Utah is basically like that girl you knew in highschool that was a legit 6, maybe even a 7, but she thought she was an 11 on a 10 point scale and she acted like it. It's plausible an otherwise worthy program like Utah will get passed over by the B12 because it's fans and administration have egos the size of Texas. It's a terrible time to exude cockiness given the legit likelihood that the P12 becomes the MWC 2.0, but your current AD knows what it's like to be left out in the cold and judging by his "give me a break" comments, he's obviously a slow learner.