Soooo sick and tired of the complete nonsense being spewed on the "WAC expansion/FCS" thread. Dead subject. Y'all really need to come to grips with the fact that the WAC FBS train is already in motion. Soon, more WAC outliers will be booted and replaced with football-playing, FBS-minded schools. Why? Because the Texas schools say so, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Chronically homeless nmsu will be the primary beneficiary, so please, for once, stop all your whining and complaining and start applauding!

I repeat:

NEW DIVISION WITH A BRIGHT FUTURE

INDEPENDENT, FOR NOW: Tarleton State University made the jump to NCAA Division I and the Western Athletic Conference last July and is currently in its first year of a four-year transition period. The WAC stopped sponsoring football back in 2012, making Tarleton an independent football program for the spring 2021 season. However, the WAC has announced an expansion that will bring four football-playing schools into the WAC as early as July 1, 2021 – Lamar, Abilene Christian, Sam Houston State and Stephen F. Austin. This move will bring football back to the Western Athletic Conference at the FCS Level.

EYES ON FBS: With the revival of the WAC at the FCS level, the question remains of – will the WAC return to its former FBS glory days? The answer is simple: that's the plan. In a recent interview with Yahoo Sports, Tarleton President Dr. James Hurley said, "Our goal going into this is to immediately start laying out a plan among the presidents and athletic directors to develop a strategic plan to become an FBS conference. That work will start Day 1. We understand that realistically this is going to be at least a five-year process."