Did they pay $49M to move up, or to move sideways?

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I'd say-
UNLV, New Mexico and Air Force are above us.
Nevada and North Dakota St are probably on par with us.
Hawaii is below us due to the geography.
Hopefully San Jose St would be below us.
Northern Illinois and UTEP are comfortably at the very bottom of the list

I agree with this. It's crazy that New Mexico is above us given the complete dumpster fire they have been for 20 years in Football. It is amazing how 1 great year and 1 great coach can change the perception. I think we are actually viewed by sports minds to be the Craig Bohl 7 or 8 win teams right now but we are 1 or 2 more terrible years to being back to the Vic Koening perception of Wyoming. You put 3 years in a row of being terrible and you get labeled that for the next few years.