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I feel we should have never left the CAA. The CAA games had more excitement and "buzz" at the games, and even for the casual fan. I know a lot of JMU, W&M, and Richmond alums and you could feel the excitement at the games, at the workplace or in the neighborhood (my neighbor is a JMU grad). And when I went to a sports bar, you could have JMU and ODU fans cheering for their respective teams. (Never a lot of W&M or Richmond fans at the sports bars though) Heck, I even had a Towson grad working for me for couple of years and he was really into the games. Folks would talk about ODU football in the breakroom. But now? No one gets excited for UTSA, UTEP, FAU or anyone else in the conference. The move up to FBS was rushed and now we are paying the price. We would have been better off just waiting until we were ready.