SBC - short term loss

At least in the short term, next year's realignment will cost us more than we will gain. Outgoing Western Kentucky was 20-12 and has been the bell cow in the Belt in recent years; while the two incoming teams from the Southern Conference both had losing records (Georgia Southern 15-19 and Appalacian State 9-21). In fact, it has been 2011 since either team had a winning season (App State 16-15). You have to go back to 2008 to find a winning season by Georgia Southern, when they were 20-12.