...was/is the MWC was the yew. Once they left, we had no reason to stay.
Nobody gives a crap about any of the MWC schools. Look at your own fan bases, none of them care either.
Wyoming was playing for its first conference title in decades and you managed an embarrassing home attendance of 24K. BYU is better than that. BYU deserves better than that. While we aren't where we want to be we are a heck of a lot better off than we were.