I don't know, I really can't count PapaJohn's, International or the Beef O'brady Bowl as Big games. Those are pretty much consolation bowl games to me. Always happy to be playing in a bowl game. Meineke vs Clemson...Maybe a big game. Especially with the way things have been here lately in football. These are/were certainly not "must win" games to me.
I am not saying our programs choke. I just don't feel we have a winning culture with any of our programs. Certainly not one at the highest level, that anyone can point to, in any of our programs. Well, perhaps sailing if you want to count that.
Living in CT, when I am talking to my UCONN friends or Syracuse friends and I have a good friend that is a Louisville grad, when I talk to them and they are talking about national Championships or conference championships I am certainly not pointing to the Beef O'brady Bowl as our shining moment.
Soccer seems to be at least somewhat of a powerhouse and have a pretty deep culture of winning, I mean we don't make the big east tournament last year but were still good enough to be in the big dance of soccer... Has to be some sort of tradition for that to happen.