BYU football: Are future schedules too difficult?

This is the second article of a three-part series on the sustainability of independence for BYU football, in particular, the challenge of scheduling.

Since the BYU football embarked on this journey of independence, scheduling has been a pain in the neck for Tom Holmoe. Setting up twelve teams to play will never be an easy task, but that is just the beginning.

Holmoe has dealt with complaint after complaint, from the get-go. First, there was the criticism about a subpar November slate. Next, came the grievances of a lack of good home games. And now protests of how he is scheduling overly difficult seasons.

Although it appears that there is no rhyme or reason to his methods, Holmoe is being very…