From big picture to immediate impact, Sonny Dykes, Steve Sarkisian and Matt Campbell weigh in on the Cougars.
BYU head coach Kalani Sitake wraps up the first day of fall camp for the 2021 season on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021.• Sonny Dykes may be the newest member of the Big 12 coaching fraternity, but in many ways he is already its resident historian.
Dykes comes at this discussion with a big-picture view, but many of his counterparts around the league have other thoughts about theSome have looked at BYU’s addition as a strategic move that makes sense for the viability of the league. Others have evaluated the football readiness of the group. Gundy says geography — and the distance between BYU and the majority of the conference — is less of a concern. In light of— where they will travel coast to coast to play games — it is less about where a school is located and more about filling a slot on television with the most enticing game for a network.
Theoretically, BYU being in the late window of television gives the conference a wider reach and greater national appeal than the ACC and Pac-12. “That program has been through a little bit of an awkward change, from being in the Mountain West and the WAC to being independent to now finding a home here in the Big 12,” he said. “So I’m excited for BYU. I know a lot of the people at the university, and Kalani Sitake and I were teammates at BYU.”“No, no,” Brown said of the transition for BYU. “The jump, coming into our league, is being able to be at your best week in and week out. Because if you are not, then you are going to get beat.
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