BYU and The BCS...Building a New Conference?

If BYU decides that independence is moderately successful, but finds it easier to be in a football conference, there is a way that they should go about doing it.  BYU would not want to build a replica of what the Mountain West used to be, because there were too many weak schools for BCS auto inclusion.  Are there enough building blocks in the Western 2/5 of the US to build a BCS worthy conference?  Let's examine the issue...

Step 1.

BYU and TCU get together and decide to build a BCS worthy conference so that TCU can leave the Big East and save on travel expenses.

Step 2.

BYU and TCU, both private schools, decide to invite other private schools from Texas and Oklahoma...

Add Tulsa, SMU and Rice.

This puts the conference membership at 5.  The other schools that are added to the conference will need to understand that this is primarily a conference for private schools.

Step 3.

To ensure BCS access, add the best non-BCS schools in the West...

Add Boise State, Fresno State and Nevada

This puts the conference membership at 8.

Step 4.

Add Air Force to continue to strengthen the Football membership and add a level of credibility that only a service academy can provide.

This puts the conference membership at 9.

Step 5.

To ensure that Nevada is solidly in the loop, and to add a bowl game and an additional NCAA basketball slot add UNLV.

This puts the conference membership at 10.

Step 6

This is now a decent football conference, and maybe even a BCS AQ conference.  But there are only two NCAA tournament bids.  Add 3 private, but good basketball, non-football schools to ensure an additional NCAA tournament bid.

Add Creighton and Drake

Football members 10, basketball members 12 (7 private, 1 military academy, 4 public).  1 former independent, 1 Big East, 3 Conference USA, 4 MWC and 2 Missouri Valley.