This is what I've been talking about.
Is a seat at the table worth the public flogging? Is the added exposure worth being so exposed as to not belonging?
Tulane, JMU, Boise last year - they should be competing for their own NC, not THE NC. There is a nice grey area between Ohio State-Georgia and Montana-Montana State...fill it. Have competitive games vs schools on equal footing and have an opportunity at a NC.
For the love of logic.