In the back of their minds, they know that the party could potentially be over now that BYU is on a level playing field. All of those advantages could quickly melt away and they could easily be looking at a lost decade or two like the 80s. In a year when everything lined up for them to take the next step, they are seeing the program that they hoped they had finally surpassed achieve everything they wanted. That would at least partially explain their overreaction.