A few fans got cranky last year when a national columnist suggested on Salt Lake City radio that Utah was the "Ringo" of the Pac-12 Conference.
As in: was asked to join something huge just before it took off.
After Utah completed the season sweep over USC and UCLA, well, that columnist's Twitter inbox started filling up:
Stuff like, "How about those Ringo Starrs?" and "Where does @DufresneLATimes have Ringo ranked this morning?"
The point was missed. It wasn't an insult.
Both Utah and Ringo were lucky, but also took advantage of their timing.