conference and independence, barred from any access to the BCS and big bowl games because of a weak strength of schedule. Every year we would pray to go undefeated as our only hope to get into a big bowl game.

Now we are in a “P4” conference playing a big boy schedule. We lose two games by one score each and we’re out. Realistically we would have had to only lose one game to have a chance at the playoff which is the new big bowl experience.

This is rough. Things were supposed to have changed, but they are the same.