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ESPN.com will reconfigure Division I football

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Piotr Rasputin, Aug 3, 2009.

  1. Piotr Rasputin

    Piotr Rasputin New Member

    Columnists get together to eliminate the so-called "have-nots."

    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/columns/story?columnist=forde_pat&id=4369091&sportCat=ncf

    (Worth noting that Mr. Forde's own beloved alma mater would be on the cut list during its "normal" seasons).
     
  2. Sam Mills 51

    Sam Mills 51 Well-Known Member

    Well done, as usual, Mr. Forde.

    The ridiculous part is how badly a conference such as the Mountain West has been treated for years. As a whole, its top teams have shown it can hold serve against the so-called elite of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

    (It hurt to type that, but sometimes truth hurts.)
     
  3. Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously Well-Known Member

    "2009 featured Toledo over Michigan, Arkansas State over Texas A&M, UNLV over Arizona State"

    Did he mean 2008?

    Otherwise, a fun read.
     
  4. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    So who will the other 28 teams be?
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  5. BYH

    BYH Active Member

    How long until this actually happens?
     
  6. Della9250

    Della9250 Well-Known Member

    I'm surprised it hasn't happened already.
     
  7. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    I liked this ... when Sporting News did it in one of their season previews ... in 1989 or 1990.

    As I recall, Kansas State, then a total laughingstock, was drummed out of Division I. This was also before all of the conference realignment, so they had Arkansas headed to the Big 8 to take K-State's place. Fascinating article.

    I'm presuming Indiana State is taking one of the open FCS spots, right?

    If they really did this, with relegation and promotion to a super-conference, with sub-conferences below just as in European soccer, it would totally rock.
     
  8. Johnny Dangerously

    Johnny Dangerously Well-Known Member

    I think that was a Jeff D'Alessio piece, unless I am thinking of one a few years later. It was quite a talker at media days at I-AA conferences and schools.
     
  9. Wenders

    Wenders Well-Known Member

    I believe it was 1988. Bill Snyder took over the program in 1989, when it was widely recognized as the worst program in D-1.
     
  10. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    To quote Snyder, it was a job only a fool would take.
     
  11. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    The correction has been made.
     
  12. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    It won't. Somebody has to go 3-9 every year.
     
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