Quote Originally Posted by 56BISON73 View Post
Fact is there is much much more involved in moving up besides having a good sports program. Look at Penn State. What really got them in the Big Ten?
It was there academics. It was a store house of knowledge academically and world renowned in medical and scientific research as well. Not to mention a huge alumni base and endowments and the academics and research the rest of the schools in the conference can tie in to.

If you want to get in to a good FBS conference you better bring more than a football team to the table.
Yeah this is probably the best point I've ever seen made in this conversation.