Time and time again we’re told that in America: “Hard work can get you anywhere”.
Tell that to PJ Fleck and the Western Michigan Broncos.
No football team, and no coaching staff, has given more over the last four years to get to this point. Their reward: nothing.
To the rest of the college football world, to the pundits on ESPN, to the committee themselves, it seems that week after week there is only one undefeated team in college football, and that there are only five conferences worth anyone’s time.
But the sad story is that this happens year after year.