Their delusional appraisal of the former conferences of champions (sans the rock of USC/UCLA on which it was built) contributed towards them getting utterly outmaneuvered by Brett Yormark and ultimately left in the untenable financial situation which resulted in the conference's collapse.

You didn't just lose your beloved home. Because some of your old conference listened to you, you helped light the match which ultimately burned it to the ground.

Ute AD Harlan clowned himself in 2024 in ways that most clowns can only dream of ever clowning. It created the scenario where of the wretched refuse of the former PAC-12, which found itself on the shores of its new Big 12 home, Utah was able to establish itself as the least welcome and unappealing addition.