[OutsiderFan]

I may be wrong, but I think it is a brobdingnagian mistake to hire an AD without experience working in a big time college football program.  That would mean Pac-12, Big 12, Big "Ten", SEC, and ACC.  I loved the Bowlsby hire because he came from Iowa, a school that may not be a football power, but puts a high priority on it and routinely sells out its stadium.  It seemed likely Stanford football would be strong under his watch, and it was.

Just having the mindset that football is important, and experience knowing how it fits in on campus and in the community, seems to me to be a very important qualifier for any BCS school AD job, and in particular Stanford, a place where its importance has historically been allowed to wane.

[OutsiderFan]

I may be wrong, but I think it is a brobdingnagian mistake to hire an AD without experience working in a big time college football program.  That would mean Pac-12, Big 12, Big "Ten", SEC, and ACC.  I loved the Bowlsby hire because he came from Iowa, a school that may not be a football power, but puts a high priority on it and routinely sells out its stadium.  It seemed likely Stanford football would be strong under his watch, and it was.

Just having the mindset that football is important, and experience knowing how it fits in on campus and in the community, seems to me to be a very important qualifier for any BCS school AD job, and in particular Stanford, a place where its importance has historically been allowed to wane.