Pac-10 Expansion and BYU: A Golden Oppurtunity Overlooked?

Posted by Tyler Stimson on February-26-2010 Add Comments

 

Expansion is currently the talk of the college football world, as the Pac—10 and Big 10 are both looking to expand. Even though BYU and Utah seem like a natural fit to both jump to the Pac—10, the rumors have all pointed to little or no interest in considering BYU as a candidate for expansion.

And interestingly enough, it's not about BYU's ability to compete in athletics.

The Pac—10 has made a big deal out of any potential candidates fitting in "culturally." This is basically a back-handed "hint" that BYU is not a candidate.

All Pac—10 schools are quite liberal and research institutions. BYU is not technically a "research" institution (even though they do a TON of research) and is one of t...

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