This Isn't a Football Message Board Anymore

[AZGrizFan]

FCS Playoffs. Round Two. Tomorrow. Six of the 8 games are rematches of games played during the season...it's exciting, playoff football...supposedly what we ALL cherish and why we are in the FCS and not some bottom-dwelling FBS conference.

And yet, 14 of the top 15 most active threads on this board are NOT about the playoffs. Hell, they're not even FCS football-related.

Guns. Shootings. Conks. Music Lyrics. Crooked cops. TJ. Deaths of musicians. Healthcare. FBS football. Gas prices.

I find myself coming here less and less....sad, really. End of an era.

[89Hen]

AGS

[ASUG8]

Dude, where have you been all this time? This has RARELY been a football board for the past 7-8 years. I always tell my wife that it's a football forum that occasionally has a story on sports.

[Ibanez]

FCS Playoffs. Round Two. Tomorrow. Six of the 8 games are rematches of games played during the season...it's exciting, playoff football...supposedly what we ALL cherish and why we are in the FCS and not some bottom-dwelling FBS conference.

And yet, 14 of the top 15 most active threads on this board are NOT about the playoffs. Hell, they're not even FCS football-related.

Guns. Shootings. Conks. Music Lyrics. Crooked cops. TJ. Deaths of musicians. Healthcare. FBS football. Gas prices.

I find myself coming here less and less....sad, really. End of an era.

This is news to you?

[Ibanez]

AGS

Exactly. AGS is great for football talk. I creep over there and read often. I've started posting more at CoastalFans b/c here, most CCU threads turn into people talking shit about CCU, if they comment at all.

[kalm]

Dude, where have you been all this time? This has RARELY been a football board for the past 7-8 years. I always tell my wife that it's a football forum that occasionally has a story on sports.

This!

And it's one hell of a variety forum and not bad for news with many opposing viewpoints and links to a variety of sources I wouldn't normally consider.

And the freedom here is WAY better than most message boards.

Part of the lack of FCS talk for the playoffs is:

SHSU: no real active posters
McNeese: one
NDSU: one
JMU: 2
JSO: 0
UTC: 0
El CID: 2

Etc.

[andy7171]

CS.com is more of a haven for the criminal class of AGS. I go over to AGS for FCS news. And here to talk freely. Two different worlds.

[GannonFan]

FCS is dying, dude, has been for years. Losing more and more teams to FBS, longtime standard bearers at FCS are either no longer here (moved up) or are shadows of their once selves, and the newbies in FCS don't really post here. FCS used to be right there with the non-power conferences in FBS, but that's not the case anymore. We're the third rung in the college football hierarchy, not tied for second where we used to be. With that dropoff comes diminished interest. It's why there are tons of great DII and DIII football boards.

[Ibanez]

andy: Spot on.

Gannon: Good post.

[CAA Flagship]

Part of the lack of FCS talk for the playoffs is:

SHSU: no real active posters
McNeese: one
NDSU: one
JMU: 2
JSO: 0
UTC: 0
El CID: 2

Etc.

And GSU, ASU, ODU, and North Texas taking the jump to FBS in the last couple of years.
Then there is Delaware.

The NDSU domination hasn't helped either.

[Ibanez]

Part of the lack of FCS talk for the playoffs is:

SHSU: no real active posters
McNeese: one
NDSU: one
JMU: 2
JSO: 0
UTC: 0
El CID: 2

Etc.

And GSU, ASU, ODU, and North Texas taking the jump to FBS in the last couple of years.
Then there is Delaware.

The NDSU domination hasn't helped either.

Now you're losing the perennial powerhouse that is CCU...

[Grizalltheway]

FCS is dying, dude, has been for years. Losing more and more teams to FBS, longtime standard bearers at FCS are either no longer here (moved up) or are shadows of their once selves, and the newbies in FCS don't really post here. FCS used to be right there with the non-power conferences in FBS, but that's not the case anymore. We're the third rung in the college football hierarchy, not tied for second where we used to be. With that dropoff comes diminished interest. It's why there are tons of great DII and DIII football boards.

Keep projecting your own program's failure onto the rest of us. The number of FCS over FBS wins (including a couple against P5 teams this year alone) suggests it's doing just fine.

[kalm]

FCS is dying, dude, has been for years. Losing more and more teams to FBS, longtime standard bearers at FCS are either no longer here (moved up) or are shadows of their once selves, and the newbies in FCS don't really post here. FCS used to be right there with the non-power conferences in FBS, but that's not the case anymore. We're the third rung in the college football hierarchy, not tied for second where we used to be. With that dropoff comes diminished interest. It's why there are tons of great DII and DIII football boards.

Perhaps, and we've definitely lost some large fan bases to FCS. But there are more factors than just that. More message boards to choose from, newer formats, greater social media competition...

And how much is Chris marketing this site?

[Chizzang]

FCS is dying, dude, has been for years. Losing more and more teams to FBS, longtime standard bearers at FCS are either no longer here (moved up) or are shadows of their once selves, and the newbies in FCS don't really post here. FCS used to be right there with the non-power conferences in FBS, but that's not the case anymore. We're the third rung in the college football hierarchy, not tied for second where we used to be. With that dropoff comes diminished interest. It's why there are tons of great DII and DIII football boards.

Keep projecting your own program's failure onto the rest of us. The number of FCS over FBS wins (including a couple against P5 teams this year alone) suggests it's doing just fine.

You ^ ain't kiddin'
The Delaware Death March has been slow and painful
and "They" think the whole world is spiraling down the drain with their program

[Ibanez]

Why is this posted in Politics?

[kalm]

This is the Seinfeld of message boards.

A message board about nothing.

(I love it for that)

[AZGrizFan]

Part of the lack of FCS talk for the playoffs is:

SHSU: no real active posters
McNeese: one
NDSU: one
JMU: 2
JSO: 0
UTC: 0
El CID: 2

Etc.

And why WOULD they post here? There's no football talk here...

[JoltinJoe]

F@!^ football.

My team's out now anyway, so who cares?

I don't discuss football here. I only come here to remind you guys what a bunch of and you are.

With that in mind,

[bandl]

You sure do bitch alot. Starting a thread on this board about CS being about football, starting a thread about not caring about people's lineage...
What's the old adage...if you don't have anything nice to say, you're probably an asshole.

[bandl]

Dude, where have you been all this time? This has RARELY been a football board for the past 7-8 years. I always tell my wife that it's a football forum that occasionally has a story on sports.

This!

And it's one hell of a variety forum and not bad for news with many opposing viewpoints and links to a variety of sources I wouldn't normally consider.

And the freedom here is WAY better than most message boards.

Part of the lack of FCS talk for the playoffs is:

SHSU: no real active posters
McNeese: one
NDSU: one
JMU: 2
JSO: 0
UTC: 0
El CID: 2

Etc.

What about Towson State???

[Baldy]

FCS is dying, dude, has been for years. Losing more and more teams to FBS, longtime standard bearers at FCS are either no longer here (moved up) or are shadows of their once selves, and the newbies in FCS don't really post here. FCS used to be right there with the non-power conferences in FBS, but that's not the case anymore. We're the third rung in the college football hierarchy, not tied for second where we used to be. With that dropoff comes diminished interest. It's why there are tons of great DII and DIII football boards.

Keep projecting your own program's failure onto the rest of us. The number of FCS over FBS wins (including a couple against P5 teams this year alone) suggests it's doing just fine.

FCS isn't dying, but it is definitely fading.
When you look at all the top flight teams who have left over the last 20 years (15 Championships???), it's the reality. Teams have moved in, but they didn't replace the quality that has left.

[CAA Flagship]

What about Towson State???

Bent penis?

[dbackjon]

Part of the lack of FCS talk for the playoffs is:

SHSU: no real active posters
McNeese: one
NDSU: one
JMU: 2
JSO: 0
UTC: 0
El CID: 2

Etc.

And why WOULD they post here? There's no football talk here...

Do YOU talk Griz football here much?

I've tried to keep some level of football talk going here...

[AZGrizFan]

You sure do bitch alot. Starting a thread on this board about CS being about football, starting a thread about not caring about people's lineage...
What's the old adage...if you don't have anything nice to say, you're probably an asshole.

That's never been a question. What's your point?

[AZGrizFan]

And why WOULD they post here? There's no football talk here...

Do YOU talk Griz football here much?

I've tried to keep some level of football talk going here...

Not much anymore. Not worth the effort. I do most of my posting on eGriz now...