My street cred is going straight out the window haha! I just got back from a mission so i'm still trying to get re-acclimated to real life again. I have missed sports, I will tell you that much!

I truly believe that even if the PAC 10 were to invite BYU (which I find doubtful), BYU would turn it down. BYU is THE big fish in the MWC and has the ability to control most of what happens here. If they were to join the PAC 10, the would be at the mercy of PAC 10 officials who have little love for BYU.

I will admit that I have many times wished for the prestige and respect that comes with a major conference, but I just don't see BYU going that route.

A group of schools that generally find no reason for believing in God is not likely to admit a religious school. I remember Dick Harmon last year on KFAN (or maybe 1280) saying that he has been told as much by several decision-makers and VIP's.

I think there are two more likely options.
1-the BCS is completely overhauled
2-the MWC becomes a BCS conference
(Of course, if the NCAA/BCS somehow forced the PAC-10 to pick up 2 more schools, I think they'd forgive our religious foundations really quickly in the name of those $chools' real God.)

bengel:

I recall hearing that BYU doesn't meet standards for admission to the PAC 10 because we are not a research institution, or something like that. Perhaps someone more attuned to the nuances of academia can shed some light on this.

I sort of doubt the validity of that statement. I'd be willing to bet good money that we publish a lot more than oregon state.

And don't bring up the med school argument either. Half the schools in the pac 10 do not have med schools.

This has nothing to do with academics. It's purely a sports decision. Anyone who tells you differently doesn't know what they're talking about. The pac-10 is happy being a 10 team league. They're happy with their rivalries and their tradition and there is no room for BYU or Boise State or any other school on the outside looking in. That's just the sad reality of it.

BYUtx wrote:

A group of schools that generally find no reason for believing in God is not likely to admit a religious school. I remember Dick Harmon last year on KFAN (or maybe 1280) saying that he has been told as much by several decision-makers and VIP's.

I think there are two more likely options.
1-the BCS is completely overhauled
2-the MWC becomes a BCS conference
(Of course, if the NCAA/BCS somehow forced the PAC-10 to pick up 2 more schools, I think they'd forgive our religious foundations really quickly in the name of those $chools' real God.)

That's a stupid argument too. If ND was located in Washington in stead of south bend the Pac 10 would be drooling over them (sort of like the big 10 does now). This is a sports thing, not a religious prejudicial thing.

I agree with Hengst. It seems no one tends to agree with me. But all the other arguments people brought up were weak as I think about it. I do believe that we could definitely compete with the Pac 10. And IF we do crack the BCS in back to back years, they'd be dumb to not even consider adding BYU...