UTSA aiming for FBS in five years yo.

Wow. As a San Antonian, I am rooting for the hometown squad. Gotta love the aggressiveness. I still have my reservations of the quality of the kids on the field n such. SA is not regarded as an extremely talent rich area. Still, being in a talent-rich area doesn't guarantee successful recruiting hauls.

Most intruguing:

Beyond any serious resistance from the Southland, Hickey and other UTSA officials are confident the school can meet the five NCAA requirements for FBS membership.
The Roadrunners already offers the requisite number of sports (16) and overall athletic scholarships (200). They’ve raised more than $2 million in donations, well on target to fund the football scholarship pool of 85. The combination of a major metro population and the Alamodome’s capacity provides an ample base to reach the rolling attendance standard of 15,000 per home game.
The biggest concern had been scheduling. But UTSA associate athletic director Ross Cobb said the response among potential FBS opponents has been “extremely favorable.”
“I’d say 95 percent have said they’d definitely be interested in a home-and-home,” he said. “This is a great city, with a great facility, and a lot of these schools recruit in Texas. It just makes sense to most of the people we talk to.”
Though no contracts have been signed, Cobb said, the school is in “serious” discussions with up to 20 FBS teams.
“I was a little apprehensive, just because there are so few teams that (play independently),” Cobb said. “But I think being in this city, with the recruiting hotbed that Texas is, if anybody has a chance to pull this off it’s us.”

More reaction from your favorite north texas mescan later.

Also coming soon on meangreennation.com: some reaction to the Canales signing. If I will be doing a dynasty on NCAA 10 with NT and if anyone wants in on any of it. Thinking of getting a dude from each member of the Belt and battling it out for supremacy.