we became the school we are ( top 20 wins last 50 years as a program ) by beating up on the teams from the WAC, and the MWC. And then the occassional win over Pitt, Miami, Oklahoma, Texas, UCLA, Washington, WSU, Wisconsin, Tennessee, Penn St, N Dame, USC, Mich St, BC, Cal, ASU, U of A, KSU, need I go on? Those combined factors brought us to national relevance. The Reason we were able to strike a deal with ESPN, was the fact, that we were always entertaining fun football to watch!