I enjoyed the same with BYU when you were down. Yep your first pick was the low point of the Ron McBride era. You can bash on the guy all you want, but when he took over the program we were playing in a 30K stadium that we couldn't fill, and now we get that much in season tickets.
How many people really want to go sit in terrible weather and watch two really bad teams play each each other.
Look we all know the Whittingham era is officially over at Utah, although it probably takes another year and a half to make it official. I good hire at Utah will put us right back in contention. Things in college football are always cyclical and the Utes won't stay down forever.
One thing I remember about '03 and '04 was the woofing of Ute fans and it came back to bite us. The Oliver Woofing theorem is true and we Ute fans are paying for the UBC claim. Luckily with all the talk of BYU being too good for the MWC, I expect things to come back at BYU. Hopefully it will happen soon.