Why Rice to the AAC?

[Turbine]

Every time I travel through Texas on I 10, all you see is rice . . .

Look for the Owls, not the rice.

[cajunfan96]

Rice is headed to the AAC simply because they are LOCATED in a major media market.

Major media market implies that people give a Major SCHLITZ about you!

[R1Letterman]

Are Tulsa, OK and Greenville, NC major media markets?

[CajunVic]

Schlitz was and will always be good . . .

[fanof71]

No Major market normally indicates top 10 up to top 20 market...both are top ,100

Instead of coming here to ask, Google Nielsen market rank...again, this is not WikiCajun

[fanof71]

Schlitz was and will always be good . . .

With salt sprinkled on the top of the can..munie golf style

[R1Letterman]

Do I also need to Google is 103 in the top 100?

[fanof71]

Do I also need to Google is 103 in the top 100?

I was in TV sales and management for 35 years, markets change rankings all the time...and I knew what a major market is. You on the other hand bloviate questions without thinking...Turbine, can you shut this bishop?

[R1Letterman]

Shut this bishop, I like that...

If I had such a wealth of knowledge in a topic that would help the Cajuns grow their brand and status on the sports landscape, I would share that info willingly and happily with the Cajun faithful and administration. Or would I begrudge anyone who dares inquire and keep the program held back. I see your answer, no need to google.

[R1Letterman]

I found an excellent quotation by Steve McConnell on page 832 of his 2004 book, Code Complete:

“The bottom line on experience is this: if you work for 10 years, do you get 10 years of experience or do you get 1 year of experience 10 times? You have to reflect on your activities to get true experience. If you make learning a continuous commitment, you’ll get experience. If you don’t, you won’t, no matter how many years you have under your belt.”

But it goes back much further. I found another version by W. F. McMullen in an article titled Engineering Education - Have We a Problem? which appeared in the January 1962 of the Engineering Journal (from Canada) on page 54:

“It is the obligation of industry to provide the climate for growth, and where necessary, the tools. Experience alone is not necessarily the best teacher; it is the slowest and very likely the most expensive. Ten years of experience is not too valuable if it is one year of experience repeated 10 times.”

What matters is to not be just coasting, running on cruise-control, or going through the motions. I remember an example from over two decades ago, where our just doing a “same as last time” failed misearably