Will that stop the occasional speculation? No, but BYU going back would not only be bad for the Cougars, it would be bad for multiple MWC schools too.
Just when you thought conference realignment was over, rumors started flying again. Last week, Dennis Dodd of CBS reported that the Mountain West was going to discuss potentially adding UTEP and Rice to the league during their conference meetings. As the meetings concluded yesterday, the league released a statement saying that they are not pursuing expansion at this time. Of course, not being interested in expanding now is different from not being interested in expanding, period, and now that the cat is out of the proverbial bag, MWC expansion rumors could easily continue for the next few offseasons.