One, 06' was by far Bronco's best team. They were good but lost not just one game but 2, starting the season 1-2 (yet again) and really came within one lucky play of losing a 3rd game - the Utah game.
In 07', started 1-2 (yet again) and barely beat a UCLA team in a bowl game that had 6 regular season starters out including starting a wide receiver at QB who had never taken a D-1 snap at QB, ever, before that game. He had been in on a snap as a WR, however. You had to block a point blank field goal, that would have won the game for a decimated UCLA team.
It was pretty lucky actually. Although, at times luck is a part of it.
Those were two really good BYU teams, I'll give you that. It is hard to make it to a BCS game when you start 1-2 and play in the MWC. It just doesn't happen.
You may have been a few plays away from BCS glory but you were also just a few plays away from losing a couple more, too.