football program (7-3 last 10 meetings), more conference titles (24 to BYU's 23), all time head to head lead by over 20 games, 2 BCS bowls, more overall bowl wins, higher all-time winning percentage.
Utah beats BYU in almost every statistical category both recently and lifetime.
BYU's 1984 title is the only bragging point for the Y.
And I absolutely know for a fact that it was academic freedom issues as one of the main reason why BYU will never be considered for the Pac. Nothing to do with the Mormon church other than the religious nature of BYU has created an environment where academic freedoms have been questioned by many prominant academic organizations in this country.