I have to weigh in on this. The Sun Belt is not exactly the "premier" conference in the country, but it's the conference we are now affiliated with. Do I want to move up to a better conference? You bet. But there are no other conferences that have openings that we could join. And Independent is not an option! The WAC is not where we need to be. Is it better than the SBC? Sure. But just like the Big West days, we can't afford the travel. I'd rather take the travel money savings and pay it to the assistant coaches who are keepers. The Mountain West? Only if they are desparately looking for a travel partner for TCU. Otherwise, we are not worthy. Yet. CUSA has no openings that I know of. So what we have to do is make the best of the SBC. As someone else pointed out, North Texas needs to build our fan base so that we can average 25-30,000 at our home games, REGARDLESS OF OUR RECORD OR WHETHER OR NOT WE AGREE ON THE CURRENT COACHING SITUATION. People, we have to show these other conferences that we support North Texas football, PERIOD! Only then will another conference will come calling.