BYU controlled their own destiny, even BYU coaches know this. Kalani mentioned BYU was 10 total yards from going to the CFP.
Winning trumps anything and BYU lost against KU in LES and to ASU away. 1. You don't lose at LES, period. It's your home field, you protect LES. 2. If Jake was injured during November, then BYU coaches, you play another QB, because Jake couldn't give BYU a wining chance.
This was a good bowl for BYU to be apart of, as now, there are more "unfinished" business this BYU team has to work on.
To your argument about the SEC/B10...at 9 and 0, you win your next 2 games, to go 11 and 0. Winning shuts up the critics. Of course, anytime a "committee" is involved to "pick" their teams, then we know the system is tainted.
Just win, BYU, just win.