Hi Cougar fans. I know right now it seems like college football is just for the Big boys and nobody else. I really don't want to see it become the SEC/B1G SHOW. I'm a Gator fan first, but a college football fan overall.
Eleven years ago the Big East folded. Cincinnati was forgotten about, UCF had their lone glorious season as a P6 member and won the league. UCONN just threw up their hands and followed the Villanova plan. USF just kind of withered.
My point in that history lesson is to point at the first two names listed. Both Cincy and UCF invested in their programs without major conference support. They fell off the map, slowly they made some good hires and built themselves up into programs that were better than when they were in a P6 league. Cincy made a playoff despite the formula being designed to keep them out.
This year Houston, Cincy, and UCF all got that call back into relevancy. At least as relevant as you can be outside the SEC or B1G. BYU was always a national brand imo. They survived being independent until they got an offer to join the table.
It sucks to lose the second oldest conference out there. It sucks to see mega conferences. It sucks to lose classic bowl importance. It really sucks to see fans just as invested as anybody see their team lose their rivalries. But there is a way back. It's just gonna take some time. You think the B1G would have invited Oregon with an undergraduate number of just over 18,000, a medium sized stadium, and no national titles, twenty years ago?
Go win the league this year. See your flag at the next Game day show.
Eleven years ago the Big East folded. Cincinnati was forgotten about, UCF had their lone glorious season as a P6 member and won the league. UCONN just threw up their hands and followed the Villanova plan. USF just kind of withered.
My point in that history lesson is to point at the first two names listed. Both Cincy and UCF invested in their programs without major conference support. They fell off the map, slowly they made some good hires and built themselves up into programs that were better than when they were in a P6 league. Cincy made a playoff despite the formula being designed to keep them out.
This year Houston, Cincy, and UCF all got that call back into relevancy. At least as relevant as you can be outside the SEC or B1G. BYU was always a national brand imo. They survived being independent until they got an offer to join the table.
It sucks to lose the second oldest conference out there. It sucks to see mega conferences. It sucks to lose classic bowl importance. It really sucks to see fans just as invested as anybody see their team lose their rivalries. But there is a way back. It's just gonna take some time. You think the B1G would have invited Oregon with an undergraduate number of just over 18,000, a medium sized stadium, and no national titles, twenty years ago?
Go win the league this year. See your flag at the next Game day show.