5 REASONS WHY THE NCAA SHOULD DROP THE FCS DIVISION

[BlackFalkin]

#5. Everybody wants to be(or wants their team to be) in the FBS.

#4. America thinks FCS is Division II, so whats the point?

#3. Theres much more money to be had in FBS/Theres more success to be had in DIV. II (more on this later)

#2. Lots of teams give FCS a bad wrap. Either or.. stadium or the team. (ie. J'ville, Indiana St.)

#1 YOU CANT BE THE BEST IN FCS.

At the end of the day FCS is still small time, so if you win the NC in FCS, you're still crap to the rest of the country. If you care about your program, then you want to be the best.. and to be the best, you have to beat the best... and thats impossible in FCS.
A program should want to realize their full potential, and is a team feels an NCAA NC trophy is their full potential...its time to hang up the cleats.. or switch division.

Top 20% of fcs team should goto FBS and remailing shoud go down to D.II & DIII levels.

[93henfan]

EWU will probably totally kill it in D-II. Good luck.

[BlackFalkin]

EWU will probably totally kill it in D-II. Good luck.

Yea, i know, thats why I've got em in the FBS section. Thx

[93henfan]

EWU will probably totally kill it in D-II. Good luck.

Yea, i know, thats why I've got em in the FBS section. Thx

Oh, my bad. I thought you said top 20% of FCS.

[Herky]

EWU will probably totally kill it in D-II. Good luck.

[Skjellyfetti]

Yea, i know, thats why I've got em in the FBS section. Thx

Not with that stadium.

[ASUMountaineer]

Yea, i know, thats why I've got em in the FBS section. Thx

Oh, my bad. I thought you said top 20% of FCS.

[JayJ79]

so 80% of FCS should drop entirely out of division I in all sports?

and if "no one cares about FCS", then even fewer people care about D2/D3. So why should these programs even bother having athletics?

And for that matter, "no one cares" about non-BCS FBS football either.

[∞∞∞]

And why should I care if others don't care about the FCS? As long as the alumni and the students (ya know...the people actually associated with the school) enjoy the product, I don't really care about all this "oh look at me" crap. I don't get why everyone wants their school noticed all the time?

[kalm]

In reality we were probably better off at a smaller division. The old Evergreen conference with WWU, CWU, UPS etc. was comprised of smaller directional and private schools with similar demographics and facilities, many great rivalries, and obviously an easier level of competition.

That being said, wherever you are...that's where your at. So it's fun to be chippy about competing with state universities like Montana and PSU with twice the student body and support.

I personally take solace in the fact that we're the liitle program that could.

[DJH]

The hilarity of this rant is that it came from an Eastern Washington fan. As if being in FCS is 'robbing' them of some sort of publicity. EWU would be a perfect fit for DII.

[ODUalum11]

And why should I care if others don't care about the FCS? As long as the alumni and the students (ya know...the people actually associated with the school) enjoy the product, I don't really care about all this "oh look at me" crap. I don't get why everyone wants their school noticed all the time?

As a fellow ODU fan, I both agree and disagree. Can you imagine if we jump to a BCS conference someday and make it to a high-paying bowl game??? I know that sounds rediculous but thats not the point, like the OP said, there's a lot more money in the FBS especially in the BCS conferences.

In the end, if we can jump to the FBS and be in a decent conference instead of some small conference like the sunbelt and be successful than I'm all for it, if not, then I'm perfectly fine with staying in the FCS. In other words, you really have to do whats in the best interest in the school and in ODU's case that might include a jump to a different conference in the near future according to a study done last year.

[EWURanger]

Something tells me this thread is a bit of a jest from the ol' BF.

[BigSkyBears]

EWU will probably totally kill it in D-II. Good luck.

Yea, i know, thats why I've got em in the FBS section. Thx

Your stadium is the same size as ours. How is that going to work in the FBS? You're an idiot.

[SuperHornet]

The hilarity of this rant is that it came from an Eastern Washington fan. As if being in FCS is 'robbing' them of some sort of publicity. EWU would be a perfect fit for DII.

SE would probably whine about this. I'm not so sure BF would put it in just those words. But SE would.

[Theee Catrabbit]

Yea, i know, thats why I've got em in the FBS section. Thx

Oh, my bad. I thought you said top 20% of FCS.

[bluehenbillk]

It's funny to hear a non-Montana Big Sky fan beat their chest. If a tree falls in the deep forest and no one is there......

[CrackerRiley]

You can't be the BEST in FCS but you can be the best IN FCS. That's all I care about.

[ur2K]

First game for EWU in DII will be against University of New Haven - it will be a home and home.



vs.

[GannonFan]

And why should I care if others don't care about the FCS? As long as the alumni and the students (ya know...the people actually associated with the school) enjoy the product, I don't really care about all this "oh look at me" crap. I don't get why everyone wants their school noticed all the time?

As a fellow ODU fan, I both agree and disagree. Can you imagine if we jump to a BCS conference someday and make it to a high-paying bowl game??? I know that sounds rediculous but thats not the point, like the OP said, there's a lot more money in the FBS especially in the BCS conferences.

In the end, if we can jump to the FBS and be in a decent conference instead of some small conference like the sunbelt and be successful than I'm all for it, if not, then I'm perfectly fine with staying in the FCS. In other words, you really have to do whats in the best interest in the school and in ODU's case that might include a jump to a different conference in the near future according to a study done last year.

Agreed - I don't understand how anyone's enjoyment of going to a game is somehow increased simply by knowing that people not at the game, and people you don't know and won't ever know, actually care about the game you're watching. As long as you enjoy it, why does it matter if others enjoy it?

[ashram]

#5. Everybody wants to be(or wants their team to be) in the FBS.

Nope. I'm pretty happy in the SoCon. I like Furman season ticket prices, free parking, plenty of tailgating space, and other benefits that go along with being a smaller program. I have a lot more fun at Paladin Stadium than I've ever had at an FBS stadium.

Is this possibly the stupidest discussion ever on this board?

[GrizMadman]

Top 20% of fcs team should goto FBS and remailing shoud go down to D.II & DIII levels.

Why in hell can't so many of you take a little time to do a little proof-reading as you go? Are you that stupid that after you type a word, you don't realize it's misspelled, etc.? A few backspaces can fix the word and makes it easier reading for the rest of us. Or you do realize it's misspelled & don't care. Either way I hope you don't perform your job the same way. It could be why so much of this economy is a mess. Why does every user think he/she is entitled to their own version of the English language?

[Herky]

Top 20% of fcs team should goto FBS and remailing shoud go down to D.II & DIII levels.

Why in hell can't so many of you take a little time to do a little proof-reading as you go? Are you that stupid that after you type a word, you don't realize it's misspelled, etc.? A few backspaces can fix the word and makes it easier reading for the rest of us. Or you do realize it's misspelled & don't care. Either way I hope you don't perform your job the same way. It could be why so much of this economy is a mess. Why does every user think he/she is entitled to their own version of the English language?

Gee I didnt no we had duh wurd police and such her. wut up wit dat.

[grizzaholic]

Top 20% of fcs team should goto FBS and remailing shoud go down to D.II & DIII levels.

Why in hell can't so many of you take a little time to do a little proof-reading as you go? Are you that stupid that after you type a word, you don't realize it's misspelled, etc.? A few backspaces can fix the word and makes it easier reading for the rest of us. Or you do realize it's misspelled & don't care. Either way I hope you don't perform your job the same way. It could be why so much of this economy is a mess. Why does every user think he/she is entitled to their own version of the English language?

Ok SuperHornet.

[EWURanger]