libbygrizcat
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What I love about these threads concerning the FBS and the Griz moving up is that posters keep forgetting that the bloated FBS isn’t about raising or maintaining the level of competition. It’s about developing “product” to sell advertising. It’s all about money.
Truth is, the FBS needs to be cut down to 100 teams. The bottom 33 would be mid-level or cellar dwellers in the FCS. That’s just a fact. They should also limit conference size to 10 teams so every team in every conference is forced to play everyone in their conference. That leaves 3 games for inter-conference play for the first games of the season (essentially a preseason) and they could eliminate playing down to fill schedules. Get rid of independents. If you’re going to be a big deal in FBS, play a conference schedule in a tough conference, for crying out loud.
Now that FBS is going to a real playoff format (12 teams), expand it to 16, give all 10 ten-team conference champions auto-bids and select six at-large bids (no byes, make everyone play). There would be no doubt who the real national champion is, people would love it, and everyone would make a ton of money.
Division 1 should be three tiers based on scholarships. FBS/AAA – 85 scholarships, FCS/AA – 63 scholarships, bottom/A – non-scholarship. Give the levels cool names if you want (Power 10, Middling 10, Sucky Six…).
I personally think total, scorched earth realignment at the top level is in order. FBS should be slashed to its 90 strongest programs and the top 10 FCS programs should be invited to move up. Then create a 100-team mid-level tier to replace FCS, and then shuffle the 60-plus dregs and non-scholarship schools to the bottom. All three levels would have meaningful championships, and the relative level of competition would improve. Once realignment was complete, it should be evaluated every 4 years with, say, the worst 10 teams at the top being “invited” to move down and the best and worst at the lower levels being invited to move up and down.
It's a fantasy, of course, and will never happen, but it would make better sense than what we have now.
As far as the UM goes…the Griz, Bobcats, and top tiers of the BSC and MVFC, based on attendance and strength of programs, should probably move up…sadly, the way conferences lay out in the West, it’s a tough proposition, and there just isn’t much incentive beyond perceived prestige. A new conference – which will never happen – probably makes the most sense logistically. Maybe slots open in a new (no longer P5) PAC (?) and Go5 Mountain West conferences, but there are really wayyyyy too many FBS schools.
Truth is, the FBS needs to be cut down to 100 teams. The bottom 33 would be mid-level or cellar dwellers in the FCS. That’s just a fact. They should also limit conference size to 10 teams so every team in every conference is forced to play everyone in their conference. That leaves 3 games for inter-conference play for the first games of the season (essentially a preseason) and they could eliminate playing down to fill schedules. Get rid of independents. If you’re going to be a big deal in FBS, play a conference schedule in a tough conference, for crying out loud.
Now that FBS is going to a real playoff format (12 teams), expand it to 16, give all 10 ten-team conference champions auto-bids and select six at-large bids (no byes, make everyone play). There would be no doubt who the real national champion is, people would love it, and everyone would make a ton of money.
Division 1 should be three tiers based on scholarships. FBS/AAA – 85 scholarships, FCS/AA – 63 scholarships, bottom/A – non-scholarship. Give the levels cool names if you want (Power 10, Middling 10, Sucky Six…).
I personally think total, scorched earth realignment at the top level is in order. FBS should be slashed to its 90 strongest programs and the top 10 FCS programs should be invited to move up. Then create a 100-team mid-level tier to replace FCS, and then shuffle the 60-plus dregs and non-scholarship schools to the bottom. All three levels would have meaningful championships, and the relative level of competition would improve. Once realignment was complete, it should be evaluated every 4 years with, say, the worst 10 teams at the top being “invited” to move down and the best and worst at the lower levels being invited to move up and down.
It's a fantasy, of course, and will never happen, but it would make better sense than what we have now.
As far as the UM goes…the Griz, Bobcats, and top tiers of the BSC and MVFC, based on attendance and strength of programs, should probably move up…sadly, the way conferences lay out in the West, it’s a tough proposition, and there just isn’t much incentive beyond perceived prestige. A new conference – which will never happen – probably makes the most sense logistically. Maybe slots open in a new (no longer P5) PAC (?) and Go5 Mountain West conferences, but there are really wayyyyy too many FBS schools.
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