KSU going FBS before a minimum of 10 years from now would signal the program just being a leech for athletics revenue, not worried about success or a fun environment. Like Georgia State. Georgia Southern at least has a culture of expecting to win and like 20,000ish fans who will regularly attend games if they're good (and about 10,000 that will travel).

Right now KSU can't get 5,000 to a home playoff game. They need 15,000 at minimum to eventually make the leap to FBS (unless they're coastal carolina or whatever) and there's no way they do that without making football exciting and doing better to promote the program. Not to mention stadium expansion.

This is why I think KSU to the socon would be in their best interest in the short, near, and long term. If they truly want to be FBS one day they have to make games exciting and make sure their team is good. That just won't happen in the Big South. I mean, it could possibly happen, but it would take a minimum of 5 years or so for most of the other teams to catch up.