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I think the reason that BYU was kept out, not to mention BSU, is that the Pac-12 wanted to keep the academic standards up.  Colorado and Utah both have reasonable academic credentials (at least better than OSU, WSU, and ASU); Colorado is a member of the AAU (I thought Utah was, but I was wrong).

https://www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5474

BC

[BostonCard]

I think the reason that BYU was kept out, not to mention BSU, is that the Pac-12 wanted to keep the academic standards up.  Colorado and Utah both have reasonable academic credentials (at least better than OSU, WSU, and ASU); Colorado is a member of the AAU (I thought Utah was, but I was wrong).

https://www.aau.edu/about/article.aspx?id=5474

BC