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Thanks! I'm just trying to pad my post count to keep you from passing me. xsmiley_wix

I think some of you "newer" guys (you're all new to me) need to go back and read the premise of these rankings. This is not all-time and it's not just playoff records. Everyone can make up their...

Off the top of my head....

EWU
JMU
JSU
Montana
Montana State
NDSU
Sam Houston
SDSU

I've enjoyed going down memory lane in what was a mostly respectful discussion.

I dunno Gil, I have a feeling the Bison may turn out to be a pretty strong program in the long run.

Some of us never stopped using I-AA. FB/CS was a stupid switch.

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2011/11/16/in-fcs-huddle-committee-agonizes-over-final-picks/#ixzz1ihlOaeCu

Meaningless. COUNTLESS times one team will lose to a team that lost to a team the first thumped.

Has it? They still average under 18,000 fans per game and their marquis win since moving up is either a victory over a 7-6 Okie State in 2007 or a New Orleans Bowl win over an 8-5 Ohio. Yuck.

There were plenty of mentions that they were considered. None of us Hen fans thought they should or would be chosen, but they were one of the teams talked about as first out. My point being that...

Too early to put in my top 5?

1. Towson
2. ODU
3. UNH
4. Maine
5. JMU

The fact that the Hens were in the discussion for a playoff spot this year tells you that no expansion is needed.

No. Losing to Maine was a abomination that year. They were a 5-5 team that I think had NEVER beaten the Hens before.

Not necessarily. I went to a UVA/WVU bowl game and it was 2/3 yellow and 1/3 orange and you could easily see the demarcation in the stands. Green doesn't stand out anywhere except maybe a Penn...

Didn't matter, the Hens had a bad habit of beating Temple and losing to Lehigh each year during that period. However, I'm pretty sure that was at home and was the game from the picture I posted here...

Keep in mind that the Maine game was played in 40 degrees, with 40 mph wind and raining sideways. It was like a spring day to the Black Bears. ;)

Yellow stands out better.

FWIW, the Hens joined Division I in 1980 and played in the 1982 NC game.

I would have put the '85 Delaware team up against half that ranking and given points. That was a strange year for the Hens.

+1

And you'd lose that bet.

To each his own. This is just my opinion on the matter. I've never moved a team up with a loss (that is to say leapfrogged a team that won).

But didn't move up to #2.

FWIW, JMU only gave up 20+ points in three games last year and it was Sasek's first action against a CAA defense (he started against Duquesne, but only attempted 9 passes all game). Will he be as...

Sounds like something I'd say. Beating a I-A certainly should elevate a team, but I can't see a case where a loss, even a close one, should elevate a team. I'd say most of the time, a loss to a I-A...