BYU To Join West Coast Conference

The headline news is no doubt that BYU will become the nation's best independent football program (although Navy certainly has claim to that), but nestled in there is that BYU will leave the Mountain West in all other sports and join, not the WAC as previously reported, but the WCC.

[thebeadlemaniacs]The immediate repurcussions in this is now Gonzaga has a legitimate fight on its hands to win the conference every year, as BYU was one of the best teams in the country last year, led by one of the best players in Jimmer Fredette. Fortunately for Gonzaga and St. Marys Fredette will be gone when BYU makes the move next season, but Tanner Haws and Noah Hartsock will still be around, making BYU one of the best teams in the conference.

For now Gonzaga still has the upperhand on the WCC, but it will be interesting to see what five years or so down the road brings. BYU is coming from the better conference, but they might get a recruiting boost from kids who want to play against Gonzaga twice per year. [thebeadlemaniacs2]