Pioneer League

[Affirm]

Unbelievable that with <136 seconds remaining, Drake football is within 3 of Iowa State.

[Affirm]

And now it’s final:
#23 Iowa State 27
PFL Drake 24

[fufanatic]

Is the Pioneer completely non-scholarship?

Makes me believe that Furman could have won that game if the option to play had been available. Clearly ISU was sleepwalking to the extreme.

[FUBeAR]

Is the Pioneer completely non-scholarship?

Makes me believe that Furman could have won that game if the option to play had been available. Clearly ISU was sleepwalking to the extreme.

Yes - completely non-athletic scholarships for Football & unlike other “non-scholarship” leagues, they mean it. In recent years, the PFL has stripped San Diego & Jacksonville of wins, titles, and playoff opportunities for improprieties related to financial aid provided to Football Student Athletes vs. non-athlete Students.

If Drake had won that game, in fact, it would have been a much greater accomplishment & bigger upset than Appy’s well-publicized win over Michigan a few years back.

Also, this is the kind of outcome, a non-schollie FCS taking a RANKED P5 Team down to the wire, that should completely dispel the incessant drone of those in the media & fans decrying the scheduling of FCS vs. FBS games. It won’t, but it should.

As we Furman Fans well know... “...on any given Saturday...”

NC State
South Carolina
Georgia Tech
NC State
NC State
North Carolina
Central Florida

Who got ‘next?’