BYU Ego

The BYU Cougars have just shot themselves in the head, and at the same time, killed the Mountain West Conference. All because their ego wouldn't be patient enough to let them wait two years until the MWC is a BCS Automatic Qualifier.

Yeah, the MWC lost, Utah this summer to the PAC 10/12. And as a Ute fan, I'm REALLY happy about that. It is because we have proven ourselves athletically, academically and in the field of research, not just because of football. But, it's awesome.

But that shouldn't hurt the MWC, or more appropriately, it DIDN'T hurt the MWC. You got, Boise State University to replace us. Now, no one will argue that a school that 20 years ago was a Community College is going to bring everything to the table the Utes did. But I'm just talking about football. And in college sports? Football is EVERYTHING. The level of competition in THAT sport was not hurt. Folks in, Boise might argue it was improved, since they knocked off TCU last year in the Fiesta Bowl.

And the BCS is in the middle of a four year evaluation to see if the MWC is good enough to be an AQ. So far so good. The Cougars have averaged a #15 ranking at the end of the last two seasons, Utah won 2 BCS games coming out of this conference. BSU has won two BCS Bowl Games coming INTO this conference. TCU's national ranking has been high for years now. What's not to love?

Hell, this conference, top to bottom, is already better than, The Big East or the, ACC. You keep the current line up? Man, the MWC is going to the Fiesta Bowl or BETTER, every year!

Stay put, Cougars! Just be patient, and you'll have a shot at a BCS Bowl game EVERY year, not just if you go undefeated. And you're adding, Fresno State and Nevada to be great, natural rivals to, SDSU and UNLV? This could be a GREAT conference with great rivalries once BYU and BSU stir up some hate for each other. Boy, I see nothing but good things for this conference in the future, even though my team is leaving.

Nope. Not going to happen. BYU's ego got in the way. Utah got picked for a BCS conference, why didn't we! Insert stamping of feet and holding of breath noises here.

So, they will go independent in football, and send all the sports that no one cares about, back to the WAC! While giving Boise State, Nevada, and Fresno, a reason to STAY in the WAC (after all, BSU and Hawaii proved you can get to a BCS Bowl Game from THERE. You just can't get to one from PROVO!) and TCU a reason to ask, "WTF are we in THIS conference?" Good question. I asked it when they INVITED you! Good luck in CUSA, TCU, because, Texas doesn't want any more recruiting competition in that state, so you ain't getting into a revamped, "Big 12". Trust me.

The massive ego they have down there! Do they honestly, think that the national media, and the BCS is going to treat them like they do, Notre Dame? Well, in a word? Yeah. They expect that they have that kind of influence, on a national level since they already have their own network, "BYU TV" which is seen in some 50 million homes. Because it's given to cable/Satellite networks for free in an effort to spread the, "Good Word". And those networks can carry it for nothing, so they can say they offer, "X" number of channels. BYUTV is NOT, NBC. Which is carried on EVERY cable/satellite system! BYU is to, Notre Dame, as, BYUTV is to NBC. Not even in the same ballpark. County. Country. SOLAR SYSTEM!

You think they will want to carry it for free when there are only about 6 million Mormons in the whole country, and BYU wants to start charging for it? And selling advertising? In a word? Nope. There will have to be monetary remuneration to the systems if you want to make a buck by using them.

And no one, outside of Utah gives a shit about BYU. Let's face it. No one cares! They are not mentioned in the same breath with, Notre Dame, Boston College, or even, Gonzaga or, Baylor. They come in somewhere around, Liberty University, or, Bob Jones University. And they wonder why the PAC didn't want them? That and spending millions of dollars hating Gay people in in California.

The, "Big 10/12" has, Baylor and they didn't want them. They will NEVER want, BYU.

And what Bowl Game do you expect to go to if you have a good season, Cougars? Hell, Notre Dame has to finish ranked 8 or better to get a shot at a BCS game every year. You don't have that deal. And you never will, by the way. And without it, and all of the above, you can be sure the BCS rankings will NEVER let that happen.

And with no conference championship to compete for, what's you goal at the end of the season? Hoping some conference with six or eight guaranteed Bowl Games doesn't have enough teams with six wins so you can play in the, "Kraft Foods End Hunger Bowl" in San Francisco on January 8th?

Oh, by the way? That's now the WORST possible scenario for the Utes with a six win season. And since my wife grew up in, The Bay Area, the Bowl game she hopes we get EVERY year. But she's a Cougar, so I should expect as much.

So, Cougars you have made a move that makes sure you continue to be the most hated school in America. You have shit all over the other schools that stuck with you when the MWC was formed. You have come crawling back to the WAC, while we go to the PAC.

And the other thing that might happen now, if BSU and the others decide to stay in the WAC? The MWC schools might have to merge with them AGAIN, and create the same kind of cluster f*** that lead to the formation of the MWC in the first place!

Oh, Cougars. You are SO going to regret not staying right where you are. It's your ONLY hope to ever have a shot at a BCS game. And you are just too high on your own ego to see it.

Can you say, Division one, double, A? I thought you could!