A new and better FBS thread

[El_Chapo]

There are better odds that I wake up tomorrow with the ability to fly than USD having FBS aspirations this decade and better yet the resources to pursue them.

That conference makes CUSA look like the B12. Central Arkansas as a torch bearer. The highest funded programs in that conference will struggle to meet the new requirements.

und as well. they are a joke.

but JMU & JAX ST both have 5 FBS wins!!!

[BigHorns]

und as well. they are a joke.

but JMU & JAX ST both have 5 FBS wins!!!

The teams that JSU has beaten have a Grand total of 1 FBS win between all of them.
That ONE win? A 19-17 win by EMU over UMass. YAY!

That CUSA schedule is softer than soft. They could go undefeated and few would really care.
I expect them to finish around 8-4, just due to how weak the conference is.

[NDSU92]

The teams that JSU has beaten have a Grand total of 1 FBS win between all of them.
That ONE win? A 19-17 win by EMU over UMass. YAY!

That CUSA schedule is softer than soft. They could go undefeated and few would really care.
I expect them to finish around 8-4, just due to how weak the conference is.

Conference is objectively better than the MVFC. As is their schedule YTD.

[KSBisonFan]

und as well. they are a joke.

but JMU & JAX ST both have 5 FBS wins!!!

JSU has 4 FBS wins. 1 of their wins is against ETSU, who is FCS.

JMU has 4 FBS wins. 1 of their wins was against Bucknell.

[The_Sicatoka]

und as well. they are a joke.

Believe what you will, I won't change it; Chaves is setting things in place for whatever may come.
https://www.grandforksherald.com/spo...means-fbs-jump

[BigHorns]

Conference is objectively better than the MVFC. As is their schedule YTD.

Not really, when you look at results. CUSA got their asses kicked OOC.

Sagarin gives them a VERY slight edge, only because MVFC is larger and has a couple dregs at the bottom.
Drop the bottom 3 dregs, and MVFC is clearly better. Put our top 9 against the CUSA 9, and we win nearly every matchup.

Even with the dregs its close, and I'm not convinced CUSA will finish above MVFC at season end.

15 CONF-USA (A) = 57.25
16 MISSOURI VALLEY (AA)= 55.13

[NDSU92]

Not really, when you look at results. CUSA got their asses kicked OOC.

Sagarin gives them a VERY slight edge, only because MVFC is larger and has a couple dregs at the bottom.
Drop the bottom 3 dregs, and MVFC is clearly better. Put our top 9 against the CUSA 9, and we win nearly every matchup.

Even with the dregs its close, and I'm not convinced CUSA will finish above MVFC at season end.

15 CONF-USA (A) = 57.25
16 MISSOURI VALLEY (AA)= 55.13

Lol not the “take out the bottom quarter of our conference” argument again…

[DePereBisonFan]

Believe what you will, I won't change it; Chaves is setting things in place for whatever may come.
https://www.grandforksherald.com/spo...means-fbs-jump

What's going to happen when UND moves up and we stay in FCS? Yikes.

[The_Sicatoka]

Not really, when you look at results. CUSA got their asses kicked OOC.

Sagarin gives them a VERY slight edge, only because MVFC is larger and has a couple dregs at the bottom.
Drop the bottom 3 dregs, and MVFC is clearly better. Put our top 9 against the CUSA 9, and we win nearly every matchup.

Even with the dregs its close, and I'm not convinced CUSA will finish above MVFC at season end.

15 CONF-USA (A) = 57.25
16 MISSOURI VALLEY (AA)= 55.13

Massey, today, top nine of each:

63 Liberty/SDSU 57
75 WKU/S Ill 79
92 Jacksonville St/NDSU 93
125 Louisiana Tech/USD 118
141 MTSU/UNI 120
143 New Mexico St/UND 129
152 Florida Intl/YSU 157
153 Sam Houston St/MoiSt 160
154 UTEP/IllSt 165

[The_Sicatoka]

What's going to happen when UND moves up and we stay in FCS? Yikes.

Like Chaves says, strength in staying together. Going as a group makes for more stable, predictable budgets.