Have you seen the improvements being done at WVU? How do these improvements compare to what you have seen elsewhere.
I haven't seen all of them. I heard you were improving your stadium including making the corridors wider, which I think is sorely needed. There is nothing wrong with your stadium. It just doesn't have the "it" factor. Aeshetically, look at the outside and inside of it compared to some of the others (Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, KSU, etc.). It just looks older, outdated, and like a regular boring stadium. I'm sure you guys are making changes to that.
Look at KSU's new stuff (their phase 2 and phase 3, especially). When you walk into their facilities (the newest building, as they have a bunch of new entrances in buildings), there is a beautiful 4 story atrium that blows you away. It is huge. Walk a bunch of recruits into that thing, then have those recruits compare it to walking into a newly refurbished entrance to another school's facilities where the ceiling may be 15 feet high. You can't compare the two.
Again, this isn't a knock on wvu. It is to show just how impressive Big 12 facilities are. As much money as Texas has and invests in their programs, they may not even be in the top four in the Big 12 in facilities for football. That is crazy; again, not a knock on Texas, more of a statement on the conference.
I've been to a few and looked at others on line . I'd say we are in the bottom 1/2 right now . We are working on it though
I appreciate the honest response. I am curious who you think has inferior facilities in the conference. Remember, there are only nine other schools. Iowa State and Kansas, sure. But, after that, who does wvu beat? You could make a fairly reasonable argument that you have some things better than Texas Tech, but overall, they still beat you (especially after their $48 million indoor opens in a few months). Nobody else comes close. At best, you'd be 7th out of 10 in the conference. I put you as 8th, behind Texas Tech.
There are morons in this thread (looking at you, Tony) who think facilities don't equate to wins. That's false. They aren't the only thing that matters, but they are damn important to winning. If you don't believe it, rank the Big 12 football facilities. Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are 1-2 at this point. Behind them, Baylor, Texas, TCU, and Kansas State are all pretty mixed in together with very nice facilities. Then, you have Texas Tech/wvu followed by the bottom two.
Take those rankings and compare them to the rankings of the average conference finish I posted earlier. They are almost exactly in line with the facilities. That isn't a coincidence.
Of course, more winning means more money which means the ability to invest more in facilities. So, they go hand-in-hand. But you can't deny the very close relationship between the two.