Utah hasn't moved ahead, but BYU has fallen behind?
Have you followed BYU football at all? During the Mendenhall era BYU hasn't done substantially better or worse than they have since 1985. Utah, however, has done much better than their historical norms. Much, much better.
I can't believe anyone that is even remotely familiar with BYU and Utah football would claim Utah hasn't moved forward.
Look, the problem with fans is that they were perfectly happy with BYU playing 'ok' during the 90s as long as they were just a little ahead of Utah. But now that they are still playing 'ok' but Utah is doing better, guys like you are wringing their hands and renting their garments.
I think BYU should be doing better, but I've thought that for 25 years or more. Guys like you didn't care until Utah got good. It's super frustrating to me.