byu goes indie rock cock block

Actually you can, little lady. Not only can you, you did.

So let's take a look at this whole BYU to independent thing -- and their leaving in other sports to the WAC ... no wait, they're back in the MWC ... oh shit, now it's the WCC. Right? Can we move on? k thx bye.

First impression, it's just a response to Utah leaving. Simple. Lose one, MWC, and you lose the other. Utah found itself in a better situation, and so BYU figured it had to move too in order to save face.

It's in a unique, Notre Dame-like situation to where the move was easier than if, say, a Colorado State tried the same thing. So it's really not a bad idea, but if Utah stayed in the MWC, I'm thinking the Cougs would have too.

Also, let's just agree that the MWC's TV deal is beyond shitty. Sorry, Craig Thompson and Marius Payton, but if the mtn. and Versus is the best you can do, and you can't make it easily accessible to fans, you're in the shits. Case in point: I wanted to watch the Utah opener on Thursday and we didn't have the channel at home. I had to search for a sports bar in the area -- not just any bar, I've been foiled before -- to watch the game. $25 or $30 bucks later, I watched a little more than a quarter of the game before the little one had enough. So we went back home only to find out we actually had to channel -- I think it just became part of our package or something, because in the past we haven't had it. Simply put: gay.



Then again, BYU's move is pretty badass, right? It's like when you're playing NCAA College Football and you decide you want to make up your whole schedule instead of playing shitbags like Colorado State, Wyoming and UNLV every year. Strength of schedule, here we come. A sked with Auburn, Oklahoma, Florida and Oregon every year. Nice.

Except this is the real world.

BYU still needs wins, hence the deals with WAC teams in football. It can't sked that many badass teams or it would win four games a season.

Everybody wins, sort of. Except for the MWC, in which a summer where it should have been celebrating had to scramble for Nevada and Fresno State.



Let's recap the conference shakeup:

Pac-10: Utah and Colorado. Eh, not bad. Of course they wanted Texas and to blow up the Big 12. Colorado is pretty shitty in everything, Utah is an up-and-comer.

Big 12: Loses Nebraska and Colorado, barely survives. The rich get richer because Texas gets everything it wanted. So much for balance.

MWC: Loses Utah and BYU, adds Boise State, Nevada and Fresno State. Drops its two best programs, and I'm predicting they'll lose TCU in a year or two to the Big 12. Which pretty much makes it the WAC all over again.

WAC: Loses Boise State, Nevada, Fresno State. Eying some shit teams to fill in. Good luck with all that.