PROVO — If Gonzaga leaves the West Coast Conference for the Mountain West, should BYU seek to follow to a league it helped create?
In basketball and Olympic sports, that would be a no-brainer, if you don't mind killing relationships. Again.
To give up football independence, well, that is a more difficult discussion.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported late Wednesday afternoon that WCC powerhouse Gonzaga, which played for the NCAA national championship last year, is in discussions with the Mountain West to potentially join that league.
MWC commissioner Craig Thompson called the discussions “exploratory” in nature and noted that he has been discussing matters with six universities since last August.