I was thinking Louisville with my comments at the time. I can remember talking to someone at a sports bar back in 2008 who was a big college football fan about whether Utah, BYU and Boise could continue on its winning ways. What he told me is those schools have a lot tradition, an answer which surprised me. Marshall had about a 10 year run of playing very good football 92'-02' and followed it up an enlarged stadium and higher profile conference. Regardless that for decades Marshall had a terrible program for decades. For none of their fans that matters. The public usually takes a look at the footprint that a program has on ESPN and national TV to gage the level its at because when they see a school playing often on mid week like Boise State or Cincinnati that puts a school in the same category. Take basketball. People see Memphis, Xavier and Gonzaga mid week ESPN along with Kentucky and Michigan State and people assume their part of the big time. The mechanics behind the scene like the TV money, difference in arena sizes ect. aren't understood by 95% of the people tuning in.