(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:  

(06-23-2021 11:36 AM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(06-23-2021 08:49 AM)Yosef Himself Wrote:  FCS is a combo of DI through DIII. When you have three conferences (Ivy, SWAC, MEAC) that don't send their champ to the playoffs, four conferences (Pioneer, NEC, Patriot, Ivy) with less than the full amount of scholarships, and a second championship inside the division you can expect a hot mess.

Almost 1/3 or so of the I-aa/FCS champions since its beginning have moved to FBS. Those dozen or so schools who actually have the ability to win a championship don't seem to care the playing field has reduced to redheaded step children.


Edit: However I still watch. Because football.

No - FCS is still DI. And it isn't a mess. And FCS produces a True National Championship - something App St will never play for again.

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. I push moving up hard, really hard. A lot of my fellow App Fans who were against moving up at the time, citing the no more National Championship excuse, have all changed their tunes. The day we hosted Miami one hard head in particular came up to me and as he looked at all the students lining up an hour early to get in, said he never thought he'd see anything like this in Boone. Then said I just wanted you to know I'm now 100% in favor of the move. I get those types of confessions all the time now and don't know of a single App fan who regrets the move.