(12-24-2015 12:59 AM)shizzle787 Wrote:  Drop the MAC, Sun Belt, and C-USA (with the exception of Marshall & Rice and anyone who can make it independent) as entire conferences down to FCS, and bring up the Ivy League.

Would make better sense to drop most of the P5 to Division III. With their vaunted academics, high profile names, TV exposure, large crowds, and mega endowments they should not need to offer aid to attract quality players.

(12-20-2015 11:31 AM)rknj8993 Wrote:  What teams do you think would be more successful in the FCS as opposed to the FBS? This includes issues with competing, issues with attendance, and issues with overall athletic department success.

Is there a school you think would be more successful in the FBS as opposed to the FCS? This includes their recent success, strong attendance, a thriving and traveling fan based, and willingness to grow.

Are there any schools between the two divisions (FBS and FCS) that you would switch out? For example, would you bump Jacksonville State to the FBS and Florida Atlantic down to the FCS?

Here's my view on the teams mentioned

Jax State. Probably has a ceiling as to success in FBS. And its probably pretty low. Its not their fault. They are small (with 7500 undergrads). They don't even have a local newscast where they'll get any significant airtime (no TV stations are based there that have local news - Alabama, Auburn, UAB, and Samford are going to get in front of them), and the Alabama/Auburn axis is much stronger up there than it is in Southern Alabama.

Florida Atlantic. Not sure that trading home games with Miami for home games with Elon would do much for the program. The problem they have is that South Florida isn't a college football area. Even Da U has serious problems with support.

Idaho. One can make a better case for them as a movedown. Trading cross country travel to play teams that don't care about them and for whom their fan bases don't care about in order to play Eastern Washington, Montana, Idaho State might make sense. But the fact that they're still willing to fight for FBS shows the appeal of it.

Fordham. No way they're viable as a FBS. Their basketball has had serious problems competing in the A-10. NYC is not a college football town. Oh, and they're private, and have a small undergraduate enrollment.