Go back in time two years to January 2010. Consider the fate of our three major sports. We had just changed football coaches, and all we had was promises for a return to national stature. Men's basketball was very poor and completely uncompetitive in the Horizon League. On the women's side, we were in the last year of the Hill-Martin "Reign of Terror," and about to suffer the humiliation of a winless season.
Now return to the present day. We will have defeated the probable national champion on the road, and the promised land is in sight IF the young defense improves, the special teams are reformed, and, most importantly, the coaches improve their game day performances. Who knows what the rest of the basketball season holds for the men, but it is quite obvious that the laughingstock label can no longer be applied to us. The biggest story of all comes on the women's side where Boldon in just one season plus has apparently changed the whole culture of the program. Suggesting the we could become the second best team in the conference behind Green Bay in a few more seasons is now a sensible projection.
So will 2012 be the year that it finally, and mercifully, turns around? Please give your analysis.
