Compare Utah's and BYU's bowl experience since Pac-12/Indy

Utah
2011 Sun v Georgia Tech
2012 None
2013 None
2014 Vegas v Colorado State (edit)
2015 Vegas v BYU
2016 Foster Farms v Indiana

BYU
2011 Armed Forces v Tulsa
2012 Poinsettia v SDSU
2013 Foster Farms v Washington
2014 Miami Beach v Memphis
2015 Vegas v Utah
2016 Poinsettia v Wyoming

In comparing bowl games/opponents the last 6 years I rank BYU with 3 wins (2012, 2013, and 2016), 2 losses (2011 and 2014), and a tie (2015).

Now, if you compare that to Boise State, they win 4-2. But in order to get a better bowl game than what we get with indy in the MWC you pretty much have to win the conference.

In the Pac (the worst bowl game lineup of the P5 by far), it's pretty much Playoff, Rose, Holiday, Alamo, or bust.