I'm for new leadership in both men's and woman's basketball. I don't get too involved in the FBS move up now threads because they are a moot point. The reality is we need new leadership in both basketball programs and we aren't moving up to FBS anytime soon without a conference invite and the finances to do so.That being said if the MWC or MAC were looking to expand we should be ready to look into it...but, their not, so nothing really to discuss.
The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory.
Paul Fix.
I think for the most part the people that are pro FBS (myself included) aren’t saying nor trying to imply that we desire to move up next year or the year after. That is very impractical and unrealistic. What I would like to know personally is there a timeframe say in 5 years for example that the university as a whole can maybe shoot for to see how close we are to make it reality. There are steps being made I believe such as all of the development that has happened over the last few years with the SHAC and such and now the goal for the new IPF. Also the addition of full cost of attendance being offered across the board for all sports. These are all steps in the right direction in my eyes. Obviously a lot can happen in 5 years with the new tv contracts and this possible “split” in FBS but nobody knows it that’s even going to happen. I guess Larson saying that they are monitoring the football landscape is maybe his way of saying we are looking into FBS but need time to see if funds and infrastructure can be obtained to make it truly public.
Run the damn ball!! PRO FBS
BV is more exhausting than my 3 year old twins.
Rule #76: No excuses, play like a champion!
We havent moved up. We're awesome and there is no reason any conference would say no if we asked. Besides, I want it. Therefore, it is self evident that the only reason it hasn't happened is because the AD and President refuse to do something that would wildly increase their pay and prestige as our inexorable rise to national glory proceeds.
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We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie