Tanuvasa was very public about being all in. The sudden change of heart should tell everyone everything they need to know about the state of that program.
Behind in NIL, losing their best recruits, admin embarrassing the university publicly. 5 years without beating BYU has a lot more to do with all of this than anyone on the hill will admit. Harlan and whitt's reactions combined with Randall's silence showed how badly they needed that win. They cannot succeed while losing to BYU.