Big News Out of BYU??

[CONAN]

Like I said I honestly could care less about this now with the U being in the PAC12 except for one thing..... now this is all I get to hear on the radio and local sports. Yes I'm thinking selfishly but I was enjoying the thought of getting to hear about the U on the radio instead of the Favre like coverage this will be getting for awhile now, guess I'll have time to digest this and talk it over with the Y fans/friends I know.

Sorry, this is how it's always been.

 

[gregbroncs]

Hahahaha. MWC punks BYU.


What will they do now?

 

[7StraightIsGreat]

So it sounds like Neveda and Fresno St are joining the MWC.

Wow, you have to be partially retarded to be out-done by the MWC. Well done BYU.

 

[Bronco70]

Hahahaha. MWC punks BYU.

That's an interesting interpretation.

I think the MWC is in panic mode now.

BYU has nothing to worry about.

 

[calijazz]

That's an interesting interpretation.

I think the MWC is in panic mode now.

BYU has nothing to worry about.

How do you figure? There is no longer a soft landing spot for all of BYU's non-football programs. The new version of the WAC and WCC aren't exactly the most appealing options in the world. I think this forces BYU's hand quite a bit. I guess we'll see how badly they want to go independent. But I could certainly see them staying in the MWC now...at least a better chance of it than earlier today.

I would agree that the MWC was desperate. That's why they went out and got Fresno and Nevada. But they aren't anymore now that they got the WAC's two best remaining schools.

 

[gregbroncs]

That's an interesting interpretation.

I think the MWC is in panic mode now.

BYU has nothing to worry about.

If Fresno and Nevada really do leave to join the MWC then there is no WAC for BYU to play the rest of their sports with. Meaning BYU is either stuck with the MWC, or finding another conference for their other sports, or going independent anyway and having a real problem with all non-football sports.

In other words if this is true BYU has a good # of things to worry about.

 

[calijazz]

If Fresno and Nevada really do leave to join the MWC then there is no WAC for BYU to play the rest of their sports with. Meaning BYU is either stuck with the MWC, or finding another conference for their other sports, or going independent anyway and having a real problem with all non-football sports.

In other words if this is true BYU has a good # of things to worry about.

Just so you know, it's happening for sure. It's already been officially announced by both schools and the MWC. About Fresno and Nevada, that is.

 

[honz]

Awesome. I want to see the MWC die a painful death. Revenge is sweet.

Haha, that's funny.

 

[calijazz]

Haha, that's funny.

I agree. I already ate my words on that. But that's way it was looking at the beginning of the day...crazy, crazy day. Long live the MWC!

 

[calijazz]

TCU coach Gary Patterson:

"If you're BYU, you better be careful what you wish for," Patterson said. "It's not my job to worry about what Utah does, what BYU does, but I can tell you this: If you think being an independent is an easier way to get to a national championship, you're kidding yourself."

And also:

"All I can tell you is this: Just wait and see in the next two weeks before you make any judgments and see what happens in the national landscape," Patterson said. "Things that I know that maybe you don't know. That's all I'm going to tell you."

https://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/ncf/news/story?id=5475303

 

[Chad Feldheimer]

"If you're BYU, you better be careful what you wish for," Patterson said. "It's not my job to worry about what Utah does, what BYU does, but I can tell you this: If you think being an independent is an easier way to get to a national championship, you're kidding yourself."

They are doing it for the money not for the better shot at the National Championship.

 

[7StraightIsGreat]

So with the apparent demise of the WAC, it looks like BYU is down to two options:

#1- Use the West Coast Conferance as the partner that allows BYU to go independant in football while moving all their other sports there. In a way the WCC makes more sense than the WAC for BYU. It's a non-football conferance with a few schools with religious affiliations. Plus, I think it's better for basketball considering BYU would be playing the likes of Gonzaga and St. Mary's twice a year, but I'm sure the WAC was BYU's first choice because overall it was the better option for the Cougs.

or....

#2- With the additions of Fresno and Nevada, BYU figures that the MWC is even closer to Automatic Bid status and decides to stay put. This might be the better option for BYU. If winning the MWC turns into a direct path to the BCS, should BYU really walk away from that?