Hollis is failing to discuss the obvious. MSU has been Harbaughed.

Even BYU fans know it. They even think it was dumb to schedule MSU because after they kick MSU's ass the win will mean nothing.

Second, let's not pretend that all P5 teams, and games, are created equal. There is a fair amount of risk in scheduling a team very far in advance. Did BYU really gain very much from say, their series with Virginia? Getting multiple games with Stanford may look great now, but the Cardinal could completely suck by the time they make the trip to Provo. Michigan State looks like an awesome get now, but without their best assistant coach and with a resurgent Michigan program in the wings, could they drop back to a 6, 7 win team by 2020? Sure they could. Outside of securing a home game with a true college football blueblood (some that is obviously very hard to do), there are very few games where some sort of value is totally secure. 

http://www.vanquishthefoe.com/2015/2/24/8101577/byu-football-utah-football-future-schedule-who-needs-it-more

Someone bump this in July 2020 if BYU hasn't backed out and I'll get it to Dantonio for motivation.

SRC and Heat will have sold this place to ESPN for gigabillions by 2020. While not relevant, I just wanted to point that out.

Pffff, shit. Who knows who will be who that far into the future? football'll prolly be played with jet packs and laser hologram footballs in the year 2020. Why even worry about it?

Fwiw, aren't we saying the same thing about Boise?

We will have a national championship under our belt by then, maybe multiple. You heard it here first.