoma backyards. After the Texas game this year, BYU plays one game from that conference in the next two years -- a 2016 matchup with West Virginia in Landover, Md.
Call Oklahoma's Joe Castiglione every day. Agree to three consecutive games in Norman.
Play to your strengths
You can argue BYU is a top-40 program, which means it might be better than 25 so-called power conference teams.
Football success hinges on quarterback play, and you've had it: Ty Detmer, Jim McMahon, Steve Young, and to a lesser extent -- Taysom Hill. Play that up.
Show your value system is a strength, a different voice for the conference room.
And hope for a phone call.
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball...go-all-out