BYU article from McMurphy:
Big East done pursuing BYU - CBSSports.com
Sounds like BYU is either entirely unreasonable or they don't think the Big East will have a BCS bid for long (or maybe they know that there will be no BCS beyond matching 1 and 2 for much longer):
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Earlier Tuesday morning, sources previously had told CBSSports.com that unless BYU decided to relinquish its television rights for its home football games, the Cougars would not join the Big East. The Cougars would not do so.
"The Big East has moved on," a source said about the prospect of adding BYU.
The Cougars had been in discussions with the Big East for weeks about joining the league. In the earlier negotiations between BYU and the Big East, BYU did not have an issue with relinquishing its home television rights. That changed, however.
"They (BYU) are being extremely unreasonable all of a sudden," a source said Tuesday morning. "This is one reason why they did not get into the Big 12. Their general counsel (lawyers) is a piece of work.”
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If they are not going to join the Big 12 and are not willing to work with the Big East for football only, I guess they are truly dedicated to being independent.