yes every once in awhile i expect utah to "shock the world" and beat usc, ucla, stanford, oregon and washington.
the problem is, that for every time they beat a team they weren't suppose to...an upset...they'll lose at least 2 games to teams like colorado, oregon state, washington state, arizona, arizona state and cal when they were favored.
i can easily see utah going decades at a time without being "bowl eligible." they're the team the rest of the PAC schools want to schedule for homecoming.