Official...BYU leaving the MWC

I missed this news when it broke. My son turned 17 today, therefore I had a higher priority.

First of all, it has taken me a week to warm up slightly to BYU as an independent. I think it will work as a proving ground to show that BYU belongs to a BCS conference. If this does not work, BYU will be lucky to get back to a conference it 10 years. It may work well enough that they do not want to join a conference...ala Notre Dame.

This ensures that the BYU/Utah rivalry can continue.

The MWC will then stay at 10 schools. I doubt that they will ever get automatic BCS consideration unless the Cotton Bowl is added. As long as TCU and Boise State remain hot, this will not matter much.

The WAC is now waiting for Hawaii to act. Hawaii could follow BYU's lead. It will help rebuild this once intense rivalry. Those of us who remember the 80s remember how intense it used to be. It can be again. Hawaii can put it's other sports into the Big West.

If the WAC acts now and invites Texas State, they may be able to save the conference and keep Louisiana Tech. They will then need to add at least two and probably three other current FBS schools. Again, use the money that is being extorted from Fresno and Nevada to help the other FBS schools like Montana add the sports they need to move up.