I disagree with the assesment that the MAC East is not more actractive than CAA. Any conference where you can get ESPN games regularly is automatically more attractive. We would be playing Massachusetts, Buffalo (natural rivalry), Temple, Akron which are more popular than the Maine, New Hampshire of the CAA. Also MAC football would be a conference which would be more of a right fit in terms of competition. Its not a highly ranked FBS conference meaning that a successful FCS team can probably make a smooth transition into the conference, this is assuming that Stony Brook will enjoy more success at the FCS in the upcoming seasons.
As I said, the main thing that can hold us back is Infrastructure improvements (expansions of facilities, roads). Those things cost a lot of money and we all know how hard is to get cash from the State of New York...
The future is bright, its going to be interesting to see Stony Brook athletics in 7-15 years. I'll repeat, No one thought football was going to be at this position back in 1995. Transitioning from Division III to Division I FCS full scholarship is arguably harder than going from FCS to FBS....
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