the national perception that BYU has a team worthy of a special season since the TCU game in 2009. Biggest thing in our favor this Saturday is that this Michigan team is not within many, many lightyears of the 2009 TCU squad.
I generally think that "big games" usually only provide you the opportunity to play another "big game." But I am in the camp that thinks this is the best opportunity BYU has had in a long time. It is winnable as well. TCU in 2009 just wasn't winnable. They were that much better.