here's the thing. 2015 did happen. I hope you got at least some enjoyment out of it.
Just for the sake of argument, what is the average win total the last 10-15 years for football powers, Texas, UCLA, USC, Nebraska, or even Michigan? How many conference champs for these blue bloods in that time? It just isn't that easy. There are basically TWO programs, Bama, and The OSU, who have been consistently great the last decade. Oklahoma stayed in the mix because Stoops was the lone coach in the big 12 who stressed playing some defense, and this set the Sooners apart in the 12. I can't speak to whether these schools would be OK with 8 wins per year, but its a fact that many of these teams changing coaches every three or four years has gained them absolutely nothing. Many schools today don't fully commit to a coach, and he doesn't fully commit to being there long term
Interesting that you mention 5 schools that have fired coaches during that span.
Playing a legit non conference schedule and playing ohio state and Michigan annually like most other schools in conference
Like last year with a top 5 schedule? Funny, last time I pointed that out to you you disappeared for a while. Hope that happens again.
Your absolutely correct, but did you read the entire message??? Amidst all of these changes and transitions, what exactly have they accomplished? Not much of anything. Please enlighten us on the schools who have changed coaches every few years who have won more then 9 games per season, won conference championships, and beyond? I bet you won't need both hands to count them.
We beat Wisconsin, thats a good place to start........
I'm sorry, were you not aware that the school doesn't have a say in their conference schedule. And while your at it there (anti iowa12), why don't you address my post, on why all these power schools don't have a better record then Iowa the last 10-15 years, and all of their coaching carosel hasn't set them back on a path to championships? Here's a look into the crystal ball for you. In 2020 two of the teams playing in the final four will be Bama and OSU. Like some of that action?
My point being that the deck is stacked,period. Other then the occassional outlier, (which could have been Iowa a couple of years ago), the national media bias gives a few schools,(and we know who they are), a nice head start every year in exposure, recruiting, and ranking. Please don't tell me that being ranked in the top two or three teams to start the year doesn't matter, because thats crap. It gives them all of the things I mentioned and it gives them a lot more wiggle room if they lose an early game.
