they are still one of the best Utah teams to date.
It is arguable which team was the best, but even if this team is among the top three, that is still one of the best teams to date.
This team went up against Michigan (tough but raw early on), Utah State (scrappy), Fresno State (weak), and nine PAC-12 teams (mostly pretty good teams). They came out of that run 9-3. I'm not sure the 2008 team would have done much better.
Go UTES!