Out of the athletic program. Fans couldn't see the team and the teams in the confrence were less concerned with improving and lifting themselves and more concerned with taking from the good programs.
Schedules and decisions always worked against BYU and appeals fell on deaf ears. This happened for years. The descussins of going Indy that began in the mid 90's were always tabled because the BOT felt an obligation to prop up Utah. Utah could never have survived without BYU at that point.
When Utah got the PAC invite and broke its side of the we have your back agreement, BYU went Indy.
Our biggest failure was not going Indy when Doman was qb