For every "source" claiming BYU is in or is the clear favorite, there is just as many "sources" claiming the opposite.

So it seems the "believers" are justifying their hope simply based on a pretty generic comment by Bronco. He sees the SEC as the elite conference in the nation, as most people do. And I personally think that Bronco feels 2 matchups against SEC teams in the same year is pretty daunting yet exciting. It could easily be something like that, that caused him to make his comment. The other end of the spectrum is to jump straight to B12 inclusion theories, which seems much more far reaching.