Big 10 Will Stop Playing FCS teams....

[NDSUstudent]

The league's athletic directors and presidents also approved a scheduling model that includes at least one team from a major FBS conference per year and no FCS teams. Delany hopes the model will be in place league-wide by 2016.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/...-game-schedule

[HerdBot]

Wow... that kind of sucks. They should call it the Dakota's rule because we basically embarrassed the Big Ten numerous times, the most recent a prime time game on the Big Ten network. Appalachian didn't help matters either.

Not sure how this will impact us. We have the luxury of being able to survive without the money games. Other schools don't. Certainly it lowers our profile in the Big Ten footprint which happens to be our top recruiting areas. MN, WI, NE, and Illinois. More reason to try and get basketball in another league that covers those territories.

[NDSUstudent]

If other conferences follow this model it will be a death blow to the FCS as we know it.

[HerdBot]

If other conferences follow this model it will be a death blow to the FCS as we know it.

Death blow is probably extreme.

[NDSUstudent]

Death blow is probably extreme.

The SoCon's commissioner basically said if the other conferences follow this model scholarships in the FCS will have to be cut. App State's AD cited this as being a reason why they left.

[marenlee]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it wasn't really until the 2000's when B1G starting scheduling FCS teams regularely. I'm too lazy to look it up. Even the FBS scheduling the FCS as a whole really didn't take off until the last 10-15 years.

[HerdBot]

The SoCon's commissioner basically said if the other conferences follow this model scholarships in the FCS will have to be cut. App State's AD cited this as being a reason why they left.

And the SoCon commissioner has nothing to do with the rest of the FCS. I highly doubt one game thst pays 4-500k would completely ruin an athletic department . Just like any other business model, you adapt.

If anything it weeds out the shitty and weak teams

[NDSUstudent]

And the SoCon commissioner has nothing to do with the rest of the FCS. I highly doubt one game thst pays 4-500k would completely ruin an athletic department . Just like any other business model, you adapt.

If anything it weeds out the shitty and weak teams

Gabe not every FCS school is like NDSU...these games are a big part of many FCS schools football budgets.

These games are also big for recruiting and exposure. They are irreplaceable on that front.

[BigBison]

This will really hurt UNI.

[goldenshower]

Wow... that kind of sucks. They should call it the Dakota's rule because we basically embarrassed the Big Ten numerous times, the most recent a prime time game on the Big Ten network. Appalachian didn't help matters either.

Not sure how this will impact us. We have the luxury of being able to survive without the money games. Other schools don't. Certainly it lowers our profile in the Big Ten footprint which happens to be our top recruiting areas. MN, WI, NE, and Illinois. More reason to try and get basketball in another league that covers those territories.

Hahahaha hahahaha yes!!!! beating the gophers completely embarrassed the big ten and now they fear The Dakota schools hahahaha hilarious!!!