[bluedog]

No huge dollars in fcs playoffs. Hmm... who would have thunk it?

The FCS sits in an interesting spot in the landscape of college football. It is a niche level of the sport, no doubt. Even the biggest supporters should be self-aware of this.
There aren’t huge revenue dollars in the FCS, no big TV deals, budgets are tight, not much attention from national outlets, most stadiums and crowds are smaller than the FBS, and the athletic departments that sponsor FCS programs are mid-major schools. Yet the FCS is still Division 1 football, it has loyal followers, solid fan bases, fantastic coaches, great talent as more than 150 players got an NFL shot in 2022 (24 draft picks, 72 UDFA contracts, 72 rookie minicamp invites), the top 30ish FCS teams are stronger than the bottom 30ish FBS teams, and finally, the FCS has something that even a lot of FBS fans are jealous of: a 24-team playoff bracket to crown a national champ.
More specifically, to crown the official NCAA Division 1 football national champion.

https://herosports.com/fcs-football-push-playoff-structure-changes-bzbz/

[Olde Hornet]

I am glad the SWAC is not in that mess!

[eagle pride]

I like the CB better.  I wish there was something for the 2nd place teams too.  (MEAC and SWAC)

[bluedog]

I like the CB better.  I wish there was something for the 2nd place teams too.  (MEAC and SWAC)

I post this Presser  yesterday.  I figured most folks would miss this in the interview. So I edited the part that touches on that.

[Strike79]

 ^^^sir, thank you for posting this clip. I like our Swac commissioner. The brutha always speaks clear, straightforward with little to zero ambiguity. He lays out quite nicely the expenditures a school must incur to participate in the FCS playoffs.  He seems to suggest that, going forward, there may develop for member schools another bowl besides Celebration.

I don’t know what kind of relationship, if any, that the new FAMU AD has with Mr. McClelland. But I sure hope she establishes a good working relationship soon.

[bluedog]

If you recall Deion recently suggested that they open up some of those fbs spots for our schools. Trust me that wasn't by happenstance. Anyone who's paying attention can see It's all a coordinated effort.

[eagle pride]

I like the CB better.  I wish there was something for the 2nd place teams too.  (MEAC and SWAC)

I post this Presser  yesterday.  I figured most folks would miss this in the interview. So I edited the part that touches on that.

Cool..., thanks for sharing. 

[Olde Hornet]

Thanks for sharing!!!

[Jay_Thomas]

IF you asked me WHO won the last 3 or 4 FCS championships.....I couldn't tell you.

[Strike79]

IF you asked me WHO won the last 3 or 4 FCS championships.....I couldn't tell you.

……but I bet you know who won the very FIRST one. 

[Jay_Thomas]

  Strike, are you referring to those Snakes in Urnge and Green from Tallyho? 

INDEED.  Just waiting on the NEXT hbcu to do it.  I will remember that too 


SIDEBAR:  FAMU was also the SIAC champs in 1978.

and the only loss that year: TENNESSEE STATE BIG BLUE TIGERS

Played Jackson State in the semi-finals.


ALSO, I forget that yall used to do the Florida Classic v Bethune-Cookman on the same weekend as the Bayou Classic.

What year was the game moved to the weekend BEFORE Thanksgiving? 


I love hbcu football history. 

[Jay_Thomas]

Interesting seeing WHO yall played and WHERE yall played that year.

Schedule
Date   Time   Opponent   Rank   Site   TV   Result   Attendance   Source
September 16   1:30 p.m.   at Albany State      
Mills Memorial StadiumAlbany, GA
W 21–7   11,501   [7][8][9]
September 23   7:00 p.m.   Delaware State*   No. 7   
Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL
W 37–0   17,532   [10][11]
September 30   7:00 p.m.   Howard*   No. 7   
Bragg Memorial StadiumTallahassee, FL
W 28–7   11,882   [12][13]
October 7   7:30 p.m.   Maryland Eastern*   No. 7   
Gator Bowl StadiumJacksonville, FL
W 45–0   30,100   [14][15]
October 14   1:30 p.m.   at Morris Brown   No. 7   
Herndon StadiumAtlanta, GA
W 56–0   12,776   [16]
October 21   7:00 p.m.   Tennessee State*   No. 4   
Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL
L 21–24   29,820   [17][18]
October 28   7:00 p.m.   Tuskegee   No. 5   
Bragg Memorial StadiumTallahassee, FL
W 41–13   11,793   [19][20]
November 4   1:30 p.m.   Alabama A&Mdagger   No. 3   
Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL
W 42–0   21,637   [21]
November 18   4:10 p.m.   at Southern*   No. 3   
Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA
ABC Sports   W 16–12   18,000   [22][23]
November 25   1:30 p.m.   vs. Bethune–Cookman   No. 3   
Tampa StadiumTampa, FL (rivalry)
W 27–17   40,868   [24]
December 2   7:30 p.m.   vs. Grambling State*   No. 3   
Orange BowlMiami, FL (Orange Blossom Classic)
W 31–7   35,499   [25]
December 9   1:30 p.m.   at No. 2 Jackson State*   No. 3   
Mississippi Veterans Memorial StadiumJackson, MS (NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal)
ABC Sports   W 15–10   12,000   [26][27]
December 16   1:30 p.m.   vs. No. T–4 UMass*   No. 3   
Memorial StadiumWichita Falls, TX (NCAA Division I-AA Championship / Pioneer Bowl)
ABC Sports   W 35–28   13,604   [28][29][30]



I see Maryland-Eastern Shore [UMES former Maryland State] on the schedule.

[WileECoyote06]

IF you asked me WHO won the last 3 or 4 FCS championships.....I couldn't tell you.

It's always NDSU.  Sam Houston finally broke through and won in 2020 (Spring 21); but nobody really counts that one. 

[Jay_Thomas]

    If its NOT an HBCU, I just don't really care. 

[Strike79]

   If its NOT an HBCU, I just don't really care. 

.......pretty much my sentiments as well.  HOWEVER..........I think its rather "curious" that the HBCU program which is alleged to be the BEST in FCS has avoided playing the BEST in FCS.  But as the late NFL and college football coach brutha Denny Green once famously said: If you wanna crown them, crown them....., but they have AVOIDED playing the best.