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There are 2-3 reasons JSU is still D1AA.
JSU was formerly a teacher's college and the pockets are not deep. There are a few notable alums such as Randy Owen of the group Alabama, Joe Kines, and Rick and Bubba, but not many high rollers. The administration in the early 90's was reactive. Part of the initial holdup to making the move was title 9 compliance. JSU had suspended operation of its back to back national championship winning women's gymnastics program in 1986. If I remember correctly, it was the result of D2 gymnastics being killed. In order to continue they would have had to move to D1 and did not have the facilities or money to offer an equal number of women's programs.
We finally made the D1AA move a few years after Troy (sucks).
The D1 move has been in the works for a while, however the second reason it has not yet happened, is that the NCAA froze D1 a few years ago. If you had not yet been accepted to join, you had to wait until 2011. JSU has now done the things necessary to make the move, such as expanding the seating capacity of the stadium and adding women's sports programs, and will begin the move up next year. There was still some debate on whether or not it would happen, but I will say that beating Ole Miss sealed the deal.
