The Great FBS Debate Thread

[El_Chapo]

Why not give us 22 more scholarships to be realistic?

We can Beat anyone outside top 10 if we play like at Iowa St or Kansas State

18-25 is about where NDSU would be with 22 more rides.

[MNLonghorn10]

This would have been a better topic for bye week, but here goes anyways. Below are the AP top 25 FBS teams. Which of them do you think we could possibly beat with this twist: we play on FCS terms, which means our team stays as is, but they have to drop 22 scholarships. And to make it more like FCS: at least half of the scholarships they drop have to be their starters.

(spent a lot of time in the car this weekend, and this was how I entertained myself)


AP Top 25
RK TEAM RECORD PTS
1 Florida State (34) 3-0 1439
2 Oregon (12) 4-0 1400
3 Alabama (6) 4-0 1377
4 Oklahoma (4) 4-0 1343
5 Auburn 3-0 1268
6 Texas A&M (4) 4-0 1232
7 Baylor 3-0 1143
8 Notre Dame 3-0 967
9 Michigan State 2-1 905
10 Ole Miss 3-0 889
11 UCLA 3-0 806
12 Georgia 2-1 789
13 South Carolina 3-1 764
14 Mississippi State 4-0 706
15 Arizona State 3-0 702
16 Stanford 2-1 564
17 LSU 3-1 541
18 USC 2-1 459
19 Wisconsin 2-1 451
20 BYU 4-0 376
21 Nebraska 4-0 296
22 Ohio State 2-1 196
23 East Carolina 3-1 180
24 Oklahoma State 2-1 132
25 Kansas State 2-1 131

Bolded the ones i think NDSU has a chance if they have 22 more schollies, and the games are in Fargo.

[natstar1]

This would have been a better topic for bye week, but here goes anyways. Below are the AP top 25 FBS teams. Which of them do you think we could possibly beat with this twist: we play on FCS terms, which means our team stays as is, but they have to drop 22 scholarships. And to make it more like FCS: at least half of the scholarships they drop have to be their starters.

I think we'd have a shot against all of them.

[THEsocalledfan]

This is way too complicated. Why not just make it which could we beat right now, straight up? Otherwise, this is metal masturbation.

[Tatanka]

Otherwise, this is metal masturbation.

Kinky..... HerdBot approves.

[NDSU1980]

Why not give us 22 more scholarships to be realistic?

We can Beat anyone outside top 10 if we play like at Iowa St or Kansas State

18-25 is about where NDSU would be with 22 more rides.

Why? Because we aren't FBS for the foreseeable future. That's being very realistic

[ZHerd]

Forget the scholarships and make the scenario all teams as they are on their turf. In that case we would have a shot against a decent number of them and there are a number that I would pick us to win and a few that I think would be bad matchups for us. Some of the very top teams are intriguing possibilities. I think we could give Auburns offense major trouble and I think that Florida State is way overrated. That said, the games I would pick us to win are toward the back. Teams I would pick us over are Neb, Wis, and Ok state.

[BisonNeil]

Oh please, let us not so become full of ourselves that we truly become full of shit! Please?

Enjoy the freaking experience of the season. Trust me. There is adversity ahead. Try to keep some rationale sense of what you are currently experiencing rather than fantasy.

[SoCalBison]

This is way too complicated. Why not just make it which could we beat right now, straight up? Otherwise, this is metal masturbation.

Ouch!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[El_Chapo]

For the OP & ZHERD (not Neil! )

OK FCS rules I still think we compete the same or below, it fact we'd have less talent because the bigger schools would take our high end guys too.