If this was 1 down year, hell even 2, I could get behind your statement. But, currently in 2016 we are staring at 25+ years of a train wreck of a football program. We are staring at year 10 of a basketball program completely coming off the rails. This isn't a group of fans bailing after one half season of less than ideal results. This is a group of fans that have watched this University trip over themselves at every step. Literally, every step. Since 1992 the football winning percentage is .397. It's literally so bad, that Tim Beckman was basically par for the course here. The basketball program is staring at making the NCAA's 4 of the last 10 years. They have won 2 count em, 2 NCAA games in that time. We are 15 games under .500 in the Big Ten the last 9+ years.
Yes, it would absolutely be great if our fanbase showed up 60K+ strong every week for this football team. Would be great to see SFC packed every game. At some point though, supporting an organization that does nothing but fail, and does nothing to even try to succeed only further enables them to continue down this path.
Sure. It would be great to have fans turn out in droves I suppose. However, it would be better if the University placed some semblance of priority on actually being a legitimate contending Big Ten Athletic program instead of treating the program like an albatross around their necks that they can tolerate, but will throw the absolute bare minimum of resources and budget at it.
I agree. It's just doubly destructive to spew toxicity.
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