tOfficial "FCS" Superthread

[uncfan103]

Boston College over Villanova
Georgia Tech over Elon
Air Force over Colgate
Oregon over Nicholls State
West Virginia over William and Mary
Illinois over Southern Illinois
Duke over NCCU
Tennessee over Austin Peay
Missouri over Murray State
Baylor over Wofford
Kent State over Liberty
Indiana over Indiana State
Wake Forest over Presbyterian
Ball State over Illinois State
Middle Tennessee State over Western Carolina
San Jose State over Sacramento State
Army over Morgan State
Houston over Southern
Arizona over Northern Arizona

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North Dakota State over K-State
Samford over Georgia State
Towson over UConn
SUU over South Alabama
EIU over San Diego State
Northern Iowa over Iowa State
McNeese State over South Florida
Eastern Washington over Oregon State

FBS teams were 19-8 over FCS teams.

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

I can't believe some of the games these FCS teams played today. Perhaps the SEC has to worry in November

 

[Olyduck]

Southern Utah over South Alabama and Northern iowa over Iowa State

 

[Olyduck]

even still this isnt really that uncommon but this year has a few bigger names

 

[4down20]

even still this isnt really that uncommon but this year has a few bigger names

It's uncommon enough that I usually don't even think much about it in terms of my rankings that do not consider FCS games at all. Usually I just penalize the team heavily with maximum point loss and move on.

After this week, I'm debating on if I should treat FCS teams differently than I have in the past. As now my stuff is still going to treat K-State and Oregon St as being better than they are, not to mention teams that barely got by. The lower FBS teams losing is not a big deal, but these better teams losing in bulk sucks.

 

[UNA Lion]

Upper-tier (top 5) FCS teams are often on about the same level as lower tier FBS teams, and some are good enough to beat Top 25 FBS teams (as we recently saw).

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Miami won't have to worry about Savannah State though. They lost 77-6 to Georgia Southern

 

[Olyduck]

Last year was Idaho, Army, colorado, UNLV, Colorado State, wyoming, Eastern Michigan, Middle Tenn, Pitt,

 

[UNA Lion]

Miami won't have to worry about Savannah State though. They lost 77-6 to Georgia Southern

Yeah, there are plenty of crappy FCS teams out there.

 

[john01992]

Last year was Idaho, Army, colorado, UNLV, Colorado State, wyoming, Eastern Michigan, Middle Tenn, Pitt,

for the whole season though.......

not just week 1

 

[WestEndVol]

FCS over FBS wins this week:

McNeese State 53
South Florida 21

Towson 33
Connecticut 18

Northern Iowa 28
Iowa State 20

North Dakota State 24
Kansas State 21

Eastern Illinois 40
San Diego State 19

Eastern Washington 49
Oregon State 46

Southern Utah 22
South Alabama 21

Samford 31
Georgia State 21

 

[The Crimson King]

and people wonder why the powerhouse conferences want to separate.....

 

[WizardHawk]

Has the pussification of football helped lead to this? I mean you can't hit people anymore so the advantages of big time athletes has been more marginalized vs what we had back in the day no? The worry about concussions has made teams practice less and do less hitting in practice and teams are going into the seasons looking more raw because of it. Can't be a coincidence that the increase in these upsets follows those trends in the changes to the game.

 

[lilchi721]

If A&M loses to Sam Houston next week the Bearkat fans and students will hold that over our heads until we play again.

 

[podsox]

Has the pussification of football helped lead to this? I mean you can't hit people anymore so the advantages of big time athletes has been more marginalized vs what we had back in the day no? The worry about concussions has made teams practice less and do less hitting in practice and teams are going into the seasons looking more raw because of it. Can't be a coincidence that the increase in these upsets follows those trends in the changes to the game.

you would think big time athletes would excel in the new system. speed, size, and strength should rule even more imo

 

[podsox]

EIU laying the hammer to san diego st was awesome

 

[UNA Lion]

Well, the bad news for FCS teams is that they're less likely to get invited to play FBS teams, and some of them get nice paychecks for doing so.

 

[olympicoscar]

If A&M loses to Sam Houston next week the Bearkat fans and students will hold that over our heads until we play again.

I heard Manziel stuffed that dog, autographed it and sold it.

 

[WizardHawk]

you would think big time athletes would excel in the new system. speed, size, and strength should rule even more imo

Used to be the bigger and stronger guys on the AQ squads would just lay the lumber on these teams and the physical punishment took them out of the game before they had any chance to get going. Sure, they should still be faster and perform better, but clearly some of those FCS teams are getting enough talent to compete and the lack of allowing the bigger and more physical players to punish them is hurting the dominance they once had.

 

[wazzu31]

Can a FCS player win the Heisman? That Adams guy from Eastern > Johnny football