This talk of other programs success or passing us by got me thinking "Who would I trade athletic departments with?" . I limited it to what I considered peer institutions which is basically MAC, Belt and CUSA. We don't have aack money and the geography of the MW makes it hard to compare them to us. The catch is you get the whole dept. No cherry picking. If you only care about 1 sport it's easy to find a few but the more you care about the harder it is. For me it's basically 2.5 sports that matter. Fb, mbb and bb is a half. I dont care about wbb so for me our success there plays no factor. For some of you it might. I looked at records over five and 10 year windows.
Honestly I can only think of two or three that I would consider a swap with today and even then it's not a slam dunk. That's it. The three I would consider are la tech, Marshall, and Ohio. I could make a case for Odu based on fan support and being a young program. What was fascinating was to look at the programs that I was once envious of and compare the to us now. In 2005 there was no program I was more jealous of than UNT. Now not so much. In 2010 it was Troy. Seems silly now. So I wonder if 5 years from today it will seem silly to be envious of Marshall or Tech.
Even with those I could make a strong case for ours over theirs. So who would you rather be?
Honestly I can only think of two or three that I would consider a swap with today and even then it's not a slam dunk. That's it. The three I would consider are la tech, Marshall, and Ohio. I could make a case for Odu based on fan support and being a young program. What was fascinating was to look at the programs that I was once envious of and compare the to us now. In 2005 there was no program I was more jealous of than UNT. Now not so much. In 2010 it was Troy. Seems silly now. So I wonder if 5 years from today it will seem silly to be envious of Marshall or Tech.
Even with those I could make a strong case for ours over theirs. So who would you rather be?