FCS Final tonight
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They are FCS schools that should be going to division one like Delaware. Deep pockets.
Why would NDSU move up? They're already in a tougher conference (Mizzou Val) than Delaware is going to in the CUSA. Moving "up" is probably a bad idea for a team that went 3-17 the last 20 years vs Nova.
NDSU is a state school playing against private schools without the same resources. For Delaware, stadium is right size, only 20 more scholarship and will get Tv money especially playing during the week. they will draw better then Temple.
College football is about $$
Hopefully the Blue Hens do better than that disaster of a program at Temple.
I wish them the best being one of the first games seen back in the day (as little guys) at Gettysburg College behind what was the Eddie Plank Gym in the MAC. Saw a few games more recently in Newark. Great facilities and a decent court in hoops too. Small but a nice cozy venue.
Seeing them and Bucknell probably had a lot to do with many of us getting into football as much as we were already into baseball with the great lefthander Eddie Plank (326 wins) being from Gettysburg and Nellie Fox from FB rival Chambersburg........and the college kicking ass in hoops with two Little All-Americans in Ron Warner and Wheaties Parker playing the likes of LaSalle, St. Joe's, Temple, Delaware and others.
Weird saying but Gettysburg was a great "sports town" to grow up in in because of the college.
I hear you on sports being about $ where I guess NDSU is doing quite well. But they definitely have the resume to move up should it benefit them.
You mentioned "NDSU is a state school playing against private schools without the same resources".
Not sure where you got that info but EVERY school on NDSU's regular season football schedule is a public university. NONE are private schools. The exceptions are two privates met in the post season; Abilene Christian and Mercer.
**** See steelcurtin55's post above that shows their complete schedule
In general:
D1-AA top tier is located away from quality D1-A programs. i.e. North/South Dakota
D2 top tier is located away from quality D1-AA programs. i.e. Michigan
D3 top tier is located away from quality D2 programs. i.e. Ohio, Illinois
D1-AA top tier is located away from quality D1-A programs. i.e. North/South Dakota
D2 top tier is located away from quality D1-AA programs. i.e. Michigan
D3 top tier is located away from quality D2 programs. i.e. Ohio, Illinois
FCS has shifted massively over the last 25 years to the power programs being in the north central part of the state largely because so many of the best programs have moved up. Schools that have competed for or won national championships (often a lot) that are no longer FCS programs now:
Georgia Southern
Appalachian State
Marshall
Delaware
Sam Houston State
James Madison
Western Kentucky
UMass
Boise State
Jacksonville State
Louisiana Tech
Nevada
Outside of Boise, I’m not sure how many of those schools are happier moving up. And with the House settlement looming, I think you are going to see a contraction of FBS, frankly, I think you’ll even see schools get kicked out of major conferences for not pulling their weight (the Purdues of the world) and a total separation from the Group of 5 schools. From that standpoint, Delaware’s timing is awful.
Georgia Southern
Appalachian State
Marshall
Delaware
Sam Houston State
James Madison
Western Kentucky
UMass
Boise State
Jacksonville State
Louisiana Tech
Nevada
Outside of Boise, I’m not sure how many of those schools are happier moving up. And with the House settlement looming, I think you are going to see a contraction of FBS, frankly, I think you’ll even see schools get kicked out of major conferences for not pulling their weight (the Purdues of the world) and a total separation from the Group of 5 schools. From that standpoint, Delaware’s timing is awful.
D3-wise
Mt. Union is pretty close to quality D2 programs in the PSAC West.
Saint John's (MN) dynasty was still surrounded by quality D2 programs both in state and the surrounding areas.
Wisconsin Whitewater is surrounded by a great D2 conference in the Great Lakes with Ferris/Saginaw/etc..
During the heyday of the PSAC, Washington and Jefferson as well as Lycoming were top 10 teams year in and year out. Susquehanna and Grove City are seeing a major resurgence in the heart of PSAC territory.
D2-wise
During West Chester, Bloomsburg, and Millersville's run in the 80's and 90's, they were all competing with Delaware and the rest of the Yankee and Atlantic 10 for athletes. In the west schools like IUP, Slippery Rock, etc were all competing with Youngstown State for athletes.
In the South, North Alabama was surrounded by quality D1AA schools in the 90's..
D1AA-wise
During Georgia Southern's run they obviously were surrounded by SEC and ACC schools as was App. State. When Marshall was 1AA they were competing with WVU, VA Tech, Kentucky, Tennessee in their backyard.
James Madison was in the heart of ACC/SEC country.