Econ141 said:
MWC bottom dwellers is where we will be. Stanford is making changes, we are treading water and sinking. Out of all the programs that played on GameDay, wonder if we have the worst record. Really backed into that one but took full advantage minus that L.
In the new era of CFB, the top programs were in a good position to consolidate their power and benefit from the changes.
Popular lower tier programs were given a way to buy talent, innovate, fundraise, and eventually claw their way into the big league.
Middling and bottom feeder P5 programs were put in the most immediate jeopardy. They had to adapt quickly or risk demotion and irrelevance.
Cal is in the third group.
We have an administrative culture that is allergic to change, I think even moreso because the stadium debt and lawsuits are still a somewhat fresh memory.
I hate the new era of CFB, but it is what it is. We adapt or we die. This is a very, very bad time for us to follow Wilcox and go into institutional turtle mode, but I fear that's exactly what the Cal admin has done. Next year will be incredibly bleak.