For me it is the unique combination of NIL and player movement without any guardrails, the lack of any connection with the Big 12, and the reconnection with BYU that has made this last season almost unbearable. I am actually more excited about season 2 of our hockey team than I am about Utah Football. I am not sure how that happened, and I would like it to not be happening, but I can’t help it. I have been through many, many seasons of Utah football since the late 1970s and what I saw last year was a team that was clearly as good or better than most of their opponents. But they lacked something in order to get over the finish line. I saw zero leadership on the field. I saw coaches with no confidence. I saw no heart. Say what you want to about Cam but when he was on that field he was the leader and his teams played with heart. We need that back. This conference is not that good. If we can get it back we can win this thing and become a magnet for players which will, in turn, nullify the player movement. Getting rid of BYU, however, will likely take a change in conference which I pray for everyday.
