PROVO — It's been a hot-button topic surrounding BYU football for years now.
Should the Cougars remain an independent or should they return to the Mountain West Conference, the league they left after the 2010 season?
Vanquish The Foe examines the four biggest myths of the should-BYU-go-back- to-the-Mountain West argument. One of those arguments involves bowl tie-ins.
"Even the most blue-goggled BYU fan would probably admit that one of the big drawbacks to being an independent is that they only have one bowl contract. Once they’re eliminated from a NY6 opportunity (more on this in a minute), we all pretty much know where BYU is spending their offseason, sometimes before the calendar switches to October.