Why dont we play Wyoming?

[HoboD]

On another thread there was discussion about playing Wyoming in football, but as I think about it other than the WNIT(which was compelled) I havent seen them in our transition schedules nor on future schedules. Anyone know if they are deliberately dissing us? Seems like a good option for a BSC opponent in football and we know we can compete with them in almost every other sport.

[propar80]

Re: Why dont we play Wyoming?

As far as football, I'm not sure Wyoming's offering the payout$$$ that some of the other FBS teams are. That maybe a reason for us not seeing Wyoming on future schedules. Maybe down the road a bit, but from what I hear, there is no shortage of FBS schools wanting SDSU to be their one FCS/FBS matchup for years to come.

That's a good thing!!


Go Jacks!!

[JimmieTuba]

Re: Why dont we play Wyoming?

Seems like a good option for a BSC opponent in football

Not sure if you were trying to say FBS or BCS but wanted to point out they are technically not a BCS school (Mountain West).

[HoboD]

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Not sure if you were trying to say FBS or BCS but wanted to point out they are technically not a BCS school (Mountain West).

Slip of the acronym. Your correct.

[Jacks#1Fan]

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Ditto for Propar80's: "there is no shortage of FBS schools wanting SDSU to be their one FCS/FBS matchup for years to come." I know he meant to say "of BCS schools wanting SDSU to be their one BCS/FCS matchup". 'Tis darn confusing. I think I preferred the day of 1-A and 1-AA to these tongue-twisters!!!

[EQguy]

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Actually BCS schools are members of the FBS, so actually we would be involved in an FCS/FBS matchup with a BCS school. Dang acronyms will get you every time

[JimmieTuba]

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Ditto for Propar80's: "there is no shortage of FBS schools wanting SDSU to be their one FCS/FBS matchup for years to come." I know he meant to say "of BCS schools wanting SDSU to be their one BCS/FCS matchup". 'Tis darn confusing. I think I preferred the day of 1-A and 1-AA to these tongue-twisters!!!

He is talking strictly I-A vs I-AA there (old school is the best). Hobo's post had BSC which was nothing so I just wanted to clarify. BCS schools will be vary wary of FCS/I-AA schools after what AppState did to Michigan. I foresee a couple of years of only nonBCS/MidMajor match-ups for FCS/I-AA schools for the next couple of scheduling rounds.

[Jacks#1Fan]

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OK...so now I'm reallly confused? What is FBS? My understanding, which is probably wrong, is that 1-A schools are in the BCS now (Bowl Championship Subdivision) and 1-AA schools are in the FCS (Football Championship Subdivision). Can somebody straighten me out and tell me what FBS is (and, why, any school is not "technically" BCS?)???

[22jack]

Re: Why dont we play Wyoming?

FBS Football Bowl Sub-Division (formally D-IA)
FCS Football Championship Sub-Division (formally D-IAA)


BCS Bowl Championship Series

What is the BCS, anyway?
The BCS is not an entity. Instead, it is an arrangement of five bowl games that are managed by the 11 Division I-A conferences and the University of Notre Dame together with the local bowl committees.

Read all about the BCS here.
http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/faq

[jackmd]

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Its FCS and FBS. The BCS is a "Super Alliance" formed by several of the largest conferences designed to have the "best" teams play for the FBS championship. The FCS has a playoff system as you know. Here is a link.

http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/history

[JimmieTuba]

Re: Why dont we play Wyoming?

A BCS school is consider any school whose conference affliation will give them an automatic bid to a BCS bowl game for winning the conference championship. The BCS conferences (and subsequently their members are considered BCS schools) are:

Big 12
Big 10
ACC
SEC
Big East
Pac 10

Notre Dame is considered a BCS school but it has been modified that they must finish in the top 8 of the final BCS standings in order to qualify.

[BornBredBunny]

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Those 'waaaaaaay to tight Wrangler wearing' 'Boys want nothing to do with us b/c they know we will win! Think about it.....Wyoming's goal every year is to win a Mountain West championship (and go to a bowl in football) and getting beat by the Rabbits doesn't help them accomplish those goals! Especially in football! It's also tough to explain losses like those on the recruiting trail, as Iowa State's about to find out!

[1stRowFANatic]

Re: Why dont we play Wyoming?

FBS Football Bowl Sub-Division (formally D-IA)
FCS Football Championship Sub-Division (formally D-IAA)


BCS Bowl Championship Series

What is the BCS, anyway?
The BCS is not an entity. Instead, it is an arrangement of five bowl games that are managed by the 11 Division I-A conferences and the University of Notre Dame together with the local bowl committees.

Read all about the BCS here.
http://www.bcsfootball.org/bcsfb/faq

And the purpose of naming switch was to try and make some schools not feel inferior ... I guess people having no clue what to call you is better. 1-A and 1-AA will never go away because it is simpler for both the speaker/writer and listener/reader to understand each other.

Off my soapbox now.

[filbert]

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The reason for the FBS/FCS thing is that there are people (some, sports journalists, who should know better) who don't think that FCS (I-AA) schools are really "Division I."

Frankly, I think the NCAA would be better off to eliminate all trace of "subdivisions" and just say that to be eligible for the NCAA Football Championship, you can offer no more than 63 scholarships. Period. That way you can talk (if you must) about BCS schools (or "Championship-Ineligible" schools, heh heh heh) and D-I schools. That fixes that particular problem, I think. Will never happen, of course.

Although I do think that the relegation idea, discussed elsewhere on the board, actually does have a bit of merit to it, as crazy as that may seem.

[RodentiaX1]

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The goal of the new terminology was to keep people from applying the I-AA label to sports other than football. It's succeeded in that, but it has created confusion in football.