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Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:27 pm
by bandl
What team is the most successful failure in FCS?

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:29 pm
by andy7171
DUCK AND COVER!

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:31 pm
by clenz
UNI



/thread

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:32 pm
by bandl
I'll add a disclaimer* (so as to throw out the nostalgic championships)...

* NC win has to have occured in the past 20 years

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:32 pm
by Cap'n Cat
:ohno: :ohno: :ohno:

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:34 pm
by Captain Ahab
Tha answer be a toss up 'tween the Blue Hens ov Delaware and tha Panthers ov Nort Iowa.

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:34 pm
by bandl
clenz wrote:UNI



/thread
See my disclaimer

Could Southern Illinois or Montana State be considered?

Furman?

What about McNeese State?

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:35 pm
by bandl
Captain Ahab wrote:Tha answer be a toss up 'tween the Blue Hens ov Delaware and tha Panthers ov Nort Iowa.
UD won it all in 2003. Only shutout in the NC game in fact.

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:36 pm
by Captain Ahab
bandl wrote:
Captain Ahab wrote:Tha answer be a toss up 'tween the Blue Hens ov Delaware and tha Panthers ov Nort Iowa.
UD won it all in 2003. Only shutout in the NC game in fact.
Then thar be but one left, matey.

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:38 pm
by clenz
bandl wrote:
clenz wrote:UNI



/thread
See my disclaimer

Could Southern Illinois or Montana State be considered?

Furman?

What about McNeese State?
UNI


/thread

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:40 pm
by Franks Tanks
clenz wrote:
bandl wrote: See my disclaimer

Could Southern Illinois or Montana State be considered?

Furman?

What about McNeese State?
UNI


/thread
McNeese has been very successful as well. Montana State won a I-AA national title.

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:40 pm
by bandl
Franks Tanks wrote:
clenz wrote: UNI


/thread
McNeese has been very successful as well. Montana State won a I-AA national title.
read the whole thread :rofl:

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:42 pm
by danefan
I vote for McNeese.

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:43 pm
by skinny_uncle
bandl wrote:I'll add a disclaimer* (so as to throw out the nostalgic championships)...

* NC win has to have occured in the past 20 years
Why?
Never is never.

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:45 pm
by bandl
skinny_uncle wrote:
bandl wrote:I'll add a disclaimer* (so as to throw out the nostalgic championships)...

* NC win has to have occured in the past 20 years
Why?
Why?

My thread. :mrgreen:

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:46 pm
by clenz
McNeese 394-237-13 10 conference titles going back to 1980 (17 titles total)
UNI 597-373-47 17 conference titles going back to 1980 (31 titles total)

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:46 pm
by Captain Ahab
Stephen F. Austin?

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:48 pm
by bandl
Captain Ahab wrote:Stephen F. Austin?
Eh...didn't they just win their first SLC AQ in 13 or 14 years?

EDIT: Or they are about to if they win their next game

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:57 pm
by skinny_uncle
nev⋅er
  /ˈnɛvər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [nev-er] Show IPA
–adverb
1. not ever; at no time: Such an idea never occurred to me.
2. not at all; absolutely not: never mind; This will never do.
3. to no extent or degree: He was never the wiser for his experience.

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:58 pm
by bandl
skinny_uncle wrote:nev⋅er
  /ˈnɛvər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [nev-er] Show IPA
–adverb
1. not ever; at no time: Such an idea never occurred to me.
2. not at all; absolutely not: never mind; This will never do.
3. to no extent or degree: He was never the wiser for his experience.
neat!

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:05 pm
by skinny_uncle
bandl wrote:
skinny_uncle wrote:nev⋅er
  /ˈnɛvər/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [nev-er] Show IPA
–adverb
1. not ever; at no time: Such an idea never occurred to me.
2. not at all; absolutely not: never mind; This will never do.
3. to no extent or degree: He was never the wiser for his experience.
neat!
My brother is an English teacher. He would tell you that being the author of a thread on a message board does in no way qualify you to change the meaning of words arbitrarily. He is also 6'3" and 280 lbs. You would probably listen.
8-)

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:11 pm
by bandl
skinny_uncle wrote:
bandl wrote: neat!
My brother is an English teacher. He would tell you that being the author of a thread on a message board does in no way qualify you to change the meaning of words arbitrarily. He is also 6'3" and 280 lbs. You would probably listen.
8-)
I really don't care. About any of that. Honestly.

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:19 pm
by wideright82
Villanova

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:19 pm
by bandl
What about New Hampshire? Probably too much of a recent phenomenon.

Re: Most successful team never to win a FCS championship

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:20 pm
by Screamin_Eagle174
clenz wrote:McNeese 394-237-13 10 conference titles going back to 1980 (17 titles total)
UNI 597-373-47 17 conference titles going back to 1980 (31 titles total)
McNeese: 62.4 winning percentage
UNI: 61.5 winning percentage