The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers look to jump out and get a football program with more name recognition than thier maskot, Big Red. They have just comnpleted their first year in FCS and earned an 0-12 record.

Head Coach: Willie Taggart (First Year)
Offensive Coordinator: Mike Sanford? (First Year)
Defensive Coordinator: Clint Bowen (First Year)

Will a new staff be enough to finish their move up to big time football?

BCS numbers and 2010 schedule after the jump.

 If you really want to see the numbers, here they are. It certainly looks to me like they were doing better in the BCS computers before jumping to the Sun Belt.

	2007 (7-5) (Transition Year)	2008 (2-10) (Transition Year)	2009 (0-12)	Average (0.2500)
BCS Averave	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000	0.0000
Computer Average	104.8	119.8	120	114.8
BCS top 25	No	No	No	0.0
Score	-0.6198	-0.8298	-0.8333	-0.7610

 Schedule:

Team	Date
@Nebraska	9/4
@Kentucky	9/11
Indiana	9/18
@South Florida	9/25
Middle Tennessee St.	TBA
North Texas	TBA
Florida Atlantic	TBA
UL Monroe	TBA
@Florida International	TBA
@UL Lafayette	TBA
@Troy	TBA
@Arkansas State	TBA

Cases like this make me wonder if the time and effort some schools make into becoming FBS members is worth all the fuss. Maybe Grand Valley State is a model some of these schools should be looking towards for a realistic ideal.

Does it really make sense to invest lots of money on shiny new facilities paid for by debt that counts on future earning from a BCS bubble that might not last? I am not so sure.