To usu. If I were a top recruit in utah, my choice of school would be 1. Utah 2. USU 3. BYU. Lets face it being a contender in the mwc is better than independence. You have rivals in mwc, you have conference championship to play for. You are more relevant to cfb landscape in mwc. Basically, every year frontrunner in mwc has been more relevant than us.
A 1 or 2 loss mwc frontrunner is more interesting than a 1 or 2 loss byu independent to any unbiased person out there. Why can't you guys face reality?
As far as this is a football problem and winning cures everything is a ridiculous assertion. Thats the answer to any team with 1 loss. This is an independence problem.