(07-06-2021 07:36 AM)Gemofthehills Wrote:  

(07-04-2021 10:12 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(06-27-2021 01:14 PM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(06-24-2021 10:53 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  

(06-23-2021 11:44 AM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  Simmer Donna.

FCS is DI but has active elements of DII (Patriot/NEC) and DIII (Ivy and Pioneer). There's two championships being played for by leagues classified as FCS. Hot. Mess.


App State fans wouldn't have the school move back to that classification for any reason. I was in the stands for the first bowl win and it was more exciting than my time in Chattanooga at both the 2nd or the 3rd FCS championship.

Almost anyone that was anything 25 years ago, is no longer IAA. App State, GA Southern, Troy, MT, WKU, Boise State, Marshall and even ULM. Just in those 8 schools accounts for 14 IAA National Titles with GA Southern (6), App State (3), Marshall (2), WKU (1), Boise State (1) and ULM (1). I guess if you want to you could add UMass and add another IAA title as they won the 1998 National Title.

There is no parity at the top of IAA like there was from the mid 80s to the mid 90s. As we speak there is probably only 4-6 programs that could legitimately contend and win a national championship.

IAA is a jumbled mess with those that fully fund their program like North Dakota State and JMU to those who only have football to stay in the conference because its required ie. VMI and Central Conn. State.

Then you have the Ivy, Pioneer, SWAC and MEAC that like to play by their own rules.

But the thing is there is probably less that 5 schools that could actually be IA and do it the right way.

And for those who claim Marshall will never see a national championship. Thats fine, esp if I get to watch my Thundering Herd compete with like minded schools and occasionally play one of the so called elite programs. In the next few years Marshall has H/H with ECU, App State, Navy, VA Tech and games against Notre Dame and Penn State.

This is one of the main reasons I wanted App out of the SoCon, or as we called it the SmallCon, and FCS. Simply got tired of playing at home to 25K+ in a great atmosphere then going on the road to play in front of 5,000 fans (except GaSo) in mostly silent stadiums.

Except ... many FBS schools play in front of 5,000 actual fans as well. It's really pretty common.

FBS and FCS schools do have an issue with counting attendance. Been to several FBS games in Alabama where the people there were nowhere need the reported attendance. 5000 would have been generous. You can count some the FCS games as guilty of the same practice. For the record UAT and Auburn games were not the ones Im speaking of.

Some have called for a "culling" of FBS by 30 or so members. We could probably make that happen if the NCAA actually enforced the 15,000 average attendance rule by closing the various loopholes and absurdities, like some MAC schools buying their own tickets to meet the thresshold.