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Most Successful FCS Program Of The Last 25 Years

CatsAttack said:
This is actually really interesting information and defintiely shows just how impressive the UM football program has become.

Where did you get the data? Is it something you threw together yourself? I would be interested in seeing a more recent time period, like the last 10 years. I mean, it's great to look back 25 years, but players from 25 years ago are almost 50 now. It's almost like Navy talking about how amazing their quarterback history is because Roger Staubach won the Heisman in 1963.
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Here's what we have if we take it from 2000.

The top four of this era are between Montana, Delaware, App. State and Georgia Southern.

*Youngstown didn't have enough success in this era to make the list.
*Once again I'll include MSU for the hell of it


National Championships-Runner Ups-Total Appearances

Appalachian St. 3- 0- 3
Montana 1-4-5
Delaware 1-2-3
Georgia Southern 1-0-1

Montana State 0-0- 0





-The next thing we will look at is total wins since 2000.

Montana 137
Appalachian State 119
Georgia Southern 102
Delaware 97

Montana State 79




-Now we will look at total Playoff appearances,playoff wins and winning pct.

Playoff appearances- wins- PCT.
Montana 11-21- .680
Appalachian State 10-19- .730
Georgia Southern 7-13- .680
Delaware 5-13- .760

Montana State 5-2- .280





-Last we'll look at number of conference championships since 2000.

Montana 11
App. State 6
Georgia Southern 5
Delaware 4


Montana State 5



Montana and App. stand out above the rest in this era. Who is the best depends on which way you slice it. App. has 2 more championships but Montana has 2 more appearances. Montana has by far the most overall wins with 18 more then App., 35 more the GSU, 40 more then Delaware and 58 more then MSU. Montana also has the most playoff births and wins with 11 births and 21 wins. App. is not far behind with 10 births and 19 wins and actually holds a slight pct. edge. GSU and Delaware were a little behind in the playoff category but in Delawares 5 appearances they got 13 wins and held a .760 pct. Montana had over twice the births of MSU and had 19 more playoff wins. Montana also nearly doubles App. in conference titles. It might also be worth noting that in this era App. is 0-2 against Montana. From 2000 on there is still no team that matches Montana's year to year consistency.

**In the 2000's Montana was the winningest team in all of college football. This includes Boise State,Texas and Oklahoma.

Montana 00-09 119 wins
Boise State 00-09 112 wins
Texas 00-09 110 wins
Oklahoma 00-09 110 wins



#1 Montana
#2 App. State
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#3 Delaware
#4 Georgia Southern
 
It's worth pointing out that App State's success comes under one coach, same for UD, with a the exception of Tubby Raymond's final couple years before retirement. YSU pretty much imploded after Trestle left. GSU tanked after Paul Johnson left and only recently regrouped. Montana is now on it's sixth coach in the same time frame. That's not a team, that's the definition of a program and by that definition it is the only one.
Five of those Montana coaches made it to the semifinals. Four head coaches in a row made it to the national championship. No other team has done that.
 
They don't like facts over at BN. Bwahaha

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pussycatkillerz said:
They don't like facts over at BN. Bwahaha

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Facts hurt their feelings.
 
Montana's dominance is indisputable. There is no question that it has been one of the top teams in the nation for many, many years. The fact that Montana State has made such good strides in the last decade is more impressive given that we are in direct competition, recruiting head to head with UM and facing the marketing giant that the Griz became over a quarter of a century. Some like to measure our success based only on UM, and I get that - to be the best you have to beat the best and we flat have not done that on any kind of consistent basis. But when you look at our progress, versus Montana but mostly against the rest of the nation in the past 10 years, its impressive. We are right up there in wins, attendance at games, conference championships - even though shared. We are building a foundation. UM had to do that too - and I'm so impressed with the fans who were with them back in the day. Bobcat fans who weathered 0-11 and could study in the quiet of football games in the late 80's early 90's have a lot of reason to feel good about where we are going! The fact that Montana now boasts two of the best programs in the FCS is awesome. I hope that in another 15 years when we compare all the FCS both teams are in consideration for the top spot. It's possible. The Bobcats aren't afraid of the legacy of UM...they're building their own!
 
MontanaSTATEfan said:
Montana's dominance is indisputable. There is no question that it has been one of the top teams in the nation for many, many years. The fact that Montana State has made such good strides in the last decade is more impressive given that we are in direct competition, recruiting head to head with UM and facing the marketing giant that the Griz became over a quarter of a century. Some like to measure our success based only on UM, and I get that - to be the best you have to beat the best and we flat have not done that on any kind of consistent basis. But when you look at our progress, versus Montana but mostly against the rest of the nation in the past 10 years, its impressive. We are right up there in wins, attendance at games, conference championships - even though shared. We are building a foundation. UM had to do that too - and I'm so impressed with the fans who were with them back in the day. Bobcat fans who weathered 0-11 and could study in the quiet of football games in the late 80's early 90's have a lot of reason to feel good about where we are going! The fact that Montana now boasts two of the best programs in the FCS is awesome. I hope that in another 15 years when we compare all the FCS both teams are in consideration for the top spot. It's possible. The Bobcats aren't afraid of the legacy of UM...they're building their own!
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Couple that with NDSU, and we have arguably the strongest region in all of FCS. Now we just need UND to rise again...

And lol at [cat_bracket]'s post in the link. That is some 2506-level mental gymnastics
 
MontanaSTATEfan said:
Montana's dominance is indisputable. There is no question that it has been one of the top teams in the nation for many, many years. The fact that Montana State has made such good strides in the last decade is more impressive given that we are in direct competition, recruiting head to head with UM and facing the marketing giant that the Griz became over a quarter of a century. Some like to measure our success based only on UM, and I get that - to be the best you have to beat the best and we flat have not done that on any kind of consistent basis. But when you look at our progress, versus Montana but mostly against the rest of the nation in the past 10 years, its impressive. We are right up there in wins, attendance at games, conference championships - even though shared. We are building a foundation. UM had to do that too - and I'm so impressed with the fans who were with them back in the day. Bobcat fans who weathered 0-11 and could study in the quiet of football games in the late 80's early 90's have a lot of reason to feel good about where we are going! The fact that Montana now boasts two of the best programs in the FCS is awesome. I hope that in another 15 years when we compare all the FCS both teams are in consideration for the top spot. It's possible. The Bobcats aren't afraid of the legacy of UM...they're building their own!
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Can't disagree with anything you say. Two strong programs in our state is a very good thing. As long as one of the programs is a little stronger every year. :)
 
MontanaSTATEfan said:
Montana's dominance is indisputable. There is no question that it has been one of the top teams in the nation for many, many years. The fact that Montana State has made such good strides in the last decade is more impressive given that we are in direct competition, recruiting head to head with UM and facing the marketing giant that the Griz became over a quarter of a century. Some like to measure our success based only on UM, and I get that - to be the best you have to beat the best and we flat have not done that on any kind of consistent basis. But when you look at our progress, versus Montana but mostly against the rest of the nation in the past 10 years, its impressive. We are right up there in wins, attendance at games, conference championships - even though shared. We are building a foundation. UM had to do that too - and I'm so impressed with the fans who were with them back in the day. Bobcat fans who weathered 0-11 and could study in the quiet of football games in the late 80's early 90's have a lot of reason to feel good about where we are going! The fact that Montana now boasts two of the best programs in the FCS is awesome. I hope that in another 15 years when we compare all the FCS both teams are in consideration for the top spot. It's possible. The Bobcats aren't afraid of the legacy of UM...they're building their own!
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Good post.
 
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