You know that scheduling agreement between BYU and the WAC? BYU's independence may only last a season or two as rumors are now flying that BYU and the Big 12 have something brewing...or at least there is a lot of pressure on the Big 12 to consider it. Especially now that the Big East got TCU. It will also include Louisville or perhaps Boise State as the other team. Such an agreement would need to allow BYU to keep it's TV agreement with ESPN and Notre Dame. These rumors are flying faster than TCU to the Big East was flying a couple of weeks ago.
Perhaps BYU will only join the Big 12 in football and keep their other sports in the WCC, where someone like Creighton will take their place in other sports. Just my thoughts, however. It could be a way around the Sunday issue, a major sticking point between BYU and the Big 12.
IMHO...BYU probably will not join the Big 12 until 2013 as the 2012 schedule is almost done as well.
BTW...this comes from an Oklahoma writer, not some pie-in-the-sky blogger like yours truly.
BYU to the Big 12 is likely just a matter of time and working out the details, like weather it is Louisville, Boise State, Memphis or Air Force that joins with them.
Back to the WAC. Without any marquee programs, the WAC needs the BYU agreement and ESPN games for exposure and money. With BYU in the Big 12, something else they need is gone.
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