Goliath Hasn't Gone Anywhere

[BDKJMU]

Despite high-profile exceptions like James Madison leading to false assumptions, the rule remains - the big boys are still feasting on the FCS.

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Interesting article.

[93henfan]

Good article aside from the fact that he avoids the elephant in the room: FBS schools dominate FCS schools because they have 22 more scholarships. It's not rocket science there WSJ.

I also found it comical that the author invokes the term "Diminutive Directional College", yet the close games and/or victories he mention are JMU, UMass, and NDSU, none of which fit the bill.

[BDKJMU]

Yeah, he should have mentioned the 22 more schollys. The biggest elephant in the room is still the difference overall talent level for the avg I-AA vs I-A team.

Yeah, the broad generalization about the diminutive directional schools was pretty dumb. Probably only around 10%-15% have a directional "western, southern, eastern, or northern in their name.

[JSU02]

Why do they mention the FSU game and not the Ole Miss game? I mean that got this year's whole upset roll started

[AppMan]

Some people look at our game with Michigan as a fluke and point out ASU's overall record vs FBS teams. I like to remind them 21 of ASU's last 25 games against 1-A / FBS teams were teams from BCS conferences, primarily ACC & SEC schools. It's not like we've been playing schools from the MAC or SunBelt all these years.

[GannonFan]

Some people look at our game with Michigan as a fluke and point out ASU's overall record vs FBS teams. I like to remind them 21 of ASU's last 25 games against 1-A / FBS teams were teams from BCS conferences, primarily ACC & SEC schools. It's not like we've been playing schools from the MAC or SunBelt all these years.

Yeah, but you did play Wake for a lot of years and while an ACC school, they did stink for quite some time.