Small consolation for the frustration we feel, but historically many of the prominent, biggest name football programs have experienced a decline into mediocrity. Football runs in cycles and no one sustains a high level of success forever. We had a nice 20 or so year run of annual relevance, national rankings, etc.. I hate to see it end...for a fourth year in a row. If we're truly an established brand in college football circles then we should be able to return to a high level at some point in the fairly near future. All the other "major" name brand programs were able to do so in usually no more than about 5 years.
But think about it and take some solace in the fact that all the following programs have had downturns of various lengths just in the last 20 years...Miami, FSU,Penn State,Nebraska,Michigan,Texas,Oklahoma,USC,UCLA,Washington,Colorado,Bama,Tennessee,Auburn, TAMU,Florida, Notre Dame, and others.
Nothing lasts forever. It's our turn to struggle and have to climb back into the national picture. I hope it doesn't take 20 years.
But think about it and take some solace in the fact that all the following programs have had downturns of various lengths just in the last 20 years...Miami, FSU,Penn State,Nebraska,Michigan,Texas,Oklahoma,USC,UCLA,Washington,Colorado,Bama,Tennessee,Auburn, TAMU,Florida, Notre Dame, and others.
Nothing lasts forever. It's our turn to struggle and have to climb back into the national picture. I hope it doesn't take 20 years.
