It took until about a year or so ago for me to realize and admit that UU is getting as good or better recruiting classes top to bottom than BYU and better players than right after their BCS wins, just by being in the Pac10.
This along with some recent recruiting comments about big12 inclusion would bring a HUGE boost to BYU recruiting and the program to be most effected is UU. This is why their fans (besides the pac12 bragging rights) are so nervous about BYU getting it.