It’s hard to read. They don’t get that it’s not NC or bust for the U. Even with a couple of losses Utah is still competing for the division, conference and better bowl affiliation.
And what is TDS playing for now? They have 2 losses, so all they can do is try to get an upset win or “moral victory” over Wisconsin (Badgers favored by 17) or Boise State, then beat-up the bottom-dwellers populating the rest of their schedule and hope that too few ACC or C-USA teams get bowl-eligible so they can get into the Birmingham Bowl or some such.
Should we be surprised, even immediately after the game they were saying if the BYU pick play wasn’t called then they would have won, of if Mangum hadn’t thrown the picks, or if Utah didn’t have Carrington, or …