Winning changes everything. To just think about winning the games we should have/could have won over the span of independence (regularly putting us at 10+ wins per season) to say nothing about the games we could / should have won verses Utah....things would look much different. And I’m talking recruiting to fan excitement to conf. Opportunities to rankings etc.
It’s all about the trajectory. It wasn’t that long ago that Utah was cashing in losing seasons and Whitt was on the hot seat. But the trajectory has been trending up...just relatively recently...and they are in a completely new position.
P5 helps, but BYU isn’t reaching anywhere near their potential with the opportunities they have with indy.