qualitative discussion that should be avoided.
That’s the whole point.
If you want to have those arguments, that’s fine. Some people like self deprecation. But it’s exactly the opposite of what is valid about the OP.
Again, your self-loathing argument that BYU hasn’t had a real or “outright” win over Utah since 1996 is what it is, but it’s a totally different argument than the true idea here that trying to qualify the relative value of wins and losses is meaningless to this streak and is a needless discussion that should be avoided.