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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 129448371" data-attributes="member: 1428007">Coach Holgorsen's first season is a clear indication of how he would have fared--always contending for a Big East championship.&nbsp; You compare Stewart to that saying he had a similar record--but he had three chances and never could win the league and certainly wasn't always in contention for a Big East championship either so that's just false.&nbsp; Considering Stewart and company lost two games at least in conference each year indicates by record that they did in fact cost WVU two wins per year.&nbsp; Holgorsen's one year in that league showed an upgrade over what the previous three years brought and he didn't inherit a top five team with a Heisman caliber QB and RB coming off of an impressive BCS bowl victory like Stewart and co did either.&nbsp; Doesn't matter now because the Big East is defunct and Stewart has passed on.As to the BIG 12 &quot;we&quot; don't think its great--those who work in the college football industry and chart such things think its great.&nbsp; Some WVU (or other) fans seem to have a need to try and diminish what the BIG 12 is to make what was before seem better, but really, the statistics show that the Big East was not on par with the BIG 12 as a conference.&nbsp; WVU would have been a dominant team in the Big East and challenged for titles yearly, but WVU has moved on to the most difficult schedule its ever faced year to year--and unfortunately WVU is going to have to significantly upgrade to have better outcomes.&nbsp; That starts with continuity.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 129448371, member: 1428007"] Coach Holgorsen's first season is a clear indication of how he would have fared--always contending for a Big East championship. You compare Stewart to that saying he had a similar record--but he had three chances and never could win the league and certainly wasn't always in contention for a Big East championship either so that's just false. Considering Stewart and company lost two games at least in conference each year indicates by record that they did in fact cost WVU two wins per year. Holgorsen's one year in that league showed an upgrade over what the previous three years brought and he didn't inherit a top five team with a Heisman caliber QB and RB coming off of an impressive BCS bowl victory like Stewart and co did either. Doesn't matter now because the Big East is defunct and Stewart has passed on. As to the BIG 12 "we" don't think its great--those who work in the college football industry and chart such things think its great. Some WVU (or other) fans seem to have a need to try and diminish what the BIG 12 is to make what was before seem better, but really, the statistics show that the Big East was not on par with the BIG 12 as a conference. WVU would have been a dominant team in the Big East and challenged for titles yearly, but WVU has moved on to the most difficult schedule its ever faced year to year--and unfortunately WVU is going to have to significantly upgrade to have better outcomes. That starts with continuity. [/QUOTE]

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