BYU Going Independent in Football, Will Join West Coast Conference
PROVO -- Brigham Young University today announced it resigned from the Mountain West Conference, effective June 30, 2011.
Additionally, the University announced its football program will compete in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as an independent beginning fall 2011. BYU has accepted an invitation to join the West Coast Conference as a full member for men’s basketball and other sports, beginning the 2011-12 athletic season.
Further information will be provided at a press conference scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 1 at LaVell Edwards Stadium beginning at noon (MT). The press conference is available only to credentialed members of the media.
The press conference will be broadcast live on BYUtv. Viewing options for BYUtv include the basic tier on both Dish Network (channel 9403) and DirecTV (channel 374), and 500 cable systems nationwide. The press conference will also be streamed live on BYUtv at www.byutv.org.
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