Quote Originally Posted by msugolf View Post
Well then let?s just cancel football and try to be elite at mens and womens golf, tennis, soccer too. Lets tell the Sec we arent interested in football and we want to be the Gonzaga of the southeast, except in a sport that doesnt make money and where 10 percent of people care about.

Heres the kicker, if we dont put an effort into football going forward then we will get left out when there is the next conference restructuring. And then youre precious baseball program will be left with a schedule full of Tulane, Troy, MdTN, and USM on those spring weekends. Good luck selling that?with no TV contract as well.
I agree not all sports are equal. Football is #1 and it's not close. But we don't have the option of being elite in Football no matter what we do.

Id rather go 7-5 in football and be elite in some other sport (baseball) vs going 8-4 but being mediocre/sub par in all others. Because football has so many resources being dumped into it by other schools to get 1 more win takes a level of commitment that could have been used to make baseball elite. That's the scale of the coaching salaries and NIL difference. Id rather win a natty In something else vs watching 1 more win on a mediocre football team.

It's all personal preferences. Ultimately we don't make the decisions either way