[lastchance]

Ok, one year and three games does not a program make. I'll give you 2000, but that was a long time ago.

2002: Losing to Cincinatti and East Carolina does not inspire confidence. Being the best team in C-USA does not exactly mean that you are a good program.

2003: They played UAB close. They played Louisville close. They played South Florida close. They played Tulane close. They played Arizona close. Good teams don't play crappy teams close, they take them out to the woodshed and beat them up. They were bound to lose a game, because they simply weren't that good.

In 2005, the Southern Methodist loss was pretty bad, and they did go down to the wire against Brigham Young and Utah. That said, the Oklahoma and ISU wins were impressive, to say the least, so I'll give you that one.