Gordon Monson: BYU makes a big, big Boise Statement

The problem with playing a schedule filled with weak opponents is that when a strong one finally appears, a ranked one, everything rides on that single game — pride, validation, reputation, respect.There’s no room for coming out flat or coming up short.That would conjure only disappointment and disrespect.BYU was fully aware on Friday night in Boise — and played like it knew.It avoided what it considered such silly, superfluous pratfalls.One of the principles running deep throu