I think the best course of action for the Sun Belt in expansion would be to bring in JMU and Missouri St. and have Idaho exit at the earliest point we can. Then I would bring in NMSU in all sports. That eventually gets to 12 football schools (a nice east/west split) and 14 teams in olympic sports.

However if you listen to Benson he seems to envision a much more limited expansion by simply bringing in a eastern all sports school. JMU is obviously at the top of the wish list.

The conference will have some decisions to make if JMU says "no thanks" yet again and I believe at best we have a 50/50 shot of getting JMU in all sports. If the Belt is simply going to bring in 1 eastern school and JMU says no then I guess the decision is whether or not to bring in Liberty or go for Eastern Kentucky or Jacksonville St. Going for EKU or Jacksonville St. may mean waiting another year to get a championship game but we may soon have an answer to the question of whether or not Liberty has or can get the votes.

Benson seems determined to have a 12 FB school by June 1 and the clock is ticking.