Key word being eventually. I think they'll drop the game to Chatty but beat Jacksonville St. They're a market team with market aspirations, but they are years from consistently competing in their own league, let alone in their own market.

(08-30-2013 09:39 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  I think Georgia State will eventually be a decent FBS-level program. But they were a bad FCS team just last year, and -- at least from a competitive standpoint -- they made the jump about 3 yrs too soon. Obviously, the Sun Belt decided they needed a team in Atlanta right now, after all the defections to C-USA.

There are some schools that should have never tried IA. GA State is one of them. They are going to have the same problem Tulane has had for years. Playing in an NFL stadium that is just way to big for them.

(08-30-2013 09:57 PM)CameramanJ Wrote:  Key word being eventually. I think they'll drop the game to Chatty but beat Jacksonville St. They're a market team with market aspirations, but they are years from consistently competing in their own league, let alone in their own market.

Chattanooga looked awful yesterday in a loss to UT Martin. I would give GA State a better shot at beating The MOCS instead of Jacksonville State.

(08-30-2013 10:07 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  There are some schools that should have never tried IA. GA State is one of them. They are going to have the same problem Tulane has had for years. Playing in an NFL stadium that is just way to big for them.

When Georgia State was debating whether to add scholarship football about 5-6 years ago, I was definitely in the camp that thought it was a bad idea. Georgia State, historically, has been the inner-city commuter school par excellence, and there was simply no constituency connected with the school that wanted or needed FBS-level football. They should've emphasized MBB and WBB and maybe baseball and soccer.

With all that said, I do wish them well, and now that Georgia State has made the decision, I do think they can eventually achieve modest success. The series with Georgia Southern could become something special if things unfold the right way. Kind of a poor man's version of the Georgia/Georgia Tech rivalry...

KState goes down, KState goes down to #1 NDSU

NDSU 24
KState 21
FINAL

B12 defending Champs go down to the 2013 IAA National Champs NDSU.

2011, 2012 champs. Not quite 2013 champs, but they will be soon enough

(08-30-2013 05:48 PM)Freshy Wrote:  

(08-30-2013 12:57 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  Fresno may well win the Mtn. championship this year.

It's distinctly possible...if the earth opens up and swallows Boise, Idaho whole. Fresno State should still have a nice season though.

Late final from the West Coast -- Washington 38, Boise State 6.
FYI.

(08-30-2013 05:48 PM)Freshy Wrote:  

(08-30-2013 12:57 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(08-30-2013 12:52 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  There is no shame at all in losing to Fresno St, especially in the manner which they lost. Fresno has a future NFL QB at the helm and Rutgers was playing a late game 3 hours to the west of their time zone. By the time OT rolled around they were playing at 3 AM their normal time.

This.

Fresno may well win the Mtn. championship this year.

It's distinctly possible...if the earth opens up and swallows Boise, Idaho whole. Fresno State should still have a nice season though.

I guess the earth opened up. Washington 38 Boise State 6.

(08-30-2013 05:48 PM)Freshy Wrote:  

(08-30-2013 12:57 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(08-30-2013 12:52 PM)blunderbuss Wrote:  There is no shame at all in losing to Fresno St, especially in the manner which they lost. Fresno has a future NFL QB at the helm and Rutgers was playing a late game 3 hours to the west of their time zone. By the time OT rolled around they were playing at 3 AM their normal time.

This.

Fresno may well win the Mtn. championship this year.

It's distinctly possible...if the earth opens up and swallows Boise, Idaho whole. Fresno State should still have a nice season though.

Yeah Fresno State is having a nice season so far, isn't it?

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