(08-23-2020 07:19 PM)NJDuke97 Wrote:  If you had to bet whether Umass would be relevant and successful in FBS within the next 10 years would you? I wouldn’t. Too much isn’t in their favor- location, independent status, no history of success- too much has to go right - their ceiling is .500% and a bad bowl game.

The independence thing, think in the next half dozen years there will be some conference changes. Covid-19 has put a strain on some teams in the MAC, according to the MAC forum. Think we'll be ok but will have to take a 5+M haircut in the AD budget from 40M to below 35M. Around 4.5-5M has already been cut with pay reductions, early retirement and a bunch of other things that don't remember. People give to all sports, specific sports or a combination as myself during the year. There was an additional fund raiser lead by one of your own, which will help with any budget short falls and note all sports donations are not shown. (Over 660k as the early result number.) We are still in the CAA for men's lacrosse and their donations and numbers are impressive.
https://minutefund.umass.edu/g/athletics

As far as everything going right, you are correct in the next 3 years, everything will have to go right for us to make it to the 85 FBS scholarship limit for the first time.