Move to the Big Time Yields Losses and Second Guessing

Buffalo's ascension to Division I-A was expensive, and some faculty members want to see the returns

Thousands of empty seats. Eleven losses and no wins. Jeers from Sports Illustrated and USA Today.

Big-time college football wasn't supposed to be like this for the State University of New York at Buffalo.

This fall, the university began its first season in Division I-A of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, with hopes that playing at

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