Why do some topper fans insist on talking about how WKU is too good for this conference?

Just curious...

We're going to the MAC, we're going to C-USA.

What makes Western too good for the SBC?

Is it your top notch I-AA football program?

Bottomline,

The SBC has improved by leaps and bounds in the last three years. The SBC finished ahead of the MAC in football this year. (The reason the MAC got so many bowl bids is because they had 7 HORRIBLE teams to pad their wins and losses. If Middle got to play Buffalo, EMU, CMU, WMU, Ohio, and Ball State we'd be sitting in a bowl right now).

You won't get into the MAC or C-USA with I-AA football. Also, write it down, by 2008, the SBC will have passed both of those conferences top to bottom.

1) WKU will probably go I-A; I don't know what conference. But I-A is in the works.

2) I think WKU fans are just frustrated with the conference decline. Long before MTSU joined the SBC, when WKU first joined the SBC in 1982, it was a TOUGH basketball conference. Many schools in the OVC critize WKU for joining the SBC, but at the time it was a stellar move for WKU. It commonly got multiple bids to the NCAA's AND multiple bids to the NIT:

1978-79: NCAA: Jacksonville and South Al
79-80: NCAA: Virgina Commonwealth, USA; NIT: JU, and UAB
80-81: NCAA: VCU, UAB; NIT: USF USA
82-83: NCAA: VCU, UAB; NIT: USF, ODU
83-84: NCAA: VCU, USAB; NIT: ODU, USA
84-85: NCAA: VCU, UAB, ODU; NIT: USF - THREE NCAA TEAMS
85-86: NCAA: JU, WKU, UAB, ODU - FOUR NCAA TEAMS
86-87: NCAA: UAB, WKU; NIT: JU
87-88: NCAA: UNCC; NIT: VCU, ODU
88-89: NCAA: USA; NIT: UNCC, UAB
89-90: NCAA: USF, UAB
90-91: NCAA: USA; NIT: UAB, USF
91-92: NCAA: UL LAFAYETTE; NIT: TECH, WKU
92-93: NCAA: UL LAFAYETTE, WKU; NIT: UNO

Since 1993, We've (SBC) only had a single bid to the NCAA and only only half the time do we get a NIT bid. The conference according to basketball has gone down hill. Basketball is life at WKU. So you can see the frustration. SBC is NOT what it used to be. I think that is the fustration.

WKU Topper Jeff Wrote:1) WKU will probably go I-A; I don't know what conference. But I-A is in the works.

2) I think WKU fans are just frustrated with the conference decline. Long before MTSU joined the SBC, when WKU first joined the SBC in 1982, it was a TOUGH basketball conference. Many schools in the OVC critize WKU for joining the SBC, but at the time it was a stellar move for WKU. It commonly got multiple bids to the NCAA's AND multiple bids to the NIT:

1978-79: NCAA: Jacksonville and South Al
79-80: NCAA: Virgina Commonwealth, USA; NIT: JU, and UAB
80-81: NCAA: VCU, UAB; NIT: USF USA
82-83: NCAA: VCU, UAB; NIT: USF, ODU
83-84: NCAA: VCU, USAB; NIT: ODU, USA
84-85: NCAA: VCU, UAB, ODU; NIT: USF - THREE NCAA TEAMS
85-86: NCAA: JU, WKU, UAB, ODU - FOUR NCAA TEAMS
86-87: NCAA: UAB, WKU; NIT: JU
87-88: NCAA: UNCC; NIT: VCU, ODU
88-89: NCAA: USA; NIT: UNCC, UAB
89-90: NCAA: USF, UAB
90-91: NCAA: USA; NIT: UAB, USF
91-92: NCAA: UL LAFAYETTE; NIT: TECH, WKU
92-93: NCAA: UL LAFAYETTE, WKU; NIT: UNO

Since 1993, We've (SBC) only had a single bid to the NCAA and only only half the time do we get a NIT bid. The conference according to basketball has gone down hill. Basketball is life at WKU. So you can see the frustration. SBC is NOT what it used to be. I think that is the fustration.

Unfortunatly, NO mid-major coference is as it used to be, and the reason why is simply the $$.

Tuffguy