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(12-13-2020 10:37 PM)ODUDJ96 Wrote:  

(12-13-2020 10:26 PM)webster Wrote:  

(12-13-2020 10:07 PM)ODUDJ96 Wrote:  Are you missing the point? We invested in an FBS program at the expense of our basketball program. If we didn’t have an FBS program, then I’m sure we would be playing in the A10 and making more noise than we did in the CAA. We have football and vcu doesn’t. That is our trade-off. Got it?

I understand that had we not gone FBS at the time then we would have likely joined the A10 when they did. But I seek success in both sports and don’t think it has to be one or the other.

There is a big difference between playing and recruiting in CUSA vs the A10. You can seek all you want, but it won’t change reality. VCU has a HUGE leg up on us in recruiting playing in the A10. And we beat VT and host ACC football teams - something vcu will NEVER enjoy.

Your point is fair. VCU has an advantage over us for sure, but we are still not as good as we should be. Not even close. We should aspire to be the flagship CUSA program in basketball, and we should be able to achieve that. We are nowhere near that level now.

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