status.
It will take time, money, and more talent for BYU to compete with the best teams in the Big 12.
It’s the same thing that happened to Utah. They went into the PAC 12 with a solid G5 level team and really struggled for a few years until they started to close the talent and coaching gap. Same thing happened to TCU. Weekly P5 competition is a totally different ball game compared to the types of schedules BYU is accustomed to playing. It’s like taking an excellent MLS soccer team and moving them to the Spanish league.
We will have to be patient while BYU takes its lumps.