Comments about ‘BYU football: 'GameDay' putting spotlight on Provo’

If TCU beats byu, byu fans need to start seriously backing tcu and rooting for the mwc to get to another bcs game.. It would be criminal if Boise State got into a bcs over TCU.. I am a horned frogs fan this weekend.

I can't wait to watch the game in HD on the Mountain Channel> Well at least it will be in color won't it?

I know the game this week on the Mountain Channel will not be in HD --will it be in color? What a joke!

You know its bad when Utah State has a better TV deal for all of UTah, than BYU and U. has put together.

yes the mountain is pathetic, but you forget the game WILL be in HD on versus.... if you have Comcast channel 695. Except... it won't matter how clear the pic is if they forget to show up again like the last versus HD televised game (FSU... uugghhh).

Nah.
Nice try, BYU hater. Don't feed the troll.

Don't forget to show the tailgate parties.

Jeff Sagarin's poll presents a view different than your "criminal" theory.

Boise State 1 win over a top 10

Boise State 2 wins over top 30 teams

TCU 0 wins over a top 10 team
TCU 0 wins over a top 30 team

Neither Utah or BYU will finish in the top 10. Oregon will take the PAC 10 as they win the USC game on Halloween. Spooky!

to Really TCU...If BYU wins on Saturday, they will have 2 wins over top 10 teams. That may not get them into the BCS, but should get them close enough to the top 10 that a bowl win will land them there. If BYU loses, then I'm for TCU too...but not before Saturday's outcome which makes all the difference.

TCU beat BSU last year, so why did they not start the polls ahead of BSU? I would not call 3-3 Fresno a top 30 program regardless of Sagarin ratings! The fact that BSU plays nobody all year long except Oregon AT HOME on the first game of the year when all teams are still getting used to their new line ups should not be sufficient for BCS consideration. Beat someone decent like Oregon on the road and I might have given it more credit.

I like BSU, but unless they play better teams than the bottom feeders in the WAC and UC Davis for your schedule besides 1 good team AT Home to start the year, it is too hard to give you more credit than a team from the MWC that plays 2 top 25 teams on the road in conference and plays 2 ACC teams on the ROAD to start the season! Schedules are No Comparison.

Enough with the jawing, I'm ready for tomorrow's game!

BYU 42, TCU 28

Then we can see how the BCS reacts!

P.S. This week the MWC player of the week is Utah Senator Orrin Hatch who sent a 10 page letter seeking President Obama's support of a Justice Department review of the BCS monopoly. He's also calling the president out to act on Obama's earlier commitment to "throw his weight around" on the issue. As I've said before (tongue in cheek), "Save us Mr. President! Appoint a college football czar assigned to create a playoff! Only you can save us from ourselves and spread the wealth!"

Not!

I think it is rather humerous to see all the Ute fans posing as BYU fans in all the stories about this game on Sat. Thinks like, "I'm a BYU fan but they will get beat on saturday". I get the feeling the Ute fans are more interested in storming the BYU stories with comments, than they are with their own teams news stories. I'm sure it really bugs them to see all the attention BYU has got this year. Ute fans have to understand, BYU has been good for 20-30 years, Not just the last 5-7 years. BYU is well respected throughout the country. It was great to see BYU invited to the game at COWBOY stadium to start the season. Oklahoma is a good team. Any team would have a real set back if they lost a quarterback like Bradford. I will go on rooting for the cougars, win or lose. It's great to be amongs the 64000 at the stadium each year. Let's hope that Tom Holmoe and Bronco can continue to get the BCS quality teams on the schedule in future years. GO COUGARS.

I am die hard BYU but will not be sad if TCU wins. They are a class team and would make a great representative of the MWC in a BCS game.

Should be a great game!

And as for Boise State, great program that is as selective of who they play as any SEC team. Have you ever looked at an SEC schedule? They alternate between playing 4 or 5 road games a year. I remember when BYU scheduled Hawaii every year and some years played 7 road games.

The SEC not only completely controls their schedule to ensure they look hot, they always travel with a great set of refs. The discussion within the SEC is pretty open.

While Boise State doesn't get the refs they do schedule a tight season that ensures minimal exposure to tough opponents. The rest is marketing. And while they are a good team, they are a far better at PR and scheduling.

Whatever. TCU beat them last year and both BYU and TCU would do so this year.

For sure Prove has it's "own unique, crazy atmosphere"

The best part about GameDay is watching the "featured" game of the week. The MWC, in all its infinite wisdom, made a brillant move by signing such great TV contracts with such well-known sports channels. The MWC complains about not being recognized, and it commits such a stupid act by limiting its exposure to certain viewers. Whoever made that contract deserves to be fired.

Secondly, I am not BYU fan, but can the Cougar fans please at least show up early for games and actually wear blue? Watching you watch their games, it looks as though there are rainbows in the stands. Wear your school colors for the love.

TCU beat Boise in the Poinsettia Bowl last year. Both teams return their main players. TCU has beaten 2 ACC teams on the road; Boise squeaked by a disinterested Oregon on Boise's blue turf. TCU should now be ranked higher than Boise. The thing that is hurting TCU is the same thing that is hurting all of the MWC teams: the stupid TV contract.

Boise fans, remember, you are benefitting from the MWC's rejection of their ESPN contract. Several years ago ESPN wanted the Mountain West, not the WAC. But the Mountain West, in an unbelievable short-sighted decision, chose to reject the ESPN deal and do their own TV deal without, obviously, doing the market research to see how large of an audience they would have. But, please, Boise fans (and you seem to be obsessed with everything that happens here in Utah), remember, you are getting your exposure because the MWC dumped the ESPN contract, and your lesser conference, the WAC, greedily grabbed it up.

Watch out for the game day curse, teams that host game day many times end up loosing with all the hype, love and koolaid.

Good luck to both teams. I hope you put on a great show that demonstrates a high quality Mountain West football game.

BYU has a great football program. Period. No one can argue that.

It is the BYU FANS people find annoying.
They forbid people from posting non-BYU-lover comments on "their" articles.
They do win/loss comparative analysis (IE we could hang with Texas, because we beat OU by roughly the same margin).
They make arrogant predictions & degrading remarks about other teams, then call everyone but themselves "classless" or "haters".
They overvalue BYU's football tradition. Yes, it is greater than Utah's, but nationally they don't stack up with the big boys.

And the list goes on...

Wake up Coogar fans! Even IF BYU wins the TCU game, there will NOT be any BCS for you. A BYU win will only assure that Boise State will go to the BCS. BYU blew all BCS hopes when they lost to FSU. Besides, Gameday is coming to Provo because of TCU, not BYU.