D.J. Harper of the Boise State Broncos runs the ball during NCAA football in Boise, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012.
Ravell Call, Deseret News
Boise State will remain in the Mountain West Conference and not join the Big East in 2013, according to an ESPN report.
"The Broncos' decision on Monday is the latest crippling blow to the Big East Conference, which has had 14 schools announce they were leaving the league in the past two years," ESPN's Brett McMurphy wrote Monday.
Boise State will have to pay the Big East a $10 million fee to remain in the Mountain West Conference, but the MWC will reportedly help pay that price to retain it.
The decision makes sense for Boise State because changes to the Bowl Championship Series requirements will leave the Mountain West and the Big East on equal footing. The champion of the Big East previously received an automatic BCS berth.
Fellow MWC member San Diego State is also scheduled to join the Big East in 2013, but it may now be re-thinking that decision, as rumored weeks ago.
Check out a few Twitter reactions from local and national sources below.
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While jealous BYU-haters like wacpaddled and motorbike cluelessly whine about how "disappointed" ESPN is with BYU, this is what ESPN actually had to say about BYU:
"NOTHING could be further from the truth," said Ilan More..
I think a return to the MWC is inevitable for the Cougars now. Well, assuming the other schools have gotten over BYU's departure and the way it all went down.
Nothing wrong with rejoining a good MWC that no longer has "The Mountain" More..
Do ya think that maybe they were just a little too eager to make that Big East move? How embarassing! Nothing like paying a $10 million exit fee (without having ever played a game) for one of the worst conference money-grab decisions ever made.