It may boil down simply to our inability to recruit the depth we need, but GP had fabulous success in the MWC for 7 years before moving to B12:
7 years MWC -- conference record 48-7 (87% win rate) (last 3 seasons undefeated)
7+ years B12: 37-30 (55% win rate)(16-15 since 2016)
The trend of B12 is downward, after a decent start. And consistency has been poor.
What is it about playing in the MWC vs. B12? B12 has helped our $$, recruiting, upgrades to facilities, etc. And yet our on-field performance by any measure you want to look at has been dramatically worse than prior to B12. Does coaching take on a premium in B12 that didn't exist in MWC? That is, the coaches are better so any coaching advantage we had MWC is gone? Good coaches got snapped up by B12 and other power conference schools?
7 years MWC -- conference record 48-7 (87% win rate) (last 3 seasons undefeated)
7+ years B12: 37-30 (55% win rate)(16-15 since 2016)
The trend of B12 is downward, after a decent start. And consistency has been poor.
What is it about playing in the MWC vs. B12? B12 has helped our $$, recruiting, upgrades to facilities, etc. And yet our on-field performance by any measure you want to look at has been dramatically worse than prior to B12. Does coaching take on a premium in B12 that didn't exist in MWC? That is, the coaches are better so any coaching advantage we had MWC is gone? Good coaches got snapped up by B12 and other power conference schools?