OT: Would you rather be in the FCS Championship Game or one of the Early ESPN Bowls?

[tico brown]

Watching the FCS Championship Game right now. Some may say that this division is kind of watered down because programs like Georgia Southern, Appalachian State, Old Dominion, Texas St, and some of the other former D1AA favorites have moved up to FBS. That's probably why programs like North Dakota State, James Madison, Eastern Washington, and other current favorites have been doing well. Meanwhile, all the former favorites who have moved up to the Sun Belt, CUSA have a chance to do anything in FBS is to win the Bahamas or the New Orleans Gumbo Bowl.

So the question is, would you rather play for:
-The FCS Championship
-A Meaningless FBS Bowl Game

 

[RU#1fan]

Kids will take an FBS offer over any FCS offer most of the time.

 

[RUMBA-JK]

Kids will take an FBS offer over any FCS offer most of the time.

Depends on the kid - the ones who believe that, without question, they ARE destined to play in the NFL , they are going to college primarily to get to the NFL .. and be a superstar and be set for life off of their football skills ... yeah they will go FBS & as high up the "prestige" ladder as possible - even at the risk of ending up being stuck in a backlog of talent - because they believe that their skills conquer all .

A kid with a reasonable amount of of pragmatism is going to weigh all the factors - and the mix of importance of those factors will strongly impact the decision and if the best mix is at an FBS school - they will go there.

 

[MGSA99]

It's the same argument as win the NIT or lose in the 1st round of the NCAAs. NCAAs every single time.

 

[retired711]

Rutgers is too big to play in the FCS.

 

[RUsince52]

If you don't go to a big football school, you won't play in a really big bowl game. If you think you're that good and are offered a schollie than that's your path.
Some kids do choose to go to a smaller school for a variety of reasons and may not EVER play in a championship game.
No guarantees either way except that the chances are far better with certain schools. Don't know if the FCS leaders always get the best players or better skill guys.
We would never make the FCS CG at our present level if we were in that division anyhow.

 

[BigRnj]

Huh? Would a kid in HS rather play varsity and qualify for the states or play in a JV championship? No way you would choose JV.

 

[tico brown]

Maybe I could've worded this differently. I was thinking teams like Georgia Southern, Apple Store, etc were playing for a D1AA National Championship almost every year. Now the best they can do is win the Sun Belt and/or win the Bahamas Bowl since there's no way they would even sniff a NY6 Bowl let alone the playoffs. Or kept my mouth shut since Sun Belt teams get more money than Lower Division Champs.

But hey, just thinking out loud.

 

[retired711]

Maybe I could've worded this differently. I was thinking teams like Georgia Southern, Apple Store, etc were playing for a D1AA National Championship almost every year. Now the best they can do is win the Sun Belt and/or win the Bahamas Bowl since there's no way they would even sniff a NY6 Bowl let alone the playoffs. Or kept my mouth shut since Sun Belt teams get more money than Lower Division Champs.

But hey, just thinking out loud.

As much as the Dowling-ites would have liked it, there's no way that RU is an FCS school. But I do understand the point you're making about schools that aren't realistic candidates for a New Year's Eve bowl.

 

[theRU]

wow i had no idea so many schools made the move up... Its silly really. P5 needs to seperate from the FCS type schools. No reason for them to be in the same level.

 

[AntiG]

Rutgers is too big to play in the FCS.

size of the school has nothing to do with FBS or FCS. There are quite a few big-time universities with large student bodies that don't play FBS football (the 3 big SUNY schools sans Buffalo, Cal State sans Fresno, San Jose and San Diego, U of Cal sans Berkeley and UCLA, University of Illinois Chicago, NYU, Grand Canyon U, off the top of my head)

 

[ScarletDave]

Very few cases that would change my opinion. For example, if NDSU offered me and the best FBS offer I had was in the MAC, say Bowling Green, Akron, Toledo ... I'm going to NDSU. Not sure there's another FCS team I'd say that for. Maybe Montana actually. But that's it. ODU is FBS now and it's a matter of time before JMU is too.

 

[madchuck]

Im surprised Delaware isn't FBS. They could probably compete in the AAC.