BOISE, Idaho — This Day In Sports…August 18, 2010, 15 years ago today:

Just when the dust appears to be settling in conference realignment, word leaks that Brigham Young University planned to leave the Mountain West, going independent in football and joining the WAC for all other sports. Then came rumors that UNLV and San Diego State would bolt for the WAC in all sports, spurring the Mountain West to counter in the afternoon with invitations to Fresno State and Nevada. The Bulldogs and Wolf Pack accepted later that evening, leaving the WAC reeling just hours after it appeared the league would pull off a historic coup.

Two weeks later, BYU would indeed depart the Mountain West, announcing its non-football sports would instead move to the West Coast Conference. At the beginning, the Cou

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