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[QUOTE="Timonen, post: 876476, member: 81"]
i only cited okie st because they were given as an example of a team that could get to a certain level but never play in the championship game...which just isn't accurate.  i don't think you look at just the teams who are actually getting it right, but also the ones with the potential.  Michigan, Texas, USC, Miami, Nebraska, Tenny have been down but would be right back there if they make the correct choices re: coaches and strategy.  Teams like Stanford, Baylor, Oregon, Clemson have inserted themselves into the top 10/discussion...so there's upward mobility (by whatever means get you there).  Arkansas is just a couple years removed from regularly being in the BCS conversation.  aTm is there now after really slipping for a while.  We're not too far removed from Bama being way down and FSU being average...and LSU was the definition of average through the 90s.  It's fluid and doesn't strike me as the same cast of characters, though there are some pillars that are often in the mix.  If the goal is the rationalize a system where we have a good shot, that ain't happening these days...just like it didn't really happen in the 90s when we were at our heights. But, there are a lot of teams/institutions who can work their way into the mix.
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