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Ahead of Big 12 Era, BYU Should Rethink Rivalry Schedule

With news coming down that BYU is joining the Big 12 Conference in 2023, their schedules will look very different moving forward.

The Big 12 will likely require BYU to play 9 conference games every season, as it does now for its current members. This leaves room for three games outside their conference slate each year. The Cougars happen to have three rivals who they play on a consistent basis- Utah, Utah State, and Boise State.

With BYU’s new standing as a conference member once again, it begs the question-what do they do with their games against their three rivals?