They all want 9-1 (6-1) BYU to lose.

The first group is comprised of league brothers.

They are a club of four Big 12 football teams that stand at 5-2 in the league standings. They desperately want BYU to join their two-loss club, so there could be a convoluted five-way tiebreaker created after this Saturday.

If they all win and BYU loses to Cincinnati, they’ll achieve their wishes. They want tiebreakers. They want a chaotic morass of teams tied for second place behind one-loss Texas Tech.

What stands in the way of the Five Teams Tied Club is BYU, with its one loss.

The 5-2 club is comprised of Utah, Houston, Arizona State and Cincinnati.

A BYU loss to Cincy will give all of them a lifeline, a golden parachute.

A BYU win all but kills their tiebreaker fantasies.

The second group?

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