Furmanoid wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 6:03 pm
OK affirm, it looks like realignment will likely reduce the number of FCS games against SEC teams. And maybe the other conferences will choose to play crappy FBS teams rather than FCS teams to avoid “cupcake schedule” accusations. So yes, FCS teams need to be planning for life without whoring themselves out for beat downs against the FBS. It was a weird system all along and I’m OK with it dying.
One unknown is how fast it may die, since the FBS realignments and conference expansions could take anywhere from a year or a very few years, to many years.
Another unknown is whether and how realignments and expansions are going to affect FCS conferences and their makeups, and FCS schedules.
And another is the money that FCS gets from playing FBS opponents. How much does it really matter to FCS programs, and specifically to Furman? What, if anything, will need to change without that money?
Another unknown is the future of the NCAA, how it is going to change, possibly what is going to replace it, and how that’s all going to affect schools at the FCS level.
Yes, I know that about this entire situation there is a lot about which we can say “I don’t know, no one knows, it’s all speculation and a waste of time to think about.” I also know that much of, maybe most of, what gets posted on UFFP is of the same nature. So I was just hoping to see some serious thought and discussion about possible effects on Furman football. I guess we’ll just ignore it and talk about what has happened after it has happened.
We can just do our best to enjoy what we do have and know about, while we have it
Nevertheless, I will continue to follow the FBS level changes and try to notice how, if at all, they are going to eventually impact Furman and programs similar to Furman.
Finally, to those who don’t like to read more than 1 or 2 lines of text in any UFFP post, I apologize; and I will try to do better to hold any future posts to only 1 or 2 lines. No promises except that I will try.
