Which FBS schools have football budgets similar to Illinois State? If you're talking about overall athletic budgets, then you may be comparing Illinois State's athletic budget to schools that offer fewer sports. Which sports would you cut to increase the football budget?The money is there for the move. There are schools that are playing football at the FBS level with budgets similar to ISUs. People forget that ISU had to make a pretty long list of facilities commitments to the MVC in order to get that invitation in '80. The point is that they weren't eager to extend the invite. ISU was viewed as having substandard facilities and a budget that would make it difficult to compete in the conference. To say we exceeded expectations is an understatement. Spack's up to the job. There will always be reasons to say it's too risky.
What facility commitments did Illinois State make to get a MVC invite?