As BYU football has struggled to a 5-5 record, some are clamoring once again for a return to a Group of Five conference. They’ve lost sight of why the choice was made six years ago to become an independent, and they want to jump ship right when things are getting exciting.
These fans don’t understand the choice to go back to a G5 would mean a lot more than what they might think. It signifies a retreat from their battle to remain in the upper tier of college football and a surrendering to the establishment. It concedes the notion that BYU Football has acknowledged its acceptance of a role as “little brother” to all the P5 teams, including their rivals to the north, Utah.