I served on a HC with an associate athletic director of an SEC school. From conversations with him over the years, it became very clear to me that winning games equals influence.

You add Utah’s losses this year with how they came in, their statements about the Big Ten, how they were pushing the Pac 12 to get a media deal that never materialized, and the imminent departure of a very successful coach… that stress is going to exhibit itself in all sorts of unexpected ways.

As we saw Sunday morning.