(04-26-2014 02:05 PM)esayem Wrote:  Me posting here may be random, but I've followed the FCS playoffs here and there the last ten years or so (I like the big playoff). Anyway I seem to remember Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, UMass, and Delaware being the big four programs in the east. I watched some great games so I think it would be pretty cool to have UMass in the fold, even if they can get back to the level of those teams they had.

Thank you. People trashing UMass have really short memories and don't know who Mark Whipple is. WKU took its lumps when they first moved up, they grew from it, and eventually were good enough to beat Kentucky. The school produced Marcel Shipp and Victor Cruz. I like adding them because they have a history with Georgia Southern. They traditionally were one of the better FCS schools on the East coast. I think Gillette stadium will be an asset that could get more SBC games televised down the road. They are a better add from nearly every angle (other than travel of course) than EKU, MSU, and Liberty.