(05-01-2014 07:18 AM)EmeryZach Wrote:  Saying we'd be an Idaho when UConn's football stadium is 45 minutes from Amherst is just a little bit off, dontcha think?

And at least four all-sports members and a FB-only member over under half the distance to Amherst than Idaho is to the closest Sunbelt all-sports members.

After all, UMass, UConn, Temple and Navy make a much tighter set of schools than Houston, SMU, Tulsa, Memphis and Tulane ... and even though the next two closest schools in ECU and UC are a good ways away, its not "UIdaho to the Sunbelt" far. Look at the Google Driving time from Amherst to Greenville (11 hrs), or Amherst to UC (12hrs), versus the Google Driving time from Moscow ID to San Marcos, TX (30hrs), or Monroe, LA (32hrs).

But that is a moot point anyway, since by all indications the American is focused on their expansion to 12 in FB with Navy and the fight to have their champion as the Go5 schools in the Access Bowl.