"BYU was ranked in the final Amway Coaches Poll four times in its final five seasons in the Mountain West Conference, but just once in its five years as a Football Bowl Subdivision independent." USA Today

Make that once in six years now, thanks to this disastrous losing season.

Is it any wonder many wise BYU fans long for the comforting days of the MWC?

There are reasons why Independence is unsustainable and why BYU finds it difficult to win as an Independent. Reasons that we just can't fix and we can't overcome.