During Independance, I remember people would say "Atleast the MWC would have provided more NY6 bowl access", even though it wouldn't have. BYU never had the best G5 team in a single year of Indy. . . Never would have changed a thing.
BYU just needed to win. . . Most years the schedule was good enough that an 11-1 BYU would have made a NY6 bowl. . . We just never did that.
Edit, Original comment said "made the playoffs" but I meant "Make a NY6 bowl".