For one, you're writing as if UCF is the worst thing ever or that adding UCF would be "pathetic," which given the hundreds of millions of dollars invested in athletics over the past 5 years, I don't agree with.

We bring a massive enrollment (that will translate to a larger alumni base), we hover around 40k for football in a 45k seat stadium that can be expanded and improved up to 65k, basketball has been weak in attendance but getting better since moving into the state of the art UCF Arena in 2007, other olympic sports are supported and usually good (ranked soccer/baseball, etc.), and especially and arguably most importantly, we have shown a commitment to win and support all athletic programs in general.

Yes, we are new on the map and therefore will not have a lot of history or national presence. But you have to start somewhere. And yes UCF did squander opportunities in the past (see 2005 expansion and the support leading up to that), but those are being or have been corrected as we speak and in the past half decade. Some of those fruits are being seen now with a better football program with a few division and conference titles, rankings, and finally a bowl win. Basketball made a move to improve coaching even though the previous previously built the program and put it in a great position for success.

I see it almost as a "too big to fail" situation given how the university has positioned itself over the past 15 years under President Hitt's leadership academically and now athletically. Would it be an instant overnight success? No. But I have little doubt that over time, UCF becomes a much larger name nationally that would benefit everyone. Timeframe-wise, I'm talking at least this decade.

I understand if people do not feel an institution may not fit into a conference or feel theirs have more merit to join one over another, but I don't see a need for the hostile tone I'm seeing sometimes. This goes for my fellow fans and non-UCF fans.