Notre Dame to play first ever FCS team - Tennessee State in 2023
https://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...n-2023-opener/
Notre Dame has scheduled an FCS opponent for the first time in program history, as the Fighting Irish announced on Tuesday they will welcome HBCU Tennessee State to Notre Dame Stadium on Sept. 2, 2023.
Adding the HBCU power to the schedule comes just four months after Notre Dame hired Marcus Freeman as the second Black coach in program history. Tennessee State is led by College Football Hall of Fame running back Eddie George. Both Freeman and George were All-Big Ten players at Ohio State, and George won the Buckeyes' sixth Heisman Trophy in 1995.
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Wow, didn't see that coming. I think that leaves UCLA as the only FBS to have never played an FCS.
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taper
Wow, didn't see that coming. I think that leaves UCLA as the only FBS to have never played an FCS.
USC Trojans haven’t either. They were scheduled to play UC Davis a couple years ago but cancelled because too many fans threw a temper tantrum.
https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/202...-be-different/
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taper
Wow, didn't see that coming. I think that leaves UCLA as the only FBS to have never played an FCS.
Barring further problems, UCLA will play Alabama State for reasons unknown to us on September 10, 2022.
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taper
Wow, didn't see that coming. I think that leaves UCLA as the only FBS to have never played an FCS.
UCLA is playing the SWAC's Alabama St Univ fall '22 and I think they are playing the SWAC's Southern Univ fall '23 or '24.
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Panther88
UCLA is playing the SWAC's Alabama St Univ fall '22 and I think they are playing the SWAC's Southern Univ fall '23 or '24.
UCLA is playing NCCU in 2023. Southern is going out west to play Frenso State in 2023. They have no games scheduled with UCLA
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dbackjon
https://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...n-2023-opener/
[FONT="]Notre Dame has scheduled an FCS opponent for the first time in program history, as the Fighting Irish announced on Tuesday they will welcome HBCU Tennessee State to Notre Dame Stadium on Sept. 2, 2023. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Adding the HBCU power to the schedule comes just four months after Notre Dame hired Marcus Freeman as the second Black coach in program history. Tennessee State is led by College Football Hall of Fame running back Eddie George. Both Freeman and George were All-Big Ten players at Ohio State, and George won the Buckeyes' sixth Heisman Trophy in 1995. [/FONT]
Can't wait for this game if I'm a Notre Dame season ticket holder. I assume it will be dubbed "The Woke Bowl'...
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centraljerseycat
Can't wait for this game if I'm a Notre Dame season ticket holder. I assume it will be dubbed "The Woke Bowl'...
Is woke the new proxy for black or something?
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ASU33
Is woke the new proxy for black or something?
Uh oh. Y’all gonna get in trouble. This is the FCS Forum.
Taking this to the Political Forum under a topic titled something like … “The Woke Points System in Sports Today” might be interesting to discuss there.
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Chalupa Batman
I remember they cancelled that game when someone pointed out to the AD that USC was one of three schools never to have played an FCS, and the other two schools were their two main football rivals UCLA and ND.
So soon they'll be the only FBS school never to have played an FCS.