Joining the MAC and “moving up” 10-15 years ago would have been a good move. I’m not sure with what it is we’d be moving up to now….possibly moving up to stay in the same pecking order. I have always enjoyed the bowl games but as more and more players opt out from them, along with the expansion, I’m not sure what will be left, similarly, with the NIL, transfer portal, and the bigger conferences continuing to gobble up other conferences and schools, I think we’ll start seeing a further separation between the big players and the mid majors. I wouldn’t doubt that the group of five schools begin to look to more of a current FCS model as a solution to their economic woes and postseason malaise. It’s possible that moving up is eventually really going to become essentially staying in the de-facto new FCS.