Yes, this season is successful no matter what due to massive over performance relative to preseason expectations, culminating in a win at Utah.

But special seasons, historic seasons, like the chance to win your P4 conference and go to the playoff, don’t come around very often. Look what happened to preseason Big 12 favorites Utah, Oklahoma State, and Kansas after having good seasons last year. Between relatively good injury luck and being 4-1 in one score games this season, there’s no guarantee BYU will have this opportunity next year.

The BYU coaches and players better refocus and practice like it’s a once in a lifetime opportunity, because honestly, it likely is. Do everything they should have done last week, but foolishly or lazily chose not to, because now, they’ve muffed away their slim margin for error.