Realistic Opportunity for BYU to Join the Big 12
It appears Texas A&M has officially accepted an invitation to join the SEC, potentially paving the way for the BYU Cougars to replace them in the Big 12. Nothing substantial to report yet but an invite to join a BCS football conference and a fantastic basketball league would be monumental for the Cougars. I just don’t see how they could turn it down.
This brand new article from Mike Sorenson of The Deseret News spells out all the pros and cons.
Time for BYU to get in before it is left out
The only topic he does not touch on that we’ve heard from other outlets: BYU officials are very concerned about turning their backs on the West Coast Conference schools after just one year, many of which are faith based institutions like BYU.
We shall see.
Matt Nielson has been writing about the college sports landscape in Utah and the Intermountain West since 2010. When he’s not pretending to be a professional blogger, he works full time as a residential real estate agent and house flipper. Matt graduated from Brigham Young University in 2000. He and his family reside in Salt Lake City, UT.
