(01-11-2020 04:32 PM)Scoochpooch1 Wrote:  

(01-11-2020 03:10 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  Can't they get a waiver to join FBS? This has to be getting old.

Their true competition, App State moved up, it should almost be mandatory for NDSU as well at this point.

To be fair, it was more than just us.

The FCS is absolutely diluted.

Ignoring some of the other factors, the reality is less kids are playing high school ball which means a smaller talent pool. All the while more FBS teams exist since Apps 2008 FCS title, our last.

Despite the population of the country increasing, 100k less are playing high school ball in a decade of data. I imagine that number us even lower in 2019.

Since 2008, the following teams have joined FBS:

App
Charlotte
Coastal
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Liberty
ODU
South Alabama
Texas State
UMASS
UTSA
Western Kentucky

4 of those are from scratch since 2008, so that’s 340 new FBS Scholarships.
Then we add 22 per FCS to FBS move up, so another 176.

516 additional FBS Scholarship athletes since 2008. During a time period where the talent pool dropped by almost 10%.

Another way to think of it is, there are 516 kids playing FBS football right now that would be playing FCS football in 2008. That’s over 8 teams worth of players.

NDSU joined the FCS in 2004 and won their first championship in 2011.