BYU Twitter reaction to Pac-12’s existential crisis, possible extinction

The Pac-12 might survive, but its odds of survival just got worse. We told you #BYU fans want the Pac to die. Here’s proof:

On Thursday, we noted that no single-school fan base would be happier to see the Pac-12 die than BYU’s fan base.

If you’re not a BYU or Utah student or alumnus, this might seem weird and distant, but if you have lived through the BYU-Utah rivalry — also the BYU-San Diego State rivalry (secondary to BYU-Utah but still potent) — you know why BYU fans are reveling in the Pac-12’s suffering and possible extinction.

Outsiders might really wonder if this is true.

Well, when we posted our story about this subject, the reactions from BYU fans confirmed our thesis.

Here’s a sampling of BYU Twitter reactions to the Pac-12’s crisis and to our Trojans Wire story: