I hear you. The man was slotted to be a starter on one of the top defenses in all of college football and a Utah team is 60 minutes of “doing the damn thing” from being historic (conference champ, minimum of Roses with a win), and he thought something else was a better choice. It’s very interesting to think about.
One could argue it’s easy to say that with the benefit of hindsight, but Utah had already been voted favorite to win the league, hadn’t they?