Pace, I think everyone understands your argument. I really do. Your insistence on rubbing everyone’s nose into your particular point of view as often as you can is what you are now dealing with. You are being a bit narcissistic and folks are in full blown fatigue over it.
Tednab is not stupid. He knows Utah is riding on the most costly recruiting program in the Pac-12 viz. Utah. He knows Utah has been securing the services of only a few 4* recruits, while that number has been climbing. He knows Utah is being out completed by the likes of Alabama, Oregon, USC, and Ohio State. He knows that when Utah offers a kid, everybody and their dog is quickly offering too. We all know this. His counterpoint to your full-throated, broken record mantra that KW et al. cannot close on top level recruits is that Utah makes more of what they can secure than just about anyone out there.
So that is why Utah is 5th in the CFP discussion. Be happy, Pace. Utah is on a roll. Its all blue sky from where we sit. Blue sky.