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What teams have no business being FBS?

Posted on 1/15/15 at 10:44 am
Posted by cokebottleag
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 10:44 am
All the UAB bustle highlighted a sad fact in College Football: There are a lot of teams that shouldn't be in the FBS. Either because the market/fan support isn't there, or the school doesn't put the effort or care into maintaining a competitive program. Below is the list of teams that I seriously feel should move down to FCS or Div II. This is not a troll. No SEC teams should, in my opinion.

UAB
Southern Alabama
Georgia Southern
Edit: Georgia St
Texas State
FAU
FIU
UNT
Colorado
ODU
UMass
UConn
New Mexico St
New Mexico
Idaho
WKU
MTSU
App St.
The entire MAC
Marshall
Buffalo
Tulane
Wyoming

Thoughts?
This post was edited on 1/15/15 at 10:54 am
Posted by tiderider
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 10:46 am to
wouldn't take colorado out, even though they're very bad right now ...
Posted by NGATiger
Member since Dec 2013
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 10:48 am to
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Colorado


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UConn


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Marshall


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Tulane


Keep these, don't care about the rest
Posted by Brosef Stalin17
Member since Sep 2014
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 10:49 am to
Georgia southern lost to Ga Tech and NC State by a combined 5 points..

And went 9-3

please explain why they are on your list


edit: you probably meant Ga State?
This post was edited on 1/15/15 at 10:51 am
Posted by mikrit54
Robeline
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 10:49 am to
Texas AM
Posted by boddagetta
Moulton
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 10:50 am to
aTm
Posted by cokebottleag
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 10:52 am to
From what I've read, the university has pretty much given up on the football program. They haven't had a winning season since 2006.



Posted by Samso
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Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 10:54 am to
quote:

Tulane


Tulane gave Georgia Tech a better game than State did.
Posted by cokebottleag
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Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 10:55 am to
No I mean both, (added GSU.)

That 9-3 record was against the other teams I have on this list.

The only team they beat that wasn't on my list was ULM by less than a TD.
Posted by ButchItUp
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Member since Sep 2014
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 10:57 am to
quote:

The entire MAC


NIU was in a BCS bowl a few years back.
Posted by cardboardboxer
Member since Apr 2012
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 10:57 am to
Honestly I don't see the point. The new Power 5 line is so solid that it makes the old system where the little guys could get in a BCS game look like communism. Eventually there will be a new split officially to have different rules and that will be that.
Posted by FourThreeForty
Member since May 2013
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 10:57 am to
People seem to forget that Georgia Southern scored more points on Alabama than anyone else that year including LSU
Posted by td01241
Savannah
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 10:58 am to
Georgia Southern is one of few teams who posted a profit in football this season.
Posted by cokebottleag
I’m a Santos Republican
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 11:00 am to
Tulane averaged 19,000 fans a game in 2013, and 18,000 in 2014.

In contrast, JMU, an FCS school in Virginia averaged 22,000 last year. Yale averaged 19,000.
Posted by cokebottleag
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 11:01 am to
link?
Posted by ButchGetsIt
Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 11:01 am to
Yep, Ga Southern should absolutely be FBS. They are going to be very successful and won't be too long until they make a move to a Power 5 conference.
Maybe they can replace Miami in the ACC. Ga Southern's program has more support and arguably a more loyal fan base.
Posted by td01241
Savannah
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 11:01 am to
I will find it when I'm not on my phone.
Posted by Brosef Stalin17
Member since Sep 2014
1090 posts
Posted on 1/15/15 at 11:03 am to
Zero credit for taking an 11-3 Ga Tech team and an 8-5 NC State team to the wire?

Posted by cokebottleag
I’m a Santos Republican
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 11:04 am to
Sorry the attendance numbers don't indicate a large or loyal fanbase. They averaged less attendance than Jacksonville St last year.
Posted by td01241
Savannah
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Posted on 1/15/15 at 11:04 am to
Their games are a lot of fun too. I usually go to two of them a year since I live so close and my roommate is a graduate.
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