... officially announced its football independence today, and in the process revealed that the Cougars have entered into an eight-year agreement with ESPN to broadcast every home football game starting next season.

BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe also announced a six-year agreement to play Notre Dame in football.

In addition, BYU will retain the rights to rebroadcast those games on a “same-day” basis on BYUtv.

Holmoe said that the two pillars of the the decision to go independent were access and exposure for the program.

BYU also officially announced that its other athletic programs will compete in the West Coast Conference beginning in 2011.

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