Everything you said after "We don’t have a big money donor like Tech has" is wrong. Others have addressed the location comment. BYU can compete financially. When we extended Kalani we gave a commitment to provide even more NIL money. I have heard there are at least a half-dozen billionaires actively supporting BYU sports, 60+ in the 500 million plus range (includes the Crumbl guy), and lots in the lower hundreds of millions and tens of millions. We will have enough to compete in the Big 12 and beyond. There's a lot of money in Phoenix. I am surprised you don't have lots of big money donors.
Best coach in the conference by far? Wut? Dillingham is a good coach and made ASU relevant which is indeed an accomplishment, but Kalani just won B12 coach of the year, Joey McGuire is a heck of a coach, Frost is going to have UCF salty soon, Whittingham is no slouch, Brennan did a nice job this year, what Campbell did at Iowa State was impressive although he's gone now, Henderson at UH has created a competitive team despite obstacles. I expect ASU to be competitive and in the upper half of the conference every year, but c'mon man have some perspective on the other talented coaches in the conference.