This article says that it appears likely the NCAA is going to throw out the rule on FCS to FBS transition postseason prohibition, starting in 2026: https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/ncaa-proposal-fcs-transitioning-fbs-cfp/
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Do you ever get tired of being the most wrong person to post on this board?
Did I ever say that the NCAA managed the FBS post season? I said every other level of college football. FCS through D3, and also the NAIA. Not sure about JUCO - I think their playoffs are by region because a lot of schools don't have football.
FCS through D3 only do that because the NCAA mandates it. The NCAA can't mandate anything in FBS postseason, so it's not a reasonable comparison.
maybe, maybe not, if you do, you'll still get trounced right away
also what's your thoughts of all top kids in the area still going to gophers despite your big jump to MW?
Yes, you beat a 3-9 gopher team, hats off to you!
The non-conference scheduling strategy appears to be 1 P4 opponent and 2 cupcakes. Programs like NDSU and SDSU don't fit into that strategy. The same reason they haven't tried playing Mountain West teams either in the past.
I’d rather us be good enough that NDSU and SDSU are cupcake games.
Fair.
They also beat Brewster his first year, I believe that was a 1-11 team?
We played Colorado State I believe in 2015 and 2016, that might have been the last time, and that was when the MWC was more respectable.
Very few P4 teams can say that, though. Ohio State, Oregon.
San Jose State is mountain west and on the schedule in 2027
The 40th best FBS team doesn't make the CFP though.
The Bisonville bizarro universe has been puffing its chest about beating horrible Minnesota teams in what amounts to a lifetime ago in college football and that the U "refuses" to schedule NDSU as a result. Meanwhile, both the AD and HC at SDSU have said on air that SDSU has offered to keep playing NDSU and would agree that the games only be played in Fargo but NDSU won't agree. Funny thing is that NDSU has never been, and never will be, a peer or rival with UofM. However, SDSU has been a peer and rival to NDSU. While the FBS/FCS divide means that the xDSUs are no longer on-field rivals, the schools will remain peers when it comes to funding, resources, fan engagement and recruiting.
I don't think G6 would ever willingly walk away from the P4. I think the money is too great and a lot of schools pimp their football teams out to fund the athletic department. I don't know how well that works any more with revenue sharing but we'll see.
No reason for the gophers to avoid “low budget D1 product”, is there?
Even if the P4 and G6 separated their post season playoffs, they could still play each other during the regular season. I agree that the G6 wouldn’t be too willing to separate or there would have been much talk about it before now.
Egg on my face, I was wrong.
Like I said, it would be the same thing as Washington not scheduling Boise State or Montana (State) in the regular season. No point in doing it, nothing to gain
Sure, they'd still play each other but G6 isn't going to give up CFP money potential. But the price of buy games probably goes down. FBS teams get closer to seven figures from P4. FCS close to $300k. If P4 and G6 would become different categories, does P4 still pay MAC school 7 figures?
Lots of teams out there...why tie ourselves down to regional bs. Hockey does that work the old WCHA teams and its lame.
Agreed, ndsu won’t have the schedule strength in 2026 to do much of anything. But moving in March, they’re just lucky to have 11 teams on the schedule that are technically FBS. Not much to choose from at that late stage, can’t blame them for the schedule.