By that logic, have to dismiss Notre Dame, UCLA, etc. U has NO tradition
That's why they talk that way. No national championships, no Heisman awards, no Outland trophy winners, no Doak Walker awards and the list goes on. No Super Bowl or NFL league mvp,s. People know which programs are storied and rich in history. UT fans haven't figured out that beating BYU 7 years in a row does not give them any of those things. But they would like to think that it does. BYU has a good national reputation. U.....zero and irrelevant national reputation.
There is a HUGE gap in tradion. BYU has it, U does not.