I've been impressed with a bunch of teams in the mac this year. It apears we are far from competing on the second tier of the mac at this time. Using 1 and 2 year players has been beat up on other threads and we all know a program can't be built on 30 to 50% juco recruiting classes. I for one am not believing you can bring in a hodgd podge of castoffs and troubled talent and expect to build a team. Teams are built when players grow together. What we are witbessing now is a few players producing but the overall team failing. TB does not have the time to build the team right. He is under pressure from himself, the school, and his overinflated propaganda machine to win games now. He did a similiar thing at the last school. Unfortunately he was the benefactor of transfers and short term players from higher levels of ball. Now what we are getting might be from higher level ball but they are the leftovers. Bowden was suprised by the talent in the mac...has he adjusted his strategy or are we doomed? I say juco players can't close the gap. He needs to prove it next year with a solid freshman class or the zips are 4 years from being competitive withthe top mac programs.