USD at SDSU in 2011?

[zooropa]

Re: USD at SDSU in 2011?

That can't happen due to the play-offs expand to 20 teams. They will eliminate the bye next season.

Bump the playoff schedule ahead a week, or start a week earlier.

[BTownJack]

Re: USD at SDSU in 2011?

That can't happen due to the play-offs expand to 20 teams. They will eliminate the bye next season.

The bye week isn't going anywhere per this article from the NCAA. Sounds like when they expanded the playoffs to 20 teams the bye was going to go away, but now that they have moved the championship game back to January teams will remain to have a bye week every year.

FCS moves championship date to January starting in 2010
Oct 30, 2008 10:05:11 AM
By Greg Johnson - The NCAA News


The Football Championship Subdivision title game will move from December to the eve of the Bowl Championship Series national championship game in January for the 2010 season.

The administrative committee of the Division I Championships/Sports Management Cabinet approved the Division I Football Championship Committee’s recommendation earlier this month.

The FCS bracket will expand from 16 to 20 teams in 2010. The additional round of the postseason spurred the football committee to explore ways to enhance the sport without starting the football season earlier or compromising the regular-season bye week for teams.

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Maintaining the bye week also was a priority, McCutcheon said.

“We didn’t want the student-athletes playing as many as 13 or 14 games in a row without a break,” he said.

Iamarino added: “Certainly there are some upsides to changing the date. Restoring the open week helps conferences solve some issues in regard to scheduling. But when the expansion was proposed, the coaches and most of the institutions in the FCS said they were willing to give up the bye week to expand the bracket.”

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[Prairiehaas]

Re: USD at SDSU in 2011?

Bump the playoff schedule ahead a week, or start a week earlier.

I'm up for starting a week earlier.