I know! Let's change the school colors! That will fix it!
It won't? OK - LET'S CHANGE THE SCHOOL MASCOT! I'M TIRED OF LOSING AND IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF THE MASCOT!!!
That won't fix it either!?!?
Independence doesn't lead to poor coaching, poor execution, etc. Winning isn't about the conference - not when the teams you're losing to are the teams BYU just lost to.
Moving from independence to a conference is like rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic. Sure - you get to feel like you're doing something. But it's completely inconsequential and does nothing to fix the issues.