My advice? Look ahead to 2023, when various conference television contracts are ending and another major shift of the college football landscape could occur. Between now and then, BYU's home schedules gradually will become more attractive, for the benefit of the actual ticket-buyers, and the Cougars can keep trying to position themselves for an invitation to an elite level.
BYU's bold move has not become a failure, but independence is imperfect. Scheduling always will be complicated, with athletic director Tom Holmoe trying to reach just the right degree of difficulty every season and avoid having a schedule become ridiculously front-loaded — like 2016, for example.