Ya know, watching Gameday this morning and thinking about what they've done, what Boise has done, made me do some looking.
Boise fired Avalos one year removed from a 10win season. They demand excellence. The past 12yrs they have averaged 9.75 wins/yr, 3 conf champs, 8 division or co champs. They can get kids to come to middle of nowhere Idaho and win, yet we can't in the middle of SEC country. And just like Troy and WKU, had coaches hired away and fired a replacement.
That same span we have averaged 6.33 wins/yr, 0 conf champs, 1 div champ.
Boise demands excellence, supports it. JMU demands it. Supports it. They are 19-3 in FBS. Liberty is 50-22. Troy is over .600 the past decade plus.
Like that video going around shows, there are many issues with our admin, community support, marketing, etc. But a start of demanding that excellence would go a long way.