College Football Week One Thread

[wh1t3bread]

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hey, how bad do you guys think it is that ESPN is calling App St. D 1-AA. I am justbeing nitty thinking that it's a pretty big deal?

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FCS/I-AA. It's all the same. Actually I think the NCAA recently gave the major media outlets permission to continue using the I-AA for this season. As most people don't know the NCAA changed the names of the Division I subdivisions.

If you want to lay blame I would direct it to the NCAA for getting the word out about the name change in the poorest way possible.

[pepper123]

In an effort to make the schools formerly known as I-AA feel less like second-class institutions, the NCAA has divided Division I football into the Football Bowl Subdivision (I-A, which uses bowl games as its postseason) and the Football Championship Subdivision (I-AA, which uses a playoff and actually crowns an NCAA champion in the postseason).

So when Louisville beats Murray State by about 40 Thursday night, remember the Cardinals aren’t playing a I-AA team, they’re playing an FCS team.

Same goes for Ohio State vs. Youngstown State; Michigan vs. Appalachian State (the defending FCS champ); Florida vs. Western Kentucky; Texas A&M vs. Montana State; and Boise State vs. Weber State.


http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ar...21/-1/buildasx

[Franchise 60]

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hey, how bad do you guys think it is that ESPN is calling App St. D 1-AA. I am justbeing nitty thinking that it's a pretty big deal?

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FCS/I-AA. It's all the same. Actually I think the NCAA recently gave the major media outlets permission to continue using the I-AA for this season. As most people don't know the NCAA changed the names of the Division I subdivisions.

If you want to lay blame I would direct it to the NCAA for getting the word out about the name change in the poorest way possible.

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Didn't they change 1-AA to "Division 1" or something entirely to confusing?

EDIT: Ok "FCS"...I'm a huge college football fan, and i'm going to continue to call the D-1aa, as will 95 percent of people, anyone who gets irked by that is an extreme nit.

[wh1t3bread]

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hey, how bad do you guys think it is that ESPN is calling App St. D 1-AA. I am justbeing nitty thinking that it's a pretty big deal?

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I don't get what you're trying to say. Isn't App St. D 1-AA?

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Technically no. The NCAA changed the names of the Division I subdivisions. I-A is now Division I Bowl Championship Subdivision (BCS). I-AA is now Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The NCAA didn't really bother getting the word out. Hence the mass confusion. I can't blame the media outlets nor fans or random people in general for continuing to use the I-A and I-AA labels.

[Homer]

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Homer, quit hating and go eatabagofdiksdooshbg

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pff, you'd think someone with a boise st avatar could appreciate a huge upset.

[BGnight]

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Homer, quit hating and go eatabagofdiksdooshbg

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pff, you'd think someone with a boise st avatar could appreciate a huge upset.

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I totally appreciate it. I think it's awesome a Div AA school can do this. I just don't like you bashing my team just cuz you hate them.
I wish I coulda watched this game because it was such an awesome finish (fiesta bowl like)

[dawade]

What sucks is like 110 DI schools last year played I-AA teams and Michigan wasn't one of them.

Then this year we actually improve our strength of schedule by picking up ASU instead of Vanderbilt.

Sigh.

[critikal]

just posting to say HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[TruFloridaGator]

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What sucks is like 110 DI schools last year played I-AA teams and Michigan wasn't one of them.

Then this year we actually improve our strength of schedule by picking up ASU instead of Vanderbilt.

Sigh.

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Vandy could of beat Mich today too.

[LearnedfromTV]

maybe this makes me a bad u-m fan but i think this is kind of cool; I guess it doesn't hurt that it'll probably be the end of Lloyd Carr.