I wonder if the other conferences are going to follow them.

http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-fcs-foes/

They had been talking about this for a while. I think the hold up has always been Iowa and Minnesota who frequently play their neighboring FCS schools (N.Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, etc.).

My guess is they schedule more MAC games now.

Or pay schools like SMU and UCF $1,800,000 for one and dones

"It is expected Notre Dame would satisfy the requirement, and the ACC and SEC recognize BYU as a power conference opponent."

Must really suck to be BYU.

That is, all P5 schools are in agreement that you should be a Power 5 School....but "...sorry you can't join our club."


Looks like BYU made a wise choice by deciding to go INDY, as they will not have a shortage of games on a national stage. Their win-loss record....will be another story.

Per article BYU counts. See update at bottom

Watch other contract conferences follow suit over the next 4 years. They will use it as part of their broader strategy to create a new division. Autonomy plays down to fbs fbs to fcs fcs to d2 and so on.

(07-31-2015 12:46 PM)ECBrad Wrote:  Watch other contract conferences follow suit over the next 4 years. They will use it as part of their broader strategy to create a new division. Autonomy plays down to fbs fbs to fcs fcs to d2 and so on.

They are going to have to do this. With 9 conference games and no FCS games, the B10 will have a SOS argument over a team with four OOC games (one against an FCS team and one or more against a G5 school).

I hope the AAC goes this way too. I hate wasting money watching the Cats destroy a FCS school.

(07-31-2015 01:21 PM)True Bearcat Wrote:  I hope the AAC goes this way too. I hate wasting money watching the Cats destroy a FCS school.

Me too, as I hate wasting money watching the Owls find a way to lose to a FCS school. :\

This could be the foreshadowing of a 16 team 4 conference Division 4.

(07-31-2015 03:24 PM)Wilkie01 Wrote:  This could be the foreshadowing of a 16 team 4 conference Division 4.

Will never ever happen at 64 teams, that is just dumb.

As I read it, the head line is misleading. It says BIG Ten to only schedule P5 schools. I think what they are really saying is the BIG Ten schools CAN schedule P-5 schools and G-5 schools, just not FCS schools.

(07-31-2015 12:34 PM)CyberBull Wrote:  "It is expected Notre Dame would satisfy the requirement, and the ACC and SEC recognize BYU as a power conference opponent."

Must really suck to be BYU.

That is, all P5 schools are in agreement that you should be a Power 5 School....but "...sorry you can't join our club."


Looks like BYU made a wise choice by deciding to go INDY, as they will not have a shortage of games on a national stage. Their win-loss record....will be another story.

That should help them get a tough schedule .
What sucks for them is their locked out of the Access Bowl.

(07-31-2015 03:56 PM)ECUHOO Wrote:  As I read it, the head line is misleading. It says BIG Ten to only schedule P5 schools. I think what they are really saying is the BIG Ten schools CAN schedule P-5 schools and G-5 schools, just not FCS schools.

It says they mandate one OOC P5 school and ban FCS.... so a typical B1G schedule could be 9 conference games, 1 P5 and 2 G5.

It's going to make it tough for them to get 7 home games unless they don't return the G5 games.

(07-31-2015 05:02 PM)Chappy Wrote:  

(07-31-2015 03:56 PM)ECUHOO Wrote:  As I read it, the head line is misleading. It says BIG Ten to only schedule P5 schools. I think what they are really saying is the BIG Ten schools CAN schedule P-5 schools and G-5 schools, just not FCS schools.

It says they mandate one OOC P5 school and ban FCS.... so a typical B1G schedule could be 9 conference games, 1 P5 and 2 G5.

It's going to make it tough for them to get 7 home games unless they don't return the G5 games.

Well none but the bottom of the B1G return G5 games. I think this will drive up the cost of buy G5 games further. We might even start seeing top P5's buy games with bottom P5's in the not too distant future.

(07-31-2015 05:14 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(07-31-2015 05:02 PM)Chappy Wrote:  

(07-31-2015 03:56 PM)ECUHOO Wrote:  As I read it, the head line is misleading. It says BIG Ten to only schedule P5 schools. I think what they are really saying is the BIG Ten schools CAN schedule P-5 schools and G-5 schools, just not FCS schools.

It says they mandate one OOC P5 school and ban FCS.... so a typical B1G schedule could be 9 conference games, 1 P5 and 2 G5.

It's going to make it tough for them to get 7 home games unless they don't return the G5 games.

Well none but the bottom of the B1G return G5 games. I think this will drive up the cost of buy G5 games further. We might even start seeing top P5's buy games with bottom P5's in the not too distant future.

Check Marshall's home opener.

Really sucks for Sun Belt and CUSA...they will become their FCS schools.

(07-31-2015 07:04 PM)GreenSteve Wrote:  

(07-31-2015 05:14 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(07-31-2015 05:02 PM)Chappy Wrote:  

(07-31-2015 03:56 PM)ECUHOO Wrote:  As I read it, the head line is misleading. It says BIG Ten to only schedule P5 schools. I think what they are really saying is the BIG Ten schools CAN schedule P-5 schools and G-5 schools, just not FCS schools.

It says they mandate one OOC P5 school and ban FCS.... so a typical B1G schedule could be 9 conference games, 1 P5 and 2 G5.

It's going to make it tough for them to get 7 home games unless they don't return the G5 games.

Well none but the bottom of the B1G return G5 games. I think this will drive up the cost of buy G5 games further. We might even start seeing top P5's buy games with bottom P5's in the not too distant future.

Check Marshall's home opener.

Yeah, like I said the bottom of the B1G. Penn State is technically playing Temple on the road, but even Temple fans will admit there will be more State fans in attendance.

Fine that's money in Temple's pocket. We will probably have more Baylor fans

(07-31-2015 05:14 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  ...none but the bottom of the B1G return G5 games. I think this will drive up the cost of buy G5 games further...

Hey, those Big Ten schools have to find SOME way to spend those mega dollars!

Here's a nice payday lineup:

$$$$$$ UConn @ Rutgers $$$$$$
$$$$$$ Navy @ Maryland $$$$$$
$$$$$ Temple @ Penn State $$$$
$$$$ Cincinnati @ Ohio State $$$$
$$$$$$ Memphis @ Illinois $$$$$$
$$$$$$ Tulsa @ Nebraska $$$$$$