(06-13-2021 05:15 AM)JamesTKirk Wrote:  

(06-13-2021 04:26 AM)BruceMcF Wrote:  Except Utah is in the PAC-12, so this is just more AAC supporter wishful thinking about BYU. Making it a wall of words and playing around with different colors doesn't distract from...the elephant in the room when it comes to BYU.

1) Needless to say, that isn't a thoughtful, reasoned argument.

2) Moreover, no effort was made to address any of the points in the prior post.

When all of the points in the prior post ignored the main hurdle for BYU joining the AAC, what need is there to address them?

Utah is in a conference regarded as a "Power" conference. Therefore, BYU does not want to have their football team play as a member of a conference that is not regarded as a power conference. Nothing you offered as reasons for BYU to join rise to the same level of important to BYU as not joining a conference that is widely seen as inferior to the one that Utah is in.

Look, jed, it really doesn't matter what you or anyone else predicts will happen to the AAC if BYU joins ... the sequence that works is:
(1) Step One: The AAC is widely seen as being in the same tier of conferences as the PAC-12.
(2) Step Two: BYU will then be willing to listen to the offer, and decide whether it is a good step for them.