This year marks 10 years since the departure of James Franklin, who inherited a a 2-10 Robbie Caldwell team and went to 3 bowls in 3 years with 2 Top 25 finishes. Will VU ever get a football coach who can get us to 6 wins or close to that every year? Most folks would be very happy with that. Derek Mason was not that coach and it appears that Clark Lea is not either.

Answers from AoG:

Tom Stephenson: I don’t know how doable it really is to do that on any consistent basis if you assume that the new 16-team mega SEC goes to a nine-game conference schedule and keeps the “you must play one power conference team out of conference” requirement (I’m more convinced of the former than the latter.