Covid 19 will be the dividing line between the have and have nots in FCS.
With the news that the Big Sky has opted out of football, one has to think this isn't sitting well with the Montana's and maybe EWU. There seems to be a huge riff developing between the upper tier of the the FCS and the rest. I can't see the Valley moving forward at this point. Who is going to vote yes to play? NDSU and SDSU are locks with ISUr USD and UNI "maybe's" while the rest will be solid no's.
The top tier should absolutely grab the bull by the horns and create a 1 year super conference and petition the NCAA to declare them bowl eligible since there won't be an FCS playoff. It would give the MAC, CUSA and Sun Belt schools a reason to schedule us this year as they won't be limited to the two FCS win limits that were allowed to count towards bowl eligibility.
Super conference
NDSU
SDSU
Illinois State
Montana
Montana State
JMU
Sam Houston
EWU?
UNI?
USD?
UCA?
?
?
Thoughts? Even if we proceeded with this idea and the season gets shutdown anyway, it drives a mssive wedge between the above and the teacher/basketball/hockey schools that make up the rest of the FCS. That's a good thing and will hopefully elevate us to the upper side of the split when it happens.
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Re: Covid 19 will be the dividing line between the have and have nots in FCS.
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Originally Posted by
AKBison
With the news that the Big Sky has opted out of football, one has to think this isn't sitting well with the Montana's and maybe EWU. There seems to be a huge riff developing between the upper tier of the the FCS and the rest. I can't see the Valley moving forward at this point. Who is going to vote yes to play? NDSU and SDSU are locks with ISUr USD and UNI "maybe's" while the rest will be solid no's.
The top tier should absolutely grab the bull by the horns and create a 1 year super conference and petition the NCAA to alto declare them bowl eligible since there won't be an FCS playoff. It would give the MAC, CUSA and Sun Belt schools a reason to schedule us this year as they won't be limited to the two FCS win limits that were allowed to count towards bowl eligibility.
Super conference
NDSU
SDSU
Illinois State
Montana
Montana State
JMU
Sam Houston
EWU?
UNI?
USD?
UCA?
Thoughts? Even if we proceeded with this idea and the season gets shutdown anyway, it drives a mssive wedge between the above and the teacher/basketball/hockey schools that make up the rest of the FCS. That's a good thing and will hopefully elevate us to the upper side of the split when it happens.
Fun to speculate. Unfortunately only NDSU and maaaaaaybe JMU have the athletic departments to pull something like this off. EWU lol, they have like 3 full time employees in their athletic department.
If there was more runway for this to take off it could’ve been possibe maybe. We’re a month away from games starting
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just go FBS FFS at this point. none of these trailer trash schools can hang with NDSU
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That conference sounds terrible just let us in the MWC already.
Make it happen Lakes.
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Kevin
That conference sounds terrible just let us in the MWC already.
Make it happen Lakes.
no shit. this is a wake up call for all of you on the fence, or poo pooed the idea.
this is the slap in the face......NDSU doesnt belong here
contact every FBS conference and ask to join....NOW
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El_Chapo
no shit. this is a wake up call for all of you on the fence, or poo pooed the idea.
this is the slap in the face......NDSU doesnt belong here
contact every FBS conference and ask to join....NOW
It’s a game of dominoes and NDSU is not going to make a premature move. When the P5 separates then we can start the discussion with the G5 schools about the new parameters for NCAA DI football.
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Originally Posted by
SamsRams
It’s a game of dominoes and NDSU is not going to make a premature move. When the P5 separates then we can start the discussion with the G5 schools about the new parameters for NCAA DI football.
dude. alot of fans been saying that since 2011.
its just frustrating
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Kevin
That conference sounds terrible just let us in the MWC already.
Make it happen Lakes.
It's a one year thing and would basically gives us a dry run of what it would be like in a G5 conference. We could probably run the idea by Liberty and NMSU and they might be on board. Listen, FCS football is looking super sketchy for 2020 at this point, let's milk what we can out of it.
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Originally Posted by
AKBison
It's a one year thing and would basically gives us a dry run of what it would be like in a G5 conference. We could probably run the idea by Liberty and NMSU and they might be on board. Listen, FCS football is looking super sketchy for 2020 at this point, let's milk what we can out of it.
im just saying.. if there isnt a Championship... then lets take some risks and have some fun. give these kids a year to remember!!