They know their teams have almost no shot of making the CFP. They also know BYU is a serious threat to replace one of their teams for an at-large bid in the NY6.
They screwed up by trying to "out-woke" everyone else. From the late start, to the conf only, then having a lot of their games cancelled because of ridiculous over reach with their Covid policies, to then allowing OOC's but with hilarious guidelines they know that almost no one will agree to.
So they try to make BYU look bad by leaking this information. It's a slimy tactic, but one I knew was coming.
They are who we thought they were.