Delaware moving to FBS a logical move?

[greenG]

Just an article, not an announcement from the university.

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20090512/SPORTS07/905120308/1002/SPORTS

[GannonFan]

Already a 6-page thread on this article and others.

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59351&page=4

[I-AA Fan]

...That doesn't happen without I-A football, which drives every successful athletic program. ...

Clearly this person, who wrote the article, has no clue. Unless UD plans on an enormous increase in the basketball budget ...because that is what drives the vast majority of mid-to-small DI programs. Ever hear of Villanova? Most of America does not even know they have a football team. How many of you reading this today know that Butler has a football team? How many of you know they have a good basketball team? What makes team like UD, and also Montana, good DI candidates is their exclusivity. The last time I checked, UCAD does not have a football team & DSU will always be a BCCA (I guess it is HBCU now).

However, being the major football power in a state where the largest city in state where the largest city has less than 75k in population ...and it is not Newark. My daughter attends a school with average per-game football attendance higher than that. Is the support there for the Hens? I doubt it. However, if other cities are close to Newark though ...it is a possibility.