history led you to the Alamo Bowl. The. Alamo. Bowl. You were matched up against a 7-5 team from an hour away from the game venue to maybe sell some tickets to the meaningless game.
Utah’s biggest hurdle to the playoffs was the fact that you had a terribly easy schedule. Well, that and the fact that you just weren’t very good. BYU was your second or third best win. Utah needs BYU much more than arrogant, clueless fans like you realize.
Florida and Florida State have and will always mean more than Utah. They figure it out. Georgia and Georgia Tech have and will always mean more than Utah. They figure it out. Clemson and South Carolina have and will always mean more than Utah. They figure it out. USC, Stanford and Notre Dame have and always will matter more than Utah. They often figure it out amongst themselves - and when they don’t it’s not because one of the schools is scared.