lately. I am not interested in hashing out all the negatives. I am VERY happy Utah won back to back titles. I attended both Rose Bowls and had a great trip both times with a big group of family and friends. The PAC is somewhat down. USC, UCLA, Oregon and Utah were very good last year. BYU would have finished waaaay behind those 4 last year.
I think CB would be over the top thrilled to win a Big12 title in a down year for the conference. Think of it that way and maybe Ute fan attitudes will make more sense to you.