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Posted: 10/23/2013 4:18 PM
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Interesting speculation, guys, but that's not the direction things are moving in.  I know it's what Jeff wants, but it simply isn't in the cards for the foreseeable future.  The non-AQ FBS teams have staked their lot -- for better or worse -- with the new FBS Division and not with a new "tweener" division. 


It's because ESPN is behind all these new bowls and I don't think they're interested in a playoff system.  They can shoehorn bowl games into their schedule easier than a playoff system.


That may be part of the reason, but I also think it has to do with the high-stake poker that's being played here.  The AQ FBS schools (what you call the Alphas) want to squeeze out the FCS schools from Div1 and the only way they have the votes to do that is make an alliance with the non-AQ FBS schools (Your Deltas).  They also get around potential anti-trust violations by doing it this way.  Though some of the higher level FCS schools could still go the anti-trust suit route.  
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Posted: 10/23/2013 11:25 PM
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OK, which scenario do you favor:

1)  The current proliferation of lower tier bowls, most of them being in desireable vacation spots.

2)  A new post season tournament for those non BCS conferences which are in between the the old nomenclature of I-A and I-AA.  The MAC, Sun Belt, Conference USA, and maybe the top two or three current I-AA conferences would place either four or eight teams in a bracket and play for a national title.  Higher seeded teams could host all the way through, or else the games could be held in current lower tier bowl sites.

Option #1. The second option doesn't make any sense. The schools in the MAC, SBC, CUSA are not interested in moving down and schools in the Big Sky, MVC, Colonial are hesitant as it is to move up. They aren't going to move up to be in a subdivision with only the MAC, SBC and CUSA. I have never heard of FCS conferences disliking the playoff system they have going and wanting to get rid of the smaller FCS leagues. There are a lot of very good academic institutions in the FCS ranks that a Northern Iowa would want to be aligned with. Better off letting Ohio move down to the MVC and getting the side benefit of an improved basketball conference.

 
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Posted: 10/24/2013 12:00 AM
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Posted: 10/24/2013 8:30 AM
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If it is really all about the $$$$$$, the schools aren't the ones prospering from it. Most schools take a loss or barely break even on bowl games.


The schools don't but the head coach and sometimes the AD get a nice bonus.
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Posted: 10/24/2013 8:33 AM
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I can't imagine sponsors or TV networks are making that much money off these either, especially with the attendance and ratings being as low as they are.

Still waiting for the "Skyline Chili Bowl" to be played at UC's Nippert Stadium. Free swag for the players includes a $100 gift card for any Skyline location, a lifetime supply of oyster crackers and a case of Pepto Bismol.
 Don't forget the bottle of hot sauce for those crackers.
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