mandate that it must be a home game against an FCS program.

Every single scheduling problem with 8/9/10 conference game slates or p5 vs p5 and G5 vs P5 OOC scheduling, always seems to originate with that extra home game that no one in the p5 wants to give up.

If the PAC/b10 agreed to go to 10 games and the ACC/SEC/B12 go to 9 games + a P5 school OOC that would eliminate so many scheduling problems.

it would end all the "FCS needs these paydays" arguments as well. it would keep FCS programs in the loop without FBS programs worrying about SOS with the CFB and would satisfy a number of politicians.

What if they went the other way and completely eliminated FCS games. There will be 128 FBS schools. Shouldn't be that hard to schedule anymore. Drop the number of scholarships in FCS to 50. That would make it much cheaper to run FCS programs and eliminate much of the need for so many pay day games.

Better yet raise the scholarship numbers to 115 or put no cap on the number and let it play out.

That's my vote, I hope they raise the number of scholarships we can hand out.

(05-16-2014 05:51 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  What if they went the other way and completely eliminated FCS games. There will be 128 FBS schools. Shouldn't be that hard to schedule anymore. Drop the number of scholarships in FCS to 50. That would make it much cheaper to run FCS programs and eliminate much of the need for so many pay day games.

while I hate FCS teams playing FBS teams. the real issue being solved has to do with conference dodging in the sec, acc, & b10. I only see FCS as the solution in a hard to solve problem in this scenario.

it is "two birds with one stone" but one bird is a much bigger prize.

(05-16-2014 06:04 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 05:51 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  What if they went the other way and completely eliminated FCS games. There will be 128 FBS schools. Shouldn't be that hard to schedule anymore. Drop the number of scholarships in FCS to 50. That would make it much cheaper to run FCS programs and eliminate much of the need for so many pay day games.

while I hate FCS teams playing FBS teams. the real issue being solved has to do with conference dodging in the sec, acc, & b10. I only see FCS as the solution in a hard to solve problem in this scenario.

it is "two birds with one stone" but one bird is a much bigger prize.

I'm sure your coach is dang glad he does not have to play 8 SEC games.

(05-16-2014 07:45 PM)Lurker Above Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 06:04 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 05:51 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  What if they went the other way and completely eliminated FCS games. There will be 128 FBS schools. Shouldn't be that hard to schedule anymore. Drop the number of scholarships in FCS to 50. That would make it much cheaper to run FCS programs and eliminate much of the need for so many pay day games.

while I hate FCS teams playing FBS teams. the real issue being solved has to do with conference dodging in the sec, acc, & b10. I only see FCS as the solution in a hard to solve problem in this scenario.

it is "two birds with one stone" but one bird is a much bigger prize.

I'm sure your coach is dang glad he does not have to play 8 SEC games.

yeah......

kentucky, mississippi state, florida, arkansas, & tennessee were just brutal last year. how many times has bama skipped UGA, florida, & Scar in the last couple of years?

(05-16-2014 07:56 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 07:45 PM)Lurker Above Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 06:04 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 05:51 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  What if they went the other way and completely eliminated FCS games. There will be 128 FBS schools. Shouldn't be that hard to schedule anymore. Drop the number of scholarships in FCS to 50. That would make it much cheaper to run FCS programs and eliminate much of the need for so many pay day games.

while I hate FCS teams playing FBS teams. the real issue being solved has to do with conference dodging in the sec, acc, & b10. I only see FCS as the solution in a hard to solve problem in this scenario.

it is "two birds with one stone" but one bird is a much bigger prize.

I'm sure your coach is dang glad he does not have to play 8 SEC games.

yeah......

kentucky, mississippi state, florida, arkansas, & tennessee were just brutal last year. how many times has bama skipped UGA, florida, & Scar in the last couple of years?

SU would have a losing record against those five. Just saying.

(05-16-2014 05:56 PM)domer1978 Wrote:  Better yet raise the scholarship numbers to 115 or put no cap on the number and let it play out.

That's my vote, I hope they raise the number of scholarships we can hand out.

Your school would be at a huge disadvantage. With only 8,000 students and an admissions office that is strict. You would be severely limited on your numbers compared to the large public schools

(05-16-2014 08:16 PM)Lurker Above Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 07:56 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 07:45 PM)Lurker Above Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 06:04 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 05:51 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  What if they went the other way and completely eliminated FCS games. There will be 128 FBS schools. Shouldn't be that hard to schedule anymore. Drop the number of scholarships in FCS to 50. That would make it much cheaper to run FCS programs and eliminate much of the need for so many pay day games.

while I hate FCS teams playing FBS teams. the real issue being solved has to do with conference dodging in the sec, acc, & b10. I only see FCS as the solution in a hard to solve problem in this scenario.

it is "two birds with one stone" but one bird is a much bigger prize.

I'm sure your coach is dang glad he does not have to play 8 SEC games.

yeah......

kentucky, mississippi state, florida, arkansas, & tennessee were just brutal last year. how many times has bama skipped UGA, florida, & Scar in the last couple of years?

SU would have a losing record against those five. Just saying.

We sucked last season.

(05-16-2014 08:16 PM)Lurker Above Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 07:56 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 07:45 PM)Lurker Above Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 06:04 PM)john01992 Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 05:51 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  What if they went the other way and completely eliminated FCS games. There will be 128 FBS schools. Shouldn't be that hard to schedule anymore. Drop the number of scholarships in FCS to 50. That would make it much cheaper to run FCS programs and eliminate much of the need for so many pay day games.

while I hate FCS teams playing FBS teams. the real issue being solved has to do with conference dodging in the sec, acc, & b10. I only see FCS as the solution in a hard to solve problem in this scenario.

it is "two birds with one stone" but one bird is a much bigger prize.

I'm sure your coach is dang glad he does not have to play 8 SEC games.

yeah......

kentucky, mississippi state, florida, arkansas, & tennessee were just brutal last year. how many times has bama skipped UGA, florida, & Scar in the last couple of years?

SU would have a losing record against those five. Just saying.

1. what an amazing comeback. you dodged that question just as good as nickie boy dodges the top teams from the SEC East

2. if SU played all 5 last season?????

I say we pull out a 3-2 record.

UK & arky were pretty bad last year and there is no way we can't pull away with at least one win from the other 3.

(05-16-2014 05:51 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  What if they went the other way and completely eliminated FCS games.

In hoops, D-I teams are allowed to play up to two non D-I teams each season. The games don't count against the max number of D-I games and don't count in the D-I team's record. They are exhibitions.

Do it in a similar way for football: Let each FBS team play one non-FBS team (including FCS) each year, deem it an exhibition, and don't count it against the FBS team's 12-game regular season quota. The FBS team can include the game in their season ticket package and charge their season ticket holders for it, like NFL teams include their exhibition home games in their season ticket packages.

(05-16-2014 08:52 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(05-16-2014 05:51 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  What if they went the other way and completely eliminated FCS games.

In hoops, D-I teams are allowed to play up to two non D-I teams each season. The games don't count against the max number of D-I games and don't count in the D-I team's record. They are exhibitions.

Do it in a similar way for football: Let each FBS team play one non-FBS team (including FCS) each year, deem it an exhibition, and don't count it against the FBS team's 12-game regular season quota. The FBS team can include the game in their season ticket package and charge their season ticket holders for it, like NFL teams include their exhibition home games in their season ticket packages.

thats a great idea, but unfortunately none of those exhibition games ever garner high interest.

the point of the idea in the OP is for teams to retain the revenue of a home game and I dont see that happening if the home game is written off as an exhibition.

The NCAA itself wont be passing any such mandates in the future.