3 of 4 games on ESPN2 or ESPN. This is really good for FCS. Should get a few more eyeballs thanks to people wanting to watch football on a non-FBS weekend minus Army-Navy, gamblers, etc.
Playoffs Today
Weather for Friday night. Take with a grain of salt:
Bozeman, MT Cloudy 25 degrees
Ogden UT Snow 36 degrees
Harrisinburg, Va. Rain 37 degrees
Bozeman, MT Cloudy 25 degrees
Ogden UT Snow 36 degrees
Harrisinburg, Va. Rain 37 degrees
Both earlier games 10-0. DEFENSE wins in the playoffs.
APSU offense having a hard time. D is keeping them in the game. 10-3 M State at the half.
N. Iowa has shutdown the highly touted JMU offense but they have zero offense.
APSU having their a** handed to them now. Getting a lesson in smashmouth football.
The remaining states represented are Virginia, Montana and Utah. Will probably be North Dakota later on today. The other areas of the country have to figure out how to compete.
I mean, three games in a row and two cross country flights to play one of the nation's best teams in Montana will have an effect.
APSU had a heckuva season. We aren't going to fill our rosters with transfer players, though. We have to do it the old fashioned way.
Incidentally, the big NG that APSU couldn't block is a transfer from Washington. He's listed at 6'6 300.
Speaking of Playoffs, how many lame-a$$ excuses for getting beeeyatch-slapped, at Home, in the Playoffs, by the Big South runner-up, can the mini-pups Head Coach string together?
Conklin said. "We were really beat-up from playing Clemson and then had to go straight into the last three conference games, ending with Furman and The Citadel. I think that, collectively, took a toll on us. To make a legitimate run in the playoffs, you have to get one of those top seeds, I believe. Then we got matched up against an option team that had seen us play against the option for two weeks in a row. All that kind of hurt us.“
Quite a few!
Conklin said. "We were really beat-up from playing Clemson and then had to go straight into the last three conference games, ending with Furman and The Citadel. I think that, collectively, took a toll on us. To make a legitimate run in the playoffs, you have to get one of those top seeds, I believe. Then we got matched up against an option team that had seen us play against the option for two weeks in a row. All that kind of hurt us.“
Quite a few!
NCAA MANUAL
20.10.1 ...intercollegiate athletics...competition in amateur athletics…
20.10.1.2 …maintaining a line of demarcation between student-athletes who participate in the Collegiate Model and athletes competing in the professional model
20.10.1 ...intercollegiate athletics...competition in amateur athletics…
20.10.1.2 …maintaining a line of demarcation between student-athletes who participate in the Collegiate Model and athletes competing in the professional model
Funny to see a bunch of empty seats in the endzones and top corners at NDSU, they can't even sellout anymore, looking like their fan base is slowly getting bored in FCS. Hopefully they find the money soon to upgrade the Fargo dome and go FBS.
Will be healthy overall for FCS to get rid of NDSU
Will be healthy overall for FCS to get rid of NDSU
Get rid of NDSU and JMU so the FCS will consist of all mediocre teams. I hope not, at least those two teams give a little credibility to the level of football.DungeonRealm wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2019 2:50 pmFunny to see a bunch of empty seats in the endzones and top corners at NDSU, they can't even sellout anymore, looking like their fan base is slowly getting bored in FCS. Hopefully they find the money soon to upgrade the Fargo dome and go FBS.
Will be healthy overall for FCS to get rid of NDSU
Given Furman can't consistently sell out half our stadium I think we shouldn't be worried about other schools, besides Wofford, ability to butts in seats.DungeonRealm wrote:Funny to see a bunch of empty seats in the endzones and top corners at NDSU, they can't even sellout anymore, looking like their fan base is slowly getting bored in FCS. Hopefully they find the money soon to upgrade the Fargo dome and go FBS.
Will be healthy overall for FCS to get rid of NDSU
gman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2019 3:45 pmGet rid of NDSU and JMU so the FCS will consist of all mediocre teams. I hope not, at least those two teams give a little credibility to the level of football.DungeonRealm wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2019 2:50 pmFunny to see a bunch of empty seats in the endzones and top corners at NDSU, they can't even sellout anymore, looking like their fan base is slowly getting bored in FCS. Hopefully they find the money soon to upgrade the Fargo dome and go FBS.
Will be healthy overall for FCS to get rid of NDSU
It makes the FCS more of a joke to always see NDSU in the title game every year.
Reminds me of how little I think of DIII football with Mount Union going to all those title games every year, its bad for the division, overall parity will elevate the entire FCS and make things more fun again.
Thorny wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2019 4:24 pmGiven Furman can't consistently sell out half our stadium I think we shouldn't be worried about other schools, besides Wofford, ability to butts in seats.DungeonRealm wrote:Funny to see a bunch of empty seats in the endzones and top corners at NDSU, they can't even sellout anymore, looking like their fan base is slowly getting bored in FCS. Hopefully they find the money soon to upgrade the Fargo dome and go FBS.
Will be healthy overall for FCS to get rid of NDSU
Was not even remotely close to being my point, not at all
I know FU attendance is pitiful, my point was that NDSU is hopefully getting bored in the FCS
Nothing lasts forever, they'll decline one day and wonder how to fill the empty seats.DungeonRealm wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2019 4:55 pmgman wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2019 3:45 pmGet rid of NDSU and JMU so the FCS will consist of all mediocre teams. I hope not, at least those two teams give a little credibility to the level of football.DungeonRealm wrote: ↑Sat Dec 14, 2019 2:50 pmFunny to see a bunch of empty seats in the endzones and top corners at NDSU, they can't even sellout anymore, looking like their fan base is slowly getting bored in FCS. Hopefully they find the money soon to upgrade the Fargo dome and go FBS.
Will be healthy overall for FCS to get rid of NDSU
It makes the FCS more of a joke to always see NDSU in the title game every year.
Reminds me of how little I think of DIII football with Mount Union going to all those title games every year, its bad for the division, overall parity will elevate the entire FCS and make things more fun again.
