TheDayMan
Day Butt Ass the sadgaydayboy
That is correct, with an *. I (and most fans) gave him credit in '84 when they were robbed of the title and it was given to BYU on the backs of a completely bullshit schedule. He didn't fully ascend until '91. That's how it is.
Those were different times though. You had to reach a consensus #1 on a major poll. Now you have to reach at least 4 and win to playoff games. Which is an easier path?
Yes it was a different time, the point is, to repeat what I said in a thread on the team board, a lot of expectations for the program seem to be based on only the best years of Don James, not the reality of his tenure, there were a lot of 7 and 8 win teams sprinkled in there, again different time, if you want to call those 8 and 9 win teams today to account for an extra scrub game, the point still stands.
I get some criticism to this point, but he's absolutely proven himself as far as I'm concerned. In 5 years he's already met your criteria minus winning a national championship. Personally I'm okay with waiting for that.