Article By Eddie Dzurilla on 18th August, 2010
The BYU Cougars, passed over for Pac-10 membership because of “cultural differences” and jilted by their cross valley rivals, the Utah Utes, decided to go it alone.
This may mean the end of the Mountain West.
The league was formed when the “gang of five”-BYU, Utah, Air Force, Colorado State and New Mexico-decided that their long standing rivalries and allegiances needed to be preserved.
The then recently expanded WAC had 16 teams necessitating round robin scheduling; the ”gang” thus ditched the WAC and formed the Mountain West.
Recently the Mountain West has flirted with BCS inclusion.
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