(01-14-2021 11:33 PM)PicksUp Wrote: Has gotten predictable? Or has always been like this for fans of G5 schools?
Teams like UTEP and UAB have never had a seat at the table. Our teams have never competed for national titles or even access bowls.
Yes, this attitude baffles me. In the pre-BCS era, not only did G5-type schools not have more of a chance to gain some shine on a national scale, they had considerably LESS chance to do so.
These days, a school like UAB can play all of their games on national TV and then if they have a measly 6-6 record usually do the same in a bowl game. And if they had a great season and go 12-0, quite possible play in an NY6 bowl game. That's all very real right now.
In 1994, a school like UAB would have been absolutely invisible. No televised games, virtually no chance at a bowl game unless winning 8 or more games, and absolutely zero chance at an NY6 bowl, all while being paid nothing.
In 2000, UAB went 7-4 and did not play in a bowl. Last year, in 2019, two CUSA teams that went 6-6 played in bowls.
There has *never* been a better time to be a UAB-type program than ... right now, and yet never has there been more whining.