It's harder to win championships when you have to win it on the field instead of getting ahead in the rankings by playing Charleston Southern in mid November.
In 10 years, some "visionary" media executive will roll in, restore the NCAA tournament to 64 teams, restore the bowl season and restore the regional conferences.
They will be showered in bonuses for "fixing" college sports.
Funny how a few days ago I was saying the U needs to do a better job of promoting the spring season and getting them on streaming.
Now I remember why that's a bad idea...the fans don't understand the purpose of the spring season.
It’s shocking how Nebraska, Penn State and Wisconsin are able to have productive spring seasons with televised/streamed matchups and live stats.
At Minnesota you might have wait to hear what happened from the friend of a friend of the guy who unlocked the gym.
And we wonder why the program...
I think the only other candidates that were really being discussed seriously were Plitzuweit (who was at South Dakota) and perennial candidate Aaron Johnston (South Dakota State), but it moved so fast there wasn't much time for speculation.
I think it is worth discussing how the U views volleyball and other sports in this time of change.
There are signs that the U is willing to commit to a winner in volleyball, where it doesn't seem to show the same committment in other sports. They hired a big name coach, keep the budget high and...
If I'm a booster and my million dollars is going to somebody who averages 6 ppg I'm not going to be too happy.
I imagine some coaches are struggling to manage having this many bosses.
Are you proud when everyone on your street gets a promotion while your paycheck is getting eaten alive by inflation? Still happy to be able to live here I guess.