Seriously...has being independent helped us with recruiting? Nope. Has it helped us garner more national attention/respect/following? Still TBD. Has it helped us gain perennial Top 25 rankings? Not at all.
So let's go back to a conference that helps give our team a chance at playing for something past the 3rd week of Sept. Have TH schedule the tough pre-conference schedule and then whoop up on the boys in the MWC.
Yes...seriously.