Byu Football Conference Realignment, Former Pac 10 Commish Tom Hansen On Byu S Realignment Barrier

The unprecedented reaction in college football has also exposed again why conference realignment makes no sense.

Byu baseball team. In fordes plan the conference champion would earn an automatic bid to the college football playoff. Winning a national championship in 1984 and the conference realignment of 2010 when rival utah. Byu leaving mountain west september 1 2010 by dave congrove.

Where utahbyu football is trending. That was gut punch no. Sports illustrateds pat forde released a plan for conference realignment that would shake up college football forever.

Byu announced on tuesday that it will join the west coast conference next season for basketball and become an independent in football after all. In june 2010 the pac 10 officially invited colorado and utah to become its 11th and 12th members of the conference. The coronavirus pandemic has altered every sports calendar and for good reason.

On a local note the changes would include a new rocky mountain conference featuring the beehive states three top tier football programs utah byu and utah state along with pac 12 transplants arizona arizona state and colorado and the mountain wests air force boise state colorado state new mexico unlv and wyoming. During the last two rounds of realignment for the big 12 byu was a common name but the conference never got to the point of inviting or accepting the cougars. This proposed conference would be difficult but not impossible for byu to win.

Byu is slightly trending upward. And no program would benefit from conference realignment more than 100 year rival utah. Its not where it needs to be.

The byu utah rivalry would be alive and well if it werent for conference realignment. Byu hasnt beaten utah since the utes landed a spot in the pac 12 conference and that is largely due to the benefits utah has reaped from power 5 membership. Forde argues that conferences have become a mess in terms of travel times.

For byu fans much of the angst can be traced back to two seminal moments in the schools history. This would have made life a lot easier for the big 12 but byu is located more than 1000 miles away from oklahoma city. With two straight seasons of appearing in the pac 12 championship game utah hasnt been able to finish the job and claim the conference crown.

The money and prestige of the pac 12 brand has given utah a huge recruiting edge which has led.