EKU sets sights on FBS
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 3:35 pm
Q; Raising up a level in football?
A: That's what I was talking about. There's speculation out there in social media. I have not been in these discussions yet. I will be going forward. I'll be working with the president. But when you get online you can see that they're talking about they'd like to receive an invite either to the MAC or to the Sun Belt, are the two conferences. And, of course, Mark Sandy, who left to go to Ball State, my predecessor, who did a great job here, Mark was aware of that. He was involved in that process. So we're reaching out. We're trying to get an invite, and I think with the success we've had this week with showing them we're serious about our basketball program, and obviously we've got some plans that we're looking at to upgrade some of the facilities around here. That's a vision that both the president and I have.
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A: That's what I was talking about. There's speculation out there in social media. I have not been in these discussions yet. I will be going forward. I'll be working with the president. But when you get online you can see that they're talking about they'd like to receive an invite either to the MAC or to the Sun Belt, are the two conferences. And, of course, Mark Sandy, who left to go to Ball State, my predecessor, who did a great job here, Mark was aware of that. He was involved in that process. So we're reaching out. We're trying to get an invite, and I think with the success we've had this week with showing them we're serious about our basketball program, and obviously we've got some plans that we're looking at to upgrade some of the facilities around here. That's a vision that both the president and I have.
Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2015/04/14/3800 ... rylink=cpy" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;