[Archaea]

Many fan expectations may be reasonable, and many will be unreasonable. BYU expecting to win a national championship in football or basketball is unreasonable. BYU expecting to win one in men's volleyball is not.

However, for those who follow our program, it seems reasonable for BYU to win the conference title in years where the program has a senior, experienced quarterback, and some competent receivers and/or running backs.

Defensively, our teams have been all over the map. As Mike has adequately argued, our coaching staff is not spectacular, but not incompetent either. They don't lose too many games they shouldn't and don't win too many they shouldn't. So whatever the LDS demographics produce is the result we'll get.

This year, the team sported an experienced QB, some decent receivers at Tight End, a good RB, but failed when it counted against FSU and TCU. Failing to win the conference title in this year is a disappointment and a failure. Next year it will not be. Next year will likely be Utah's year.

This year TCU, even though it should have been BYU's. When is BYU's year next in the rotation? It might not be for a long time.

TCU and Utah have superior coaching staffs and won't be defeated except in the unlikely event injuries or BYU's talent just outshines those two programs. It pains me to acknowledge BYU's status as third fiddle in football. And in basketball, our failure to win Tourney games places us third fiddle to Utah and to UNLV.