Utah did about as good as they can hope for and it's great things fell through so the Pac extended the invite. Now they are with the big boys for good and bad. But the Y is going places only a few programs can go. And of course the haters are gonna say that's a bad place. But really the Y gets to try independence and the money and exposure and see how that goes or they can join a big conference in a few years. Both good options but I'd rather they stay independent.
Because independence has been shown to be the way to go during the BCS era? Notre Dame has been such a great program for the past 12 years. They've certainly gone where few teams can go: from the top of the mountain to irrelevance.