I don’t think BYU would have beat UW if that game had been the last of the season, but I’m sure they’d have been a lot more competitive.
I was at the UW game in Seattle. That was one of the most lifeless, disinterested, and inept BYU teams I’ve ever seen.
Contrast that to the Utah and bowl games, and I think you’d agree there were very positive things happening toward the end.
SDSU was just the opposite.