Numbers for
"Voluntary" BYU Revenue (ie other than taxpayers' money)
BYU viewership
BYU fanbase
BYU sports attendance (at home AND away)
Venue capacity
Even history
All say BYU should be considered one of the bigboys.
What we can't predict are the feelings and prejudices like the ones that kept us out of both the Big12 and Pac12 in the past.
Go ahead and chime in like we know you want to, yewts (and yewts in disguise). Just be prepared with the numbers.