BYU vs. PAC10

Oregon's Coach said the other day, right before BYU wacked them, that BYU would not be able to fair well in PAC10. This naturally made me curious. What has been BYU's record against PAC10 opponents in the modern era? I went back to the start of the Lavell Edwards coaching career to find out. Their record has been 19-30 against the PAC10. On the surface this seems to validate the coach's argument, but it was very apparent to me that during the dominant years, when BYU was flying high, PAC10 schools mysteriously disappear from BYUs schedule then they return again during the down years. This proves my theory about the BCS perpetuating the theory that these non-BCS schools couldn't play with them and then to prove it, not scheduling them when they are actually a threat and overwhelmingly at their own venue. Between 79-85, the PAC only played BYU 3 times and one of those was Washington State in the Holiday Bowl(a non-scheduled game), a game that BYU won. The points for and points against are BYU 22ppg vs. PAC10 27ppg (only 2 fgs a game average), but again, it begs the question, "how many points would BYU have scored had the PAC10 allowed Steve Young, Jim McMahon and Robbie Bosco to have a go at them.
The other thing I noticed when I broke it down was that BYU played pretty close to .500 against Arizona and ASU when they were still in the WAC. BYU was 6-8 against them and that was when BYU had some bad years early in the era. The PF-PA were fairly even (BYU 20ppg and ASU/AZ 25). This proves my second point about the BCS. By not allowing BYU to be in a "good" conference, they hurt BYUs ability to recruit and hence they are not on an even plane. We can see here that when BYU is put an even playing field with BCS schools, they are competitive, regardless of the Oregon coach's lame theory that BYU is inherently inferior. I guarantee if they had a playoff, BYU would start getting recruits that had heretofore passed on them. Left to there own destiny, BYU would flourish (and Utah). They both have a bigger fan base than many PAC10 schools and that would only grow. But the BCS knows this thats why they think that its a wonderful system they have created, it keeps BYU down. Like I've said a million times, only those who get paid by the BCS think its a good idea. Lee Corso, I'm lookin' in your direction.