For the FBS or bust crowd.......

[THEsocalledfan]

Observe what happened to UCF.

[MNLonghorn10]

Played in the glitzy brand new billion dollar Mercedes Benz dome vs top 10 auburn and won?

[THEsocalledfan]

Played in the glitzy brand new billion dollar Mercedes Benz dome vs top 10 auburn and won?

End, it ended up be meaningless, just like the two Boise undefeated teams. (Although, I do like them shoving the P5 into the light socket showing how shitty the system is.)

[MNLonghorn10]

End, it ended up be meaningless, just like the two Boise undefeated teams. (Although, I do like them shoving the P5 into the light socket showing how shitty the system is.)

You do realize if you're not on the team...it's meaningless. Is your life any different or better if NDSU wins FCS champions 6,7,8 and 9 by 2023 than it is if they stayed at 5 or 6?

You don't get a ring or anything. Or any of the accolades. Playing big teams on big stages and beating them is awesome. Beating JMU, Towson or JSU on espn2 doesn't add to the bill.

And you'd be blind with fbs hate if you think fans get more fired up about championships 6 and 7 vs beating ranked Iowa or some other ranked school



Fyi I wouldn't be so anxious to move up if teams like app, old dominion, gsu and CCU stayed.

When it's ndsu, JMU and puds...is when you know this league sucks.

[Christopher Moen]

You do realize if you're not on the team...it's meaningless. Is your life any different or better if NDSU wins FCS champions 6,7,8 and 9 by 2023 than it is if they stayed at 5 or 6?

You don't get a ring or anything. Or any of the accolades. Playing big teams on big stages and beating them is awesome. Beating JMU, Towson or JSU on espn2 doesn't add to the bill.

And you'd be blind with fbs hate if you think fans get more fired up about championships 6 and 7 vs beating ranked Iowa or some other ranked school



Fyi I wouldn't be so anxious to move up if teams like app, old dominion, gsu and CCU stayed.

When it's ndsu, JMU and puds...is when you know this league sucks.

Real Bison fans don't get tired of National Championships. Beating teams like Iowa is nice, but not as nice as DI Trophy.

If NDSU were G5, victories over P5 teams wouldn't be as significant as those games would be played more often and it wouldn't be a David versus Goliath narrative anymore. NDSU, each year would get one or two nice away games, then a ton of crappy conference games, then "maybe" a decent bowl game. Then done eight to nine months. There's a reason why G5 schools don't have consistent fanbases that are excited. In my area, nobody talks up USAFA, CSU, UNM, NM State or Wyoming football. Those teams have nothing to be excited about, even when they are playing a P5 team. They're just jobbers of the FBS. Heck, CSU-Pueblo got more excitement in this area from football fans than those regional G5 teams a few years back when they beat MSU-Mankato for the DII Title. CU-Boulder got some last year when they were decent, but that disappeared pretty quickly this season when they returned to form, and they're a P5 team.

[Bison"FANatic"]

Beating JMU, Towson or JSU on espn2 doesn't add to the bill.

Moving up would substantially add to my bill!!!!!!

[Professorbum]

End, it ended up be meaningless, just like the two Boise undefeated teams. (Although, I do like them shoving the P5 into the light socket showing how shitty the system is.)

I've read through the entire thread (8 pages as of right now), but I had to go back and respond to this post, which was the 3rd post in the thread. Can we just be clear about something...playing in the Peach Bowl on New Years Day is NEVER meaningless. Other than a few people on Bisonville, the entire universe of college football fans understand this. Getting to a New Year's 6 bowl game is one of the holy grails in college football, including for P5 teams. UCF vs. Auburn in the Peach Bowl had over 8 million viewers watching the game. I mean, seriously...

[BisonTeacher]

I've read through the entire thread (8 pages as of right now), but I had to go back and respond to this post, which was the 3rd post in the thread. Can we just be clear about something...playing in the Peach Bowl on New Years Day is NEVER meaningless. Other than a few people on Bisonville, the entire universe of college football fans understand this. Getting to a New Year's 6 bowl game is one of the holy grails in college football, including for P5 teams. UCF vs. Auburn in the Peach Bowl had over 8 million viewers watching the game. I mean, seriously...

Great ratings. I watched it too. It was new years. What else do you do or watch? But ...the game meant nothing. Just another game.

Matt Larson just now on the radio. Players come here because they want to play for championships.

[El_Chapo]

I've seen 0 mention of this NDSU JMU game anywhere else besides this board and JMU board

[DePereBisonFan]

What a game today. Really wish Georgia Southern, App State, Marshall, Coastal were still FCS programs - would make the playoffs more interesting.