While I applaud some of our fan's assessment of ODU's position in the national G5 pecking order, the reality is that we are a relatively unknown and unproven FCS moveup.
Delusions to the contrary, we were never in any consideration for the MAC or the AAC, nor are we now. In all likelihood, we will be in CUSA until at least the end of the GoRs; 2026. If we have strategically built on athletics by that time, we
might be ready for consideration for whatever conference ECU and Navy are in. That should be our long term goal as the overwhelming probability is that JMU will not move up until then, if at all, and most likely not at all.
Realistically we will never become a P5, and IMO we should not aspire to that.
We need a med school instead.
If one looks carefully we are very similar in many ways to Middle Tennessee, WKY, Charlotte, and Marshall.
We need to do everything we can to be competitive with those programs, both on the field/court and with respect to facilities.
Basketball is cyclical. We are already showing signs of getting better.
Football is also cyclical. Bobby Wilder is a winner, so we will win, sooner than later.
However, the arrogance that we are better than CUSA is a headscratcher; very JMU like. We haven't proven anything yet, and we are not dropping back to FCS
, so we going to be here for awhile.
Embrace it and enjoy.