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(03-24-2018 11:40 PM)Maryland Monarch Wrote:  I think you're all being a bit too myopic. While creating an FBS FB-only league would be ideal, it's not essential. We could go the independent route. We already have UMASS, Liberty and (I believe) NMSU doing this, I'm sure we could figure out some scheduling agreements. Add in the need for P5 leagues to still have OOC games and I believe we could build out a schedule.

The downside of independence is the lack of bowl partnerships. That's not that big of a deal in my book. First, our CUSA bowls are pretty much crappy. Second, in years where there aren't enough bowl-eligible teams (as has been the case recently), I'm guessing we would be considered.

The one wild card is whether we would qualify for the FBS championship money each year. I don't know the rules and I'm too lazy to look. I'm guessing we would.

In any event, FB is fun and I love it, but at our level, other than playing for a conference championship, it's moot on the national stage. We will never compete with the big dogs. We might as well try to cobble together a more regional schedule of teams that interest our fans and that they can travel to. To me, it beats playing teams in Texas and the Gulf.