Quote Originally Posted by NY Crusader 2010 View Post
Florida A&M already tried going FBS and it took the program two decades to recover from the attempted move (in addition to some ugly NCAA penalties a number of years later). They started a transition process to I-A in 2002 or 2003 and I believe were actually planning on joining the OLD C-USA, back when it had Memphis, Houston, Southern Miss, Louisville, East Carolina, South Florida, etc.
Savannah State and Winston-Salem tried going D1 and are now back in D2. People talk like it is an easy move but it isn't.