Karl Benson knows the drill – and he understands the allure. A while back, the Sun Belt commissioner had a conversation with Troy’s Neal Brown, who is likely to land on the wish lists of Power Five athletic directors in the very near future. It was a variation of a talk he’s had with other successful young coaches.
“I compared Neal,” Benson says, “to what I experienced watching Chris Petersen for all those years when I was (the WAC commissioner).”
Petersen, of course, stayed at Boise State for eight seasons, far longer than almost anyone ever would have expected, compiling a 92-12 record before Washington finally lured him away.