Also, the addition of scholarships allows us to improve the strength of our schedule. We need to renew rivalries with some of our traditional opponents. Let s face it, it s going to take a few years to get this program back where we want it. I think, however, there will be noticeable improvement this year, particularly in the men s program. Unfortunately, not in the foreseeable future.
Football scholarships are very difficult for a college of our size.
To be competitive with other scholarship schools, you would need to have 12-15 scholarships per year. The cost is prohibitive. I m convinced we can do a lot better than we have in the recent past. Consistently losing to schools like that is unacceptable. But so do the other schools I mentioned.