TU shows that you don't need big numbers to be competitive. If I'm not mistake, Rice is the second smallest, and I would say they are heading in a brighter direction in terms of football, thanks for taking a branch from the Kragthorpe tree. That says to me it's not how many you have, but who you have, which is why TU is smart to do what they can to save Kragthorpe. I don't think they can save Wojick once/if he gets offers. But hopefully TU will be built back up.

Funny -- I actually think TU has a better chance of keeping Wojcik long term. I know he sometimes notes his bewilderment with Tulsa and TU (he says it's the quietest campus he's ever been on and frequently mentions that he wants the fans out), but TU actually has the money to pay Wojcik competitively like the elite basketball coach he may become. Even if CUSA is no Big 12, with Memphis, it's a better conference than what TU was in the last 20 years or so -- the Valley was a dog when TU left and the WAC was well, wac-tacular. You can have a big-time basketball program at Tulsa if you try.

I'll forever cherish Kragthorpe and hope he never leaves, but there are just too darn many BCS schools that pull the trigger on their coaches too quickly. We may just keep him this year, but before long, some AD is going to realize that it's better to win with a classy coach than to lose with regurgitated NFL assistants. (How does Al Groh still have a job?)

Thanks for the props, Picker. I think the rest of the state overlooks TU far too often. Then again, in the case of the OKC Animal guys, some of them haven't seen their toes in decades.