Jeffrey_Allred, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — As the Big 12 Conference lurches ever closer to expansion — or not — former All-America Jason Buck has a word of advice for BYU.
Join the Mountain West.
If the Cougars get rejected, he says, they should swallow their pride and jump back to the league they abandoned in 2011.
“What I really believe is we’ve got to take one step back to take two steps forward,” the 1986 Outland Trophy winner says.
First, the Cougars must reclaim their position as the darling among non-power teams, which was stolen by Boise State.