SALT LAKE CITY — A decade after the college sports environment underwent a makeover, including Utah joining the Pac-12 and BYU going independent, Sports Illustrated writer Pat Forde believes it’s time for another renovation.
The Forde Bowl Subdivision, as SI cleverly called his realignment daydreaming, would group teams together in a way that makes much more sense geographically than some of the conferences are currently comprised.
On a local note, the changes would include a new Rocky Mountain Conference featuring the Beehive State’s three top-tier football programs — Utah, BYU and Utah State — along with Pac-12 transplants Arizona, Arizona State and Colorado, and the Mountain West’s Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, UNLV and Wyoming.