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[QUOTE="omniorange, post: 867858, member: 636"]
Yet we are wealthier than Miami, and about equal to Baylor if one measures such things as endowments listed on the NACUBO site.  So it's not just the financial strength involved, but location seems to play a role as well.

Still there are wealthy privates on a par with USC and Stanford in terms of financial strength and location who haven't exceeded us in terms of football success such as Duke, NW, and Vandy.

So even financial strength and location are not the be-all and end-all factors in private (or smaller publics that operate similarly to privates) football success.  I continued to be amazed that we have remained as relevant as we have when one considers all of the factors that one can think of  -

1) financial strength, which impacts coaches salaries and facilities  
2) location in terms of both media and recruiting 
3) huge die-hard fan support, with the caveat that the die-hards we do have are solid, just not huge

But I'm grateful that we just didn't throw in the towel and give up on football which outsiders thought we should have.

Cheers,
Neil
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