When combined with our apparent lack of willingness to commit the resources to capitalize on Indy’s potential and become more like a P5 program, it makes us look silly.

We have cut rate facilities, coaching, support staff, athletes and admins but think we are still relevant in the overall landscape of college football. And since we abandoned the MW we don’t even have a chance to console ourselves with divisional or conference titles. The one thing we used to have a lot of (fan support) is drying up as more and more realize what’s going on.

That’s the joke. Everyone sees it but the few diehard fans on twitter and CB who parrot the party line that we’re big time and just lack good coaches, and provide a cover for the administration who neither wants to commit to be truly successful in Independence or get back into a conference.

We’re like cousin Eddie from Christmas Vacation: still walking around in a blue polyester leisure suit, driving a thirty year old Winnebago, unemployed and holding out for a “management position”.