than almost every playoff teams best loss. BYU also had a better win than most playoff teams and had a good enough strength of schedule to fit in. BYU absolutely had the resume.

BYUs problem was brand bias and low expectations to start the year. RUTS probably would’ve helped too but who knows if we get guys hurt doing that or not.

yes timing was bad but that shouldn’t matter and the fact that it does matter just allows for massive brand bias to infiltrate the sport allowing the big ten and SEC to make bad non con losses not matter.