Has anyone herd any chatter about who will be the teams or whether there will be an ESPN FCS Kickoff at all in 2016? I would assume with the success of NDSU/Montana (I recall hearing it was the 2nd highest rated program on ESPN the day it aired) that they would be doing it again and I had even heard ESPN was interested in making it a double header. Last year I believe it was around Thanksgiving that they announced that NDSU and Montana would be the 2015 FCS Kickoff game (but the year before they didn't announce EWU/SHSU until February I believe).
Who are the best OOC matchups for next year? I'd have to think EWU @ NDSU (scheduled for 9/10/2016) would be a pretty attractive matchup. I know Montana is scheduled to play at UNI on 9/10 as well. Presumably the game(s) would be played on 8/27/2016. Currently there is nothing publicly announced that would be booking the Fargodome that day.
Is the delay in announcing it from last year due to the logistics of getting multiple games moved and get that many more teams to get NCAA waivers? Or is ESPN considering shelving it? I hope the latter isn't the case because I think it's great for the exposure of the FCS brand to have the stage to ourselves for the first college football game(s) of the year.
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Originally Posted by Cocky
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