Keep in mind...Utah was largely an also ran in the WAC. They were a bottom feeder. What...one championship in 30 years?
LDS talent and in state talent, LDS or not, knew there was not place in the state to play big time football and that was BYU.
Flash forward to today...Utah has a better college and gameday atmosphere, bigger wins in recent memory (talking about when current recruits were actually alive) and they are dominating the rivalry. BYU got every in state kid it wanted. Me we can't get those in our backyard.
Utah success does not help BYU. Not at all. Plus...if Utah sucked KW would get fired...which would be great for us as he has Bronco's number (home, office, cell, fax) and a new coach would let Sitake go and we could snag him.