A new and better FBS thread

[The_Sicatoka]

I'm sure he had no idea they wanted him until he hit the portal.

Did you forget the purple?

[ByeSonBusiness]

For the past decade, the AAC has been the equivalent of the G5 SEC/B1G, and it's not close.
Sure, anything could happen, but that conference has structural advantages, along with generally higher rated teams across the board.

AAC is like the G5 version of MVFC.
MWC/SBC are like Big Sky and CAA.
MAC is OVC/Big South
CUSA is NEC.

Sure, things can change a bit over decades, but some folks seem to believe the NEC will dethrone the MVFC.
The difference is, in FBS only 1 of these conferences will get an entry to the playoffs each year.

People saying the CFP is the reason to join FBS need to be all in on AAC.

They just lost their 3 best teams. Trying to compare conferences is a fool's errand. G5 conferences eb and flow. Look at the AAC now and tell me what makes them special relative to the other conferences.

[taper]

People also need to admit that while we're on conferences' lists, we're not at the top. For the AAC to get to us so many others left that they'd be worse than CUSA. MWC is only adding if they lose some, which would be their best. They'd be fools not to offer the Montana pair or TX before the Dakotas, though whether MT would be interested is an open question. MAC isn't a bad spot for us. Not seeing any MAC teams leaving soon though so it would have to be expansion. Don't believe for a second that we'd just waltz into the CFP with an FBS offer, and don't use that as the main reason to join.

Sorry if you don't like this, and honestly I don't either, but it's still reality.

[The_Sicatoka]

I'd expect the MWC to look long and hard at Texas options: demographics*, media, climate, travel.


*including the 2026 enrollment cliff

[El_Chapo]

NDSU needs to be FBS IN THIS PLAYOFF SYSTEM!!

for all your CFP doubters:

2021 would’ve had Cincinnati as a 3 seed. 2020 would’ve had 2 G5s in Cincinnati and Coastal Carolina. 2018 UCF would’ve been the 8 seed. So in 3 of the last 5 years, a G5 would’ve had a non-12 seed, including one receiving a bye. The format is about as G5 friendly as you can hope

[daddy daycare]

Ya and Coastal Followed that up with trips to the Birmangham Bowl and the Cure Bowl in front of 15K and 9K. What a boon to the program.

[El_Chapo]

This is the 3rd time in the last 8 drafts that North Dakota State has a player selected before the entire G5.

WE ARE IN THE WRONG LEAGUE

[oldmantutters]

This is the 3rd time in the last 8 drafts that North Dakota State has a player selected before the entire G5.

WE ARE IN THE WRONG LEAGUE

That's actually impressive

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[heffray]

This is the 3rd time in the last 8 drafts that North Dakota State has a player selected before the entire G5.

WE ARE IN THE WRONG LEAGUE

We all agree with you, buddy. Maybe change from EVERY POST to every 3rd post, just to start. Relax and try to have some fun here.

[heffray]

This is not correct. The top 6 conference champions make the field along with the next 6 best teams. No conference is guaranteed anything.

Finally had some time to look this up (from https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/a...-2024-season):

“…the expanded 12-team playoff will be made up of the six conference champions ranked highest by the committee (no minimum ranking requirement), and the six highest-ranked teams not among the conference champions. The four highest-ranked conference champions would be seeded Nos. 1 through 4 and receive first-round byes. The other eight seeds — Nos. 5 through 12 — would play in the first round.”