re: A Good Read on the Impending Death of Mid-Major College Football

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If you are able to develop a winning program with a real fan base then maybe you should give moving up a thought (Georgia Southern, Appy State come to mind).

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Right that's the odd thing there are two programs in Boise's region that could jump up and be better than the Idaho, New Mexico level immediately that don't jump becaise there is no real incentive to do so given that they currently make good money at the FCS level (Montana and North Dakota State )

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Right that's the odd thing there are two programs in Boise's region that could jump up and be better than the Idaho, New Mexico level immediately that don't jump becaise there is no real incentive to do so given that they currently make good money at the FCS level (Montana and North Dakota State )

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Yep. And Georgia Southern and Appy held out for a long time. I think there is legitimate concern that you lose your loyal fanbase if you jump up from competing for titles every year and start going 4-8 and getting blasted every other game. You stop playing meaningful home games and you become just another little school.

I think all colleges need to take a look at their athletic programs. I live in a small town with a small D2 college. When I knew one of the football coaches I went to a game and there were probably 100 people there. All the teams suck except the Rugby "Club" which plays for a national championship every year. I think if the college was smart it would dump all the other programs and dump the cash into the Rugby program and move up to D1 and actually make money of its athletics. All the money spent on the facilities, staff, scholarships, head coaches, AD, ect is nuts. Why cause its expected even if it runs the school into the ground?

It's a fair concern, the one thing that might encourage the schools I mentioned to jump is how easy the transition has been for GSU and Appy, I don't think either does it but both (or at least Montana ) have stadiums that already qualify or would with slight alterations- the one real downside would be the loss of the hilariously stacked home field edge in major games late in the year - an outdoor playoff game in Montana in December vs a team from say Georgia or Texas was always funny to watch.