do you have hope in this?

[PackTheRent]

#PackTheRent. Great name for someone who wants to shut us down. #MothballPAWS is a better one.
Take a breath. We need to be in a conference soon. Great if it is a major, okay if it’s mid major.

I hope it does not happen but I am being realistic. If we are still running a $40 million deficit in 2026 with a small chance to get into a power 4 conference, do you really think it won't be an issue? The choice will either be to close a number of sports contributing to the deficit and save football, or cut football since it is the biggest cause of the deficit. We have been lucky with this governor but at some point it will change.

 

[Hoophound]

I hope it does not happen but I am being realistic. If we are still running a $40 million deficit in 2026 with a small chance to get into a power 4 conference, do you really think it won't be an issue? The choice will either be to close a number of sports contributing to the deficit and save football, or cut football since it is the biggest cause of the deficit. We have been lucky with this governor but at some point it will change.

FCS doesn’t save much money and scrapping football all together isn’t happening. We have a lot invested in football, including great facilities that are already paid for. Going FCS wouldn’t accomplish anything at all.

 

[Kolumbo]

I hope there is a transformational change, or dare I say, revolutionary change, and soon. A conference invitation or another major conference disintegrating. Gradual improvement year by year won't accomplish anything, especially with the two steps back approach this year. Without something significant shifting the situation, stick a fork in us.

 

[BaderBob]

There are other threads about next steps, and all the details about portal/NIL/conference.
This is not that.
My question here is more of a take-away / one-liner.

Do you have hope for the future?
if you want, feel free to share briefly why/why not, but again i'm not looking to turn this into a nitty gritty next-steps thead.

As Mora says, we need to get in to a B5 conference.