{"id":8402,"date":"2016-03-02T06:45:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T11:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8402"},"modified":"2016-03-02T06:45:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-02T11:45:16","slug":"oh-look-the-sunbelt-conference-is-changing-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8402","title":{"rendered":"Oh Look, the SunBelt Conference is Changing Again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Idaho, New Mexico State denied extension as football only Sun Belt members & will no longer be league members after 2017 sources told @ESPN<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyESPN) March 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh. We’re not really sure what to say about this. The Sunbelt will be down to ten teams once NMSU and Idaho bounce and Coastal Carolina becomes a full member. That will leave it at 10 teams. Not a bad number, but certainly susceptible to a major shakeup if there’s movement in the P5 and other conferences come raiding. That’s something to watch.<\/p>\n

There’s really not much more to be said at this point. The FBS issue has been beaten to death by JMU fans. We’re not sure we could come up with an argument, that hasn’t been heard a thousand times. We could attempt to convince everyone that this news means JMU is FBS bound, but we’d probably be seen as overenthusiastic dreamers. Or we could attempt to justify the administration’s decision to not pursue a Sunbelt move in the past, but we’d be labeled apologists. Neither option is appealing. But there might be a third choice. We could realize that as fans it’s pretty much out of our hands, and instead of worrying about it, just root. Let’s go with that.<\/p>\n