When BYU football announced its independence, one of the major issues that was brought up was the difficulty in scheduling.
It is hard enough to find quality opponents when you only have to fill four or five spots, so what would the Cougars do when they needed to fill a full 12-game schedule?
Notre Dame aids its scheduling by having a few teams it plays every year such as USC, Michigan and Navy. So who could BYU possibly find as annual opponents with its newfound independence?
Obviously they won't have 10 teams they play every year, but if they could lock up three or four of these teams on an annual basis, it would go a long way toward filling the schedule with quality opponents.