Utah just, forevermore, turned themselves into the new Texas of this league. Every team, every program will be gunning for these guys, meanwhile, so far, it seems BYU has ingratiated themselves with most of the conference. That it a an enormous pivot from the WAC/Mountain West days when it was the opposite. That, by itself, must be something Utah leadership quietly hates. "Wait, we are the good guys and BYU sucks..."
Furthermore, Utah, deep down, has come to the realization that BYU somehow, against all odds, and certainly something which Utah could have NEVER accomplished, survived independence and are now ready to seize equal footing, if not superiority, once again, over the cryin' Utes.
That realization is starting to seep in and that is why the Mark Harlan and KW are freaking out.
Utah, if they are not careful, could implode. No new coach is a guarantee and KW is getting tired. I figure KW will come back now that his guaranteed championship run is exploding but a couple more bad years and this entire thing could start to unwind.
One more thing...feels so good to punk Utah. Sit down boys, we got a national playoff to attend.