Regarding the schedule, wouldn't the AD have been involved in some way? At least have knowledge that something was amiss? Anyone asking any questions of the people that can provide answers?

(08-09-2013 09:34 AM)H2Oville Rocket Wrote:  

(08-09-2013 09:17 AM)Terry Wrote:  I got lost trying to read the conversation, but that can't be the entire schedule?????? Is the UT Women's program still a top 15 team??? or is it getting dismantled???? (sorry I don't know enough about CC to understand everything, even though my sister ran in high school)

Problem is this schedule won't tell us if we're Top Fifteen or not. We won't see great competition except for possibly the NCAA Regional meet thing. Hard to know where you stand unless you run against the best. Typically our backender freshmen and soph run against BG's best in the BG meet and take the top seven places. Can't even imagine the varsity running against that team-they could run backwards and win. That doesn't help them on a national level and it doesn't help recruiting. As Mac said, we should win the OTHER MAC easily but I expect recruiting to really slide if this is going to be the standard. Women's x-country is where hoops and football will never be and I hate to see us come down from that lofty perch.

Remember our nationally-ranked men's golf teams and women's softball? When the coaches left, the programs fell apart. Hope it doesn't happen with XC.