So... against joining a conference because of Utah. yeah that's what I thought.
No. I was making a joke that you are not smart enough to get apparently.
I will give you some reasons they should stay independent. Then you will predictably bash those reasons and it will have been a waste of time like I knew it would be.
They can always go to a G5 conference. That's the easy way. No need to rush to get into the mtn west before it's too late.
If there is an expansion it's easier to go into a p5 conference without any contract or conference to get out of.
Some p5 conferences have said that they won't schedule G5 teams..... but that they will schedule byu as they are not considered G5 by some p5 conferences.
More of their games are nationally televised as independent.
Any money they make is theirs alone. No sharing with unlv or New Mexico or whoever.
Their fans prefer independence (whether ute fans do or not doesn't really matter to byu I reckon). The lds church also prefers independence.
I heard the guys on 700 home of the utes on my way home today discussing whether byu is one of the haves or have nots and they were saying that byu is in a grey area. That's how many non ute fans see it too. If they go G5 then there is no grey area. They would be have nots without question. Again, they can always go G5 whenever they feel independence isn't worth it to them anymore.
Just a few reasons to stay independent over G5 off the top of my head.
Now what would typically happen is you (or another ute fan) would quote my post and argue why I'm wrong and you are right, then I would quote that post and argue why I'm right and you are wrong....and back and forth until the end of time. but I'm done doing that lame **** and don't have time for it so I won't be responding any further. (I already regret wasting my time with this post lol)
