A new and better FBS thread

[Gully]

The problem is even if this was successful, it wouldn't force any other FBS school to schedule us OOC, or for us to be added to the CFP, which is a private corporate entity outside of NCAA jurisdiction. We could "win" and still find ourselves in the equivalent of a FBS Ivy league or SWAC type situation. This was the whole idea of the UAC, which doesn't seem to be going anywhere yet.

Schools like the XDSUs (if they moved up) or most of the G5 are going to be cut out of the CFP anyway IMO.

[BigHorns]

Schools like the XDSUs (if they moved up) or most of the G5 are going to be cut out of the CFP anyway IMO.

If that happens and the P4 split from G6, then perhaps reevaluate then. For now, it makes most sense to try to join an existing FBS conference. I’m not fully convinced the door is closed on MW and MAC. Both technically have CFP access today, though MW teams have much higher odds of being selected.

[Twentysix]

Montana st vs idaho on espn2 got 75k viewers. (Week 7)

Toledo buffalo on espnu got 40k. (Week 7)

Ndsu vs sdsu on espn2 got 174k. (Week 8)

Texas vs georgia in the same time slot got 13.1M (week 8)

Ndsu vs sdsu had identical viewership to fresno vs unlv on fs1. 174k (Week 6)

so according to these numbers our media market is ideal to the pac...

Same viewership as two teams they invited, and on unlvs historic run as well.

[CAS4127]

Watching SHSU v. FIU. Terrible football and no crowd. ESPNU trying not to show empty stands. For those saying ANY FBS conference is a go, I disagree.

[NI4NI]

Watching SHSU v. FIU. Terrible football and no crowd. ESPNU trying not to show empty stands. For those saying ANY FBS conference is a go, I disagree.

It's a good game though!

And so is the UTEP @ LA Tech!

[Kevin]

Watching SHSU v. FIU. Terrible football and no crowd. ESPNU trying not to show empty stands. For those saying ANY FBS conference is a go, I disagree.

Like 4 teams in fcs have attendance above this lol

[EC8CH]

Holy shit Miami Vice uniforms.

Did we really end on a loss to KC Keeler?

What would our "Fargo" unis look like?

[NI4NI]

If we do not get an invite when the dust settles on this, we could tell the NCAA that we have no interest in participating in their little playoffs due to lack of competition and claim bowl eligibility.

"Teams in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) are allowed to participate in bowl games because the NCAA allows teams in lower divisions to participate in bowl games. However, the playoff structure in the FCS discourages most high-caliber teams from participating in bowl games. Instead, teams would rather compete for their division's national championship."

However, it's likely that 6 win FBS teams would be selected ahead of us possibly leaving us out of the picture. On the other hand, we have more brand recognition than many FBS schools, so who knows? Someone with more knowledge of how this would work, please chime in?

[BigHorns]

If we do not get an invite when the dust settles on this, we could tell the NCAA that we have no interest in participating in their little playoffs due to lack of competition and claim bowl eligibility.

"Teams in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) are allowed to participate in bowl games because the NCAA allows teams in lower divisions to participate in bowl games. However, the playoff structure in the FCS discourages most high-caliber teams from participating in bowl games. Instead, teams would rather compete for their division's national championship."

However, it's likely that 6 win FBS teams would be selected ahead of us possibly leaving us out of the picture. On the other hand, we have more brand recognition than many FBS schools, so who knows? Someone with more knowledge of how this would work, please chime in?

It wouldn't. Most of the bowls have tie-in agreements to specific FBS conferences. And beyond that if there are not enough 6 win teams, they select 5 win FBS teams instead. There's really NO path for a FCS team to participate, unless a new bowl is created specifically for that purpose (eg: the MEAC-SWAC Celebration bowl). I suppose we could create the MVFC-Big Sky IHatePlayoffs Bowl

All the eligibility rules are documented. There's no path in to a FBS bowl game, unless a team is in the 2nd year of FBS transition with 6 FBS wins, and even that puts you at the end of the line with no guarantee of participation. If there are enough 6 win teams, transitioning teams are left out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_eligibility

[daddy daycare]

If we do not get an invite when the dust settles on this, we could tell the NCAA that we have no interest in participating in their little playoffs due to lack of competition and claim bowl eligibility.

"Teams in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) are allowed to participate in bowl games because the NCAA allows teams in lower divisions to participate in bowl games. However, the playoff structure in the FCS discourages most high-caliber teams from participating in bowl games. Instead, teams would rather compete for their division's national championship."

However, it's likely that 6 win FBS teams would be selected ahead of us possibly leaving us out of the picture. On the other hand, we have more brand recognition than many FBS schools, so who knows? Someone with more knowledge of how this would work, please chime in?

So if the Bison aren't in the FBS, you'd rather give up 3 home playoff games and a title game in Frisco (guessing 2 of those on ESPN/ESPN2), for a bowl game in probably....Frisco?