IS FCS FOOTBALL DYING?

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Is FCS FOOTBALL dying/dead?

Many FCS Programs have left so, Yes.
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FCS won’t be here in 20 years.
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FCS is fine. Things change.
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CFP caused major FBS change but not FCS.
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Top FCS teams need to bolt the ship will sink.
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Re: IS FCS FOOTBALL DYING?

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dal4018 wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2024 1:14 pm All those powerhouse D2 schools need to start stepping up to the FCS
And all those powerhouse FCS schools need to start stepping up to the FBS. :coffee:
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BlackFalkin wrote: Sat Jun 15, 2024 1:45 pm
dal4018 wrote: Fri Jun 14, 2024 1:14 pm All those powerhouse D2 schools need to start stepping up to the FCS
And all those powerhouse FCS schools need to start stepping up to the FBS. :coffee:
Add some D3 powers as well like Mt Union
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SuperHornet wrote: Sat Jun 01, 2024 5:32 am That said, kalm, I thank you for recognizing some of my history. Wherever you are, that seems on a par with a guy who recognized my Lodi letterman's jacket in the Navy Nuclear Field "A" School parking lot in Orlando in early '91. Most people that far away won't recognize the school by ANY name....
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As for FCS dying or not? I’m 50/50 on it

Certainly a lot of the marquee programs have moved along. G5 kind of reminds me of an old 1AA super Conference. I hope they will have their own playoff system soon.

FCS is kind of in a weird place when you have dominant teams like South Dakota State and North Dakota State, who are really pretty close to top 25 FBS teams, just steamrolling the sub division year after decade after year…
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Yep its NDSU, a couple of teams that blip up for a season or 2. Then everyone else is a very distant 4th and 5th place.
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South Carolina St is going to play against instate neighbor South Carolina next year 9-6 and SC STATE WR Nick Sowell should come out smoking when the season starts this year he has NFL POTENTIAL written all over him he is 6-6 200-210 he should be one of the best WRs in the FCS.
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dal4018 wrote: Tue Jul 16, 2024 2:25 pm South Carolina St is going to play against instate neighbor South Carolina next year 9-6 and SC STATE WR Nick Sowell should come out smoking when the season starts this year he has NFL POTENTIAL written all over him he is 6-6 200-210 he should be one of the best WRs in the FCS.
Sounds like he’ll be playing for South Carolina next year
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Caribbean Hen wrote: Mon Jul 22, 2024 6:56 am
dal4018 wrote: Tue Jul 16, 2024 2:25 pm South Carolina St is going to play against instate neighbor South Carolina next year 9-6 and SC STATE WR Nick Sowell should come out smoking when the season starts this year he has NFL POTENTIAL written all over him he is 6-6 200-210 he should be one of the best WRs in the FCS.
Sounds like he’ll be playing for South Carolina next year
The fan base of South Carolina were hoping that ex-SC STATE WR Shaq Davis was going to leave via the transfer portal but he stayed Sowell said that he likes FCS FOOTBALL.
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Now unlimited P5 schollies you’ve got to be kidding me. Will further gut FCS and G5.. :ohno:
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BDKJMU wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2024 9:16 am Now unlimited P5 schollies you’ve got to be kidding me. Will further gut FCS and G5.. :ohno:
..Power 5 Football athletic departments will no longer have scholarship limits for any sport, merely roster limit….
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nc ... ngNewsVerp
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BDKJMU wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2024 9:16 am Now unlimited P5 schollies you’ve got to be kidding me. Will further gut FCS and G5.. :ohno:
..Power 5 Football athletic departments will no longer have scholarship limits for any sport, merely roster limit….
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nc ... ngNewsVerp
Does this mean no more walkons at P5?
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BDKJMU wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:05 am
BDKJMU wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2024 9:16 am Now unlimited P5 schollies you’ve got to be kidding me. Will further gut FCS and G5.. :ohno:


https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/nc ... ngNewsVerp
Does this mean no more walkons at P5?
P5 doesn't guarantee having the cache or the willingness to fund every allowable scholarship. We'll certainly see that at places like U$C, Notre Dame, Alabama, Michigan, etc. But Vandy, Northwestern, and OR State? I highly doubt it. At THOSE places, we'll still see walk-ons, particularly preferred walk-ons.
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SuperHornet wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 5:47 pm
BDKJMU wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:05 am
Does this mean no more walkons at P5?
P5 doesn't guarantee having the cache or the willingness to fund every allowable scholarship. We'll certainly see that at places like U$C, Notre Dame, Alabama, Michigan, etc. But Vandy, Northwestern, and OR State? I highly doubt it. At THOSE places, we'll still see walk-ons, particularly preferred walk-ons.
Vandy and NW are in the SEC & B1G0. They're getting buku dollars from those TV contracts and there will be expectations that they spend it.

You're probably right about OR State. It will depend on what happens with them, WA State and the PAC12.
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South Carolina St will also be meeting up with North Carolina and Clemson in the future.
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WOW for all of DIV I..The gulf widens between P4 & everyone else. Alot of G5 and FCS aren’t going to be able to afford this. Huge increase in schollies + FCOA + NIL. Going to take a while for the dust to settle, but think going to see a lot of dropped programs (football and mens’ Olympic) by the end of the decade. Some womens’, but not as many due to Title IX…
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UNI88 wrote: Fri Aug 02, 2024 10:06 am
SuperHornet wrote: Thu Aug 01, 2024 5:47 pm

P5 doesn't guarantee having the cache or the willingness to fund every allowable scholarship. We'll certainly see that at places like U$C, Notre Dame, Alabama, Michigan, etc. But Vandy, Northwestern, and OR State? I highly doubt it. At THOSE places, we'll still see walk-ons, particularly preferred walk-ons.
Vandy and NW are in the SEC & B1G0. They're getting buku dollars from those TV contracts and there will be expectations that they spend it.

You're probably right about OR State. It will depend on what happens with them, WA State and the PAC12.
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So a lot of the talented players are gonna be sitting the bench and collecting big paychecks to sit.

Somebody remind them about paying taxes
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