(02-21-2017 02:11 PM)Potomac Wrote:  "I think I can speak for Jon Alger, Charlie King and Jeff Bourne... that if the right bid comes to us from the right conference at the FBS level, I think you will see us enthusiastically transition. If that right bid does not come along, I'm just fine being one of the top FCS programs in the country."

I'm not excusing past decisions or being an apologist, but it makes me happy to see JMU finally at a place where the HC can speak for the whole team with one voice and know they're all on the same page. It's almost like they're finally back to being comfortable just being JMU, which is a great thing.

The reality is of course JMU would rather be in an FBS league with institutions that more closely align with JMU. The AAC or some version of CUSA/SB-East or that mythical ECC (which is starting to smell a little less mythical again lately with UConn/UMass/LU floating out there again), but as diehard as I've been about FBS (and don't get me wrong, proud to have contributed to the flyover!), what we've seen for JMU the last three years when you look at the combination of exposure, success, and what's good for the entire university and athletic department is just as good as anything they'd have achieved during the same period in any of the B3 (bottom three) FBS leagues.

And just to indulge Hazed's analogy, when do you have a better chance at forming a real relationship? When you're out there trying too hard at last call before you head home to the basement or when you worry about getting your own sh*t together, and do your own thing, so you can get out of the basement and have something to offer?