Rolling into Utah State 4-0, without an opponent that would have beaten us in sight, everyone talking about us as playoff darkhorse. Those were the days before Taysom's leg broke.
Even in 2015, we're 2-0, with the Chosen Rosen against Miracle Mangum. The game was on Fox and everyone on ESPN was talking about it.
Independence works. We just need a special season, only a little more special than one in the MWC. You're telling me that an undefeated 2014 Cougars team gets shut out from a New Year's Six Bowl? Pretend we beat Michigan and Missouri; a one point loss to a top ten UCLA team keeps us out?
"Oh, but we can lose a couple games as a MWC team and still have something to play for!" Well, cool. The winner of the MWC championship game goes to the Vegas Bowl. The loser goes to the Poinsettia bowl. Been there, done that. Two losses give us a Vegas bowl berth? We've done that with four losses. Can we quit acting like the MWC is that much better than Indy? It's really not, as a bowl perspective.