Leavitt - JOB 1 - Win the Conference - FAIL.
Holtz - JOB 1 - Win the Conference - FAIL.
Taggart-JOB 1 -Win the Conference - ??? **** Of course now it's also a completely different conference. 3 years ago, Tulane, Temple, E carolina, etc, would have been considered tune up games. Now, they are conference foes, meaning they can beat us! Quite a few steps backwards has this once skyrocketing program taken.
Sometimes you have to take a few steps back before you can take a leap forward.
Let's not forget that Leavitt couldn't win a championship at the lower levels either, so I'm not sure what world you live in where those teams would ever be tune up games.