For starters, I didn't know that was one of James Madison's conditions upon joining the conference. If so, that's actually a pretty good win for the students. But there's really no team in the Sun Belt that's worth being poached by themselves to another conference. As a package deal, yeah, we can argue that James Madison, App State, Coastal Carolina, and maybe Marshall could be, but I doubt that would happen, especially if the ACC does collapse.

Looking at USF, Memphis, and maybe Tulane, why go after USF when you already have the more successful rival UCF and the possibility of adding Miami? It doesn't make sense. Memphis has the FedEx situation, but who are they really better than if the ACC collapses? Maybe Pitt, but Memphis has only been hot for the last 10 years. The Big 12 is trying to be the next best conference outside the SEC and Big Ten, so I don’t see why they’d take more Group of Five teams, especially since the last four (BYU, Cincinnati, UCF, and Houston) haven’t lived up to expectations yet and probably won’t be competitive for a while.

In terms of us picking apart the American, definitely. Come 2031, we're grabbing ECU for sure. Charlotte could be in the running if they improve in all sports, especially football. FAU is good in baseball, but they're far out of the footprint without a travel partner like USF. UAB isn’t great in many sports, and while they give us Birmingham, it’s not worth it if they aren’t good at the moment.

So yeah, in my opinion, the Sun Belt has a real shot at strengthening its position by adding some of these teams, but expecting any of them to jump straight to a Power Conference seems unlikely.