(04-22-2014 08:38 AM)UnitedWeFanTXST Wrote:  No more FCS move ups.

I've been a staunch advocate of adding only the absolute best FCS teams, if we have to take an FCS team. We did that twice with Appalachian State and Georgia Southern. There have never been two programs better than these two in the history of FCS, in my (though limited) opinion. I'd rather not add anymore if we can avoid it. I've also been an advocate of not adding teams that don't fit into the Sun Belt, like North Dakota State, UMASS, Idaho, etc...

Unfortunately, no FBS teams are going to come to the SBC and we've now relegated ourselves to being The Gateway League once again. And not for great teams. Missouri State and Liberty aren't exactly prime candidates.

This time a couple years ago we were all fighting like hell at the idea of any FCS team moving up to the SBC. Now it's been normalized and we list mediocre FCS moveups (and startups!) as great ideas. There is a divide I think. Most that are listing these types of programs are either wannabe moveups, or new members of the SBC. You guys see things on a different level and see it as one big move up party. The older posters of Troy, Arkansas State, Louisiana and ULM are in stark contrast to that way of thinking.

Like the late great Jim Rohn once said "You wouldn't let someone push you off course, but you might let someone nudge you off course and not even realize it."