Yes, and history tells us we can compete at a national level every 4 to 5 years. This is a fair expectation.
On a national level would be like the 88 or 93 season when you win the conference and play in a big bowl game. Or when we played Georgia, OU, or Clemson
Your like Getyournumbersup used to be. We should be happy with average seasonsbecause we are like Michigan State.
I did not use the word mediocrity so please get your facts correct. I said there is no reason we should not be able to compete on a high national level once every 4 or 5 years. Dana did it his first year, so with the additional money from the Big 12, added exposure, and past the transition phase we should be about ready to compete for a conference championship. Its a fair expectation because we have done that in the past.
Won the conference? Were we in contention for the playoffs or one of the Top 10?
What did I say above...1988, 1993, and the national bowl games against Georgia, OU, and Clemson...those came with conference championships and big Top 10 team bowl games...no moving goal posts...its a pattern that we have played at a high level and we can and should expect that moving forward.....to me this was the year that we compete at that level...maybe we still will
We will see if this is still the year.....btw...I rarely go to the Herd page...I have other boards and work to do covering WVU sports...so not around as much
Big 12 gives us More money for coaches, recruiting budgets, admin help, so at some point this should translate to better play on the field. Once Dana got over his huge learning curve(which means any other school would have fired him in part for hiring Joe Deforest) its my thinking that we are in a very interesting position because changing coaches comes with it risk of hiring someone worse. So, do you ride out 7-10 win seasons and be happy or do you cut him loose. At this point you almost need to keep him.
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