So I Was in Boise, ID This Summer...

[CBlackwellRN]

and thought it was a very nice, quaint, little city. I even spent a day on the Boise State University campus. Nice place. It has lots of pretty brick buildings with an overall small and intimate feel. Then I came back to Orlando. It's a huge, gorgeous, and beautiful city with an amazing downtown, home to world class attractions, and is within easy driving distance to some incredible beaches.

Then I came back to UCF. It has an amazingly beautiful campus that's full of youthful energy with an abundance of academic and athletic resources that are fitting for what looks like one of the largest universities in the nation. So, now I can say I've been to both places and have lived in one for almost twenty years. Yet I just can't put my finger on what exactly Boise State University and Boise, ID have that make them so much more consistently attractive to talented coaches and athletes than UCF?

You would think that it would be the university located in a major city with seemingly everything going for it that would be the home of a football program with the consistent wins against high-quality opponents, numerous BCS bowl appearances and wins, and an upward trajectory of improvement year in and year out.

Yet, it's not. Those characteristics belong to a fellow G-5 program located in Boise, Idaho. Instead, UCF is home to a program with a small handful of wins against high-quality opponents, one BCS appearance and win, and a downward trajectory that culminated in a loss to an opponent in a low-tier bowl game last season and a season opening loss to a poor-quality team from one of the lowest-tier conferences in NCAA IA. One program consistently takes a step forward every season while each time the other takes a step forward, it takes two steps back.

So friends-- as I sit here scratching my head-- can anyone tell me why exactly the football program located in Boise, Idaho at Boise State University is so much more attractive to coaching and athletic talent and is so much more successful at football than the one located at the second largest university in the nation that resides in a city that most young persons would consider to be an amazing academic destination?

Chris

 

[ucflee]

simple, we. are. doomed.

 

[firm_bizzle]

Because we have the wrong coach.

 

[CBlackwellRN]

Because we have the wrong coach.

Well, from the looks of it, we certainly have the wrong something.

 

[Ucfmikes]

GOL has never been known to be a top notch gameday coach.

 

[KnightMatt8]

There are fewer FBS schools out where Boise State is than where we are. That may have something to do with it. Not as many schools near them with which to compete. I think that, talent-wise, there isn't much difference between us and Boise; it's just that they've done a better job with what they've had. With a few more big plays here and there, our fortunes could've been much different (moments like the close losses to Penn State and UConn last season come to mind).

With that said, let's not beat ourselves up too much. A lot of programs would love to have been nationally ranked in both 2010 and 2013 with wins over Georgia and Baylor. A lot of programs would love to have four conference titles (including four East division titles while we were in Conference USA). Obviously, we should set our goals high; I, for one, want a national title in football. But let's acknowledge that we haven't exactly done a terrible job.

 

[CBlackwellRN]

There are fewer FBS schools out where Boise State is than where we are. That may have something to do with it. Not as many schools near them with which to compete. I think that, talent-wise, there isn't much difference between us and Boise; it's just that they've done a better job with what they've had. With a few more big plays here and there, our fortunes could've been much different (moments like the close losses to Penn State and UConn last season come to mind).

With that said, let's not beat ourselves up too much. A lot of programs would love to have been nationally ranked in both 2010 and 2013 with wins over Georgia and Baylor. A lot of programs would love to have four conference titles (including four East division titles while we were in Conference USA). Obviously, we should set our goals high; I, for one, want a national title in football. But let's acknowledge that we haven't exactly done a terrible job.

That's what I keep telling myself Matt. But I can't help but feel envy for the best G-5 program in the U.S. and wonder why we can't be it!

 

[MasterKnight]

and thought it was a very nice, quaint, little city. I even spent a day on the Boise State University campus. Nice place. It has lots of pretty brick buildings with an overall small and intimate feel. Then I came back to Orlando. It's a huge, gorgeous, and beautiful city with an amazing downtown, home to world class attractions, and is within easy driving distance to some incredible beaches.

Then I came back to UCF. It has an amazingly beautiful campus that's full of youthful energy with an abundance of academic and athletic resources that are fitting for what looks like one of the largest universities in the nation. So, now I can say I've been to both places and have lived in one for almost twenty years. Yet I just can't put my finger on what exactly Boise State University and Boise, ID have that make them so much more consistently attractive to talented coaches and athletes than UCF?

You would think that it would be the university located in a major city with seemingly everything going for it that would be the home of a football program with the consistent wins against high-quality opponents, numerous BCS bowl appearances and wins, and an upward trajectory of improvement year in and year out.

Yet, it's not. Those characteristics belong to a fellow G-5 program located in Boise, Idaho. Instead, UCF is home to a program with a small handful of wins against high-quality opponents, one BCS appearance and win, and a downward trajectory that culminated in a loss to an opponent in a low-tier bowl game last season and a season opening loss to a poor-quality team from one of the lowest-tier conferences in NCAA IA. One program consistently takes a step forward every season while each time the other takes a step forward, it takes two steps back.

So friends-- as I sit here scratching my head-- can anyone tell me why exactly the football program located in Boise, Idaho at Boise State University is so much more attractive to coaching and athletic talent and is so much more successful at football than the one located at the second largest university in the nation that resides in a city that most young persons would consider to be an amazing academic destination?

Chris

Incompetent administrative officials with no vision.