<p>vocemom,</p>
<p>That could be a gross exaggeration from your friend. Let’s look at their rankings in Intercollegiate Writing:</p>
<p>87-04 (11 1st and 6 2nd)
05-06 1st
06-07 6th
07-08 2nd
08-09 3rd
09-10 1st (current standing)</p>
<p>Granted, they haven’t been as dominant as they were in the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s, but the drop wasn’t that huge (except the 6th-place finish).</p>