All you did is state qualities of our program and extrapolate a subjective conclusion from them. My conclusions are exactly the opposite:

1. Quirky religious school with strict honor code: in the right recruiting hands, this could be used to attract ALL the top LDS talent and non-LDS who are looking for a place more edifying for their personal development and education.

2. Our resources and facilities are only 2nd to a handful of other programs, partially due to the unique fact of being owned by a private, invested organization.

3. We've done it before.

4. If everything were the exact opposite of the limitations you give BYU, you'd be describing a program where the expectations, whether met or not, are perennial Top 10 (Oregon, Florida, Texas, USC, etc). My stated expectations are nothing of the sort. Perennial Top 25 for BYU is realistic, and my guess is if you asked Bronco and Holmoe, they'd expect the same. If one lowers his expectations to what I presume yours are based on your comments, he might as well root for programs like Eastern Washington, Northern Illinois, Memphis, etc, and I have a hard time seeing how one can truly be passionate about a program with such modest expectations.

My high expectations cause, in part, my passion for BYU football, and BYU needs those kinds of fans.